The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.
Nsst Remarkable Lawsuit in Re-
cent Court History.
Psiaeipai suRerer in Railway Acct
Aent In Made to Ray Damages
1esultinx from Strange Com.
bination of Circumstances.

A suit in the superior court in RAJ
leigh. y. c.. against the scaboard Air
Limo railway has brought to light the
most novel accident known to the
annals Of jurisprudence, says the
Philndelphin Press.
The 'rstibule passenger train from
Atlnnta was bowling along toward
Raleigh ON n down grade Mt the rate
OF SO mics per horr at ten o'clccl, in
the Biogning. william Watlington
was On his way to wild turkey blind.
which he had baited. and had his
double -barrtlied, brccch-loading shot
gun on his shoulder, two cartridges
being in the chambers.
On reaching the railroad track.
which vas on an embankment aaout
ten feet high at this place. Mr.. Wat
l'ngtcn heard the train in the dis
tnnce aad' stopped on the side of the
track about so feet AWAY, to view the
train ms IL swept by. &
He couM not see over the cmbanls-
ment 10 the othcs side of the track.
Along beside the embankment on
both sides Of the track there are
the usual disclits, which were filled
with water. Mr.. Warrington was
standing hetweeF, the embankment
and one of these bitches on the ncrth
siTe Of the trnck\.ith his gun on his
r. 1T shoulder. On the other side of
the track were y number of cattle
nipping grass. which Mr.. Warrington
could not see.
Just few secpnds before the train
PASSED these cattle commenced to
struggle across the tsnck to the side
on which Mr.. Warrington was stand
ing. The hovincs all got safely across
except enc small, JERSEY bull.
+ He was caught on tile cowcntcher
and hurled away with terrible veloc-
;ty, and MS misfortune and luck both
would have it he struck Mr.. Waiting
ton about midsbips and knocked him
down iEto the ditch and planted the
bull on top of him.
The huh was stunned md strug-
gled, but could not get mp, and the
water was drowning both innn and
oea't. The engineer. Mr.. 1Inneycutt,
was wntching the cattle and had not
seer Mr. Warrington, md when the
ireman told him what had happened
ne stopped the train and hurried back
and got there in time to get Mr.. Wat
inctan and the bovine out of the
3itca before they were drowned.
Striking Mr.. Warrington and knock
ing him into the water saved the life
If the bull and the water saved the
oloy ~ the bail from killing Wat
;sksen. r--.-ss-
Fvrfiev examination showed that,
he lbnll struck Mr.. Warrington and
he thock had knocked the gun som.
iistAnce, and when it struck the
,round II was discharged and killed
Dnc Vi the cows and wounded another
80 IDLY that 1t had to be killed. The
yun Eos not injured.
ON these facts Judge Brown held
hat the rnilronTl company was not
iabl& in damages to Mr.. Warrington.
SiIee the trial the owner of the two
.owE has sued Mr.. Warrington and re-
.ovefed 500 in full damages for their
<lli1g
Mr. Warrington says the ending of
his lawsuit beats blue sheep. That
ne was knocked down by n Jersey
bull. which was hurled at him by the
train, and nenrly drowned, and his
gun Is discharged and kills two COWS,
and be gets no damage and is com
PEELED to. pay 800 for being the
principal In the most celebrated case
in thu history of accidents by rail-
road trains.