The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-02-21
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

A conductor Of horse car in New York
city, while drunk, lately stabbed three of
his passengers.
Annie Gibble, young girl in ST Louis,
poured kerosene from a can on the fire, on
Monday, to kindle il, when the contents of
the can exploded, burning her terribly, but
not fatally.
Mrs. J. A. Gaylord, wife of prominent
banker Of ST. Louis, was badly burned on
the 18th BY her clothes taking fire at CRATE
/ in her residence, and died on the 18th.
Four young men of Evansville. Ind, while
attempting to cross the Ohio river ut that
| place, on the evening Of Feb. 18th, during
/ the storm were drowned by the swapping
| Of their boat.
During the snow storm on the same day
at Lacrosse, Wis, stage coach, full Of
passengers came in collision with gate,
the balance-pole of which ran through the
coach, seriously injuring six persons.
Arassenger train on the Rock Island road
collided with u freight train near Moline on
the 18th, by which two persons were killed
and several injured.
A train on the Rochester s Syracuse road
was thrown down an embankment near
Whitehall, N. Y, on the l4th Six passen-
jured-two of them severely.
Geo. Kile, living near Freeport, H.,
few days since accidentally killed his little
brother under the following circumstances
George was loading his gun, intending to
60 to neighbours some distance off. Lucian
ran into the house in great haste, passing
by the muzzle Of the gun just at the moment
that George was letting the hammer down
on the cap. In some unaccountabe manner
the gun went off and lodged the contents in
Lucians neck, killing him instantly.
young man attempted to leap on train
moving slowly across the bridge at Rock
Vile, Pa, but he missed his step, and fell
through the open bridge to the canal below,
his head striking the ice His brains were
dashed out and his body horribly bruised
he having fallen more than so feet.
The other evening, at Bloomington, Ill. i,
the daughter of Mr.. Peter Whitmer, acct
dentally pushed kerosene lamp from the
table where she was reading and rs it
broke it set fire to the oil Mr.. w. instantly
smothered the fire with shawls, pillows. etc.
thinking he had a narrow escape from con
fagration. To his surprise, in a few min
utes he heard a fire behind the plastcring of
the wall roaring like chimney. Some of
the liquid fire had crept through crcvicc
in the floor, not over the twentieth of an
inch wide, and ignited the woodwork in the
ceiling. lie broke it through, put out the
lower part of the fire, and was then Obliged
to break through from the outside, and also
in the second story, before he could save
| the house.
The Great Western Railway freight house
at Detroit took fire on the night of the 9th.
| The fire was shortly extinguished but the
damage to freight was considerable The
Merchants Despatch Company were the
| greatest losers.
A school teacher named Pierce, at st.
Omer, Decatur county, Indiana, was murd-
cred on the 18th inst, by young fellow
named Favors. Pierce was correcting n
younger brother Of Favors, for some INSIDE
meanor, when the latter struck the teacher
on the head with stick Of wood, breaking
the skull.
Lions and t-tigers cat play" are not
comfortable companions, as John D. Hurl-
but, Connecticut farmer, found to his sad
experience on paying visit TO Danbury,
last week, where u mcnageric is in winter
quarters. He visited the barn, on invita-
ton, and ventured to put his hand upon
lion, being assured by the keeper who was
handling him, that he could do 50 with
safety. Instantly the lion seized Mr.. II by
the right wrist with his teeth, and pulled
him with such violence and rapidity to the
CRATES Of the cage in which the animal was
confined, that Mr.. II received large and
severe bruise just below the shoulder With
rare presence Of mind he offered no resist
nnce, and in this manner probably saved
his hand. He was held by the lion in this
position n full minute until some one pro-
cured board and struck the animal over
the head, when, partially releasing its hold
to growl at the assalant, Mr.. II. was en-
abled to withdraw his hand--but in so doing
the under tooth Of the lion raked the flesh
open from the wound on the wrist to tue