The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-02
BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE.

SERIOUS FRsAKs OF TIE BROOKLYN FERRYBoArs.
About seven O'Clock yesterday morning the Williams
burg ferryboas Superior and Commodore Perry, while
crowded with passengers and teams. coldsd at the foot
Of jackson street, and damaged each others upper
works considerably The utmost CONSERVATION por-
vaded the passengers a, the time, but none oil them
were injured. AZ forty minutes after last evening
the Arizona, of the ne driven into her slip
foot of South Seventh street, E. D.. with such precp
fancy that several passengers we're knocked on their
feet, and young man named Frederick Specht whose
parents reside in Second street, Grand, f. d. sus
tanned fracture OF one Of his feet general feeling
OF indignation persades the community in relation TO
this apparent reckessness Of the pots charge Of the
boats named and investigation 10 mperatively de-
manded.
DUMMY CAR ACCIDENT ON THE COMFY ISLAND RoAp.-
An accident occurred the Coney Island Railroad on
Sunday evening, which. though seriously iujuring
employee Of the road, comparatively slight in Its
consequences About six o'clock, while dummy No.
9, Harry Lopes, engineer turning sharp curve on
the road near the city line the dummy for some reason
other unknown, jumped of the track and coming in
contact with large tree, completely demolished the en-
CINE. The engineer was severely injured about the
body and the passengers had narrow escape. not one
OF them. fortunately, being hurt
RATHER SNGuLAR OccURREscR-About ten O'Clock
yesterday morning John Stevens clerk in the employ
Of merchant in New York. was walking through Full
ton avenue, whom he was accosted by two men, with
whom he got into friendly conversation. and the day
being warm he invited them to take drink at his
pense. Al the time he entered the which they
drank he had his person the sum Of 500 Mr.
Stevens drank glass OF beer and then out,
when he suddenly felt weak and seating himself on
the sidewalk reapsed into state Of unconscousness.
An officer OF the Fortynrs precinct conveyed him 70
neghborng drug store, where medical aid procured
and he reganed his but TO ind that his
money was missing. There be little doubt but he
was drugged and robbed by mis- two unknown friends
FRLoMous AssAULr.-Dominick Nullany, laborer,
arrested Sunday las. the complaint Of Patrick
Moran, residing corner OF Grand avenue and Warren
street, charged with striking the latter on head with
an Mullany taken before Justice Cornwell
yesterday and committed for examination. The dif1.
Guilty appears to have been the result oil drunken
squabble between the parses. p
The MoR1ALTY.-rhere were 14S deaths in this city
during the past week. OF this number 20 we're men, 81
women, Al boys and 81 girls SO we're children under
one year and persons eighty years Of age.
The natvities were, United States, 1os; Ireland, 81
Germany 10; England L. and Wales, Sweden and France
EACH In the Sixteenth ward there re % deaths,
while there not in the Twentieth. The princi-
pal causes OF death were as 10;
scarlet fever, 49, debility, TO- cholera infanum, To-
hopping cough, each; measles, disease Of brain,
xsphyxia and congestion Of the lungs, 4 each.
DEATH PROM SuEsrRoKa -Carston Jusa, . resident Of
jamaica L.L forty-nve years Of age, while driving
horse and wagon through Broadway E. D., yesterday,
overcome by sunstroke, and fell from his wagon
dead. Coroner smith last evening held an inquest
the body. The police Of the Forysxth precinct havn
taken charge OF It.