Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-20

Incidents and Accidents.

Incidents and Accidents.
I'm a fight in New York, recently, two
men clinched, and, falling on child, kill
ed it.
Lightning struck the house Of Mr..
Fowler, in Fayette County, Iowa, the
other day, instantly killing Mr.. F.
"A man in Cleveland few nights ago,
by an unaccOuntable movement, broke his
thigh bone in taking off his shoes.
"A little colored girl, named Sanders,
bit her tongue nearly in two the other
day, while playing at one OF the schools in
Battle Creek, Mich.
A son Of Mrs. Kerr, at Prairie du
Rocher, ILL.,, was almost instantly killed, a
few days ago, by drinking cold water while
in heated condition
The late Mrs John Welsh, of Eliza
beth, N. j., used the non-explosive kind,
and to the last day of her life extinguished
the lamp by blowing down the chimney.
An elderly man named Mentz was
Frustrated by sunstrOke in tobacco field
few miles south of Dayton, Ohio, the
other morning, and died shortly afterward.
While John Ballee, of Milton, Ohio,
was working among the bees, one Of them
stuDg him just behind the ear, from the ef-
fects of which he died in few minutes.
"A young man named Edward Jarvis
of Bangor, Me-, had one of his eyes blown
out recently by the accidental discharge of
pistol which he was carelessly handling.
"A barrel Of beer exploded in Detroit
the other day, and portion Of the wreck
struck the driver Of the beer wagon on the
head, inflicting q serious wound.
"A few days ago, Miss Wilkerson, Of
Salem, Ill, accidentally shot and killed
herself She was TO have been married
next morning to Mr.. Bohannon, of st.
Louis.
james Frail and James Joy, of Lynn,
Mass, died the other day from eating raw
clans. VIM Dyer and Thos. Donnelly
were also seriously affected, but would
probably recover.
The family of Robert Simpson, of Col
lege Hill, Cincinnati, was poisoned by ice
cream few days ago. Antidotes were
used successfully, and all were expected
to recover.
"A little girl of Mr.. Mumford, of Ma
son City, Iowa, fell from the joist of the
second story of the new National House
into the basement, over thirty feet, and
was playing about all right an hour or two
afterwards.
Mrs. VIM Schaffer, of Bucyrus O.,
was SO badly burned, few days ago, by
the explosion Of coal oil can, that she
could not survive. She was ironing, and
being in hurry for a hot fire, poured oil
In the stove.
Recently, in Bradford, N H., man
c,ric
riding in his wagon. He took the names
strap from the harness, tied it around
wheel and his throat, and jumped from his
wagon breaking his neck.
Fourth of j uly Accidents In Chicago
John and Frank Englehardt, brothers,
aged respectively fourteen and four years,
were very dangerously injured by the
bursting Of small bronze cannon; the
younger would probably die. Three little
boys and a little girl-William Coughlin,
Thomas Owens, William bremen and
Carrie EnglewOod-were all severely
scorchcd, and it was feared permanently
disfgured, by the accidental explosion of
a pound of gunpowder. Willie Franklin
was MORALLY injured by the explosion of a
bunch Of tre-crackers in his pantaloons
pocket; he was fearfully mangled. "A lit
tie boy named Casey N ceived dreadful in
juries in the head and face by the bursting
of bottle filed with gunpowder A
young lady named Ellen Rivers had
an eye seriously injured by the explosion
of torpedo thrown by small boy; eye
sight probably destroyed. Mary Grass
had her dress set on fire by tirecracker,
and she was badly burned. Charles Red
ner, fourteen years old, shot off the end of
his finger while loading pistol. j. Fitz-
gerald, while firing salute from the arch
of the steamer Colorado, accidentally fell
on deck and broke his right collar bone
and left ankle. A son OF John A. Nelson
had several fingers blown off his left hand
by the bursting Of pistol. Several other
minor accidents occurred. :. In 81. Louis
several accidents occurred from firearms,
the most serious Of which were the dan.
gerOusly wOunding Of Mrs. M. Field,
while sitting in her house, by stray ball
from pistol, fired in the street, and the Sc.
riously injuring Of boy by the accidental
discharge of three barrels of pistol, the
balls entering hist thigh, and one Of his hands
being shattered. In Cincinnati there
were several minor accidents among boys
using gunpOwder. Robert Cass, IA years
old, permitted a comrade to put q lighted
firecracker in bottle Of powder which
was in his hand; piece of the glass flew
into Cass' neck ana cut an artery SO that
his life was despaired OF. :. The accidents
from firearms and fireworks in New York
city and vicinity numbered not less than
ninety, four or five Of which would proba.
bly, prove fatal. George Morreys, Thomas
Cary, and VIM. Olney, young men, were
drowned in Long Island Sound by the
upsetting of q small boat. :. BY the over
turning of a row boat in Irondequoit Bay,
Miss Ella Leland, teacher in a public
school at Rochester, N. Y; Miss Car
RE Abel. OF New York, and Mr.
Keller B. Byam, Of Rochester, were
drowned. Charles Allen, of Biz
mingham, Mich, had his leg
shattered by the explosion Of an anvil, ex-
temporized into a cannon. Mr.. Emory,
sexton of the First Presbyterian Church,
of Buffalo, fired his pistol on the street
during the whole of the day. Toward
night John w. Daverick, a prominent cit.
izen of Buffalo, was walking with his wife
near the spot where Emory was celebrat.
ing, when ball from the latter's pistol
struck and instantly killed Daverick. Mrs
Daverick became deranged by the sudden
shock. In Madison, Wis.,, John Betz, a
German employed at the Wisconsin Capi.
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