The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-05-13
TWO MEN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
Arr. Thomas p. Filler, of Hart County, Ga.
Loses His IAfe by Failing Timber.
RanreR tGa.) S,.,,.

On Sunday morning last our commu
nifty was much saddened by tho intelli
genca that Mr. Thomas p. Titler had diet
on the previous night from Injuries re
ceived tho preceding afternoon.
The particulars Of the SD occurrence
so lar as we are able to learn, are about
as follows: On Saturday afternoon at {
o'clock, Afr. Tiller was on the preraises o.
Mr. J. w. Reynolds, about A miles soutt
OF this place, assisting in the erection ol
an clubhouse. He, together with the
other workmen, was endeavoring to raise
plato, 29 feet In length and made ol
green pine timber, TO its proper place or
the building, when by accident It fell
striking him heavily in the breast and
knocking him violently backward to the
ground. The plate struck him first in
the breast. then ranging downward, in.
iiicting, Ii is supposed, some internal in.
Medical aid was Immediately sum.
moned, but nothing could be done fol
him that would alleviate his suffering,
and at thirty minutes of one o'clock on
Sunday morning, May Cd, he breathed
his last. During the interval between
the accident and his death he seemed
conscious of all that was going on, but
his faculties were so benumbed that he
spoke but few words. Mr.. Tiller was in
the Goth year of his age, and leaves a
wife and five children to mourn an ire
parable loss.
A CoLoRED NAN HAS HIS HEAD CRUSHED
AND EECK. DIsLOCATED BY A FALLING
TREE, In HARTWELL.
Great CONSERVATION and excitement
was caused in our town on last Saturday.
about noon, by a shocking and fatal &C.
cident, in the Bobo House yard. Mr..
Bobo, with several hands, among whom
was Sing Mantz, colored, was engaged in
digging up @ large mulberry tree, which
stood on the proposed site of the new
hotel. They he'd dug about a foot deep,
cutting the surface roots, and had pre-.
pared skids with which to prize the tree
over. A very large dug. out trough Law
immediately across the ground where
they wished to throw the tree. This Mr..
Bobo did nos wish broken. So ali hands
took hold of the trough, with their backs
70 the tree, and commenced rolling it.
Just ut this juncsure, without any premo-
milton, the tree noiselessly but swiftly
fell, coming down upon poor Sing Nantes
head, crushing it into tnangletl mnss
upon the trough. One of the large limbs
bruised Mr. Robo slightly, but t was o
miraculous escape as he stood between
the narrow fork of two huge limbs, and
shoulder to shoulder with Sing Mantz.
Mr: Bobo yelled out at once for assistance,
ana only five men under the intense ex.
element lifted the tree from the unfortu-
nate colored man. We doubt If ten. men
could have lifted it under ordinary cir
cumstances. But Sing Mantz's spirit had
Hed, and thus in the twinkling Of en-
eye was a soul ushered into eternity.--
no blame can T. attached to anybody.
1t was an accident that no one could
toresee. They thought they had but
fairly commenced the job, but the tree
had no sign of a tap root, which VIVA
contrary TO all reasonable expectation.
and consequently when the surface roots
were cut the lap being large and fall OF
foliage, 1t required but breath OF air to
throw it over. Much sympathy was ex-
pressed by our good people for the un-
fortunate man and his family. A strange
fatality seems to have pursued Sing In
connection with trees, as he was badly
crippled by one before the war. he
leaves a wife and six childre... ~