The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-17
~lIrRnic nE,Tn-A MAH FACES DEATH

HEROIC l'EiTI-A hAN J. NE> l'EAlU ib
SAVE FIVE L,mE>.-TlIr Nniri>loWn H1Gid
i've thr lr'l"Win% particular 81 Il distress
IN u"ritl,rr wiirIl occurred ll,;cr miIr> from
llHl place on Thursday
I'm event "rriIrrrtI Yesterday afternoon n
| Spring Mill Heights WllrI, adds "nc more
| name 10 the noble li>l OF heroes. Philip
Could deserves IL lofty Il monument and II
| sacred remembrance H. tidllrtt Spartan band
| who kept the Pass of Thcr1nor, In in "lriri
iiIur>, Yesterday morning Il company oi
r,lorcd soldiers from Philadelphia visited
Spring Mill Heights Tor the purpose al hay.
INCA ii,tlr ,lryct->l;coiiu- and cnioyiu" tlt
pleasures of II p;r-lir. i't"v were joined
during the day hy quit" 4 nlltni'r from MOI
r;>I"Wn, and nothing occurred /" mar tn
| pleasures 81 The occasion until lal.-pa>l I
O'clock. About that time Philip Gould.
Wltn. we believe, was not Il mrintrr oi the
company. but Ird rolnc from New Jersey tc
attend the picnic in company with live
lldi'~. one At whom WAS the VIII" Of III,
i~ir"'"Htoi e til" company. was enjoying /;
ROW on ilc Sclulykill.
The party iiuI!iy ,li>rml.ark"i opln.itrtln
picnic grounds III iiir paint where the boat
~" usually mourrti. Then they a>ccmi~I
i!ir bank Ill commenced walking down ih'
track. It 81 happened that they chose tir
srNa track, which runs along IrNl /" 1hc
river ~ ~ rm}unkmrli about Ten feet high,
they had proceeded i considerable distance
!rlnW The pir-Ilir grounds v !rn one ui tn
lldi,> heard the whistle ni an rn"irr arti
called Tho atI'utinn nl The uihcI, l., Il" Fact,
'iirr lurt, imIi-lurmin~ round I""kctl arrus,
the river and ~rrin" Il train passing oil il'
Norri>lnWn SIDE surpassed tilr whistle IL
lave been thai Of the engine attached
IL il.
Unfortunately they were mistaken. and be.
ior,. :: single warning could in. GWEN. Ill,
RGllin" Express. which docs mol stop ln.
tween N"rrl~lnWn and Philadelphia, cam,
laundering around the curve III the rate al
forty miles III hour. The heavy curve pre-.
vented The engineer from Srrin~ them unit
almost upon them, and then il WAS ilnpo>>i,
bic IL do anything 10 step The train. Gould
MAS the first 10 see The danger. AMI with 4
presence Of mind totally unrNampIrd, and
with Il hcrui>lm which lIa> rarely had Il lnral.
lei. instantly pushed the whole five u his
companions on ilc track and over the en-
lalkirnt. Almost in the act the engine
caught him. and man~lin~ him terribly,
tossed his body over The Stnol;,>tlrk onto
HE tender ri HE cng-Ir. lrolu which iC
rolled oil an 10 llr roadside. The lieutenant
al the company was htlt i short WAY over.
sud seeing the position of tlc party when
IN" train came aloiI", >ilpl"scd, Of rulir>r. all
were killed.
IT," rushed mmctlial"ly f" tn" spot. ANA
booking over the rtnlanhlurui saw lis vii,
and the four uilirr Euli,~ anlnt" The hll,lu>
along the rivers c'l@r, where they lrui fallen,
entirely i%niniurrd. l:ut G"uIl had pre-
served tlnln only At the sacrifice of his own
life. and when picked up he WAS dead. \
more heroic death has never happened, 10 our
knowledge. IL Ibis section III the country.
and deserves mention far and wide.
II is sal To think how many lives art
yearly sacrificed through the car lr>>llc>> o!
people VIII" venture To Il>c rlilrn1ds IL high
ways. This shurid point the m"IaI-lcycl
t. walk oil the Track. We venture 10 say
more lives are yearly LOST through the mr@li'
"tl,rc Of this caution than II" sacrificed by
| The terrible accidents which occur ~ often
on Our principal railroads and rall>r> such Il
ruuic in Il community. cur advice Is Just
That of Il very prominent railroad official IN
this country, who said Ia lI>:
"Nrycr walk on Il dulhlc-track road. IL
is Il thing which even |, though | know AL
the trains on the road rs we'll | knoW the
hours of day, never dare To do