The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12
MISCELLANY.
SINGULAR FATALITIES.
Five Friends Killed In Two Yenrs-Ths
Perils of Lumbcrinnn's Life.

Perils of a Lu,nberrnan's Life.
Hiram Stephens, William Jennings and
his brother George, Arthur Maley and
Andrew Shalcros, oil young woodchoppers
md log drivers from the woods of Maine,
went to the lumber regions around Malley's
Mills, Pa, two years ago and found work.
George Jennings was crushed to death by a
rolling log within two weeks of his arrival.
Arthur Maley was accidentally shot by
William Jennings while they were hunting
some time afterward. Before tho year was
out William Jennings was drowned while
driving logs. Andrew Shalcros would not
consent to work in tho vicinity any longo,
and went to the Potter county woods.
Last week he was killed by falling tree.
When Stephens, the fifth of the number,
who had remained at Malley's Mills, heard
the news of Shalcros' death he resolved to
return at once to Maine; but he had
hired out until February /, and as he
could not secure his release, he was COM
PEELED to defer his departure. A green
hand, George Cough, was sent to the woods
with Stephens last Monday to chop. Their
job was three miles from the mills
That afternoon Cough, who had been cut
ting tree, shouted TO Stephens TO run, as
it was about to fall and one of the branches
would strike him. Stephens started. carry
ing his axe in front of him, but he had gone
only few steps when he stumbled and fell.
Cough ran to his aid, but before he reached
the spot the tree fell with crash, and the
limb that had been spoken OF particularly
struck Cough himself, knocked him down
and held him pinned to the ground. He
fell on his back the limb across both his
legs. When the tree fell Stephens raised
mis- head and looked around. He saw
Cough PROSTATE beneath the branch and
arose with evident difficulty and picking
up his axe walked toward the tree. Then
Cough was Mortified to see blood pouring
In great stream from what must have been
frightful wound just above Stephens
groin. His face was deathly pale. He
staggered to the side of his PROSTATE com.
panion, and, although it was only too up
parent TO the latter that Stephens was DIV.
ing, began to cut at the limb to relieve
Cough. He gave few feeble and random
strokes, then laid the axe within Coughs
reach, and, saying that he was done for, u
and Cough must cut himself out, reeled
away short distance and fell dead.
Cough, knowing there was not one
chance in hundred that any one would
pass TINT way, and aware that he could not
possibly survive the night held immovably
In the snow, put all his energies into the
task, and, though suffering intensely, sue.
ceeded after an hours hard work, in cut
ting the branch in two aud releasing him.
self. Then he found that his right leg was
broken and no could not rise to his feet.
There is a cabin a mile from where Cough
lay which is used by woodchoppers who
camp out, but they never occupy it through
the day Cough determined to drag him
self through the snow TO that cabin, and he
started on his laborious journey. When
the choppers went into the cabin, about
five o'clock, they found him unconscious
on the floor. His fingers were torn and
bleeding and his clothing in tatters. They
succeeded in restoring him, aud he was
soon able to relate to them the terrible OK
perience of the afternoon. His fingers were
worn to the bono by clutching in the hard
crust of the snow in dragging himself to tho
cabin. He was taken to Malley's Mills, and
will doubtless recover. The dead body of
his unfortunate comrade was found late at
night by the choppers. Stephens had fallen
on the keen edge of his upturned axo, and
II had penetrated his abdomen TO nearly
half its length.-Philaielphia Record.