New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

structed the Track - Drowning of n
Pleasure Party Mt MontreIier-Deafh
of Moses Bates-COunterfeiter Arrest
ed - Horrible Murder Mt Belfast,
Naine-MOdOcs Sent to Fort klamath
Battle i'm Chicago Between Policemen
and Burglnrs-A Poisonous Mother-in-
law-Dies OF the Poison she had Pre-
pared for her SOn-Choiera in Cincin-
natl Courthouse Burned ut 1ittle
ROck-Health of Memphis and Nash"
Vile.
NORWICH. June l6.-Three men were ar.
rested in Plaintie( last night, and are now
in the city prison here, charged with plac.
ing the cbetructlOns upon the track OF the
Norwich and Worcester railroad on Sunday
morning. Sidney p. Cooper. the engineer,
and George Harvey. fireman, were severely
injured by the escaping steam from the en-
gine.
A plank was placed on me track. just be-
low the depot at Daysville, but 1t was
sweDt off by the cow catcher About two
| hundred feet further on tue engine encoun'
tered tie in the very heart OF the village
and swept 1t some five hundred feet TO the
| switch. where it caught IN the trog ana
| threw the locomotive Oft the track. The
| whistle blew "down brakes" and every
effort was made to keep the train on the
! road bed but the speed was so great tina.
! the engine could not be stopped, and lt
swept the capstans from the bridge over the
| Five Mile river.
The locomotive and three cars containing:
| sixteen persons. fell into bog meauo"
some fourteen feet below, burying the en-
| gineer and tiremen beneath the RUNS. fdtei
| an hour's labor they we're eXtricated. badly
bruised and scalded, gu: are reported a.
doing well to-day. , of
Att meeting of the citizens a reward OF
alO0o was pledged on behalf OF the to"n.
to he paid on the conviction OF the Fasca's
who were guilty of this crime.
T6Sthe list of brave men should DC 1I aGGe''
-be names of S. p. Cooper and George i!a''
,-av the engineer and fireman of the Nor
: vich and Worcester railroad. WHO WeE'
| down with their engine on Sunday morning.
The engine ploughed its way over 'i6s Ior
! nearly two rods hetore i reachen inc
, h,id9e and then with mighty bolho
nlnueed into the bed Of The stream oeie"
distance Of nearly twenty :eet. A. IL ie..
!, .rrnaG compietey over. s.rihin: the
oround with the wheels Erperinosi. aii''
| buried its projecting work deep IN inc '". M en
The tent,e, as i followed, came va! 'es
| -ifc force. and the coupling oreah.n ~
th. Jerk Of the plauge. j. was hnrle! coz
nlets'y owe. the engine and placed as ssnafl :
| on its end as if iy :he hahd Vi man
/. | urea. fiat car with :. ioao OF ,r nea' ono.
a Ta. .lrown bevond tie engine Inc auaik'
j. .ruaas "an ,ar crowded with freight. fel! upon
d ~ eno;ne' .urnine az i tel and lying VIII:
i one one side partly crushed. This terrible atfea:
upon human life i. !s supposed was 'o' shs
4. T # is is thosgL: tho: al! the injured will re-
l. cover.
+ In addition to .he 800" reward oiis'e,
l. nv the committee. the superintendent; o, @ .ns
N Norwich and Worcester division OF the ?as ne"
g York ana New England road PT'i.anre cn .ama,, :.
card this afternoon, Offering s',jv se"a. :,
re for for the &c conviction OF The wretche,, w,. "h'
'e nlaced , the plank aud ties on the track. s
MosrrnLsEk june ls-Fvs IN Of svo eTss. roaf
~ ~ persons on a pleasure parry; !" Th w. otba-
st which co!lided, were drowned. Inc otheE
We're We're taken from the wate: unconscious
y but were restored. :.;o, .,
boston, June lsThe The, e9nsn'Sv,oh 1Rs Wsss Fl
q. pnnrSerer reports him sane. He WILL
hung on the twenty-seventh instant.
Hon. Moses Bates. prominent m.no
Al. ICONTINUEp ON FOURTH 1A0t.l