Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-12-09
FATAL ACCIDENT.
L. n. Terp and wife Thrown from
sheir Carriage He Dics in Thirty
hinutes-Nature of Her IsJurie..

The whole community was very much
shocked yesterday by an accident. by
which l.. IL. Torp, County Commits.
%sioner, lost his lilo and Mrs. Torp re.
ceived injuries which for a time were
considered fatal.
About 2 O'Clock In the afternoon Mr..
and Mrs. Torp left Derby & Garbart's
livery stable, d street, Virginia, for
home. While turning down Sutton
avenue to @ street, the ring on one end
Of the neckyoko gave way. allowing the
tongue OF the carriage to swing agninst
the of horse, u powerful and spirited
animal. In going down the hill the
play thus given to the vehicle also per.
mitted the whifietrees to strike tho
horses heels. As shown by the track.
the carriage surged to the right, almost
colliding with the building on the south
side Of the venu With the tongue
swinging so heavily to the right II wal
almost impossible to turn the team to
ths left into q street, and In making this
turn the accident occurred.
Where the avenue continues from c
street to ID. there is a dip in the surface
which extends about one.quartcr OF the
way across @ street. As the carriage
reached this dip the horses made n sud.
den spring to the left to gain the street
and the carriage lurched heavily. throw.
ing both occupants out.
At the corner stands an old retort
from one OF the mills. TO prevent PEG.
pie from driving on the sidewalk. Mr..
Torp, according to m eye witness, be.
fore he had time to recover himself, was
hurled violently against this iron retort.
Another person who also saw the acct.
dent say BIO struck the corner OF
the sidewalk. At any rate. a moment
after. he wa picked mp senseless and
carried to the City Hall. where u mat
rass and pillow were speedily provided
for him. He, however. never recovered
his senses or spoke a word, and died In
20 minutes after being placed upon this
improvised couch. An examination Of
his body revealed the fact that he struck
Just back Of his right hip. The con.
cussion was 30 great, and the consequent
internal injuries 20 severe m to cause
his death. The appearance Of the body
from between the shoulders up to the
head was such that one physician pro.
nounced the immediate cause OF death
TO have been ths dislocation Of the spinal
column at that point. while another
thought the rupture OF a blood vessel Of
the brain had produced death aud also
caused the appearances above ind.
Gated.
Mrs. Torp was thrown further down
tho walk than her husband. She was
picked up and carried across tho street
to the barber shop near the corner. and
subsequently, removed to Mrs. Single
toms lodging house above. where her
injuries were examined. Her right leg
had both bones broken between the knee
and ankle aud the bridge Of her nose
was also broken. Her left wrist and
right thumb were dislocated and her
head and body badly bruised. At .
o'clock to-day she had been informed OF
Mr.. Torp's death and was resting as
quietly as could DO expected, and the
doctors pronounced her recovery most
hopeful. They agreed that she had sus-
tanned no serious internal injuries.
After throwing Mr.. and Mrs. Torp out
the carriage somehow riehted and the
horses dashed on down G street at n
fearful pace. After reaching Mill street,
however, their speed slackened some.
what and Just above Carson street they
ran against u post, ono horse fell and
both were secured. Neither the team
nor carriage was seriously injured.
As soon rs Mr.. Torp died the Exempt
Firsmsn Of Virginia ran their flag to half
mast. This signal Of distress was i'm
mediately followed by the Masons, Odd
Fellows, Turner's and iremen generally,
OF all Of which societies Mr.. Torp was a
member. The flag at the Court House
was also flying at half mast a few min
utes later. The accident has been the
subject OF common conversation ever
since its occurrence. Many reports
which widely varied from the truth were
circulated, and this morning 1t was gen.
orally believed that Mrs. Torp was
dead.
There are some circumstances In con
nsction with this truly sad accident
which are worthy Of record. Mr.. Torp
and wife came from their home at the
toll.gate on the Geiger grade in the