The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-26
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Yesterday afteEnoon n accident occurred
At me Water Works, that in al probability
VIII result fatally. Brieklayerl we're sngls-
ed At work on the north vail Of The new
boiler hOuse, which had reached . heighth Of
rEsnty.three feet Five men we're on the
seafiolding and the sixth, Henry Newman,
on aRed eolored man, vas wheeling bar
FoW a bricks up an incline % the spot
where The men were working. The scAhold
vas suptnsed 70 be an extra strong one, and
no thoughts we're entertained Of il breaking
NegmGn dumped his bricks where u vas
supposed the platform vas the strOngest, bur
Is &c did %, from some unknown e4use,
there Wis = sudden giving away, pToPa lent
and splintEred, supports we're dfaIn IRON
the bricks, in one or Two places bending the
vail and platform, men, breka and mortar
fell With horrible crash. Strange 70 say,
NO one vas hurt, except Newman. The
platform yas built Of inch pine boards
Seyeral Of thee splinteIed and one piece,
taueFinK 10 sharp point and about two feet
long. lodged with the point upward in some
On this Newman fell, the point striking
him q little 70 the night Of the
meridian line directly over the stomach;
he StaRgered 70 his feet with the
stick drTen in and upwards 3 depth OF ten
inehes. He was taken 70 the engine rooms
and Hamilton 4 AeGnn2han for whom he
Tas working dispatched for . physician Dr..
Harvey SOon arrived and Dr. Garrison came
later. TIE stick was pulled out and vas fol-
lowed by q large number Of the intssunea,
one Of which was cut entirely In Two; As
sOon as possible he was removed % his home
near the cOlOred school house, when the IN
testine was sewn together. About OF CLOCK
last evening reaction Setin, butitn expected
the old fellow will die this morning Dr:
Harvey says he has one chance in thousand
Of living. Newman Is about seventy years
old and bears Z splendid reputation he Is
living with daughter, his wife having left
him.
The accident occurred about three O'Clock.
The force with which Newman fell must
have been terrific, for the stick was driven
tightly in, making horrible. jagged hole,
and SplinteTing the Tibs, ~ pieces Of bone
were found adheFing TO the wood. II the
wounded intestine does not cause death, the
end will be accomplished by perODitis, which
will se. In. Several small accidents have
happened during the building Of this house.
sUDDES DEATH OS THL SOUTH EIDE
William Senne, q we'll known cigar manu-.
factuTer Of the sixth ward. having bis place
Of business and residence on Chapline street,
near the corner Of TWenty-siXth, died very
suddenly yesterday afternoon OF heart
disease,
Por 0 long time Mr.. senne has been I'M
well and his sudden death has for some time
been expected. Yesterday he bad finished
his dinner and was sitting In chair in the
kitchen when, just a the clock was striking
one, no fell heavily to one side, gasped once
OF twice and was dead,
squire Munins was notified and Q coron-
eTS Jury was summoned composed OF John
r. Kleves, II. Y. Tracy, Pred. Solte, Jos
Young Vim. Wilson, August Zarnitz, John
y. Rempe, II. A. Albright, Daniel Conrad,
August Reiter, Harvey Brockett and VIM.
Remke. The body was viewed and the testi.
mony oil Dr.. Billiard takeH, who had been
called. He pronounced the cause OF death,
heart disease,
The deceased was married and leaves .
family, He was also member OF several
lodges,
4 PROBABLY FATAL III.
Yesterday morning about o'clock, en-.
plOyes OF the u. 4 o. road working about the
yStdS, had occasion To 80 TO the pump house
and there found the pumpeF, Richard VIII
muth, In q very bad TT. Physicians were
summoned and the fellow removed to his
home In an Unconscious state. He was very
low last evening and was hardly expected TO,
live. lie had filled the reservoirs, stopped
his engine and thpn evidently fallen In the
1T. Had the machinery been started while
he was lying In the house he would surely
have been ground 10 mineemeat, as the belts
would have jerked him on the wheel.
L0ET IKE rs MILL
Monday evening the boilers OF the La Belle
Mill lost three heats owing TO one OF the
rolls being ''collared' Is, the catcher q
the rolls failed to catch the bar which curled
over aad welded itself to the other end. The
machinery in such case has TO stop and .
cold CAisel Il used to CHt the collar
HURF 1T 4 FALL OF soArsToxE
Monday evening about I O'Clock a. Jesse
futile, miner EeSldlng In the Eighth ward
and employed In KaSl0y 4 Brooks upper
coal bank, was preparing TO leave the mine q
fall Of soapstOne occurred and he was caught
by part oft. His head was cut, arms and
body bruised and bis right ankle badly
fractured. DR.. Pipes, who attended him,
has grave feas about the ankle.
AEaEE MA ARH,
Mn. John Fisher, OF the Eighth ward,
while standing on chair yesterday for the
purpose Of hanging out some clothes, fell,
dislocatIng and breaking her left arm near
the wrist In very painful manner.
WILL LOSE AToof.
John Jones. boy employed at the Top
Mill, had the misfortune yesterday afternoon
10 have large peice Of iron fall on his foot,
80 mashIns tho toes that amputation will
pFobobly be necessary.
WAGON DEMOLISHED.
Yesterday afternoon the bakers wagon Of
the Southside baker, NOlte, was standing In
front Of sweeney's store, on Eleventh street,
when the team frightened and ran rapidly