Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-07-16
SACRAMENTO ITEMS.
From tho Union Of yesterday

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SHOCKING AccIDeNT.--A About 8
o'clock Saturday evening Mrs. z. w.
Samuelson, residing OIL the northwest
corner of Fourth and P streets. met
with "a shocking accident. 1t appears
that she had kiudIed a f1re TO COOK sup
Der, bur. Us 1t did not burn we'll, she
took of one Of the stove covers, aid
poured coal oil upon the blaze from q
can. In a second All explOslou took
place. with a report at loud al gun:
the CHI was shivercd to piece. aud
blown from her hands to the ceiling.
and the burning liquid falling aud sat
uraslny her clothing, the upper portion
of her body WAS quickly developed In
flames. NeighbOrs hearing the explo:
sion looked to see what cau5eI IL ana
presently observed the unfortunate
lady making her way out upon a porch
which ran past the Kitchen door.
Charles Chambers, grocer, doing ousl-
ness OIL the opposite side OF the street,
was the first to get to her assistance.
In tho agony OF the moment she caught
hold Of his arms and grlpped him
tightly. but relinquished her hold OIL
his urging her to let him 90 IN order
that he might extinguish the hre. Un.
fortunately there was nothing at name
apparently with which to accomplish
this. but he presently splel u pail with
q little water in II, and this he threw
upon her, putting out the flames about
her chest, and iier lower garments,
there being nothing better ootalna1le,
served tC smother the remainder. but
by the time this was accomplished she
was horribly burned OIL the shoulders,
ETC., the upper part OF the arms, espe-
clally, and In fact from her head TO
her waist the flesh WAS scorcled. The
remedies most quickly obtained were
applied by the willing hands Of the
neiyhbors promptly, and In due season
physicians arrived aud did all that was
possible, but it Is feared that her In
jurics will prove fatal.
WATER Srour rnoUDLE. - About
hali-past 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
during 4 thunderstorm. u water spout
burst about two miles east Of Bronco.
q station OIL the Central Pacific Kali
road, fifteen miles east from rruckee,
and tore up the track or covered 1t
with rocks, dirt, etc., from the hillside,
for a distance Of from q quarter to a
half mile. rendering the track impas-
sable until hslt-past IL last night, al
though 1 large force Of men had been
at work repairing the damage. So far
as we have been able to learn there
was no Injury to life or limb by the ac-
cident. The express train which
should have arrived here at Q P. II. yes
terday will not get In until about Z A.
N. to-day. In It's stead Il special train
cams down from ColfaX yesterday af-
ternoon. bringing passengers from that
place, and connected here with another
special for San Francisco which left
at the usual hour.
PREVAILED UpoN HIM.-Yesterday
forenoon n horse which a Chinamnn
was riding along Front street com.
menced to balk and refused to move
OH Ills way. Seeing the Celestial IN a
tight place, and thinking to have iun
at his expense. n youth Of the genus
hoodlum proceeded to pull the horse
around aud club him vigorously. des-
| plte the Chinaman's remonstrancs.
Finally the latter's patience came to
III end, aud drawing Il S~ix-shooter. he
polluted 1t at the young fellow. 70.
marking. Dam Mexican fool. |
-lioJtpe YOU" The "Mrlican tool"
concluded he had fun enough, and de-
parted Oh d0ublc-qniek.