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Domestic News
July 25, 1821
The Massachusetts Spy
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
A man named Miller drowned in the North River last week while attempting to swim across near Fort-Miller Bridge after being denied passage due to insufficient toll payment of one cent instead of the required two.
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Unfortunate Occurrence.
A man by the name of Miller, was drowned in the North River, last week, in attempting to swim across it, near Fort-Miller Bridge. The circumstances which led to this unhappy event, we understand to be these: That Mr. Miller applied to the toll-gatherer for liberty to pass the bridge, and offered to pay one cent, alleging, at the same time, it was all the money he had. But the bridge tender, true to his employer, refused to let Miller pass without another cent—two cents being the amount of toll, chargeable by law. Whereupon, the unfortunate man betook himself to nature's bridge, and swam about half way across it, when they beheld him "sink, to rise no more."
Sandy Hill Times.
A man by the name of Miller, was drowned in the North River, last week, in attempting to swim across it, near Fort-Miller Bridge. The circumstances which led to this unhappy event, we understand to be these: That Mr. Miller applied to the toll-gatherer for liberty to pass the bridge, and offered to pay one cent, alleging, at the same time, it was all the money he had. But the bridge tender, true to his employer, refused to let Miller pass without another cent—two cents being the amount of toll, chargeable by law. Whereupon, the unfortunate man betook himself to nature's bridge, and swam about half way across it, when they beheld him "sink, to rise no more."
Sandy Hill Times.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Drowning
North River
Fort Miller Bridge
Toll Dispute
Swimming Accident
What entities or persons were involved?
Miller
Where did it happen?
North River Near Fort Miller Bridge
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
North River Near Fort Miller Bridge
Event Date
Last Week
Key Persons
Miller
Outcome
miller drowned halfway across the river.
Event Details
Miller attempted to swim across the North River near Fort-Miller Bridge after the toll-gatherer refused him passage for offering only one cent instead of the required two cents toll. He sank and did not resurface.