Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05
Icidemts and Accidents.

Il swallowed a hair-pin in Will
lims Conn. the other day, and dlea'
b were a great many deaths in
Kann October, from lightning
i over thresher nearly killed 9
vounn named Rice, near Rosendale,
Wis.
--acinnati man drank himself into
stand while he slept the rats ate
off Use, .@ q
> NV York woman, who was stung
by alately, d. cd in less than a quar-
ter d hour. Z
-. Robert Groomes, of Memphis,
diedl injuries received by the explo-
sion coal oil lamp.
: erick Knapper was recently
kineSpring Hill, H., in a stable, by
the lof horse.
=. White, of Kent, Ind, was in
startilled by being thrown from
wasy runaway team.
-art Lee, of Wells, Mimi, was
thrurder the wheels of his loaded
wagnd crushed to death.
= Mckee. a carpenter at Dyers-
yilleya, fell from scaifolding recent
", secoived injuries from which he
died
lid Rapp, of Sturgis, Mich, was
killt that place by the falling OF q
bri1m the top Of we'd he was re-
nail
les Pellington, aged seventeen,
washost instantly killed at Sharon,
MiIpy the accidental discharge Of u
SunAis hands,
/ jerks, of Rochelle, H., met a
sudbleath the other day, while hunt
ingkhe accidental discharge Of gun,
whiIomplctely shattered his head.
-. Patterson, of Peoria, H., has
lostlnty-flve shoats and two fat hogs
by disease of peculiar character.
Thesd at the nose till deoth ensued.
! Jacob Cook, of Belle Greek,
MilRas attacked recently by q vicious
bultwas letting out Of a pasture, and
gore severely that he died few days
AZTEC
L other day q man named John
Lvdas accidentally shot Mt Ford River
Croe, Wis, by pistol in the hands
of 5her, and died in about fifteen
mirs. -'
l.. Brown, one armed constable
of rs County, Iowa, recently had q
rumy by which one child was killed
his KS ankle broken, the carriage de
strd, and horses leg broken.
bon of Mr.. Browning, well known
conItor of the Bee Line road, was run
oveb freight train at Foftviile, Ind.
andd both legs taken off. lie lived bu
fdours after the accident.
few days since little German child
liyilin the east village, Southbridge
Nal sat or fell backward into a tub G
I'hodter, and was so severely burne'
thalliyed but q short time.
-torge Lache, working on the Git
Hdbuilding, at Minneapolis, Mimi
fa the ground from a broken scatfolc
All rs crushed to death under ston
VIII he was placing,
! lanes Baldwin, of Rockford, Mich
wtscidentally killed, while out hunting
byh gun slipping and the hamm'
stiIag in such manner as to dischare
til nd into his abdomen.
b-lr. Pate, of Holton, Kansas, pr
stbd choral for q patient, who con
ptnd that he could not keep it on h
stmcn. The doctor, to convince hi
tljt /; could be kept down, took the dos
htsdf, and died from the effects OF it.
-Amarried couple living In Madison
Ia were called to the bedside OF the
lille giri the other night by her agoni
id screams, and found that her fnge
an toes had been seriously bitten /
RAJ
John Barger, baggageman at Il
Dgehport Gowal Depot, while assistir
irraaSing up train, caught his foot
trdilst us a locomotive was approac
incl A conductor saw his peril, but VI
unsie to extricate his foot. The Il
wanashed so severely that death SOC
ens.d.
In San Francisco, recently, three Ii
tie bys playing in the Chinese quart
foud lot of phosphorus which tn
gatare6 up and put in their poke
whe il became dry and ignited gaI
serasly if not fatally burned all thr
of fem.
"A Winfield Kansas teamster left
delmdence recently, with about WI
woth Of goods, for Winfield, and VIII
wItin about fifteen miles Of that cit
gtobed near some hay-stacks, and, bel
ven drunk, went to sleep, While In u
collition a prairie fire closed in on hil
ana the hay taking fire, burned up hi
seitteam, wagon and goods.
Mrs. Vincent Werber, Of Madist
Ind, was standing on the sidewalk I
otl,r day, watching funeral processiC
wien horse attached to light bug
spang upon her, and one Of the shafts
thesehicle entered her mouth, fracturl
thdipper Jaw, lacerating inc face, q
pasng entirely through the cheek. l.
shflder was struck by the wheel and d
Looted. Her injuries brought her 10
bu she would probably recover.
"A son Of Isaac Henderson, OF ca
Nd, aged about fifteen years, had be
suhring, apparently from consumptl'
foiabout three years, and had been In
yey bad condition, no one hoping for
recovery. A few days ago, IN lit
coghing, he threw up cockle-burr q
hal been in his lungs three years.
rcnembers the incident Of getting II do
hifthroat, and once, during his illne
mntioned the fact that he believed
hai the bur in his lungs, but 1t was
90 del as impossible. After expelling
bu. his voice was so radically changed
TO Be- unacceptable. He was expec