Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-08

TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT
The first serious or fatal accident we
have yet had to record in this locality,
resulting from the Virginia and
| Truckee Railroad passing here, Oc-
| CURED about IL A. NJ. to-day, at Main
| Street Station, in this town. The reg
| ular morning train for Carson, consist
ing Of a locomotive, several platform
ears. and some quartz cars, with the
passenger car bringing up the rear,
| came along. bound up to Virginia.
Some little boys, among them Herman
Mau. SON of Albert Mau, Of Virginia.
aged about Z years, with his brother
were standing upon the platform of
the station, just completed, watching
the train, which was passing at a fair
rate OF speed around the curve,
and within a few inches Of the
edge Of the platform. With
n view Of getting q ride to Viz
| ginla, probably, little Herman sprang
forward upon one Of the fiat cars fol-
lowing the locomotive, and losing his
balance, from the onward motion Of
the train, he staggered and fell, drop
| ping down between that and the car
following. Horrible to relate, he fell
| across one Of the rails, and it is thought
| that two cars passed over him before
| the train was stopped. He was picked
| up Immediately. dead. the fatal wheels
| having passed directly across his little
body, cutting him nearly in two, so
| that his bowels were let out. His re-
| mains were taken to the hall of Lib
| erty Engine Company, No. l, near by,
and shortly AFTER forwarded to Nir-
| oinia, This too sad accident il the
| first, and we hope in all mercy 1t will
be the last. of the kind. The railroad
| company have repeatedly and pub
licly warned. children from getting
upon or playing about the trains. MIR.
Bell. the engineer Of that train, Il 4
careful, trusty man, and no one seems
TO blame for this dreadful accident but
the little victim himself.
PACIFIC CoAsr ALMASAc.-we are
indebted to Fl. G.. langley, publisher,
6l2 Clay street, San Francisco, for a
copy of the "Pacific Coast Almanac,
and Year Book Of Facts, for 1SlO.'
Besides the usual monthly calendar,
and celestial phenomena, 1t embraces
among its contents the following:
United States Constitutional Amend
mcntS, United States Court laws, Cal
itornia laws. area and population OF
the Pacific States and Territories, Gov
errors. State Capitals, State elections,
railroads Of the Pacific coast, stamp
duties, tables Of distances, chronology
cal history of the Pacific coast, besides
n vast amount of other useful informa-
ton, highly valuable for reference.
INDIAN Pow-wow.-Captain john
son, IL of the leading Indians of the
Washoe tribe, was in Gold Hill this
morning. lie informs US that In 4 few
DAYS the Piutes and Washes intend
holding a grand council In Lower Cold
Hill. lust east of the Imperial mill, the
object of which will be las johnson III
forms us), to talk about the late earth
quakes, and to pray to God 70 stop
them. The Indians say they don't wan!
the ground to get ''much Sick Ola
Adam. an Indian at least sixty or sew
enty wears old, Is to be the officiating
minister or preacher. A portion OF
the exercises will consist OF q grand
faadan3o.
Can IT BE- PossInLE?-A dealer In
vegetables, last evening, informed u;
that a certain woman in Gold Hill,
who has the smallpox in her house,