Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-26
The Damage Mt the canal as bad
.,sf az eVeT.A
THE WORK OF THE LAST -FOUR DAYS
UNDONE.

UNOONE.
Yesterday morning, intelligence reached this
city Of terrible accident to the workmen who
were engaged IN erecting trestte bridge over the
break on the Delaware Railroad at the canal
blidge.l,sF The dispatches, or such portions of
them as hccanle public, wore very brief and mea- |
l,re, and of course, exaggerated accounts soon |
spread like Fild FIRE, and In a short time Tumor |
had IL that me list of casualties was terrible in
A rerresentSliTS nf tlle 9 AzErTR was despatched
to the scene of the accident, the train which |
this city at lis, +. n. This train stopped In |
front of the Harlan a. HOlingsworth Co.'s works,
and took q large number Of workmen from that
establishment, 20 assist In the repairs.
Arriving at theucene Of tho accident, strange |
view was presented to tlle gazeaOf those who had
previously vIsitedt the plscc. VKhefe but tho day
before, was q row of large high trestless was now
Ia space almost a. vacant as on the day after the
storm, while at the bottom of the excavation, was
a mass OF heavy timbers broken aud scattered
about in q manner, which showed how terrible
must have been the force Of tho fall. The men
too, who but the day before had pursued their
labors With vim, now seemed spiTitlcss and de-
pressed, as II almost heart sick OF the recent work
of death and destruction.
The accident occurred at 10 O'Clock In the morn
ing, Just how OF why nobody, probably, can ever
correctly explain. The bridge was well under way
towards completion. Nineteen large trPstles, from
| 40 to Al feet high had been erected, and about
the tops of these trestles, the "5trIngers"' upon
which the rails are laid. Other workmen. some
L two hundred OF more, were scattered about below
| in the immediate viclnlty. SuddeAly, the trestle
| at the north 0nd, inOlined 10 the south, sWaySd
slightly, and then fell With crash against the one
next 70 it, the second one fell against the third,
and 90 on, they went down like = row Of bricks
| when the first ona is knocked over, until sixteen
of them lay prOstTAto and broken upon the ground,
i or recllned against the three ct the lower end,
i which remained intact.
The acene which followed the tipping over Of
4 the first trestls beggars description. The men at
4 work upon the top, having no alternative, imme-
diatey jumped to the ground, forty feet below
In addltaon 70 this frghtful leap. some Of them in
their descent were struck by the falling timbers.
The trestes fell with terrific crashes, the men
screamed and shouted franticly, and for q while
every one seemed paralyzee and unable to make
any effort for the release Of those who had suffer-
cd nom the dlS1ster.-.ssse-4.-a-.
! In q few minutes, however, the uninjured re-
covered their self possession, and set about remoV-
ing the injured from the ruina Soon the follow
, ing were brought out:
u ThOs. Carroll residing in Baltimore, neck bro
ken and side OF the head crushed; instantly killed
9 Carroll belonged TO Edw. Robnson's gang, of thC
e Baltimore section; he just came on thai morning
d and had only been at work about two hours. He
!. leaves = vile and four children.
81 A. w. Pettyman, residing at No. Ole W. Second
street. fell upon his tace bruising it severely. HI
was also injured internally. This morning, w
learned that his condition was not very favOrabis
t. His face was badly swollen, and he was restless
IS and out Of his mind throughout the night.
e II. A. Lafferty, residing at No. .5l3 w. Secont
street. fell from the top Of TIE trests and waS in
/ jured by the fallng hmbers- Hia arm hip ant
+ leg were broker, 1d his bSsass injured inter
, naly His cqe1Ienstbis morning waD very IN
, j. Z, Car on, q ding at No. 1lO King street
10 vas struck Ia ako small og the back by q Large
plank, as inmf ed from ne trOgtls. He suS
g tanned mi jdnssu an intsrnal eharactsr which ar
10 regarded a in thsar nature,
le WIN. I! reading at 100 Walnut stBsel
Jumped do ~ lnt1the water, and Dsing unabl
~ 70 swim almcsf 1goWned before assistance reach
" ed HIM. OnOet.h his aegers gas also crushed, an
yl Wm. Mics, rs.i1ins q Zoe Was Third street
got ,ught among NA9 taIllng tInbsFs and had u
bs cut out HiS leg waszsaS11sly~ bruised an
cut. .- .-...- ... .,#...-.. .,...
Richard sanith, residing at s25 E. Second street
a. iaS,6Ing nnS Als l 4 "a 'a sn0 bruised .
Il FdwerS 0ulSoll. resldIna "a Wesa street, be
~ CWeeH Second and Third, received about the sam
4, injuries il the same mannsv.
~ Fisher Hall, reading ~ No. l27 W. EleVent
~ street, fell nom the treste, and was severely iu
~ Iurad In the back. r. i CC Ctsf.I fa.t Ia-s#t. .
"a Nearly all the men who Jumped from the trestI
4, Were bruised and shaken severely, bat with Ii
nd exception Of those Rboys mentioned, all WEI
!. As soon ~ possible after the accident th
70 the wounded were taken out and conveyed
~ more conkoFtAble reSf1nG places, under adjaceI
d tres, and six physcians from MiddletoWn Sci
q 4 for. Before they arrived, however, DIR. Cha
lit Green, the eminent Philadelphia surgeon, WI
n. Is visiting in the nelghborhood and happened
IA be ON the GTuUnd az the time, set Mr.. Lafferty
n. broken limbs, and rendered all the surgical a
o,t that was .theh necessASy. '' = ..-'
- y The dead body Of Carroll Wns removed to .
~ adjaceut house and upoh the arrival Of the sp
on ciaI train tfum thU) ciHO Coroner WinsloW bel
~ workmen fethrhkd a.ystaict Of adeath BY u
fall of a tTostlel bridge, on the Delaware Ra
rad, said fall being Sheresult Of an unAvoidab
? acctdent.1 DODGE r lgyify 15 rf#f "
! BY this time, aaleeping car had arrived fro
az Wilmington ana tbs JW6unaed 'meA were car
'ra taken abOard,I ahd thS lraIu steamed rapidly
~ 70 this city where the l1jprea were pl9Csd IN ca
~ riages and taken 70 their homes.
. At the depdt heke all the altsmoon crowds
frightened women kept comjnG aud going anxlo
to know II their Husbands, sons and bFothC
were among tie htFts r. Not untl the arrival
ere the train with fhs wounded did they cease th'
Inquiries, tiiD31lsI ,lliI idalN , q t
PREPARING RoR a RRsUNPTIoN OF TRAVEL.
e The accident of Yesterday, rendered 10 impOs
bic to have The break in the road repaired for
~ week or mOFo, and therefore active pEeparAtlo
a. Wsre instantly mada TOR yasumption OF pasa1
Air ger travel Steps 70 the bottom OF the 0xcavSt
- have been eFeCtoa o. both sides Of the break a
80 foot walk laid across the bottom, It propoI
NJ. to run pas1eneSf trains South TO the end Of
~ break, and North b thB OtAeT end, an sxchan
Of passengers and baggage win then be eaect'
N Trains vii probably commence to-day.
GI h, DJ0oEN0 pUF EHB CANAL. .r l.
yrssI "A number OF man were engaged in the vicin
seV OF the Railroad bridge yesterday ~ digging
tAs canal. They we're working with packs u
the sbovsls, but q soon e thsir lahon progress