Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-11

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Incidents end Accidents.
by the explosion Of can of coal oil,
two children Of Mr.. Henry Swedner, Of
Dayton, Ohio, were recently fatally
burned. t. Es.s
"A family named McQuaid, in New
Boston, Ill, were poisoned, q few days
ago, by eating butter in the churning Of
which saltpetre had been used.
AT Peoria, ILL.,, ~ ew days ago, . wo-
man, named Mrs. OhL was fatally injured
by the explosion Of kerosene oil.
"A lady in Midland, Mich, was recent
" bitten by q potato bug on the neck.
The poison spread through her system and
fatal results were feared.
William Sells, reformed burglar,
committed suicide in New York because
he was afraid his former associates would
kill him. M
"A Baltimore man who had impover.
ished himself by acts Of charity, blew out
his brains because he had no more money
to give to the poor.
Near Fond du Lac, Wis, the other
day, two boys, while playing, fell from
load of hay, and fork which followed
pierced the head Of one of them, and in
flicted fatal wound.
AT West Newton, Mimi, the other
day, . little boy, about five years old, was
kicked in the stomach by colt only two
months old, and fatally injured, causing
his death the next day.
I'm Philadelphia, q few days ago, .
young man was amusing himself by ex.
ploding musket caps under q hammer,
when fragment struck little girl in the
neck, inficting mortal injury.
There was, recently, q collision Of
trains at Winchester, on the Rockford,
Rock Island & st. Louis railroad, demol.
ishing both locomotives and several cars.
Quite number of passengers were badly
hurt, but none killed.
"A girl employed at the residence Of
Mr.. n. n. Hatch, of Bay City, Mich, was
horribly burned. the other day, by the ex.
plosion Of q can containing kerosene oil,
died . few hours after.
&C. r. Brown, OF Saratoga, N. Y, for
twelve years palsied and unable to move
leg or . foot, was thrown from carriage
few weeks ago and had his thigh broken.
His fractured bone restored life to his
palsied limbs, and they are again in use.
"A little girl In McGregor, Iowa, push.
cd playmate from the sidewalk, the other
day; in falling the latter struck her head
against piece Of timber, was picked up
in an insensible condition, and died in q
few hours
During q severe thunder. storm ct
Newark, Ohio, the other day, the north
wing Of tho Newark Rolling Mill, sixty
by hundred and seventeen feet, was
lifted from its foundation and hurled to
the ground.
"A little child, seven months old, fell
from q fifth story window, In Cincinnati,
the other day, and was instantly killed.
The child was sleeping on bed close to
the window. It walked and crawled out
while IT. mother was asleep.
During thunder shower the other
day at Lansinburgh, New York, q ball of
FIRE appeared to pass directly through q
house, greatly alarming the inmates, who
supposed the building 70 be struck. The
inmates were not even shocked, only
frightened.
"A young lnuy uoWcu mary OOylo,
living IN Chicago, recently poured some
kerosene oil from . can into the smolder-
ing embers Of the kitchen stove, when IN
explosion followed and her clothing
caught fire. She WAS 20 badly burned %
to render her death probable. Two other
persons were quite seriously, though not
fatally, burned.
The (6tamlord) Connecticut Adcoocse
says that Z rock weighing nearly two tons
was sent by blast from the road bed Of
the Ridgedeld Railroad, now in course Of
construction, over piece of wood to
clear field, where Il bounded from another
rock and few further, striking cow and
lifting her on top of large apple tree,
from which she fell dead TO the ground.
"A happy reunion was contaminated
In Albany, . few nights since, between .
young married couple from the West who
had been travelling about In search of
each other tor three monthA The hus-
band had been to the East for new
stock Of goods, sickened on the way, and
In condition between life and
death during the time mentioned. The
wife finally heard Of his death, and came
on TO recover his remainA They were
brought together accidentally In turning
The corner Of street.
"A man named Michael Koran, while |
playing with pistol 1t Whitehall, N. Y,
ball struck the water diagonally, glanced of
md hit little boy, eight years Of age,
named Francis Derusia, who was passing |
along the dock, and entering the little fe1.