Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-02-19
DEATH on the RAIL.
A WOMAN HUBLED INTO ETER.
NIFTY AT CLAYMOHT CROSS.
ING-A NARROW ESCAPE.

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A terrible accident occurred 1t the
Claymont crossing about o'clock last
evening, by which q woman was in
stantly killed, and man seriously In.
Ijured. At the hour mentioned there
are two trains due at the point where
the accident occurred, one OF which is
n orth. bound, while the other proceeds
towards this city.
The Philadelphia turnpike crosses
the railroad diag0nally near Claymont
station, and shortly before 2 O'Clock
Thomas Mah0ney, q younR Irishman,
undertook TO drive across the track In
q wagon In which as his sister Kate.
who has only been in this country
since last July, when the vehicle was
struck by the north-bound train, kill
ing the young woman and seriously
injuring the man.
As soon as Deputy Coroper Smith was
notified Of the accident he proceeded TO
Clsymont, and summoned the following
Jury; Amor q, Forwood, Clarence
Forwood. w. 8. McNair, John Ander-
son, Amor Lloyd, j. b. Lloyd, Freder
ick Beaureguard and William Dantzen.
Amor q. Forwood foreman, and W. 8.
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The following witnesses, who were on
the train at the time, were examined :
Charles g. Fox, engineer George I.
OslendarD, fireman John McNeill,
conductor BARLEY Brown, baggage
III aster Edward Landin and Henry
Muir, brakemen.
The evidence Of the gatetender, Joseph
Slaughter, and of Jacob Chandler and
DIR. Moat, who witnessed the accident,
was a lso heard, and showed the follow
ing facts:
Kate Mahoney, who was employed rs
| a dom estic in the family of Gt orge Bel
lers at Ridley Park had been spending
the day with the family of her brother
Thomas, who resides on farm owned
by the Sellers family near Edgemoor
During the day Thomas had
been attending the market In this city,
| and returned about the middle tf the
afternoon.
As his sieter desired TO return home
last evening, he offered to take her TO
| Olaym mont, where she could board the
train The horse driven by MIR. Ma.
honey was not mpch more than q colt
and very skittisb, and as be neared the
railroad became almost unmanageable,
but Mahoney succeeded In holding him
Il uutIl tu0 INcW anu w hSuAbktOA
express, due In this city at o'clock,
had passed
He did not know that another train
was due about the same time, and see
ing that the gates, which have been
frozen tast for several days, were
ra ised, he undertook to cross, when tbe
keeper, knowing that another train
was coming, and that the gates on the
lopposito side were closed, ran ont and
seized the horse by the head, but WAS
unable to hold him and was run over by
the carriage. Maboney then noticed
that the Philadelphis and New York
express, which leaves this city Mt 6.3d
Ip. m, was rapidly approaching, and
reallzing that 1t was impossible for him
to turn back, whipped up his horse,
with the hope Of being able 10 escape
the train, which by this time was but a
short distance of.
Unfortunately for him. he found the
gates on the opposite side closed, and
the horse turned and started with the
vehicle up the north bound track. He
had proceeded but Il few feet when the
train crushed into the rear Of the car
riage, breaking every part Of it, excep
one wheel, ana throwing pieces OF Il
L fully twenty feet distant, while otbel
on the east side Of the road.
Mahoney, who vt the time Of thl
J accident was sitting On the left side o
the carr iage, waa thrown about thirt,
feet, and seriously injured. He received
a long deep cut on tho bead, In addition
10 q nun Der OF wuuDds on tue arms
legs and other paris OF the body. Mis-,
Mahouey WAS thrown out of the car
riage and dragged by the traiu abou
fifty yards AS soon as possible thu
train was stopped, when an exsmina
tion showed that she WAS dead, and he
body terribly manRled.
After hearing the testimony tn,
Jury rendered verdict that ths woman
came to her death from being struck b,
rain No. AZ on the P, W. & 3. Rail
road at the crossing at Claymont abou
: q. 50 o'clock on Wednesday evening
f February 18, 1883, and the acciden
was caused by the neglect Of the Rail
road Company to keep the safety gate
in proper order.
The body Of the dead woman and tn
injured man were brought to this cit.
about o'clock this morning. The rs
| mains were taken to the morsue at l.
W. Palmer's, where they will be pre-
pared for burial, after which they will
be taken to the residence of her brothe
Michael, In Philadelphia, from wbcs'
house the funeral will take plac..
!, The injured man was tsk.n to th
! Grand Union Hotel, where he received
medical attention, and eseryth,p. pva
sibie was done that woula m.ui,ttr t.
his comiorJ. Michael Mahouey, ia
brother, with William Sellerr, Jr
! came to this city on the same trait
which brought the body. He seem
l almost heartbrokep, as 1t was throuR
him that his sister came to this country
and he says that the news OF her terri
/ BILE death will be the means Of KILN
his aged widowed mother. who is still
in Ireland.
The Weather.
lake MichiQan In rAnnrtad 10 be fro.