The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-09
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Horse Backed Buggy Off Bridge, Drop.
ping William Iiarr Twenty'feet
Upon Rocks Below.
ROLLED INTO WATER AND DROWNED.

William lIarr, aged 10 years
q months, and q days, a vel
known citizen of Ayr township
came to his death at the bridge
In the Narrows east of Big Cove
Tannery last Friday evening
The funeral took place from the
residence Of his daughter, Mrs
Grace Bender, IN McConnells
burg, Monday afternoon, and
lnterment was made in Union
cemetery.
The story of the accident as
lar as we have been able to gath,
er the facts is about as follows:
t Mr.. Harr was a widower. He
owned a property just at the west
Ind of the Narrows east OF Big
Cove Tannery. which was occu.
pied by a tenant. He kept a
horse and buggy, and during
the winter has been making his
home with his daughter, Mrs.
Brace Bender.
y Last Friday, Mr.. Clifford Nc.
Laughlin, of Greencastle, came
10 McConnellsburg, and wishing
% 60 to the home of his aunt
Rebecca Craig, near Big Cove
Tannery, hired Mr.. Harr to take
bin to his aunt's home. Mr..
Harr and Mr.. Mclaughlin left
NcConnellsburg about five o..
dock, and reached their destlna.
tOn without incident worthy of
uote. About eight o'clock in the
evenlng Mr.. Harr left Craig's
aging that he wanted to go and
put his horse up.
Between eight and nine o'clock,
Mr. David Morton in passing
through the Narrows, returning
q his home from Big Cove Tan.
nery where he had been to get his
nal, heard call of distress from
some one in the direction of the
bridge, and being on horseback,
spurred up, and was soon to the
bfidge where his horse stopped
mddenly, refusing to go upon
the bridge. In the dense dark.
pess, Mr.. Morton managed to
uscern that team was on the
orldge. Mr., Morton calling, and
recelvlng no answer, thought 1t
pe part of wisdom to go to Berk-
g H. Hines in the Big Spring
Urn house short distance away,
kota lantern, and some one to
accompany him. When he and
~ Kline returned with a hight
'ney found the horse standing on
'ne bridge, hltched to a buggy,
'ne hlnd carriage of which was
mnAnglng y down over the side of the
~laga, but caught fast.
The bridge, which Is 1s or 90
~ above the bed of the stream
reached, from the north side
" steep approach, but the
''u'n end of the bridge is built
~ 'ne base of a hill and the road
'0S up a grade Immediately
Som the bridge.
n, NO' seeing or hearing anything
Tue driver, they took the Ian
~ and crawled down the bank
'p'll they reached the water's
~ when they saw Mr.. Harr
wv lace downward in about
u'een inches of water. They
~ 10 tlme In rescuing him from
' peruous situation, but it was
la'e' The men thought Mr..
n narr gasped once or twice but
Il probability is that he was
oeiore they found him.
us' how the accident came
~. Will never be known. An
stpu anlnatiOn of the buggy tracks
Ned that Mr.. Harr had driven
n. USS the bridge, and had as.
~ Iued the hill a few feet. Just at
q pOlnt' the horse was back.
|vbao, ao"a onto the bridge, the hind
cnp,o ~ Of the buggy coming in
NJ sOs ~Usv, with the post supporting
~ guard rail which proved to be
a dor and when the wheel drop,
uOWn over the side of the
iot Nr Mr. I1ere was nothing left
~ Ir' h,.l harr but to drop head
s ga backward to the rocks be.
M tSD winch evidently SO stunned
'nat he rolled or s