The Daily Cairo Bulletin

—Mr. D. McDonald, superintendent of the Louisville Iron Bridge company, under whose direction the iron bridge over Mayfield Creek, in Kentucky, on the line of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, is being built, was yesterday struck by an engine on the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans railroad, and seriously hurt. Between Mayfield Creek and Wickliffe the tracks of the two above named roads run side by side and Mr. McDonald was walking along the track of the last named when a train came along. The engineer of the train saw McDonald and blew the whistle as a signal for him to leave the track when he was yet some distance ahead. McDonald turned his head and nodded, as much as to say that he had heard the signal and would leave the track at the first convenient point. But he remained on the track and paid no further attention to the engine. The engineer continued to sound the danger signal and, finally, when he saw that the engine was dangerously close to McDonald, who was still oblivious to his peril, he reversed the engine and made every effort to stop the train. But it was too late. McDonald was caught and thrown violently to one side of the track, badly crushing the bones of one of his legs, breaking his shoulder, and receiving some severe bruises and cuts about the head. He was placed upon a hand car and taken to Wickliffe, where his wounds were attended to by Dr. C. W. Dunlap, of this city, who had been telegraphed for.