Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-02-11
ACCIDENTS.

YES. Wiles, of Butler was hurt at
well in Summit twp, few days ago.
Freight smash-up near Evans City.
last Saturday-broken truck-nobody
hurt.
\ driller named Beidenbach was bad
ly hurt at well near Herman, Mon
day
George Campbell, of Butler, was bad
ly burned at a gas well near Farming
ton, last Thursday.
Peter Redfox, n brakeman on the
West Penn was caught between the
bumpers at Saxon Station, few days
ago.
Esq. J. @ y Kennedy has lost the
sight of one eye through a peculiar ac-
cident. On Christmas day he had a
cinder removed, which had lodged in
the eye about two weeks before and
bealed, since then the eye has become
blind and Mr. Kennedy IS confined TO
the house nursing it.
Mrs. j. c. Kelly and her daughter of
Butler twp, Were thrown from their
sleigh on Centre Ave after dark, yester-
day evening. The boys there do con
siderable coasting down Centre Ave,
and one of the bob-sleds ran into Mrs.
Kelly's horse and scared it so that 1t
ran-off and upset the sleigh. Neither
of the ladies was seriously hurt.
William Campbell a stranger who
gave his home as Butler county, was
seriously hurt in the W. n. y. & P.
yards, near the mouth of Cornplanter
run on Monday. Campbell was walk
ing along the tracks between Corn
planter run and Meltz's store when the
special train sent to Titusville to bring
a delegation of visiting Odd Fellows
here, pulled off the bridge. The
whistle was sounded and Campbell
stepped to the side of the track until
the engine had passed, then staggered
against the side of the first coach and
was thrown ON his face with great
force. A coach was secured from the
company's shops and attached to a
switch engine and Campbell was taken
to the union depot in Oil City and
transferred from there to the city hos
pital in an ambulance.
Another death occurred along the line
of the new railroad last Saturday night
and was due to the rains of last Friday
and Saturday The name of the man
who was killed was Chas. Willis; and
two others named Bennett and Wood
son were injured.
The accident took place at Culmerville
familiarly known as Birthstone Corners.
Willis went to Culmerville Thursday
night to get employment on the con-
struction of the Butler and Pittsburg
road He was to go to work Monday.
He was accompanied by Thomas Fraser
they made their quarters with Bennett
and Woodson, who had constructed a
regular dugout against the side of the
hill. There was covering of heavy
timbers over it, and on top of these con
siderable earth had been placed A
number of powder cans made the chin
ney. Fraser left his companions Friday.
On Saturday night the three heaped
more earth on the timbers to keep out
the rain, and in doing so loosened a
ledge of earth almost touching the dug
out. About II 80 this ledge fell, and
crushed the structure pwhich were the
three men. Woodson was near the en-
trance, and hearing the rumbling, dash
ed out. Willis was sitting on the bed,
and as he dashed forward to get out, The
falling timbers caught him and buried
him in the fire Some of the timbers
caught Bennett and broke one of his
legs and otherwise injured him. The
falling of the earth also caught Wood
son and injured him.
BENEFIT was released after a couple of
hours of work by other railroad EN-
ployers The body of Willis was not re
covered until $50 Sunday morning.
His body was much burned but it is
supposed that he was instantly killed
by being struck by the timbers and the
crushing weight of the earth, about
three tons of which lay ON his body