The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-05-13
TWO MEN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
NIr. Thomas p. Tiller, of Hart County, Ga,
Loses His Life by n Falling Timber.
Hart,rcU (Ga.) Sun.

On Sunday morning last our commu-
nifty was much saddened by the intelli.
gence that Mr.. Thomas P. Tiller had died
on the previous night from injuries re-
ceived the preceding afternoon.
The particulars of the sad occurrer' 2,
so far as we are able to learn, are about
as follows: On Saturday afternoon at S
o'clock, Mr.. Tiller was on the premises of
Mr.. J. w. Reynolds, about 4 miles south
Of this place, assisting in the erection of
an clubhouse. He, together with the
other workmen, was endeavoring to raise
plate, % feet in length and made of
green pine timber, to its proper place on
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
hicting, it is supposed, some internal in
juries.
Medical aid was Immediately sum-
moned, but nothing could be done for
him that would alleviate his suffering,
and at thirty minutes of one o'clock on
Sunday morning, May I'd, 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. MIR. Tiller was in
the 65th year of his age, and leaves a
wife and five children to mourn an ire
parable loss.
A CoLoRED MAN HAS HIS HEAD CRUSHED
AND NECK 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 ac-
cident, in the Bobo House yard. Mr..
Bobo, with several hands, among whom
was Sing Mantz, colored, was engaged in
digging up a large mulberry tree, which
stood on the proposed site of the new
hotel. They had 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 lay
immediately across the ground where
they wished to throw the tree. This Mr..
Bobo did not wish broken. So all hands
took hold of the trough, with their backs
to the tree, and commenced rolling it.
Just at this junc!ure, without any premo-
milton, the tree noiselessly but swiftly
fell, coming down upon poor ,ng Mantz's
head, crushing it into a mangled mass
upon the trough. One of the large limbs
bruised Mr.. Bobo slightly, but it was a
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the narrow fork of two huge limbs, and
shoulder to shoulder with Sing Mantz.
Mr.. Bobo yelled out at once for assistance,
and only five men under the intense ex-
citement 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
fed, and thus in the twinkling of an
eye was soul ushered into eternity
No blame can be attached to anybody.
1t was an accident that no one could
foresee. They thought they had but
fairly commenced the job, but the tree
had no sign of a tap root, which was
contrary to all reasonable expectation,
and consequently when the surface roots
were cut, the lap being large and full of
foliage, it 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 wife and six children.