Alexandria Gazette

Mr. John Dougherty, who was so dreadfully injured some time since by being crushed between a car and the side wall of the ticket office, at the Railroad depot, has so far recovered as to be able to leave this city for his home at Lancaster, Pa. The case of Mr. D. is a remarkable instance of escape in the very jaws of death. His recollection of the sensations experienced during the accident is distinct, and rather mixed. His expectation was that the car would be stopped; but it continued to advance, and this increased the pressure—those parts of his body which were the most prominent being the first to feel the effects of the crush. In a moment or two he felt his ribs giving way—and to this succeeded the terrible sensation connected with the violent injection of the blood from the body to the head, which felt to him like a burning throe suddenly passing from the latter to the former. At this moment he became senseless, and the car was immediately thereafter stopped and removed backward for his release—the body falling to the ground as that of a dead man. His return to respiration he described as though he were under the effects of an unpleasant dream, from which he felt conscious he would be relieved when he awoke. To those who saw him after the accident it appeared impossible but he could not survive and yet, through a kind Providence, and the skilful and unwearied attentions of Dr. Dunbar, his principal physician, he has been restored to life.—Balt. Am.