Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-08

Incidents and Accidents.

CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.
"A fire engine exploded in Baltimore,
the other morning, killing J. Harry Wea-
yer, a member of the City Council.
"A Mrs. Whittier, Of St. Louis, died re-
Gently Of the effects of injuries received
from coal oil explosion which had caused
the death Of her child.
| "A five-year- old son of Mr.. John Sell
fert, of Washington, upset pan of boiling
milk, and scalded his head so badly as to
fSbe blinded of both eyes.
lin Cincinnati few days ago, a child
OF Charles p. Jones, while playing, fell
into bucket of hot water, and died in five
hours.
"A Pennsylvania man has recently re-
ceived, by express, $4,000 from an anony-
nous Pittsburgher, who simply says that
by right it belongs to him.
The town of Augusta, Wisconsin, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire few
nights ago. Nearly every business house
in town is in ashes.
An Albany druggist, whose clerk
gave oil Of bitter almonds when oil of
sweet almonds was wanted, and killed a
child, has been sued for damages.
"A little girl named Kitty Manly, aged
thirteen years, was burned to death at Sun
Prairie, Wis, few days ago, by the ex-
plosion Of kerosene lamp, which she
was attempting to fill while it was burn
ing.
The other evening, Lily Beckwith,
with, of Berea, Ohio, was fatally burned
by the explosion of coal oil lamp which
she had in her hand. The sufferer lived
\ but few hours.
M. Jacob MCGEE, of Jessamine Coun-
ty, Kentucky, started with load of hemp
to Lexington, but the heating Of q box in
one of the hubs set the load on fire, and
burned up the wagon and all, valued at
$500.
AT Lowell, O., the other day, while
Mrs. Margaret Baker, lady of about
ninety years, was reading by carbon oil
lamp, she accidentally hit it with her arm,
and turned it over on her lap. Her clothes
ignited and burned her SO badly that she
died in few hours.
An oriole, while recently building her
nest in Rochester, N Y, caught the loose
end ola string she was carrying on twig,
and the other end was drawn tightly
| dlOuuu llCI lCCh. JAC Auuk buoPCAuSA
until gentleman, fortunately seeing the
state of things, climbed the tree and extri-
Gated the involuntary little suicide.
A young lady of Cleveland, Ohio, re-
ceived a letter on the eve of her wedding
saying that her lover had wife and two
children in a neighboring town. The poor
girl read the letter through, turned her
| face toward her mother, who was in the
| ovcIoipuipu &C n mo ~ 1rnnrlaI dead
upon the floor.
"A few mornings ago, Mrs. John Fone,
residing on Spring Greek, ILL.,, placed her
baby in manger to play with some kit
tens, leaving her boy, three or four years
boris. The boy struck match, set some
roasted his baby brother to death.
"A young daughter of Mr.. David Sea-
volt of Mt Vernon, o., while attempting
| to kindle fire by the use of coal Oil, the
other day, met with most horrible death
| The can burst in her hand, saturatipg her
clothing, and instantly enveloping her in
out into the yard, terry flying the neighbors
by her heartrending screams. She died at
an early hour the next morning, after suf-
fering the most intense agony.
A few evenings ago, girl about
twelve years of age, named Ida Wunder-
Itch, in attempting to kindle fire in a
cooking stove, in Columbia City, Ind,
poured some burning fluid from a lamp
upon the Goals. An explosion immediate
ly took place; the clothes of the girl
caught fire, and she was so severely burn
ed that she died the same evening. The
house and furniture were burned to ashes.
Near Darlington, Wis, a few days ago,
boy named Cousins, thirteen years of
age, concluded that he would 60 into a
pasture, and have little fun with calf
that was there. A rope was tied round
the animals neck, and the boy tied the
other end round his own body, when the
calf started to run, threw the boy down,
and dragged him through brush and
not known. When found, the cali, COM
pletely exhausted, had lain down, and
near to it Law the dead body of the boy.
AT Pewee Valley, Ky, the other even
| ing, at the residence of Thomas II. Craw-
ford, Miss Martin, Mr.. Crawford's sister
in law, attempting to light. the gas, which
is produced by patent gas machine, found
it would not ignite, and she and Mr.. Craw-
ford went into the cellar with light to
examine the meter, and ascertain the cause
| Upon their entrance into the cellar ter
rifle explosion occurred, shaking the earth
| for some distance around. A Mr.. Camp
| bell rushed into the cellar and attempted
to carry out Miss Martin, but she, crazed
with fright, broke from him and ran back
into the flames. When finally rescued, all
her clothes were burned off, except
hoop skirt, and she was in dying condi'
ton. Mr.. Crawford was also dangerously
burned, and Mr.. Campbell badly burned
about the face and hands. The flames
were extinguished before much damage
was done to the house.
Foreign Gossip.