New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-18
4 SING ULAR SERIES or FATALITIES.
FIVE FRIENDS KILLED IN TWO YEARs-THg PERKS
or A IUNPRRNAg's IIFE.


MALLEy's MILLS, Penn, Jan. 16.-Hiram
stephens. william Jennings and bis brother George Ar
thur Maley and Andrew sbacros, all young wOodchop-
pcrs and og-irvers the woods OF Name, came to
the lumber regions In this vicinity two years ago and
found work GcOr-e jennings crushed 20 death ny
rolling log within weeks OF his arrival. Arthur Aaley
Tas accidentally shot by William Jennings
While tacy were hunting some time after
ward. Before tie year was out william Jen-
Mugs drowned while driyin, logs Andrew shacros
would not consent to work in the vicinity any longer,
and went to the Potter County woods Last week he was
killed by falling tree. When Hiram Stephens, the fifth
OF the number, who had remained ct Malley's Mills,
hea the Of ShalcrOss DEATH he resolved return
at once to Maine but he had hired OUT until February
J. and, as he could not his release he
PEELED to defer his departure.
green hand George Cough, was sent to the woods
with stephens last Monday 10 chop. Their job" was
three miles from the mills. That afternoon Cough who
had been cutting tree, shouted stephens it
was about to ta, and Of the branches would strike
him. Stephens started carrying his 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 his head aud looked
around. He saw Cough PROSTATE beneath the branch,
ana arose with evident difficulty, and picking up his
walked toward the Then Cough was Mortified to
see blood pouring in great stream from what have
been frightfu wound just above stephens's groin His
face was deadly pale. He staggered to the side
OF his PROSTATE companion, and, although 1t
only too apparent TO the latter that Stephens dying
began TO cut at the limb 70 relieve Cough He gave few
feeble and random strikes, then laid the within
Coughs reach and, saying that he done for" and
Cough must cut himself out reeled away short distance
and fell dead
Cough knowing there was not one chance in a hundred
that any one would pass that way, ard aware that he
could not possibly survive the night held mmovably IN
the snow put all his energies INTO tho task ard though
suffering intensely succeeded after hours hard work
In cutting the branch in two and releasing himself Then
he found that his right leg broken and he could not
rise to his feet,
There cabin a mile from where Cough lay, which il
used by wOOdchoppers who camp out, but they
occupy II through the day. Cough determined TO
drag himself through the snow to that
cabin, and he started on his aborous journey. When
the choppers into the cabin about o'clock they
found him unconscious the floor His fingers were torn
and bleeding and his clothing In taters They succeeded
in restoring him. and he able to relate them
the terrible experience OF the afternoon His fingers
were worn to the bone by cutchng in the hard crust of
the snow. In dragging himself TO the cabin He
rought 10 this village and will doubtless The
dead body OF his unfortunate comrade found late
night by the choppers and brought here. Stephens had
fallen on the keen edge OF his upuned axe and It had
penetrated his abdomen to nearly half its length.