Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-10-01
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER, / 1878.

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sent here and there and no ono ans.
pected that the body was in the lake.
A reporter, out for a sail, came across
the body. after week or 30. and he
at once recognized the sensation which
would be created at his news. This
was Friday afternoon. All three dai.
lies would publish on Saturday morn.
ing, hut his daily alone would have a
Sunday edition. lie therefore deter.
mined to save his news until too late
for the other papers to make use of
it. Sailing to an old dock, he fastened
the body to spile, and il remained
there until Saturday evening. when
he had a boy discover il, called cor
oner,. and had the satisfaction of
knowing that the Sunday Buqle sold
five thousand extra comics on account
/ of bi article.
zone of the saddest THOUGHTS in con
nection with the terr;hIa scc;dent On
the Grand Trnnl, Railroad which oc
cured a few months since arises rrom
The death of a well known uos,orn ro
nor,er-a man who Nod served ,wontr
ono years an ono ionrnoI w;,bont ,5o
loss of ono dov,s a. IT. 'ros oar,.ht M
in the wrack of a csrond totolI,, In i,r
ed No ono knor, ,L,, e,nL 10, H.,
casa mil daath bod alosad h;a Wy
stretched ont in a freight denot wilb
two score of dead and dying, he stated
that he was not badly injured, and
requested the surgeons to attend to
the othera first. Taking out his diary
and pencil he iotted down an account
of the accident, procured full list of
the dead and injured, and bis report
to his paper in the distant western
city was the first which passed over
the wires. After seeing his first ac-
count, he proceeded to gather more
minute details, and had Just finished
his work when death overlook him.
When the surgeon came back and
kneeled beside him be found a white,
cold face, closed eyes, and cold hand
holding fast to book and pencil. The
last sentence which the man had writ
ten was, "othcr's will die before morn
ingw His second report was sent
over the wires, followed by these words
from the operator, "your reporter is
dead !" The line was read TO thirty
compositors in the office of the repor-
ter's paper, and every man shed tears
"Renorters after two or tbrce wears
of service baye little or no excitement
left in their natures. They run 10
6res. 90 mn in balloons down into
tunnels. and attend murder trials be.
ea,,se dutv calls them there. and not
because Of the excitement. They NAV
not becomo So hardened that tbev
cannot feel n symnathv for the wall
inc widow of an accidentally killed.
or n ,iound drowned, but tho same
thing over and over makes monotony
in ANYTHING Their business ia TO
secnre news away 10 the office with
| it, and there is really no time to grieve
with the public over its woes and sor-
rows. While a good item can be writ.
ten from second hand matter. better
one can be written from personal ex-
perience. 1t is not every one who
would care to don the dress of sub
marine diver and take a walk on the
lake bottom. with fftv feet of water
between him and The snrface bnt
s,-a.al ..c.,o-.~-s hauA rnaAa the av-
noriment bove wri,ton ,hr;ll;nc dos-
rrin,;ons Of wba, ,hev saw ana how
tbav f.lt down ,here in ,bo s;lenco
and ,,Ioom Tho folIowinc ;nc;dont
has never onneored in nrin, bnt IL
strictly true and "a usod hero n show
thot rsnor,ers bocomo nermo,tod win
an ideo that an itom is an itcm where.
evor Won 6nd II No matter that the
circumstances. The reporter of a we'll
known Southern daily was one of u
large number of passengers on river
steamer. Without an instants warn
ING the boilers exploded. blowing eve
rybody 'sky.bigb.' and killing or
wonnding half The passengers The
renorter and five others were lucky
enough TO aIight in the water near !,
fragment of the wreck largo enourh
IN doat them. and thev had no sooner
crawled upon IL than The nev spoper
man drew ont his hook and mcneil and
demanded names and residences ioi.
ting Them down with The exclamation
,ha1 tho bIow'nn w,s worth n cloan
bundled dollars ~ him IN furnish Two
columns on What / Know Abon,
steamboat Explosions The wrecL,
aonted within a bnndred feet of the
shore and be swam IN tbo bonL and
started for n telegranh station ihree
niles away leovTng his lo,n comnon,
ions to aoat on mill nicked nm 1--WE
miles below.
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