The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-04
a CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS,
A NARROW Escape.

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Last evening between FIVE and six
o'clock while skating on the creek near
the Manchester bridge, Johnnie Farley,
an eleven year old son of Pat Farley, o
glass blower at the Central glass house,
and who bias his residence at No. l2S,
Seventeenth street, broke through the
ice and came very near being drowned.
While in the water he held himself up
for sometime by catching hold of the ice,
but finally gave up and was in the act
of going under, when Pat Donnsvsn,
a workman at the Central Glass House
succeeded in resculng him. When taken
on shore, the boy was carried in an in
sensible condition TO q small house on the
bank, where restorstives we're applied TO
him until signs of life were visible. He
was then wrapped in blankets and re-
moved to h fathers residence, where q
REGISTER reporter found him very COM
Portable at O'Clock last night.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
On Saturday afternoon, Mr.. Joseph
Stephens, heater at the Belmont nail
works, residing at No. Pill Chapline
street, accompanied by his wife, went in
sleigh to see some friends at Benwood.
Mrs. Stephens had just alighted, when
the horses ran of at terrific speed. Find
ing he could not stop them, Mr.. S.
jumped from the sleigh, and in doing SO,
the lines In some way got around his
foot. Fortunately as he fell to the
ground they slipped of. thus preventing
the horses from dragging him along AS
it was, he was so unfortunate as to sus.
tain the following injuries: Heel
bone of the right loot broken,
one bone on left side broken, the
socket broken into four or five
pieces, and several other bones in
the inside also broken. He was carried
into SiDclair's drug store, ard Drs Ford
and Carroll summoned, who set and
dressed the injuries. He was removed
during the evening to his home, where
he is doing as well as could be expected.
DR.. Ford, OF Benwood, attends him. We
are informed the doctors said that SO
many bones were broken that Mr..
Stephens would be assured of more
speedy recovery if the foot had broken
entirely of.
DIsGRACEFUL.
Yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock,
while Willie, ten year old son OF Mr..
John Belville, an employe at Wilson's
old saw mill, living near the river bank,
was in the yard of his fathers residence,
he was struck III the lei: eye by ball OF
ice, thrown, it is SAID, by boy who has
the name of being the worst one In
Ritchietown, with such violence as to
cause the blood to rush from his nose and
mouth. Officer Baum was sent for, and
fastened to tho spot, but the boy had
left. At last accounts he had not been
arrested. The mother of the lad says 1t
is dangerous for any one TO go outside OF
the house at this time, on account OF In
sulting boys, unless sn officer is near.
RUNAWAY.
Last Saturday Jos. Stephens and John
Moore, the flute player, were out sleigh
ing in a two horse rig, when the horses
became frightened at some object above
Fifth street and ran as far down Main
as Tenth street, where they were checked
without having done any serious damage
TO the sleigh or occupants.
By o sudden lurch of his sleigh in turn
ing the corner o! Twenty-third and Mar
Ket streets, Saturday afternoon, Mr.. Robt.
Mcclellan was thrown out, but was not
much hurt.
Saturday evening a sleigh contsin-
ing two men was upset on Chapline
street, near Twenty-third, and the occu-
pants thrown out. The horse ran away,
but was caught before getting very tar.
No damage done and no one hurt.
Saturday evening horse which was
being driven down Main street, fell at
the corner of Twelfth street. No dam
age other than several bruises were su5-
tanned by the animal.
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