The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-04
A (ast IRON Bnby.


Babies arc an, especially dear delight at
this season-in one sense dear, because their
suffering from the heat and the diseases of
summer command the pity and sympathy OF
parents and nurses, and dear in another
sense, because they cost q good of trouble
and patience in caring for. In view of.the
continual apprehension occasioned by infan-
tile tenderness and exposure to accident, q
cast iron baby, such rs is described by Il
Hartford paper, would be mothcr's treasure
and the nursery maids envy g. .s.sG i. -
San infant child (siX months old) of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Kuhnly, residing ut No. &c
Park street, had one Of the most taariultall>
on record on Monday afternoon, but, strange
to say, was not killed, but is apparently i'll i
fair way for speedy recovery from tile in
iuries received. No. 26 is in the large tene-
ment block on the north side of Park street
just west of Main, and the family occupy the
upper tenement, the fourth story i'll front,
and owing to depression in the ground and
high basement, the fifth story in the rem.
Mrs. Kuhnly was engaged in hanging out
clothes on line running from a rear Win
dow to the fence, and working OH pulleys,
and had placed her baby in low wicker
'baby-olnllr,' with Il bar fastening in front.
This chair she had placed on two ordinary
| wooden chairs, set about Il foot back from the
window, and bringing the wicker chair about
OH Il level with the wind0w-sill. While hang
ing out the newly-HaSlied clothes she dropped
sheet, which fell to the ground, and fearing
lest the children who were playing in the
yard below would soil it, she rim down
stairs to get it, not thinking in her hurry to
move the child farther from Tie window.
IL d., nil,
SHE had left the child in Il rather dangerous
position, and she hurried back with all pos
sible speed. She was too late, for just as she
reached the door the chair, which the child
| had in some way thrown forward, rested on
tic edge Of the window and was going over.
In al agony Of fear she sprang forward,
shrieking in her terror to the helpless little
thing to hold on to the wndow-sil!, but be-
fore she could reach the spot the child
had fallen from the window full fifty feet
to the ground below. The mothers agon-
lied cry, MY baby! my baby = was heard
all over the ncighborbOod, and some of
the occupants of the block hurried to
the yard where the Child, still fastened in
its chair, lay unconscious, withits head resting
against post. DIR. Mills, who lives 4 few
doors of, was hastily summoned, the child
was Clkeu UP SUITS, FtllEoIeS Hefeapplieu,
and In half an hour or go the child came out
of its unconscious state. The only apparent
injuries were large swelling on the lett side
of the head and slight cut on the head.
Later in the evening, DR.. Jackson was also
called, and this morning e'child was doing
well, recognized its parents, la,Ighed little
when chirruped to, and appeared ina tar way
for speedy recovery, the only danger being
from possible Inflammation Of The brain. :
The chair doubtless saved the. child, strik-
ing in some way 80 rs to receive the greater
shock of the fall. The neighbors report
hearing crash before the child reached the
ground, which was probably caused; by the
chair striking wooden balcony projecting
out from the third story. 49, 81 Il Hs =