Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-21
r PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.

Henry barrow was kicked to death
by q horse, near Kokomo, Ind.
"A boy seven years old died a few
days ago, in Boston, from the effects of
drunkenness.
"A little girl in Pittsburgh was recent,
ly drowned by falling into a post.hole
filed with water.
"A Troy On. " two-year-old got a
piece of peanut into his windpipe the
other day, and died therefrom
A stone the size of a walnut was
found loose in the heart Of an OK that was
killed near Petersburg, Ind.
Lawrence Ryan, Of Portland, Oregon,
fell from a load of hay the other day and
broke his neck,
Little Harry Wells, of Lyons, Wis,
died in great agony, from the effects Of a
blow in the stomach by a schoolmate.
"A boy named William Mohring was
run over by a loaded wagon in Colum-
bus, Wis, the other day, and instantly
killed.
Henry Morphew was thrown against
the saw in Eggler's mill, North Salem,
Ind, and so injured that he died.
Pulling his gun through the fence,
muzzle toward him. Chas. Millitts, aged
II, of Adrian, Mich, Oct. %.
James Rodgers, a lad of seventeen,
was killed b. the bursting Of q steam
pipe in the Fort Clark Mills, Peoria.
Fred. Schwieger, of Livingston Sta
ton, Wisconsin, was thrown from a load
of hay and fatally injured.
"A little child Of Henry Long, of Mil
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killed by the wheel passing over it.
At East st. Louis, H., a horse got his
foot caurht between the ferry boat and
the dock, and, in his agony, pulled his
hoOf off. He was then shot.
A little son of S. s. auckland, Of
Buckland, New, set his clothes on fire by
playing with matches, and before aid
could reach him he was so badly burned
that he died in two hours.
Captain p. Munday, employed in a
saw mill at Tamarack, Col, was almost
instantly killed by the bursting Of a circu.
lar saw, fragments Of which struck him.
A young mar named Hardcastle was
killed at Junction City, Kansas, by fall
ing between the cars in attempting to
Jump from one car to another while the
train was in motion.
A Chicago lad named Patrick Hickey
broke one of his legs while attempting to
Jump on a moving train on the North
western Railroad. AmputatiOn was ne
cessary.
Geo. Hurd, of Rome Centre, Mich.
ran, was found in a dying condition by
the roadside, a few days ago. 1t is sup
posed he tell from his wagon while drunk,
and broke his neck.
John Filey, who lived neal Schuyler,
Neb., was so badly burned the other night
in the attempt to save his horses from a
burning stable that he died from the
effects in a few hours.
BY the accidental discharge of a gun
and the explosion of a powder-ilask, one
Council Bluffs hunter lost hand and his
comrades had their clothes nearly all
burned off.
Henry Uhline was instantly killed in
the Arctic FIGURING Mills, at Minneapolis,
MINI. He was caught in the machinery
and crushed before assistance could be
rendered.
John Reintz, a wealthy farmer of
White Rock, H., was thrown out of his
wagon between the wheels, while his
horses were running away, and was
dragged home, about a mile, his body
being badly mutilated and life extint.
Mr.. Jesse Murphy, of Pilot Knob,
Indiana, while standing by the fire with
one of his little children in his arms, was
seized with a fit and fell into the fire.
He escaped serious injury, but the child
was fatally burned.
Robert Buchanan, an employee at Blu
fOrd's pillow factory, Rock Island, ILL.,,
had his right hand literally crushed off,
while wiping a portion of the machinery,
only a small portion of his thumb being
left on the wrist,
"A little daughter of G. II. Benson, of
Union County, Oregon, accidentally got
hold of a bottle containing poison, the
other day, and drank some of the con.
tents, from the effects of which she died
Don after.
John Marunda was accidentally
struck by a piece of refuse coal, thrown
from the tender of an engine at Frank
lin Grove, H., a few days since, receiy-
ing injuries from which he died in a few
hours.
Some three months since a young
man died in Portland, Oregon, and was
placed in a coffin in the parlor, and his
mother has ever since refused to allow the
body to be buried, imagining that he will
return to life.
"A lad in Marquette, County, Mich,
sitting On a stump with a case knife in his
hand, a few days ago, lost his balance,
and throwing up his arms to break tie
fall, struck his throat with the knife and
severed the windpipe.
As several persons were entering 4
stable, near Andrew, Iowa, a heavy grain
bin overhead broke the beams upon
which it rested, and came down with a
crash, instantly killing Mr.. Nicholas Linn.
mer.
A little son of Mr.. Skinner, Of syria
Cuse. Ind, accidentally killed himself
last Sunday, while playing with a sling,
He was swinging the sling around his
head, and the stone in it somehow hit him
ON the head, just under the ear, killing him
instantly,
MIR. Isaac Rawls, of Springfield,
Tenn, died a few days ago from eating
sorghum mOlasses that had been allowed
TO stand all night in q zinc evaporator.
Several other members of his family were
dangerously i'll from the same disease.
by an accident in a laundry at Hol
land City, Mich, a little boy had hislow
er isw-bone fearfully mangled, His teeth
were torn out and thrown in all direc-
lions, while his cheeks were so rent that
the lower part Of his face rested on his
breast.
One of the last victims Of careless
ness in the use Of q gun was James
MiniCk, of Red Rock, Iowa. He was en-