A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > New York > New York http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=708 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=44170 Submitted by: SandyGen Article Title: New York Daily Times Article Date: October 15 1851 Article Description: Parri-cide and Attempted Suicide Another Fatal Accident on the Erie Railroad Fatal case of shooting Fatal Accident on the Hudson River Railroad Article Text: Tivioli, Monday October 13, 1851..Today about 11:00 a.m. a laborer by the name of John Moore on the gravel train, working near Barrytown, fell off while the train was under motion, and was instatntly killed. **************************************** The mother of Governor Seymour, of Connecticut died at the residence of the Governor in Hartford on october 12, 1851. **************************************** Honorable Thomas C. Hacket, a member of the lst Congress from Ohio, died at Marietta, O., on October 8, 1851. *********************************** An old and well known cartman of Albany, James Ray, was accidently drowned at Greenbush on Monday. **************************************** Narrowsburg, Tuesday October 14, 1851...An accident occurred yesterday on the Erie Railroad, near the Summit, by which Mr Decker, a conductor lost his life. He was in the act of disconnecting a train, when he fell beteen the cars and the engine, receiving injuries that caused his death in a few hours. He leaves a family. ************************************* Philadelphia, Pa, Tuesday October 14, 1851..A man was shot in the lower part of this county lst night by Mr James Reid, on whose farm he was committing some depredations. The man died in the hospital at 5:00 this morning from his wounds. ********************************* >From the Springfield Republican...On Saturday noon last, Richard Walkley Jr., living with his father, an old on South Main Street inflicted upon the latter a wound with a knife. On Saturday the father, mother and son sat down to dinner. After dinner Richard stood up took a long thin bread knife and stabbed his father in the abdomen. Richard left the hous and was found in a lot belonging to the late Zelotes Lombard. Richard's thoat had been cut with a dull jacknife and he had become partially stupid with bleeding His wounds were dressed and he will probably live. On Saturday evening the father was still considered in a hopeless condition. *************************************** At the New York hospital the body of a man named Eugene Dresher, aged 27 born in Ireland, who was fatally injured on October 7, 1851, by falling from a car on the new York and Erie Railroad while the train was in motion. Cause of death was Death by secondary Hemmorage. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com