Middletown transcript., 1873-08-30
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE
RAIL ROAD.
Falitag oS the Tresets Werk-One Hasn
Killed, Several OaAsrs Aass.

Fsiiing Of che Tsessis wssk-One Msn
Killed. Several Oahsrs Hart.
On Monday morning our citisens we're sudden
~ startled BY report that the great treste- work
which the Railiosd Company were putting up
over the breach 10 their road made BY the break.
Ing Of the Canal near Kirkwood, had fallen, kill.
ing and wounding several men. tcl~gra,n had
summoscd eur physicians TO the aid Of the In.
jurcd workmen, and In company with them,
| through the kindness Of Mr.. Mills, we at once
proceeded 10 the spot. The breaches In the road
| between Middleiown and the ,anal having been
epaired the engine cf the peach train which WAS
caught here, with one car attached, was used 10
carry the ysicians to the scene Of the DISASTER
and in very few minutes Drs. Chamberlaine
| and Mckee were doing all in their po wcr TO re-
ieve the suncrings Of the wounded men.
fearful sight presented itself The entire
work had allen Commencing on the nor til side
the ,res,es had fallen one against another like a
| row Of bricks set on end, so that the whole were
| lying In one confused mass on tho ground and
in the water beneath. large number OF n,en
were at work upon The bridge when /, gave way,
one was killed outright, two were seriously in
jurcd, one IL is feared fatally and three or four
others slightly. why more were not hurt is a
mystery which We can only rejoice n, but eanno,
comprehend.
The entire structure fell with terrible crash,
| carrying with II from height OF upwards of hf-
| ,y feet the whole force Of work men who were IN
| gagged upon IL, aud II seems almost wondc, fui
that any escaped nnhnrt. Ono man leaped from
the top of the falling work to the water Of
| the canal beneath, and escaped uninjurcd
Another, who took the same jump, escaped
with only few bruises on his legs.
| Some Of the men who were no, on the bridge
| and who witnessed the fall, thought that there
| we're some men buried beneath the ruins, but on
Investigation none we're found No cause can be
| assigned for the accident, unless i, lie that the
| end OF n heavy log, or stringrr, which was being
put upon the works struck the hrs, ,rustlc knock
ing II against the second, aud thus starting the
| fall.
| THE KiLLcp AND WOUNDED.
| The name Of the man who was Killed was
Thomas Carroll, The poor fc low had only
| come from Baltimore and commenced work that
| morning. We understand be was a middle
aged ,nan and leaves family.
The injured were A. W. Prcttyman. Face
bruised aud injured internally lie was delrious
during the mig ht
II. L. Laaer,y. lie fell from ,hc top of the
trestling, and an arm, leg and hip were broken.
| lie WAS also injured internally.
j. i. Carson was struck In the back by plank
and sustained serious internal injury.
! WIN 7 Davis had finger mashed and was
somewhat bruised. lie jumped IN the canal and
nearly drowned.
WIN. Mills was eaugh, under the ,iu,bers, and
one leg was severely bruised.
| Richard smith sustained severe sprain in
| his hips by jump from the ires,ling.
FL. uu,zon was injured in a similar manner
Fisher Hall fell from the ,rcs,ic and was injur-
| ed in the back.
All the injured were from Wilmington.
conoSgn's INVESTIGATION.
| The Coroner was n, once notified and came
down After a thorough investigation, and cx.
animation Of several witnesses, the Jury reader
i cd verdict that Thomas Carroll was killed by
! the accidental falling Of the trestlc work, and
| that the accident WAS unavoidable
/ DELAY Is rilE Work.
The accden, greatly DELAYED the completion
Of the work, aud the opening Of the road
Had it not happened the trains would have com
nirnced running on Tuesday, bu, in consequence
OF the disaster thr work Was thrown back seve-
raj days, aud travel was not resumed until Thurs
! day.
shooting Negro.
The attention Of the residents of that portion
Of the loan on the soniheas, of the square
was withdrawn from the great topic OF the time,
the food, Tor little while, on Saturday light
last, by little row which Chief of Police
| Hayes had with an ohsitrperons negro, named
Bill frishy. II seems that the coorrd ndisldu-
al was qnafreliing with another negro ia from,
| Of Mr, j. +. Easons store. Mr.. Hayes went
mp TO them and told Them not 10 make so much
noise, and. Al The same time, ordered them To
| stand back and mol blockade the street This
frisby, too. iu "high dudgeon aud bcca me
rather insoleni, and, ON Mr.. HAYES attempting TO
enforce order, the negro drew the favorable
wespon of his class, razor, and eni u, the off.
Ger. The latter, thereupon, very promptly aud
Justly knocked the negro down. but this did not
satisfy his ncgroship, and he made another
| thrust with his rnzor, only 10 mert the same
fate; n third attempt TO use the sharp weapon
was me, by the officer using his revolver. lie
hred twice al his assaiant, striking him in the
arm al the second shot. This had the desired
effect, aud ffisby beeame quiet, and the other
.darks' dispersed. frshy is an ..onryn negro,
and We think Hayes served him exactly right
Meeting OF the Levy Court.
The Levy Court held n special session at New
Castle last Saturday, called by : +. Shalcross
ESD, President, 10 take action IN regard 10 the
| repair ot the damage done by the recent floods
After hearing the reports Of the different MEM
hers the following appropriations were made -
$500 10 repair bridges in White Clay cresk Hun
dred, suffice, Ia the order Of Mrssts Ruth and
Jansier s3np for the same object In peneaIcr
Hundred. subject to the order OF Mrssrs Ruth
| AMI Jansier 81 500 Tor ihc repair of bridges
and eause~ IS IN 81. Georges Hundred, subject
io the order OF Mcssrs. shaierass aud bright
| -, ,aao iof the sanir purpose in Yrs, Appoauini-
mink Hundred, subject To Iiss order Of Mcssrs
| " 1iison and peaksne, $500 for the same ohrci
| u New Castle Hundred, suhjrct to the order of
Jack. on and Fchi.st and 1000 for Red Lion
llnndiea, saijce, 10 the order of Brigh, and
shnlle oss Several other appropriations of small
| ler sums we're made for various purposes super
induced by the STORM and in view Of the extra
expense incurred by the disaster, the County
Treasurer was instructed 10 borrow, forthwith
| the sum Of fifteen thousand dollars 10 meet this
extra and unexpected expense.
Mardsrous Assault.
Jacob Levy. the landlord of the hotel at Bow
crs Beach, was severely beaten with club In
| the hands OF a stout negro ON last Saturday
large number OF colored people were on the
leach celebrating their annual holiday called
Big Saturday" Mr.. Levy was attending ba,
when black fellow came in and after getting
drink put the iumbler in his pocket Refusing
10 give !, up, Mr. Levy proceeded 10 enforce his
demand with club. when his weapon was
turned against himself In a very dscouraging
manner The colorsd party is under arrest
| Dsiarareda.