The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-12-02
Chanter of Accidents.

we Slean the following accluehts
from our exchanges of last week
Several Disasters to vessels occurred
on Long Island Sound on Wednesday
of last week. One schooner is. re-
ported capsized, and all on board lost.
A MAN and his wife and children,
while going into Columbus, Ohio, in a
wagon to market, a few evenings ago,
were all killed by tree falling on
them. sS
JOHN RANDALL, man engaged as
tlaborer; getting out ship timber was
so badly injured by the cars on
Wednesday, four miles below Def
ance, Ohio, that he died during the
forenoon. H
THE United States steamer Lincoln
has returned from St. Paul Island,
Behring Sea. While one of the Lin
coins boats was attempting to land on
the island it swamped, and three sail
ors were drowned. Their names were
Richard Livingston, Lewis Garlen
and John Beck.
DOUGLAS, Anderson & Co.'s white
lead works, Brooklyn, burned Satur-
day morning. An adjoining tene-
ment caught fire, and man, woman
and child leaped from an upper win
dow. The man and child were in
stantly killed, and the woman fatally
injured. The loss by fire is very
heavy.
James Bowman was killed in Co.
lumbia township, Dubois county, In
diana, a week ago. Bowman and an
other man were engaged in saving Of
log on the side of hill. Bowman
was standing on the lower side when
the log started down hill, rolling over
i'm, and injuring him SO badly that
he died in few minutes.
WHILE Mr.. Benjamin Hickey was
driving home from Frankfort to Chill
licothe, Ohio, on Friday, his horses
took fright, ran away and upset the
wagon. One of Mr.. Rickey's daugh-
ters was thrown out and killed; it
was feared that his own injuries
would prove fatal, and his wife and
another daughter was severely hurt.
MICHAEL CoNNELL, an old man six
ty-nine years of age, was burnt to
death Oh Sunday night, near Clarks-
vile, Indiana. He and his family re-
sided in small cabin near Beach's ce-
ment mill, and the old gentleman had
for several days been confined to mis-
bed. His wife just before leaving the
house to visit neighbor, left long
stick of wood protruding from the
stove, and this, falling from the open
door of the stove, set fire to the house.
The fire was at length discovered by
the neighbors, who heard the old
mans cries fer assistance and ran to
his rescue. They burst open the
door, only to find that the. inside of
the house was all in flames, which
leaped out through the doorway upon
them as they attempted to enter. 1t
was not until the building was almost
entirely destroyed that the fire was
subdued, and not until the unfortu-
nate old man had died horrible
death.
TERRIBLE Acc1DENr.-On yesterday
morning, the clothes of Mrs. Wildly
Ward, colored lady living near Hise's
brick yard, this place, caught fire
while she was sitting near stove
When she discovered the fire she
threw a bucket of water on her per-
son and then rushed out of the house.
The flames not quenched by the wa
ter, soon spread over her. and in an
other moment her clothing was liter
ally burned from her body. When
found by the neighbors she was suf-
fering terribly her flesh having been
burned to crisp. Medical aid was
summoned, but it is thought she can
not possibly survive.
P. S. Since the above was placed
in type, we have learned the lady has
eXpired.-Salens Journal.