Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-18
a Chapter OF AccInenta-

INJURED ON THE RAILRoAD.-BADIY 1uRNFn
a SERIOUS FALD.-sEvERE ACCIDENT.
1esieriay AFTERNOON, a young man named
Joseph Campbell, a shifting hand on the p W. 81
D. " ~, met with serious accident, on the rail
toau, , near ihe gas house. Campbell was riding
on the front steps of the shifting engine. ana
When nedt the above locality, either stepned or
@ t@eh from Ills place on the step, upon tho track
NO one saw the accident at the time and IL ia moi
exactly known howl it occurred Ii he stepped off
ne must nave stumbled, but it is highly probable
that he fell off upon the track. The onoine and
one car passed over him, cutting Off his right leo
below the knee, and severing the inpers Of bis
tIIBnI hand' lie was taken up aud conveyed to
ms boarding house, on East Third street. near the
r1llroad' Dr. Kane rendered all medical assistance
necessary and this morning. the injured man was
HSotnS wen. campbell has no relatives IN this
NiSv put has brother living in Baltimore.
tn.s morning reporter OF the GAZETTE, hear
iug that colored man had been severely burned
pY an explosion Of blasting powder on E,st
AeVehth street, started out 10 ascaitan the facts
81 tne case, While hunting up tho affair, he OBJ
sSl"ee the ioiowing, which complete the the chap
Ter OF accidents for the last twenty-four hours:
festerday evening, shortly before six o'clock
oamueI Carty, colored man, employed by Quia-
icy q Bro, was engaged in blasting on Eleventh
street below Lombard. When he lighted his fuse
he threw his match earaIessIv down and IN feIl
into an open can of blasting powder which was
on tne ground behind him. It Immediately flash
ed up burning Carty hands, arms, breast and
lace III q serious manner, and setting his clothes
on hire. Some other workmen immediataIv ran 10
MS assistance, extingushed the flames and carried
MIN TO MS boarding house, on the Brandywine
Where his injuries were attended to- He was
found to be quite seriously burned, and as he has
no LelatVes or friends here he was taken, teis
morning, to the Aims House.
Passing down Church streetAnd around the p
W q b. II. t., a crowd assembled around an en-
glne, next attracted the reporters attention. 1t
Iurned out TO be engine No. 81, which had run off
If -
trouble. '''-N'-
Proceeding along the Railroad track, towards
tue depot the reporter noticed weeping woman,
WIN apron to her eyes, hurrying around from
- aoa' street, at the same time man passing
py, casually remarked to another man. "fIe was
nurt pretty bad; his head was split open" Max
ing inquiries, the reporter learned that n Young
4qn' named Thomas Q,Donnell, an employees In
tb basey zones ~ Co.'S ship yard lwhile working on
ground. lie fell with terrible force, and had a
trlghtful looking cut in his head Soon n sad
procession came from the yard, bearing the body
oil poor Thomas on a settee.
lie was still sensible and clutched the back of
the settee with one hand, and held his hat on
with the other. lie was borne into an adioin-
ing house, and medical assistance promptly
summoned. His injuries are serious however.
qua u Is qoubtful II he will recover. Thomas
Roardeu on Front street, near Lombard, with
Mrs. Megary, the woman mentioned above,
arriving at the depot, the reporter was met
with the news of still another accident. This
tlme 1t was boy named Foster, son of a sec
Ton BOSS. He was employed in carrying water
1or Cne handS, and this morning, was standing
close by car, near Church street, from which
quantity OF bar iron was being unIoaded.-
one OF the bars struck him on the fleshy part
OF the leg, tearing it quite seriously. The boy
resides at New Castle, and was taken to his
home on the 11:3O train. -
a report was current, this morning, to the
enect that on the return of the Philopatrians
from cape May, man fell from the boat and
w was drowned The report, however, proved
On me return of the Union Sunday School
excursion, last evening, some of the parties. in
tleir haste to leave the cars, stepped out upon
Cne treSIle work, slipped, and baIked their
shlns. NO serious accidents resulted.