Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-11

Incidents and Accidents.
An entire family, consisting of father
mother and two children, were burned tC
death in burning house on Liberty
street, New York, a few evenings ago.
"A man put out fire in his clubhouse
few days ago, in Talbot county, Georgia
by rolling his body on the burning cotton
thus saving his house and cotton.
"A young man of Fitchburg, Mass,
while recently cutting small stick with
penknite, accidentally severed the
femoral artery, and died in few minutes,
r M. Denman, merchant of New
Orleans, has just visited Newark, New
Jersey, and cowhided a storckeeper there
for offensive words spoken six years ago
at funeral.
John Hopkins died at Hopkinsville,
Warren county, o. of lockjaw, brought
on by a slight wound in the elbow, re-
ceived accidentally from pitchtork,
while threshing wheat, on the same after.
noon.
"A young girl, named Miller, lost her
life the other day at Cleveland, by the
explosion of kerosene can while at.
tempting to ignite the fire by pouring oil
on it, When will such carelessness endY
Thus far ten men have been killed in
building the bridge across the Ohio at
Louisville, six of whom were drowned in
spite of the skltfs always kept ready to
rescue the workmen who fall into the
water.
Some vandal boys in Cincinnati stole
the inside part from an organ grinders
machine some time since, and being deaf,
the poor fellow ground away as Jolly as
ever the next morning, in blisstul igno.
rance of what had happened.
AT Fall River, Mass, few days ago,
boy was lying on the floor of mill,
looking down the elevator way, when the
elevator descending, his head was caught
between it and the floor, and he was in
stantly killed.
Nearly all the prairie along the Kan.
sas Pacific Branch Road, between Law
renee and Leavenworth, was recently
burned and large amount of hay, fenc
ing, and other property, valued at several
thousand dollars, destroyed The fire
caught from sparks Of a locomotive.
In Kosciusko county, Ind, few days
ago party having returned from hunt
ing, one Of them threw his gun down,
when the conclusion discharged the piece,
lodging the contents in the leg of another
of the party, so that amputation was neces-
sary.
"A few days ago, while blacksmith
tuoc 1inu Gonna unrly IL, n oil ~,
at Peoria, H., he leaned too far forward
to inspect the work, and was struck on the
back of the head by descending sledge-
hammer Of fifteen pounds weight and re.
ceived dangerous and probably fatal
wound.
Daniel Smith, of Wilmington, VT,
had been for some months coughing al
most necessarily. A few days since, while
violently, he elected from his
windpipe an ivory peg nearly all inch in
length, which he accidentally swallowed
in February last.
Some months since, DR., Moody, of
Walnut Bend, Ark, had his right arm
torn off in his saw mill. A few days ago,
on entering the mill for the first time since
receiving his injury, his empty sleeve
caught in a band, and he was whirled over
the shaft and instantly killed
AT Adrian, Mich, lady partially
filled lamp with kerosene oil, few
ago, placed it on a shelf, under
a chimney, in room in which there was
no fire. About dark, without any fire
having been near the lamp, it exploded,
doing considerable damage to the furniture,
and it was only by great eXerticns that the
house was saved
"A servant girl and two boys were
nearly suflocated by the escape of illumi
mating gas in their sleeping apartment al
New Haven. The girl was found in her
night dress, glazing outward with eyes set,
froth oozing from her mouth, and with
blood despatched about her face, where
she had received wounds in her violent
They were all saved.
"A passenger on New England rail.
road, the other day, presented to the con
ductor pass for himself "and corpse"
The conductor looked at the mans com
panion, who was sitting bolt upright, and
looking very red in the face for dead
man, and the passenger thereupon ex
planned that he took "a corpse with him
from Boston, and as he had none to bring
back he thought the road would be quite
as willing to carry live man, and he took
his brother with him. The conductor
passed on
"A recent number of the York (Eng.) |
Post contains the following remarks,
equally applicable to the sportsmen of all
A parting word in regard to
accidents in the shooting field. Breech-
leaders be it remembered, do, to some ex-
tent, reduce the risk of a mans shooting /
himself But they don't in the least affect
the chance of his shooting other people /
And, even as far as the first danger is con /
cerned, the advantage gained is not /
much, for the greater safety of
The breechloader lies only in the greater
safety Of loading IT, And Of oil the acct
tents that occur, how many happen dur
ing the process Of loadingY That more do
not is wonderful, we admit But still they |
10 not. And, indeed, we cannot at this