Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-07
Incidents and Accidents.

Thomas Cronan, OF Kilkenny, MIMI,
fellunder his wagon wheels the other day
and was mortaHy injured. =
"A farmer named Hoar, of Beaver
Wis, was fatally injured by being struck
with falling tree, the other day.
"A son of Mr. Sherman, at Middle
vile, Mich, was kicked by horse in the
abdomen few days ago and killed.
james Whistler, boy fell into mill
race at Mackinaw, Ill. and had his head
crushed to pieces by the water wheel.
In driving his omnibus into shed
| the other day, Owen Hare, of Danville,
| H., was caught between a beam and the
omnibus and terribly crushed.
Mr.. Bernhard La Croix died at the
mouth Of the Big Sioux, in Iowa, from
injuries received while tending thresh-
ing machine.
"A little child was left alone in room
where there was fire, at Vernon, Iowa,
and when its parent returned, it was found
burned to crisp.
"A lad named Haas was boiled in a
| beer vat, at Dubuque, the other day, and
when taken out his skin came off. He
died in few hours,
Mrs. William Swartz, of New Berlin,
| Wis, was thrown from wagon the other
day, and probably fatally injured, by the
team running away.
William Dennison of Hampton, H.,
aged 80, fell down stairs the other night
| and received a cut in the head, from
which he died almost instantly.
| MIR. Patrick Condra and his son Jo-
seph were telling a tree in Wills township,
| Ind, when a limb instantly struck the
boy on the head, killing him instantly.
Two men were foolish enough to en-.
gage in a scufiie on a railroad train near
| Titusville, Pa, the other day, when both
fell on the track, and one was instantly
killed.
Mr. Frazee, of Peru, Ind, was thrown
under his wagon and intantly killed, a
few days ago The team which he was
driving was the same which ran away
with his son, in July, causing his death,
"A. B. Silver was found dead in his
cabin, eight miles from Concotdia, Kan
sas, the other day. He was crowded by
| his horse against the latch of a stable
| door, infliCting fatal wound in the alb
! domen
| An English railroad train was recent
| ly struck by lightning while running at
| the rate of forty miles an hour. All the
! windows of one of the carriages were
smashed, and one passenger WAS knocked
| from his seat.
Elizabeth NJ. Smith, aged four years
| living in Carondelet, Mo. was playing
with some children around a bonfire, at
the dOck.yard, when her clothes caught
fire, and the injuries caused her death in
few hours.
Jacob Kinder of Henry County, Ind,
committed suicide, the other day, by
thrusting his legs through the snokes of
the wheels while his horses were running.
The wagon passed over him ana he was
dead when picked up.
"A man named Brown, while driving
loaded wagon from Hillsboro toward
Cross Roads, in Rowan County, Kentucky,
| fell from the wagon tongue, on which he
was standing, and wheel running over
his neck killed him instantly.
--Elma Conlon, Of Vinalhaven, Maine,
a little fellow only four years old, saved a
| playmate who fell into well lately, by
catching him with hook used in draw
| ing water, and holding him till the assis-
lance he screamed for arrived.
"A young Swede girl in Kansas City
used coal oil to start the fire. Persistent
use of hair restorative may be of some
avail in regaining her wonted appearance,
but it is not likely that she will ever have
as good a nose as she had before.
| Miss Adze, of Marshal, Iowa, rushed
into the upper story of her fathers dwell
| ing while burning, to rescue some valu-
able papers and, finding her retreat out
off by the fire, jumped from the window
| without suffering other injury but q
! sprained ankle.
Howard Bailey and Mrs Jennings were
driving into Agency City, Iowa, the other
| day, and while crossing a bridge half a
mile from town, one side of which had
settled a good deal, the horses and car
riage slid off, falling about twenty feet,
killing Mrs. Jennings instantly and
severely injuring Mr.. Bailey.
AT funeral in Georgetown, Cal the
other day, Mr.. Bigler, resident of
! Georgetown, tainted and fell headlong
into the grave. He was carried away in
| sensible, and died in a few moments. 1t
was a sad sight TO witness the same con-
| course of friends who had consigned one
of their number to the tomb following
| another lifeless form from the cemetery
| Deceased leaves 4 wife and large family.
A rather curious accident occurred
recently at the Gambo powder mills, near
Portland Maine. A man named George
| kinnison, while at work in the mills, rot
| his clothes permeated with powder, and
without brushing himself went to dinner.
! CHANGING to go near the hot stove the
powder upon his person ignited and ex.
! nlAIl1 with "a rl,pI ltTnNt Sp.tinn