Evening journal., 1893-06-22
TWAS WAS AN Al! AWFUL SCENE
Story Of the Man Who Saw
Mrs. Brooks Killed.
he WAS RIvETBD TO TIE SPOT.

Hk WAS RlNEIbD 10 The SPOT,
coroner's Jury Declares That the Rail-
road Company Was Guilty Of NegIi-
gence in the Farnhurst Crossing Acct
dent A Sailor Falls Overheard aud
Narrowly Escapes Drowning Baseball
Players Want More Exercise.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal
NEW CASTLE. June %.
Jeremiah Dorman, who was the only
eye witness to the horrible accident at
Farnhurst yesterday morning when the
Norfolk express train struck Mrs James
Brooks. Of Newark, and hurled her her
wagon, horse, butter and eggs into a
promiscuous pile twenty five feet up the
tracks, trembled from head to foot yes.
terday as he related the tragic details to
an EVENING JOURNAL reporter on the
New Castle accommodation train after
the inquest.
In his own peculiar way Dorman told
Of how the team came up the road at a
rather lively rate with Mrs Brooks lean.
ing against the side Of the wagon. appar.
emily taking a nap. The train ap.
preached the locomotive whistle and
bell sounding out iercer than ever.
81 never dreamed of the woman's
danger, said Dorman, until shouted
to her, and then me old legs lost their
cunnin' and I couldn't move EN- nor could
turn my head. l tried to say Lawd
have mercy on me, but my tongue
seemed to cleave to the roof Of my mouth.
kin feel my knees shake yet. Oh Christ
mas what sight it was. The horse
seemed TO 60 up in the air first. He was
clean loose from the wagon, not even the
siugle tree hanging to him. Everything
else flew up like it had been blowed up
wild dynamite. Den de train passed,
slowin' down. Still / couldn' move. /
heard de woman mourn and mourn but |
felt sick like and my teeth was chat.
term. Den I see do train men running
back and was all right and could run
to the poor lady. She was completely
scalped and her left arm was broken.
Dorman said that such sight, at that
hour Of the day, and coming upon him
wholly unexpected, completely unnerved
him. He had seen accidents, whippines
and hangings, but nothing 80 terrible as
the accident which yesterday caused
Mrs Brooks her life
As a result Of the inquest when Cor.
oner Kirk held nc the almshouse yester.
day afternoon the jury censured the rail
road company for not providing a night
watchman for the Farnhurst grade
crossing The jurors pronounced the
crossing an unusually dangerous one al.
though no accident has ever happened
there before and no watchful person
could ever be injured there
Pleasant Sunday school Picnic.
The well known steamer Major Rey.
bold was crowded with laughing little
folks soon after she touched at this
city yesterday. The children were the
o mem bers Of the primary department Of
the New Castle NJ Il. Sunday school
and over 200 Of them went on the
schools annual excursion across the
river TO Silver Grove. All sorts Of games
and outdoor sports were indulged in at
the pretty little resort opposite this
city. Although the members OF the
school were carried free, yesterday. the
patronage Of their friends gave them a
net profit.
The baseball Players Were Warned.
An afternoon paper yesterday stated
that Manager Madden, OF the baseball
club, had not been notified that no m ore
games could be played at Battery Park,
which is owned by the Delaware Rail
road Company Madden was. however.
duly notified last Saturday afternoon,
according to his own statement, that the
club would have TO seek another play.
ground The statement now made that
''games can go on as heretofore" Is be.
heved to be too good TO be true.
Bandmen Ready for Work.
The City Cornet Band is considering
several engagements to play on the
Fourth Of July. The band is IN excel
lent trim under the management Of ]. B
Lancaster and the leadership of Hugh
McCaughn. Three different towns are
negotiating to have the brilliant parade
uniforms and sprightly martial musio of
the band grace professions in their midst
Dobbinsville Women Under Peace Bonds.
The adjourned case Of threatening
language preferred by one Dobbinsville
woman against another came up for
hearing in Mayor Herberts Office last
evening. Several witnesses were ex
amined and two, in part, corrOborated
the testimony of the state witness The
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