Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-01
GEORGETOWN.
FATAL ACCIDENT.


At the Glen Echo power house last evening
ar accident of a very frightful and fatal nature
happened 20 one of the employees. Beverley
Bell. white man. about twenty-five years old.
was standing between two of the great wheels
connected with the plant and oiling the sur
rounding machinery, when his feet came in
contact with bucket of grease and he was
thrown down. In an instant his head was
caught by one of the wheels and his feet by the
other, and in less time than il takes TO tell it the
man was a mangled corpse. Not cry of pain
or the slightest exclamation left the lips of the
unfortunate. One of the other workmen. who
was standing close BY and witnesse k.he terri
BILE sight. gave the alarm and the blek ding body
was taken from the machinery. Ankundertaker
was notified and The body was taxed in charge.
The victim is a native Of Anne Arut del county,
Md. and was boarding at the hdpe of Mrs.
Phelps, relative. who resides on thANoutskirts
Of The town. He had been in the empl6kof the
company about Elk months.
CANAL MATTERS.
The workmen employed on the break in the
canal near sharpsburg Yesterday completed
their job, and last night water was once again
turned on. Immediately after a large number
of boats, that for q couple of DAYS had been
waiting to pass, began to slowly come downward
with their cargoes of wheat, corn. wood lum-
Der, coal, stone and lime. The canal Is now
thought to be in almost perfect condition.
TROUBLE OVER A GAS ENGINE.
Mr.. Thos. higgins, the coal and wood man.
and Messrs. b. I. Wsddey and Price WEIGH.
who reside close by his yard, are just now en-
gagged in a wrangle that the Commissioners
have been asked to settle. A few DAYS ago Mr.
higgins introduced into mis- yard a gas engine.
which he uses to saw large sticks into kindling
wood. The smokestack, or outlet for the fumes,
was a very low one, and Mr. Waddey claimed
threw unpleasant smelling odors into the room
of his daughter. who is lying ill. Mr.. WEIGH,
whose house adjoins the engine. complained
that his pictures are being continually Jared
and his plastering injured. After appealing in
vain to Mr.. higgins for the elevation of the
pipe or the temporary shutting down of the
machinery the health department was notified
and Mr.. higgins ordered TO carry his pipe into
the air twenty feet above the tormost story of
the highest house in the neighborhood. In
stead of complying literally with the
law Mr.. Waddey claims that the pipe
Was only elevated twenty feet above
the engine house shed, still leaving its opening
about on level with Mr.. welch's second-story
windows. Inspector Entwisle, who lives OPP
posite, was then asked to use his influence TO
abate the nuisance. That gentleman stated that
ton in the matter, but would refer il TO the
Commissioners, who now have il under consid-
GRAFTON. Two days ago the valuable dogs of
both NJ. WEIGH and Mr.. Waddey suddenly died
and Mr.. higgins was suspected Of having had
omething 20 do with their demise. The affair
coming - the ear Of Agent Keys O warrant was
sworn out against the coal man. charging him
with cruelty to animals, but in court the
charge was not sustained.