Mr. Alfred HAWLEY, a young man employed by Mr. WILSON, who is in the hay business at Attica, met with a serious accident on Thursday last by which he lost his right arm. Mr. H. was feeding a hay cutting machine at the time, and by some mishap his hand was caught in the knives and, inch by inch, his arm was cut off above the elbow, so says the 'News.' A like casualty occurred in Alexander last fall when one STARKS was the victim. On Wednesday of this week a terrible accident occurred at Portage Bridge, on the Erie road, whereby John LANEGHAN, a young lad aged eleven years, lost his life. John was a son of the widow LANEGHAN of that place, and was in the habit of passing through the cars and selling apples to the passengers. That day he had rivals in the business, and in his haste to alight from the train, which was already in motion, he lost his footing and fell under the car wheels, striking astride the rail. The poor boy was frightfully mangled, yet he managed to draw himself from under the passing wheels. He lived about four hours in the most excrusiating agony. Johnny was a bright, active, and handsome boy, and was a privileged character with all the railroad men on this division of the Erie road. - 'Attica News' SOURCE: Progressive Batavian Batavia, Genesee County, New York State October 4-1872 ********************************************* submitted by Linda Schmidt Web-Page Editor for Bethany BETHANY: Its Past and Present ~ Bethany Town Page [from the Genesee County RootsWeb Website] is now located at : http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml