Transcribed by Ann Selchick. Geo. THE CARLISLE PATRIOT, MAY 27th, 1865 FATAL ACCIDENT AT HARRINGTON. _____ On Wednesday evening, last week, a fatal accident occurred on the Quay Side at Harrington, by which a lad named John JOHNSON, 17 years of age, lost his life. At the point where the pig iron is shipped stands a large weighing machine, consisting of an upright pillar and a large beam fixed across, on a moveable top which revolves in a socket, so which scales are attached for weighing the pigs. This machine belongs to Messrs. BLAIR, BLAIN, and PATTERSON, and was purchased by them from the old iron company. For many years it has stood in the same place, and mischievous lads have (notwithstanding frequent warning) made use of it as a sway. On Wednesday evening the deceased, who was a sailor lad on board the Jubilee, now lying in the port, and another little fellow, were swaying one at each end of the beam. The deceased let his end go up and caused the other to descend upon the lad at the other end, who was knocked down and let go his hold, the sudden jerk of which canted the beam out (weighing about four cwt) of the socket, and it fell upon the deceased and killed him instantly. The other lad escaped with a knock on the head. Medical assistance was obtained to the deceased, but life was pronounced extinct. _____