Smyrna times., 1879-07-16
A SERIOUS Accident.

A Serious Accident.
Mrs. Anna Macy, residing near Odessa,
but on q visit now to her daughter, Mrs.
Mary T.. Norris at the Landing, fell from
Odd Fellows Hall steps last Friday after
noon and broke both her wrists. DIR.
Swinney, who was called in, found upon
examination that one bone in one wrist
was broken and two bones in the other
Mrs. Macy, from latest accounts, is doing
well.
Visitors.
Since last Wednesday we have collected
the following list of visitors who are stop
ping in our town. Those named in the first
paragraph are former Smyrnians:
Miss Addie Hinson, Thomas L. Carrow,
New York William Z. Waters and family,
Miss Lizzie Norris, William Wilds, Phila. !;
Miss Bell Allen, Alvin Allen, John Milla-
way, Reese Bell, Oliver Cooper, VIM. Spen-
Ger, Wilmington; Miss Alice Hoffecker,
Delaware City; Mrs. Geo. Baynard, Easton,
Md. Mrs. Sarah Budd, Miss Fannie Budd,
Louisville, KY; Miss Eta L. Benson, Bonn
bay Hook; Richard S. Culbreth, Baltimore !;
VIM. N. Ransom, Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor, Chester, Pa, Mr.
Thomas J. Aagner and wife, Philadelphia !;
Misses Kate and Rachel Appleton, Miss
Virgie Mccoy, Odessa; Miss Sallie Riddle,
New Castle; Miss Katie Humes, Milford ;
Mr. Walton, fredericksburg, Md; Misses
Ella and Ida Bogie Washington, d. C. ;
Miss Susie Lienfelder, Phila; Misses Gertie
Stevenson, Lizzie Ii. Stevenson. Eva Sal
mons, Mamie S. Fulton, Annie 7. Cannon,
Dover; Mrs. DR.. Cahall and son, Whining
| ton; Everett Snowden, Baltimore.
4 sudden and sad Death.
In another column will be found an ac
count of the drowning of a little boy named
Jan1er Toner, of Wilmington. To-day we
report a parallel case which happened in
our own midst. William G. Allen, famil
iarly known here as Willie, the oldest son o
! Benjamin Allen, who resides on the Middle
| Alley road about 4& miles from this town
was drowned last Friday afternoon at Muir
phey's mill pond. 1t appears that Will,
had for some time been promising to teach
his younger brother Charlie to swim. Ac
cordingly, on the day in question, the two
together with the youngest brother of all
little Ben, went down to Murphey's ponC
and stripped for the sport. They had beer
there only little while when, the story is
Charlie fell from the rail he was on into 81!
feet of water. Willie went bravely to tn
rescue He seized Charlie as he came t
the surface, but was himself seized in sucl
way as to render his efforts unavailing
Charley, it seems, threw his arms aroun,
Willie's neck and his limbs over his should
ers. In this position they sank. Mean
time little Ben, who had been wading alon
the shore, raised the alarm and ran to th
mill near by for assistance. He found ther
engineer Wright. Mr. Wright, on comprC
hending the situating, ran to the fatal spo
and succeeded in rescuing Charlie, who, b
that time, was thoroughly exhausted. Blu
Willie was no where to be seen. AS tn
engineer could not swim, he was unsucces
full n his attempt to find him, until mile
: Jones appeared, when the search was COZ
tinued and the body recovered. Notwitl
standing reports to the contrary, life wf
already extinct The remains of Will
were taken to an unoccupied house in th
vicinity, where they remained until Ii
i. parents were notified, when they wei
taken home. 1t is perhaps unnecessary
! add that Messrs. Wright and Jones did a
/ they could to resuscitate him. The funer
. took place from the residence Of his paren
Y last Sunday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. The
r was a large attendance Of relatives an
g 1rlenus, Ihe majority OF Wnom lolned
r the mournful cortege to the Episcop
9 Cemetery here, where the remains were i
O tered. 1t is seldom the fate Of one
e young to meet with as many accidents
). Willie. The one which we record to.da
n producing death, is but one of a series m
with in life, all of a serious characte
Many who know him will remember tn
he had his arm broken, his shoulder bla'
is dislocated, and that only last winter, whi
!. assisting his father to get ice, he came We
o near being drowned. Willie; at the tin
> of his last calamity was in his lGth year.