The Republican journal., 1869-10-07
SHOCKING ACCiDENT Al NIAGARA FAILS.
ttom tn. rAr.i, Courier, Sept saih.

fIl!n ti' Ian 40 ii1uficI, .prpt. Halit.
Among these who came to buffalo 10 Mt
truI the nNeroaliSt Convention. were MIR
w. J. Iiilm@IG,t and wife, of pfovi,lrnrr
Rhode Island. They were accompanied by
Mr.. H. l.. Fisher, Mis- Mahala 4 Smith and
Mis- Mariana EaIIou- also residents of PROV
idrnce. YESTERDAY they resolved to @it the
rams. Arrived nj the Fall, u carriage W:l@
engaged. driven ~ a Young man nnned
EeicH Wrlci, in the employ of .lnnrs Mar
tin. The vehicle was 4 bayouchr. The party
rode lri-urrlv across the new bridge and an
T., the Table Rock, where they nlirhtrl and
pyut a few minutes admring the view from
thj~ point Returning, they had reached the
iittnn House. when they concluded to drive
d"Nn to the ferry, then di4misi their CARRIAGE
nd take y boat across the river. The drA er
we tell this part OF The story u uHr report
ri had i! rom hm objected to nlkin~ the
-omvWh ai l,elilous descent The decent Was
made. however, safely, and without any
Nmptom "t lrtNkishncas "u the part of thp
horses until the sharp iurn had been made
Direct y AItpg this the near mare. the one
lirlhr+t from the riverside, took alarm. he
| o:n tn mort and hood, in 4 tfi@htrnrd man
url mp Tho hlnh ciin' over IFS head The
FRIGHT OF the animal WAS not 80 Great that il
couId not have been readily cot under con
ii'pl on 4 clear track, and the driver was not
1T the time alarmed; hut u lump or two wa
made, when a thorn-bush, which projected
nto the road. Stnlcl, her shoulder. and ~hp
made a leap, az WEIGH expressed it, ''ae
though 4 cannon bail had struck her," sheer
AGAINST the of horse and ia a twink line of an
r}e tc:lm carriage and occupants were pre-
cpilAtrd over the bank The driver comprc-
hrntrd the imminent peril in time to lump
for his life, and Mr.. rllinghaet did the same.
But the four ladies, probably hindcrcl by
their clothing, were unable to make their cs-
cape. and were plunged with the vehicle
down the bank Al this point the plecpitate
descent is about twenty feet, and below that
rock and shards shclse down to the c,l,:r of
the river. The carriage must have bounded
| from the edge OF the bank. aS it crashed
! through and Frustrated a small tree thai stood
oui several feet thcrptrom. and landed iuion
lhc shelving rocks, u complete wreck " hen
Mr.. Iiilmghaat, who wts unhurl had hutri-
ed down the road, and mp the river to where
the manglcd ladies lay, it was a hcart-iend-
mo sight that met his eve. One, Mis- Smith.
WAS killed outright. Thrown from the ear
ragc, She had plunged down headlong and
lAShin~ against a rock. it had cloyrn her
skull far into the brain, making Il cash that
was sickenn@ to look upon. She was terribly
manged otherwise but the wound on her
l
lim@hasC and Miss BalIon were found sense
less, but breathing. The former WAS fearful
~ wounded about the head, and probably
suffered conclusion Of the brain; while Mis-
Ballou, besides cash in the head, had two
compound fractures of the right arm, above
the elbow and several of her ribs were brok-
en-. Mrs Fisher escaped with a broken wrist
1hc accident occurred about 20 minutes be
fore two O'Clock. The lerryman, whose name
we did not learn, reached the spot were the
suffering women were, even before Mir. Til
lin@haSt did, and carried the dead body oil
Miss Smith down from the cliff. Ia a few
minutes the calamity was noisrd abroad and
large numbers had Hooked to the spot.
Among them was DR.. Newburn, of the Forty
fourth Royal Infantry, who took charge of
the lhangled ladies. The deceased Miss
Mahala A. Smith, was about 80 years Of age
She was the daughter of u wealthy family of
high standing in Providence, and is spoken
OF by those who knew her rs 4 lady of great
amiabiliy, and one unusually attractive. The
news OF her cruel death will come like a thun-
dei-holl 10 her family and friend at home.