The New York herald., 1868-08-21
BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE.

DROwNING.-Peter Wilson, while engage s:or.
day afternoon in diving bell at the Navy ya.4 as
drowned.
A DANGEROUS FALL.-Mr. George A. Sca,cs la
painting the front Of his house, No. 70 ~ an
street, yesterday afternoon fell from his lad to
the area below, his head coming In contact ha
fags. The physician called In pronounced n.
jury sustained to be not Of serious nature.
BURGLARY AND ROBBERY AT GREENPoIN'. ha
silk button factory Of J. l.. Smith & Co., s;us IN
Kent street, near Franklin, Greenpont was { ed
by thieves on Wednesday night and ioy, OF
stock valued at $4,000. The desk in the Ia
office OF the firm was also broken open anG ~
ined put the eth thieves % missed us ed. $500 cheek e.
were yesterday notified OF the robbery.
SNEAK THIEF-A sneak thief called at Nc. Pop
lar street on Wednesday last, under the pre- OF
seeking boarding house, and while left alo,.e an
apartment by the landlady he managed TO sc Did
OF q gold watch, O diamond ring and other arr
ticles Of portable value TO the amount OF sAJ th
which he took hasty departure from the pre-. je3
and has not since been seen.
ALLEGED ASSAULT AND BArTBRY.-Yes lay
Thomas Peyton, young man who was pas geI
one Of the Fifth avenue line Of cars, had d ate
with the conductor, Henry weiraush, about hi. re,
In the course Of which Peyton picked up the ron
hook hanging over the front platform and s'ruc the
wound. Peyton was taken before Justice corr vein
and was sent to jail to await examination.
SUICIDE BY HANGING.-John Heath, an Fnllish.
man. fftythree years OF age, residing at 127 Tito
street. hung himself yesterday morning. II appears
that he from his bed during the night and went
down stairs; as he did not return In a reasonable
time his wife began to feel uneasy and went down
In search OF him, when she found him suspended 81
rope from one OF the beams In the cellar The disc
tressed wife at once alarmed the neighbOfs, wh0
came to her aid. When the body Of deceased was
cut down 1t was evident enough that life was ex<
tnct. Deceased was sober and industrious man,
but subject to fits Of dependency. on Wednesday
night he seemed to be in excellent health and
spirits. Coroner Flavin held inquest on the body,
when q verdict was rendered to the effect that de-
ceased committed suicide while laborlng under tens
porary mental alteration.
SUFFoCATIoN OF TWO MEN IN DIVING BELL AT rHl
NAVY YARD.-Peter Wilson and James Calligan two
men employed as divers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
were suffocated yesterday afternoon. IL appears
that for several days past party Of divers have
been engaged in removing the accumulations Of
river mud and debris, which checked the sewer
leading to the dry dock in the navy yard for the puF4
pose Of clearing that important passage which had
become INSTRUCTED. This work was done by means
OF very large diving bell capable OF containing
eight or ten persons at a time The unfortunate
men allowed named had been at work beneath the
surface for considerable length OF time yesterday
when q rapid and energetic twitching Of the signal
rope announced to the men above the water that
there was something wrong below and they imnses
diately hosted up the bell when 1t was found thai
Wilson was dead while Calligan was lying insensis
ble II was ascertained that the air valve had be-
come choked up and failed TO furnish air. Cagara
may possibly recover though his case is exceed
ingly critical