Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-10-19

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BROUGHT ABOUT by few timely and well
directed rcbukos. FAIR PLAY.
gt.- AaolDENrs.-For some months
pat there seems tobe an unusual amount
of distressing accidents occurring upon
the Il. & O. Railroad, so much so that
it is beginning to be hazardous task
to travel upon the road from Baltimore
to Wheeling. a few of the late acct
dents are mentioned, as follows, by a
correspondent from Portland, W. Va,
TO the Wheeling Mie'bgencsr =
One of tn. most shocking accidents
occurred last Saturday that we have yet
recorded. Engine No. 10, ten wheel
Perkins engine, which runs between
this and Newburg as a ''helper, eXpIo-
ded hel boiler near Frankviilc, on the
Seventeen Mile grade, killing instantly,
Joseph Larkgy, engineer, and lniurlng
fatally, John Duckworth, fireman, and
Hugh Lynch, brakeman. Thos. Burke,
watchman Of the cut, who was standing
near the engine at the time of the eX
plosion, was very badly scalded about
the head and body, but from which 1t
is thought he may recover, probably
with the loss Of both his eyes. Mr..
Lackey wasaresident of Newburg, where
he leaves a wife and large family. lie
has been an engineer on this division
for something over fifteen years, and has
many friends who will deeply deplore
the shocking tragedy OF his death.
Mr.. Duckworth was resident Of
Westernport, Nd, and was also a mar
ried man He lived for an hour after
the accident in the most horrible suffer
ing. His skull was broken 50 that his
brains had oozcd out on the back of his
head in lamp as large as mans fist,
besides horrible cash he received the
entire length of his face, almost severing
one Jaw from the rest Of the head.
Mr.. Lynch, was a married man, and
resident Of Grafton He was struck
on the back of the head by the furnace
door, breaking the skuilin severalplaces.
He lived until Sunday at 1885 I. NJ.
The explosion was one OF the most
terrific. The entire engine, with the
exception of the front truck, was carried
to a point fully one hundred and fifty
yards from the scene of the explosion.
Scarcely bad We noted the particulars
of the other accident, when we were
shocked by the announcement OF the
death Of another man. Two engines
collided with each other near Bridge
port, on the Parkersburg branch, at some
hour on Saturday. The fireman of one
of them, whose name We could not
learn, was caught between the foot
board of the tender and the furnace Of
the engine, and was SO firmly held
in that position, that all efforts to rescue
him proved unavailing, and he was left
to literally roast to death.
The scene, we are told. was hcartrcn-
ding man suffering the most excrucia-
ting agony and begging Of his fellows
to rescue him even from the manner OF
his death; to see one die for want Of
help when they could touch him with
their hands, is scene, enough for the
stoutest hearts
After seeing that nothing could save
him from his terrible death, the umtortu-
nate nan took from his pocket book
in which he wrote message 10 Ills wife.
And still another: Saturday morning
Thos. Carr, foreman Ola camp train,
engaged in laying double track near
Newburg, was instantly killed by the
premature explosion of Slast. We
Were told that his head was blown to
atoms.
In consequence of the occurrence of
the accidents above narrated, some TWEEN
ty men resigned their positions at Pied
mont yesterday, as we'll az some six or
seven at Newburg. The railroad COM
pany cannot get men enough to run
their trains.
Mrs Parton (''Fanny Fern,) sister
of n. p. Willis, and the genial and
kind hearted writer, died few days ago