Year: 1861




most astonishing eases of endurance under the
most trying pain occurred yesterday morning,
at the Golden Gate Mills, on Pine street. Mr..
Martin Newell the head miller, at about ten
O'Clock went into the smut-room for the pur-
pose of replacing belt that had slipped
Whilst doing this, his left hand, in some un-
accountable manner, was suddenly drawn in
between the beyelwheels, the fianges of which
rotate towards each other at right angles In
an instant his arm was drawn in almost to the
elbow. Being a powerful man, he exerted all
his great strength successfully to prevent the
arm from being drawn i'll farther In the
meantime the wheels were tearing away the
flesh piecemeal, and the blood was oozing rapid
ly from the frightfu wounds. His loud cries
for help were completely drowned by the deaf
ening racket of the machinery. As the room
is one not frequently visited by anybody but
himself, the poor man saw but gloomy
prospect for relief from his agonizng posi-
ton. He feared that be would be COM
PEELED to remain there until the flesh and bone
of his arm had been ground to a powder before
he could extricate himself And this, too
would have been the case, had not the engi-
neer by the merest accident in the world
stopped the machinery at eleven o'clock. For
a whole hour Mr.. Newell had manly endured
the ezcruciatlng pain, and that too, while
being compelled to exert his whole strength
IN order 10 prevent his whole arm-inevitably
to be followed by his body-from being drawn
in. When the machinery ceased to work, the
hardy sufferer withdrew the mutlated member.
Not particle of flesh was left upon it as far
as the elbow. At the last point where the
pressure OF the wheels had crushed The limb
shreds of flesh some as fine as twine, hung
down over the bare bone, enveloping it like a
tassel. The injured man was speedily convey
ed to his home and DR.. Rowell sent for, who
at once decided on amputatIon, and the arm
was cut off above the elbow. This is, without
exception, the most astonishing instance OF
physical endurance that ever came under our
immediate notices.. f. Call.


TIE following items are from the Grass
Valley National:


A serious accident occurred to Mr. Henry
Fuchs, young man in the employ of Mr..
Murbar, while engaged with others in taking
out the truck, at the alarm of fire at the Gold
Hill Mill, on Tuesday morning last While
going down Main street, upon the planks, at a
rapid rate, and in the act of turning the corner
of Mill street the truck was forced against one
of the posts supporting the awning in front of
Nathans store. In the crash Mr.. F. was
thrown down. and his left arm badly broken
just above the elbow. The fracture was
dressed by DR.. Tompkins, and the patient is
doing well.


HIP DIsLocAToN.-A person whose name
we have been unable to learn, had his hip bad
ly disocated nearly four weeks ago at Omega.
The injury was caused by the sudden breaking
of dam, causing food which swept trees
and boulders down stream like an avalanche.
The person alluded to was caught in the food
and swept away down number of preciplces,
varying from five to thirty-five feet in hight,
and strange to relate escaped al! other injury
except that of a disocation Of the hip. He
continued to suffer from the effects of the lux
alton for the length of time above named with
out understanding the magnitude of the injury,
until yesterday, when the disjonted hip was
properly reduced by Drs. aunt and Tompkins.


New STRIKEs-We hear of several new
and valuable mining strikes during the past
few days. A rich vein of quartz has been
struck, in the road near the Brighton House.
on Massachusetts Hill. The wheels, in pass
ing over the groupings, had broken down the
rock and the late rains exposed its glittering
treasure, to some casual passer, who comenced
digging and struck, at once, upon a valuable
lead.