The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-12
Local Correspondence.
WILAIoRE. Sept. Q. 1873.

WILMoRE, Sept q, 1873.
DEAR fREEMAN-Iti is my painful duty
TINS week to chronicle one of the most dis
tresSlng occurrences which has ever taken
place i'll this vicinity On Friday last Mr.
Ferdinand Burgoon, son of Joseph Burgoon
OF Washington township was engaged haul
ing logs from the woods TO his fathers mill
with a team of horses and woke of oxen.
On the evening of that day his mother
nced the oxen returning home with the log
truck, at which, becoming alarmed she
Went to the woods, where She found the life
{ less body OF her son lying on the road. The
manner OF his death is only matter of con-
lecture, as no one saw the sad occurrence.
lt is supposed, however; that one of the
horses must have fallen on and crushed him
( In some unaccountable manner, as one side
OF his face was bruised and swollen and
blood was discovered 4 log a short dis
! tance from where the body was found.
With courage almost unprecedented, the
/ stricken mother unhitched and unloosed the
/ horses, one of which in its efforts to extri-
! cate itself had become very much entangled
IN the chains and gears, and then mounting
! one OF them, she hurried home with the
| team, and after giving the alarm, conducted
a number of the neighbors TO the scene of
the accident. The unfortunate man had
prooably lived an hour or more after receiv-
ing the injuries which resulted III his death,
as he had left home for the woods about
O'Clock in the afternoon, and when found by
his mother about half-past 5 his body was
st1ll warm. His death was no doubt caused
by concusSion of the brain, as there was no
cut or bruise about his person except the
one noted, the blood found on the log being
from wound on one of the horses and not
from any inflicted on Mr.. Burgoon himself.
Ihe deceased was quiet, inoffenSive young
man, q years of age last February, and his
sudden and tragic death has cast a dense
gloom over his relatives and friends and
aroused the sympathy of the entire commu-
nlty. The remains of the deceased were in
tered IN the Catholic cemetery in Wilmore
on Sunday. Father Ward, of PITTSBURGH
preached an eloquent and impressive SER
mon, appropriate TO the occasion, on the
subject of "Purgatory,' which was listened
| TO by a large cOncourSe of people, among
whom were many non Catholics who came
for the double purpose OF paying their re-
spect to the dead and to listen to Father
| Ward, whose fame rs preacher is well
known and appreciated by our dissenting
brethren in this neighborhood. After Mass
J the last sad rites of the Church were per-
| formed for the deceased. May lie rest in
! peace.
Glad to see you have a live and intelligent
| correspondent at Gallitzin. Hope F. j. p
may continue TO enlightcn your readers in
regard to matters and things" pertaining
| to his locality, Scribe would of his if a
| scarcity of news had not partially squslched
! him.
| An exodus of potato bugs is going on in
| the streets of Wilmore, much to the annoy
| ance of pedestrians. Our ''city dads should
| put a premium on their scalps.
! By the way, / must tell your readers that
| Father McHugh designs having a Fair, TO
commence, i believe, on the odd inst, for
| the purpose of securing funds to place heat
! ers under the Church. SCRIBE.