Evening journal., 1895-10-29

dition Of the Assaltsd Hungarian.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NKw CASTLE, Oct 90 One Of Francis
NJ Bucks spirited coach horses ran
away In this oity last evening. II WAS
nearly o'clock when Trucker John
Gordon, accompanied by nelghbor.
drove the horse In over the FIRST railroad
tracks, attached to q road cart
Escaping steam Of q locomotive caused
he horse to jump with sufficient force to
drop the occupants out. and away he
came through town running at full
speed
at different points fully half dozen
men attempted to stop the maddened
beast, only succeeding In increasing
his speed People moving along
lower Delaware street suddenly realized
that a calamity was about TO follow, as
3 party OF bicyclists hove In sight cross
ing Second street
Captain K e. Rogers, one Of the party,
gave mighty shout. but Ia a minute
the running horse and the bicycle party
had met and nothing could be seen but
clond Of dust When this cleared away,
several men had reached the spot and
gazsd on q most remarkable sight There
was prostrAte man, apparently llfeless.
q broken bicycle several feet away and
a fallen horse.
The horse had oollloed head-to with
Daniel r Wolfe, one OF the wheelmen
and the force of the collision not only
stopped the runaway but threw the
horse over In such q way that he wrecked
the road cart
MIR, Wolfe WAS carried into Ferris
drug store stlll unconscious, and II WAS
two minutes before he could speak and
nearly Eve minutes before he could talk
intelligently. his drst words were
what became of my wheelf'
DR. Tybout, who was summoned found |
the mans clothing covered with blood |
from an ugly scalp wound which required |
. dozen stitches Otherwise, M Wolfe |
said he WAS not hurt and he was fnally |
able to 20 home with some assistance
Mr. Bucks horse was badly injured |
but Driver Gordon procured ne " harness |
and a carriage and returned hsms. The |
incident. which WAS witnessed by a score |
OF persons, Was the more miraculous as /
an escape from the fact that horse ard i
man we're approaching each other at a
high rate Of speed.
The Old Hoop Boats aud Their Use.
DR. J. j. BlacG, In his concluding letter
TO Philadelphia paper on "O.d Steam.
beats. closes with this story.
More than fifty yesrs ago Captsin
William Robinson, the elder, Of New /
Castle. built probably the frs. hoped
boat ever constructed on large scale
There Ia only one man know who can 20 |
TO work aud lay out and build such a
boat. and he is John / Cannon, ei New
Castle, Del now having reached or
al IL l.. =.
At bis yard In New Castle, Captain
Robinson bnilt his 6rst large boat, the
steamboat William Robinson small
side wheel steamer, with o-e high
pressure engine
He first laid his keel.-a light one
and set up hla stem post and stern; then
ha made mou'd5 OF light plank, setting
them along the keel until no had a
complete mould OF the boat To these
moulds he temporarily bolted the
planklng He did not drive the bolts
home, but set a small block on the point
where the spike was TO 20; then drove
the bolt through the block, and then
through the plank When ready 10 draw
the spikes Of the hopping he merely splt
the block, and then got a firm hold OF the
bolt and draw It out
After the boat had been planked to
the noulds he then put on the hoops and
lined them out; then he took on the
hoops and sawed out the lines and cut
cut the spaces and let the hoops In flush
with the planking He white leadsi
thess spaces ard put on his hoop, and
ran the ends through the stieaks flush
With the deck on each side At each
end Of the hoop was a screw and On
this screw q nut; now he took out his
moulds and when bis decks we're laid
be screwed up his hoops aud his boat
3 seini circular barrel. WAS completed
II you wish to move your boat. say to
California. as some we're taken In the
days Of the Argonauts, unscrew the
hopes. take her to pieces. pack her AWAY
In a shin and screw her up again at the
end OF the voyage When finished You
had good boat, a safe boat, an econom
teal boat, lasting boat. aud one that. as
the ordinary saying goes, could sail over
a clover field after heavy dew, so light
did she cit on the water A number OF
these boats we're built BY the Robinsons
father and son, in New Castle-steam
boats, skifis, cunning skiffs sloops.
echo0nerH and several steamboats, were
also built At Gllpin's yard. in Whining
ton, Del Doubtless some emergency
will arise to call for such boats sRaip.
and the building Of them will not be
allowed to fall into the category Of the
lost arts
sunday School Association work.
Rev. v. s. Collins presided A. the
meeting OF the Sunday School Associa-
tion last night: Reports we're received
from all the teachers and it was decided
TO give two special entertainments In the
Opera House on Friday and Saturday
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