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Domestic News
November 16, 1829
Lynchburg Virginian
Lynchburg, Virginia
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Mrs. Milligan drowned in New York when her carriage overturned into the dock at pier 13 while boarding the ship Salem for New Orleans; husband, child, and servant rescued; body recovered for inquest.
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A SHOCKING ACCIDENT
From the Philadelphia National Gazette.
We cannot adequately express the sensation of distress, which has been produced here, by the most lamentable fate of Mrs. Milligan, who perished at New York, yesterday, in the manner described below.
"Death has ope'd her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field."
-Not longer ago than last week, this young beautiful and amiable lady was seen in the midst of the polished circles of this city, enjoying the lively satisfaction and respect which her presence excited, and surrounded by her numerous and estimable relatives, all in the animation of health, confidence, and pleasure. What a reverse of emotion! How changed the sympathies and the scene! If we knew the deceased, and the amazed and sorrowful husband, parents, sisters, and other immediate connexions, that will not deeply condole with them for such a catastrophe, of which the suddenness and the effects cause us to appear still a mere dream of horror.
From the New York American of Wednesday
A fatal and melancholy accident occurred this forenoon at pier No 13. E. R. The Salem, for New Orleans, being about to sail, Mr. Milligan of New Orleans, wife, child, and servant, who were to embark in the Salem, drove down in a hack to the wharf. In turning the carriage round, one of the wheels came off, and the consequence was, that the carriage, with its passengers, was overturned into the dock. Unhappily, Mrs. Milligan sunk immediately, and all efforts to recover the body have hitherto proved unavailing. Mr. Milligan, the child, and the servant, were saved.
1 o'clock—The body of Mrs. Milligan has just been recovered—the Coroner's Inquest is now sitting. The accident occurred thus. The coachman having driven to the wrong pier was turning his carriage, when in doing so, the horses trod on some bar iron lying loosely on the wharf, which alarmed them—caused them to back, and before they could be urged forward, the carriage was forced over the wharf, dragging them with it. The horses were drowned, and the carriage sunk.
Mr. Milligan is the brother of Mr. Louis McLane, of Delaware. Mrs. Milligan was the daughter of Mr. Urquhart, of New Orleans.
From the Philadelphia National Gazette.
We cannot adequately express the sensation of distress, which has been produced here, by the most lamentable fate of Mrs. Milligan, who perished at New York, yesterday, in the manner described below.
"Death has ope'd her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field."
-Not longer ago than last week, this young beautiful and amiable lady was seen in the midst of the polished circles of this city, enjoying the lively satisfaction and respect which her presence excited, and surrounded by her numerous and estimable relatives, all in the animation of health, confidence, and pleasure. What a reverse of emotion! How changed the sympathies and the scene! If we knew the deceased, and the amazed and sorrowful husband, parents, sisters, and other immediate connexions, that will not deeply condole with them for such a catastrophe, of which the suddenness and the effects cause us to appear still a mere dream of horror.
From the New York American of Wednesday
A fatal and melancholy accident occurred this forenoon at pier No 13. E. R. The Salem, for New Orleans, being about to sail, Mr. Milligan of New Orleans, wife, child, and servant, who were to embark in the Salem, drove down in a hack to the wharf. In turning the carriage round, one of the wheels came off, and the consequence was, that the carriage, with its passengers, was overturned into the dock. Unhappily, Mrs. Milligan sunk immediately, and all efforts to recover the body have hitherto proved unavailing. Mr. Milligan, the child, and the servant, were saved.
1 o'clock—The body of Mrs. Milligan has just been recovered—the Coroner's Inquest is now sitting. The accident occurred thus. The coachman having driven to the wrong pier was turning his carriage, when in doing so, the horses trod on some bar iron lying loosely on the wharf, which alarmed them—caused them to back, and before they could be urged forward, the carriage was forced over the wharf, dragging them with it. The horses were drowned, and the carriage sunk.
Mr. Milligan is the brother of Mr. Louis McLane, of Delaware. Mrs. Milligan was the daughter of Mr. Urquhart, of New Orleans.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Carriage Accident
Drowning
New York Wharf
Milligan Death
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Milligan
Mr. Milligan
Mr. Louis Mclane
Mr. Urquhart
Where did it happen?
New York
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New York
Event Date
Wednesday
Key Persons
Mrs. Milligan
Mr. Milligan
Mr. Louis Mclane
Mr. Urquhart
Outcome
mrs. milligan drowned; mr. milligan, child, and servant saved; horses drowned; carriage sunk; body recovered; coroner's inquest sitting
Event Details
While preparing to embark on the Salem for New Orleans at pier No 13, the carriage overturned into the dock after a wheel came off or horses backed due to bar iron on the wharf.