Daily Republican., 1881-11-14
IN CASE OF DROWNING
ov.RD rHE NAIL
~ ROAD sxIuaE.
.,.. 10 Mts nome faiia
, y. .r, sne Ties At tho R"i''
" .a B,,dsc-,heverdiss
.r,ne Csrsners Jury.

c,.,riay evening about half
~ man named John Kane. re-
w. a,", the Brandywine, came tt
|G.imlv e?d by falling through
, il." an the r4ilroat bridge, and
s"pr WI in the BrAndywine; M,
. '.vas employed as . watch'nan o.
ln amin, establishment. and htd
~ '~s,In own tor the purpose OF
suh .., nj. son pair OF shoes, and get
! p'.s .sme o.ler little artic ies nee led II
~ rsh"Ty II, had comp.el"d h.pur-
y h's l" and On his way home stopped
a s' rtrj,l,v ot Eighth and Button,
.G NV d s,s and obiaiu"l = lish: fo:
' s',Ien accompanied b. his son, 6ho
Nv. .hon, ,blrtetn YEAR, OF age, ptUchea-
''r,o.s the hridge; md mad accom- .
SWJ ,tout two .hiIds Of the way
t,.n Ms tot slipping on the wet tteS,
"pnh,ed and striking lit heed on
.ah,jre he fell between thG iiet l1iru
!. s,ts, llis sou i'm III .,"lv hnr
.a,k and gave tn alarm to a man
p.I lolrsou. ard tEr watChiuHu
were At ;nis ,ud Of the bridge. At
@,,ns iwo colored men came up, and
a., ana On. Il the white men took oIc
Il, Smi.l /, boats, and succr dtd il
,sa,tv.n.v minussS in recovering
4ny winch WAS Immediately taken
.r'o ,h- bridge tender ) G1hln, and
sr,Gort made 10 reSu'cItato II, bat
,ssai avail
I,a0u ..t that whnu hs TIL, III"
,sr the head must have r"udtrrl
j. ..srsil.e, or he could have saved
,rg.t ss the water where he was
i,re! is not more thIn I"O OF Two
nj, half fee in d pm.
facoroner was notified, and pro.
s,,a to the scene, aud after consider
MIDDAY TO thr tchy removed Ia TIE
n,l.D,e ptt.e decels.d, wh 'rt yester-
bf ,i'au.poL re summoned the follow
r;,pDeEu T. James Fletcher, L II,
Ginning, St'h So ~art, i 'srph II,
{ Mas, John Nichols, JU'u l.
h,y, aud William ii. Miller as a
hr, who af;ur organizing By appoint
BIZ cjnno, Fletcher torema", ard Il II.
Cummings secretary, head til"
Uaence u those that were present AZ
Refine q The occurrence, and rendered
b. following verdict: That the d.
aael, John Kane, came to bis death
nth. 18th day OF November by accid"n-
s.v falling through the Phiiaielphia,
y.miuglou and Baltimore Railroad
sdgr and dreaming. Also be IL resOIv-
I. tuat THIS Jury strongly Gausure tn 4
Ny Court OF New Castle County, for
b. unpardonabie outrage they have
tGMllted up"L the pcopin, by .rrn1V-
gthe only safe means oi crossing tue
hldyvine at this pgiat, and thereby
Glelling hundreds o. psr.OiS daily t.
athe IaiIroad bridge, at the i'm
rat dang OF lIte and lInb, audalao
Sne shameful neglect they have
Gsn in pLshing the Eleventh street
rdse to completion. The unfortunate
ll was lard working and industrious
ID until a couple of years ago was eul-
Dyed on the 7. W. x B. L. Il, AT
boh time he met with an accident,
ID was compelled TO lind All easier
ay Of making his living. ii was
lty years OF age aud leaves a wife and
K children to mourn his untimely !oas.
here is but ono of the children, the one
AT was with his father, that il old
ough to earn anything toward tie
pp9rt ofthe family, tho relnainder
all small. Although this is the first
,aI accident that has happened on
Is man'raP since the removal of the
eventh street bridge, there have been
number Of hair breadth escape,
here several parties, some OF them
lIdren, have fallen in the water, aud
-e's have barely escaped being struck
passing trains, and vet the Levy
urt looks on couposedly and says
l't are you going to d. about il!