A TERRIBLE DEATH.
A rr.F.iciliT train of the South Pacific Const < Railroad, consisting of six cars, was "ditched ,, e recently by the finking of the track which 1 ran over the trestle-work between South San < Lcaridro and High-street Station. Alnineda. l The locomotive was overturned and the ears ) piled on top of each other. My the first I shock the engineer, nr.rned Simons, was 1 thrown through the " oal>" window .inrl i hurled to the ground, with a broken nor-e i and some bruises. The firem.-.n, Pan DnV i coll, died n horrible death. When the f locomotive capsized he was held to the 1 ground by .111 iron bar acorors his breast, anil 1 one foot was caught by another. He was c fully qo:iseious at the time of 1113 death, He 1 was held faet and tlie tide was rising rapidly. ) It was evident he would be drowned in .1 n short time. Six men were 0.1 board and f= laboured to pave him. They wrapped shrets \ about bis body, and exerted th;:ir combined strength to pull him from his po.'.ition. He i cried piteously tli.it they were killing him. They tried again and again with the same result. A levee was built about hi« head to I keep down the rising tide. Buckets were ! 1 brought, and by faithful bailing it was i attempted to keep the water from" reaching t his head, Jlo was lying under the cab, ami ( a hole waa cut through the crib, through I which lie could put his head. They raised t bis bead ibovo the water as r.iueh as po--£:bh>. 1 Ho remained thus two hours, but at las-, tin; c levee broke, and the men who were hai'ing :> out the water found that they could do 1 no more. They he'd his her.,l above the r water, which rose tilowly about his body. \ The men Joui-.d tli-y must raikc a ( iTort' t Then hi.-j h..-:,,i w:>s lowt-red .in-l tli<-v ali ■ c:-.i!;;ht hold and pulV-d desperate! v. It :v:-< i in vain. They could not move h'im. Tl'cy \ ra::'i-d his h.-ad ::gai:i. The water mm- - slowly but Furdy. !t reached bin ehin. A ■ friend lie!. , , his hand over the dro-.vninir m; i,,' s ( mouth. riv. ; w.-.ter rO s,. to hi« no:-trils 1 Nothinjr more eouLl be dune, and I-,..- waa i drowned. The other man killed was a- i brakcHinau named Paly. Jfe was on the ' fourth car v.ith the other brakesman and th« '< conductor. Daly wa3 instantly killed. Tlie 1 foiee with which he w;u thrown brM;e bis . nci:k. The conductor, Langdtn, had hi* ! legs slightly linrt. The other bral:e.sman 1 was not hurt. JJriscoll lived in Al.imeila, I and had been in tile company's employ for < four -jr five years. Ho wr.3 unmarried, i Daly was recently employed, and waa only <■ ! slightly known by the train men. It is i believed he lived in Alamcda and was tin- 1 married. t
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6566, 2 December 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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493A TERRIBLE DEATH. New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6566, 2 December 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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