Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-01
WASHINGTON News.

thar ,h,. tl,.cra,, was WalkinG along the track
toward this civ, a,I observing the approach OF
I the train from Washington stepped from one
track 10 the o,hsr, aud was struck by the en-
r,ue of the orposiIc train and run over,
Phe stockholders of che Washington, George
town. Alexandria, and New York steamers
held a meeting yesterday. The aunurl report
of President !homIson was read. tie reports
Ina, from the sale of the steamer alley Clty
fund was obtained with which The Dodge
wharf property in Georgetown vas purchased
for : / 800, and 81 800 expended in Improve
| iucnts thereon. -
An order has been received from Mr. j. n.
DuBarry. the general Ir,anagcr oil the Batl
| more and Potomac AMI Alexandria aud Fred
| rrcksburg Railway, that and alter to-day
| the wages Of ali officers aud employees oil the
| roads will be reduced ten per cent, 10 conse-
uuence of the general depression OF business
| This city is becoming quite famous Tor the
| nurnbcr Of divorces procured here Inc ousl-
ness has been steadily increasing durlug the
last llree years, until now some Of our lawyers
J are making such cas::S Speciality
HORRIBLE CALAMITY Mention was made
yesterday OF The burning TO death, III Ball,
more, of lady BY the upsctlng OF II coal oil
lamp. The following PARTICULARS are from the
American, If that clry:
Onc of the ulo,t distressing occurrences that
We have ever had to record took place last night
uvar The village Of Gainesville, resulting III the
agonziug death OF Il !Lost cstmabe lady, Mrs.
= Coale wife OF VIM. + Coalc, esq, OF the
Central Savings Bank, OF this city. Ii seems
that as Mrs Cualc was about retiring tor the
night, IA coal OH lamp which she had just placed
upon he lnaDtcl IN her Dedchambcr tell TO the
floor, ana the burning contents being scattered
over her person, she ran screaming TO the front
door OF the house, and was so horribly burned
that death resulted in few hours. The clrcum-
stallc ) under which this terrible calamity oc-
Cured add increased pcgnancy to vista
ton already 81 full of Sadness as to be quite
beyond Tie power o! human language full
~ to describe. 1t seems that MIR. Isaac
Coalt, OF the we'll known firm of Isaac CoaIe q
Bro, No. II Hanover street, who resides GU
the Liberty road, near Highland Park, Is very
i'll, and that Oh the fatal night Mr.. W. h.
Coale, in company with Thomas Il Coale, were
sitting up with their sick brother, Mr. w. h.
CoaIe, having lett his.wite at his residence near
Gainesville only lew hours previous lu all the
bloom and beauty OF early w1nlanhood, the
happy mother OF az interesting Iamlly OF child
req, IN providing for whose care aud comfort
she found her highest y. Whilst tho two
brothers were thus watching 10y the bedside oil
their sick brother, In the still hours vi The
night near | u clock This A. ~, there came the
sound OF the sharp ctalter OF horses Icet over
| the road ana soon Il SUMMONS ut the door VI
the DIV Hing, when a messenger IN GREATNESS
haste communicated the sad udugs to the
weil-nign distracted husband. As suon a. 1t
Was possible to procure vehicle the TWO
brothers left the bedside of their almost
dying brother, and hurried over toward
| Catuusv!llc. where a sccue met them, the hOr-
rors o. winch nearly drove the husband ut the
poor wD,l,an frantic with grief. Mrs Coale,
surrounded by grlct-,trickcn and syupathlzlng
neighbours, was found in the parlor of the dwell
ing, upon a bed hastily prepared for her reccp-
tiuu, literally burucd To crisp, especially about
the loaur iimt,> aud the body. Every particle
ut cotIirg had been burnt from h4r body, and
her face was 81 horribly ScorchCd that her lea.
lures were not recognizable. Although suffer
lug tic most Undesirable fortunes, she was still
conscious, and rrcognIz ID her sorrow stricken
husband, who bent over an agony OF hapless
| grief Mr. Engcnr Carriug;on, of this city,
whose dwelling is next TO that Of MIR Cuae,
heard the ScrcaGIs Of the unfortunate lady
abou; midnight, and immediately FASTENED to
her assistalcs, and but for his timely aid and
that Of others who sacn joined hun, there Is no
doubt that tha house would have been
burned down Dr. Wysham, of Gainesville,
was quickly ia Attendance, and, With the
aid of the servants and nClshbors, did all that
it was possible to do for the hapcsS sufferer,
but /, was immediately apparent that no hui
man skill could avail to save life. Those who
first arrived aud mt the terrible spectacle seem
,eriy unable to describe its horrors, and they
were So b,wdered that they scarcely know
what they did or how they did it, The wooden
mantle of the chimney. place in the bed-cham
Der WAS burning, having been set fire to by
the oil which was scattered about. Fortunate
| ", the flames had not reached the bed Of the
child'S crib, in which AN infant was sleeping,
when aid arrived to exringuish the flames.
The track of the poor sufferer, as she fed from
the room, was marked by shrcds If her burnt
garments, which had fallen from her as they
burnt of, and were fast communicating fl ms
to the floor Of The dwelling The servants
were asleep when the accident occurred,
and the unfortunate lady had no help
near her except one Of her children, little
boy some sever years Of age Those who saw
the agony of he sufferer aud the grief Of her
husband and children, and heard her plorng
appeals that God would quickly release her
from the great pains OF death which had
fallen upon her, say that they feel that tune
can never ctface the impression made upon their
scnsbitics. The ncghbors, with great alacri
ty, did all that it was possible to do to show
their iutcusc sympathy with the sorrow .strlck-
en- family, taking care of the children and striv-
ing to soohe the grief Of the stricken husband.
Mrs Coale fingered III great agony until short
| " after six 0 clock this morning when death
kindly terminated her suffcrngs. She was the
mother OF five children, the eldest Of whom is
only about thirteen years.
STRIKES THE strike of the railroad en-
gineers upon the Western leased lines of the
PupsyIvania Railroad Company is nearly a
thing of the past. The men employed upon
the Piitsburg Cincinnati and ST. Louis, the
Cleveland ana Pntsburs and the Pan Handle
roads all ANNOUNCED their submission to the re-
| uu1ed ralcs oil Wrg..S and went 10 work agaln