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Domestic News
July 23, 1821
Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
A man named Miller drowned in the North River near Fort Miller bridge last week after attempting to swim across due to inability to pay the full two-cent toll.
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FROM THE SANDY HILL (N. Y.) TIMES.
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; 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."
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; 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."
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Drowning
North River
Fort Miller Bridge
Toll Refusal
What entities or persons were involved?
Miller
Where did it happen?
Fort Miller Bridge, North River, N.Y.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Fort Miller Bridge, North River, N.Y.
Event Date
Last Week
Key Persons
Miller
Outcome
miller drowned while swimming across the river.
Event Details
Miller tried to cross the Fort Miller bridge but could only pay one cent of the two-cent toll. Refused passage, he attempted to swim across the North River and drowned halfway.