The Meeker herald., 1901-09-28
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.
Nest Remarkable Lavssit h Re-
cent Court Histsry.
Psinsspel ssaerer In Railway Acct
aent L. Made t. Ray Damages
Resulting fron Strange Cen.
biAatiOn Of Clrsa1saaaoes.

A suit In the superior court in Ra-
leigh. N. C.. against the Seaboard Air
Line railway has brought to light the
most novel accident known to the
annals of Jurisprudence, says the
Philadelphia Press.
The vcstibuie passenger train from
Atlanta was bowling along toward
Raleigh on a down grade at the rate
of so miles per hour at ten o'clock In
the morning. William Wellington
was on his way to wild turkey blind.
which he had bnited, and had his
double-barrelled. breech-loading shot
gun on his shoulder, two cartridges
being in the chambers.
On reaching the railroad track.
which wns on an embankment about
ten feet high at this place. Mr.. Wat
lington heard the train in the dis
tance and stopped on the side of the
track about 50 feet away, to view the
train as it swept by.
He could not sec over the embank-
ment to the othes side of the track.
Along beside the embankment on
both sides Of the track there are
the usual ditches, which were filed
with water. Mr.. Wellington was
standing between the embankment
and one of these bitches on the north
right shoulder. On the other side of
the track were number of cattle
nipping grass, which Mr.. Wellington
could not see.
just few seconds before the train
PASSED these cattle commenced to
struggle ncross the track to the side
on which Mr.. Warrington was stand
ing. The bovines oil got safely across
except one small Jersey bull.
He was cnught on the cowcatcher
and hurled away with terrible ,veloc-
ity, and MS misfortune and luck both
would have 1t he struck Mr.. Waiting
ton about midships and knocked him
down into the ditch and planted the
bull on top of him.
The bull was stunned and strug-
gled, but could not get up, and the
water was drowning both man and
beast. The engineer, Mr.. Honeycutt,
was watching the cattle and had not
seen Mr.. Wntlington, and when the
fireman told him what had happened
le stopped the train and hurried back
md got there In time to get Mr.. Wat
.ington and the bovine out of the
itch before they were drowned.
Striking Mr.. Wellington and knock
.ng him into the water saved the life
81 the bull and the water saved the
blow by the bull from killing Wat
ipgton. g4s IA.
Further examination showed that
.he bull atruck M. watijngton and
he shock had Knocked the r1,n some
sistarcc, and when It struck the
-ronnd it was discharged and killed
,ne Of .he COWS and wounded another
% badly that 1T had to be killed. The
m was not injured.
On these facts Judge Brown held
i.sj the railroad company was not
ish,e in damages to Mr.. Warrington.
Since the trinl the owner of the two
COWS hrs sued Mr.. Warrington and re-
.oycrod s1c0 in full damages for their
tiiling.
Mr.. Warrington says the ending Of
his lawsuit heats n blue sheep. That
he was Knocked down by a Jersey
bull, which was hurled at him by the
train, and nearly drowned. and his
gun is discharged and kills two COWS,
and he gets no damage and is COM
PEELED to pay 500 for being the
principal in the most celebrated cnse
in the history OF accidents by rail-
road trains.