Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24
Incidents aud Accidents.

to this city"
Incidents aud Accidents.
"A grocery building and contents in
Detroit were destroyed few mornings
ago, by the explosion of a barrel of kero
sene oil
A swarm of bees attacked horse nea,
Marshall, No, the other day, and stuae
MIN so severely that he shortly after warc
died.
AT Gridley, H.. few days ago, Peter
Nafeger, while playing with rifle, receiv
ed the contents in his breast, killing him
instantly.
"A little girl named Jennie Ross, aged
eight years, was fatally burned at Lucas
Ind, the other night, while attempting to
kindle fire with coal oil.
"A Spaniard, while lying asleep in a
field near Chico, Cal, was shot and severely
wounded by boy hunting, who mistook
his arm for rabbit.
A New Orleans colored boy got a
jack in his throat, and was relieved
by doctor, who took him by the heels
and shook it out of him.
Three persons in one family, the faith
er and son and daughter, died recently
from eating pork containing "trichina,"
near Casey, Iowa.
"A can of kerosene oil burst the other
day in the mansion of George Roberts, at
Fort Hayes, Kansas He will live in a
tent till his new residence is completed.
"A man went into an clubhouse of a
hotel at Maquoketa, Iowa, drunk; fell
asleep, tumbled, got his neck between the
seat and the door, and 80 choked to death.
A child four years old, son of Michael
Eichinger, of Long Greek Township, Ma
con County, ILL.,, was scalded to death a
few days ago, by falling into a boiler of
hot water.
"A young child of David Hunter, living
near Dallas, Oregon, crawled up stairs, fell
through the boards, struck the stove, upset
kettle of boiling water, and scalded it.
self to death.
"A few mornings ago, German girl,
sixteen years of age, in somnambulistic
fit, walked to and fell from the attic OF her
residence on Broadway, N. Y, striking
the pavement and killing herself
An old man named Samuel Wyne,
was crossing bridge at Hamburg, Iowa,
the other day, when one of his feet got
caught in the planks, and, before he could
extricate it, team ran over and killed
him.
In Fond du Lac, Wis, few days ago,
a man by the name of Pedlaw, was struck
by lightning and instantly killed. He
was in his chamber, engaged in prayer, at
the time of the accident, kneeling oppo-
site an open window.
An old man named John Francis,
working on a ranch south of HOLSTER,
Cal, was pulled from his horse, a week or
two ago, by dog he was trying to lead,
and had his neck broken, causing his death
"A few days ago two boys, sons of
William and Lewis Johnson, who lived on
Big Island, near Davendort, Iowa, ate the
seed of What is called the jamestown
weed, and died the same night in great
agony.
Patrick Hanley and two other con-
victs recently endeavored to escape from
the Sing Sing Prison. They were dis
covered by the guard and fired upon.
Hanley, aged twenty, was shot through
the heart and instantly killed.
The Jackson County Qowa) Leader
says that Mr.. Simmons, of Bellevue, lost
COW some time since, and search was made
in vain for the animal. At last Mrs s.
found the COW with her tail twisted around
tree in such way that she could not get
loose. The woman had to cut the tail off
to get the COW home.
While John Myers, Bucyrus (Ohio)
shoemaker, was at work cutting leather.
the knife slipped and cut quite cash on
his knee-cap. The old gentleman quietly
took piece of black thread and sewed up
the cash, but, as it continued to bleed, he
went to furniture shop and glued up the
wound, which stopped the bleeding.
Mr.. Audrey, of Evans, Col, promi
nent member of the Southern Illinois
colony, met with fatal accident while in
the mountains with party Of excursion
lists. While descending hill the harness
OF the mules became entangled, and while
he was endeavoring to disentangle them
he was kicked by the mules, and died soon
afterwards.