The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-03-13

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revived to the wonderful degree and
it is stated that Ghere is chance for
his recovery. The broken arm is
said to be giving no serious trouble
The operation was performed by Drs.
d. S. Pope, Hatman and Query.
Many people who witnessed Mr..
Seay's conduct during all his misery
end suff-ling say it was such endur-
ance and grit as is seldom exhibited.
The mule was evidently not run
ming away, although there was a
terriable momentum behind the cata-
pult which shot Mr.. Seay over the
embankment. The mule, as soon as
freed OF the wagon, walked up the
hill and looked down quietly upon
the scene below, but the physicians
were afraid to risk the animal in car
rying Mr.. Seay to the hospital. The
escape of the boy Wessinger would
be miraculous if he were not sturdy
American boy.
The topography Of the ground here
is very peculiar. Laurel street is a
straight thoroughfare running east
and west. The Circular road, is, as
its name implies, the segment OF a
circle skirting the top Of Sidney park.
At the point of contact between
Laurel street and the circular road
the grJund is level. Thence in
going east the Circular road, almost
parallel with Laurel street, slopes
downward, while Laurel street
ascends Arsenal hill at a consider
able elevation above the Circular road,
and the embankment is sustained by
a brick wall until the Circular road
diverges to a considerable extent,
when the two streets are separated
BY a hill. It was over this brick
wall that Mr.. Seay was thrown. At
the foot of this brick wall is a brick
drain and across this he fell. 1t is
supposed that the edges of the drain
or debris lying about caused the
mingling of the limbs.
MIR. Seay is an intelligent and. in
dustrious farmer. He came to Rich
land from Lexington several years
ago and is now running dairy and
truck farm two miles north of the
asylum. He is a member of the
Main Street Methodist church and
has number Of acquaintances in the
city. There are eight in his family
dependent upon him, and the loss of
his limbs will make the battle of life
very hard for them.
This casualty directs attention to
the condition of the Circular road.
Arsenal Hill is but series Of NAM
moth terraces. The bottom plateau
is Sidney park, the local terminus of
the Seaboard. The outer boundary
of Sidney park is cliff cut into the
walls of Arsenal Hill, making the
first terrace, along which runs tie
Circular road. The second terrace is
surmounted by Laurel street, and The
third by Mr.. Robertson's property.
The Circular read is one of the most
popular thoroughfares in the city
now, for it is the route from the hotels
to the S.aboa,d passenger station.
1t is in some places barely wide
enough for two vehicles to pass and
there is absolutely no sidewalk. The
fence which was put up to keep per-
sons and vehicles from being plunged
into the park go feet below is begin
ming to show decay, and for this
reason a great many people yester-
day when told of the accident on
Laurel street thought that the old
fence overlooking Sidney park had
given away.
The weather is beginning to cor
rode the walls of Sidney park, and
it will not be long before some pre-
cautions must be taken at this place.