Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-07-18
Dreadful Accident at Kingston--A Child
n ana Mo.heJD dangerously Wounded.

L and MothetlD angerouslyE Wounded
Friday morning, while the National Guards were
ooine Though their exercises othtlng, and aItet
sne ef he Wings had flied, assoot Sa The smoke
SSa cleared, heart tendinE cry fell npon tte eats
AZ ali nresent, II was soon found that young
county woman with her child had been shot bya
ball ltom one Of tbe muskets. The unfortunate
woman was bOtne In The aims OF several soldiers
10 The Hospital tent, where i was toun thai the
ball had entered the right side Of tle leil beast,
about an inch and half below the nipple, pass.
lux entirely through the breast, entering tbe lett
arm ncat The shoulder, ttIehltully hactutlng The
bones Of the MN, and egaR passing oNi.
lIeE child an infant six months Of aSe, wos pick.
ed up when the mother fell covered with blood
which flowed ntofustly ffoma wound IN The head.
that tlt skull was fractured and piece OF the
bone above tie forehead garfield awayj the wound
was about Three inches long, aud through tho
aperture the brain pf0ttu0ed The brain was
pIesSei back to its proper place aud tue wound
closed, when the lille SuileleE WAS given 10 u
nurse iot better cafe.
The husband, who was standing neat his wife
Of The lime, escaped nnhuil. The poor man was
rendered half crazy by the 0laft UlII le had 10 be
taken away from his wife's bedside. Sevtta EN-
lnent medical men weTG promptly In attendance,
and rendered all The relief in tlelt power ~ the
woman,
Another account says.
The rteateSl excitement enstlcd, md lie fenal(s
present manifested tho utmost feeling lot Tie nll.
(oiunote mother, otll wets pEOluss ~ tlleE oilers
OF assistance, and so affected we've many OF them
that they shed leafs, II Was found The wound
was caused bYa bullet Which had FIST stuck The
btraSt Of The mother passing through the manillaty
glands, then entering lie lEOutaI lole pl lle elIld'S
lead and passing ont al The Top again wohnllD6
tie mother by breaking The bone Of bet ann. Nor
was lilo course VI The ball here stopped, TOT u
struck young man and lodged IN his coal tail,
without iniutns hin much, The child, which
The mother Is pronounced 0Nl VI danger,
The wounded woman Is The wife Of 0 Jeremiah
('a~el, n farmer, who lives about ten miles buck
OfHlnsSton. The ball was lnund 10 10 taltened,
AMI LSll piece Of bone attached to ii, How Il
rot into ole 81 the lIuSkctS is a mystery. Il ap.
I,ealS that they had been shooting OF a target IN
tho morning, and Il S saTmiSed Tint d ball car.
lti1ge, by some mistake, was mixed with The
cullliIges, anl III the excitement Of loaIIlng thu
difference was not noticed Ivy The nets0H who
snet The fatal bullet. The objects stale that oil
tho nuskttS wete carefully examined, md they
cannot understand how the disaster could have Uc.
cuttel.
In order 10 in some way atone for The mischief,
4 collection III aid Of the woman was taken up,
and ltaTlya thousand dollars collected. Thu ball
which was 10 have come OF IN lhe eYevlng, anl
which grca preparation Iad been made, was dis
pelScd with, 10 the great disappointment Of s"Ie
i've bundled young ladies', VIII hal CONE tom
New Yok and the surrounding county 10 particle
pale in The f,sIlvIty. The etnnl teSiew was also
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