Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-16
From new UaslIe.
TIRE FATAL AcmDEHT-ALLEaED BRUTAL ASSAULT
A MARROW ESCAPE FROM TERRIBLE DtsNsrEh
FALL, OF A RooF-PRooEEDlNas OF THE TOWN
COMMISSIONERS. ...l.

nuz vArAt AcUDENT-ALLEaED BRUTAL ASSAULT
A MARROW ESCAPE FROM TERRIBLE DtsHsrEh
FALL OF A RooF-PRooEEDINas OF THE TOWN
COMMISSIONERS.
[Co, respondence Of the COMMERCIAL
t NEW CAsrLE, August l6
Yesterday, while the gravel and construction
train Of Messrs. Morris, Tasker Co., was running
at about IL miles an hour, young lad, named
VIM. Foster, abou. fifteen years of age, slipped
from the platform of one OF the cars, and was
struck by the one Immediately behind IT, and
precpitated under the train. His head and pacK
we're horribly mangled by the collision WIN the
car and his hands crushed to jelly by the
wheels The body was Immediately taken 10 his
home. when every effort was made to save MS
life, but without effect, and he died IN ABOUT an
hour. IL. .,.at
occupied the new hotel at Hares Corner, and
who has been gaining for himself souethlnB oi
reputation for belligerent propensltles' was al
rested yesterday by Sheriff Armstrong ior assault
and battery on a man, who had foimerly peen
in his employ. II appears the man became uls-
sipated and left. Ii is alleged that Hastings,
| not faneying this, caught the aDsconner anu
| beat him numerically, pounding his face TO
perfect Jelly and not satisfied with using hsts'
kicked him about the head and body IN terri,
not at all equal to an encounter with sucn
| man az Hastings The latter was taken before
| Squire Vandiver, and held in five hundred doi,
| lars bail to keep the peace, and three hHhureu
| for his appearance at Court.
| Thirteen Of the immense ttmbers useo IN tue
construction of the roofs0t Messrs. Morfl5, Ias-
| ker & Co.'s new mills, had up to yesterday peen
| placed in position, at an expense OF much une
| labor and money. Late in the afternoon; an.
/ durinp the slight shower of rain, while all tht
| workmen fortunately had sought shelter from
the storm, the whole roofing gave way with
terrible crash, severely but not fatally ln]urlnt
| John O. Cloud, who was the only workmeh .
| that time beneath the building. Had the accl
| dent bappened before or after the shower, tn'
loss of life must have been terrible, and all th'
men employed around the place were helplnt
place the timbers in position, The accident wa
due to the Stacking of some ropes (by the oaml
| weather), which held the rafters together
There was a meeting of the Town Comms
sioners, to-dayto to settle line OF solid wharnng
A plot Of the wharves was drawn and lalu De
fore the Commissioners by Mr.. Junkln OF TN
| u. s. Court Survey The meeting was calleu U
| order by the President, and after the usual pre-
| iminaries the following resolution was enere
What the line be established south from nsid
| end of town wharf, at foot of Delaware Stree
to a line of solid wharhng OF Stephen +. NJ
Taske,, at johnson street north from the SAN
point to line along Truss's wharf to North 81.
iThis was lost. Mr. Burnham proposed "a III
south of the outer end of the town wharf, pelo
Jefferson's wharf, along the face OF lime a. ~
steamboat wharfs, to Johnson street.. ,,,rl ~
Challenger offered an amendment. I'm
the line be extended, on line with tho'
wharves to interseet the line of Stephen I. y
Takers wharf az johnson street. carrie
The line was then further established nor
from the sontheast corner of the town wharf
the lower corner of the U. s: pier, and them
along the face OF said pier. thence north az
angle sufficient to cut the line Of North stree
700 feet from the centre stone at North ana Ma
! | ket streets. ,,- e,.,.
A petition was then read from Mr.. stephen
NJ Tasker and thirteen others, to open ana graz
seventh street. In view OF this, and the "a
that the commissioners have no funds az the
disposal, they made application to the Ifus1e M
of the Commons to assume the city gas Dill
the coming year, in order to enable tho Comm
sioners to make the necessary survey, &c.