Peninsular news and advertiser. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1872-1904, 1876-05-26

rERR1BLE ACCIDENTS AND SUICIDE.
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TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS AND SUICIDE.
MEssRs. EDITORS THE unusual quiet Of
our City for the past few weeks has been
followed by a series of revolving and heart
rending accidents, and by a very singular
suicide of a man and wife. First of all these
terrible casualties was the death of man
upon the rail last Friday evening. Anthony
Cannon, bricklayer, residing in the wes'
tern portion of the city, 1t is supposed while
under the influence of liquor, he wandered
to the track of the Delaware Railroad and
fell; the 11:15 freight coming along passed
over his head and limbs, crushing them into
shapeless mass. At the inquest held by
Coroner Groves, the death was declared ac-
cidental.
The ne WIS of the aforesaid accident had
hardly reached us, when our City was start
led to some extent by a terrific explosion of
one of the powder mills of the Messrs. Du-
Points, situated few miles up the Brandy
wine, which occurred at 8 A. NJ, Saturday
morning. It was the most serious and de-
structive to life and property of any that
has taken place for many years. The cause,
as usual, of these explosions, can seldom be
arrived at, as every living thing or person is
destroyed, as in this case. Four men, Fred
erick and Patrick Dougherty, Amos Carbet,
and Patrick McKenney, were working in the
mill at the time Of its explosion, and all were
instantly killed, three Of the men literally
being blown into pieces, the remaining one
was blown about fifty feet in the air, but
was not mutilated or mangled to any extent.
The friends of the men who were killed
have been looking for the remains, and SC
far have been successful in finding black
and swollen arm, leg, a headless trunk and
small pieces of flesh, bones and clothes, sc
There was great destruction Of the surround
ing property, windows, &C., being generally
shattered. The widows and orphans of the
deceased will be cared for during life by
and at the expense of the Messrs. DuPonts.
A double suicide of strange couple, sup
posed to be man and wife, who were stop
ping at the Black Horse hotel, occurred las
Saturday evening, they taking together
strychnine and laudanum, and were fount
Sunday afternoon, after the door was forced
husband and wife, side by side upon the bee
dead. They are supposed to have been eithe
French or German, were well educated, ant
talked quite fuently the English language
They are entirely unknown in this City, ant
will probably be inferred in few days il
Potters Field.
Still another death on the railroad. Las
Saturday night as the lilo train from Phils
delphia arrived at our depot young ma
James A. M. Frazier, aged twenty-seve
years, attempted to step off the train, it ha,
ing almost stopped running, in doing so h
fell and rolled under the cars from which
had just alghted, which passed over hi
limbs MASKING them off, only being attache
to his body by pieces of skin. Several ply
scians were Immediately sent for but coul
. do nothing for the unfortunate man, he lin
gering on in terrible agony until three o'cloc
Sunday morning Mr.. Frazier was form
, er resident of this City, had several relation
and many friends here. The unfortunat
man leaves behind him fond wife an,
two small children to mourn his untime
fate. His friends and relatives have tn
sympathy Of the entire community.
The very many terrible deaths on the raj
should serve as lesson to each one of us
that we cannot be to careful while travelin
upon the cars. II.
Ma %, 1876.