Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-23

fell from a tree distance OF fifty feet,
sustaining injuries from which he died IN
few hours.
The large stables belonging to Mar
tin HAYES, Of Boston, we're recently burn
ed, together with SO horses valued at from
$500 TO $1,000 each.
James Russell, editor of the Fond du
Lac Journal, in attempting to pass team
| lately was thrown from his carriage. HIS
right arm was broken in two places.
A capsized schooner was recently
picked up near Boston, and the body OF
a woman found dashed to the wreck. 1t
is supposed that all hands had persisted.
While the workmen were tearing
| down the walls of an old brick building
in Louisville, KY, the other day, portion
of the structure fell inward, crushing to
death laborer. Somebody blundered.
An empty car came backing into the
depot of the Milwaukee and Northern
Railroad, at Milwaukee, few days ago,
and, knocking PROSTATE one McHardy,
cut off the heel Of one foot and the toes OF
another.
Mr.. Henry Blocker, of Milford, Wis,
recently fell from platform, eighteen
feet high, to the ground, and broke his
back. The local chronicle adds, very
naively "his life is despaired Of" We
should think SO!
1t was William Smith, a young man
employed in New York printing office,
who proudly pointed to his shattered arm
as an evidence of his devotion to the art
preventative The deed was done with
his little Hoe four-cylinder.
VIM. Long, residing near Waverly,
H., was riding along the road recently,
when his horse became frightened and
threw him, his head coming in contact
| with fence post, knocking his brains
out and causing his death instantly
Rev. Father O'Reilly, pastor of the
Catholic Church at Susquehanna near
! Port Jervis, N. Y, and formerly Vicar
General of the Philadelphia Diocese, was
recently killed at the former place by a
railway engine. He was eighty years old.
An unknown man, wandering among
| the coal pits near Carbonate, ILL.,, on a
recent evening, stumbled into an opening
| and fell 300 feet to the bottom. When
found he was simply mass of bloody
flesh, being battered out of all resem-
blance to humanity. He could not be
| identified
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Wayne, Jackson e. Saginaw Railroad,
was instantly killed near Jonesville,
Mich, few days ago. While he was
were put on, and he was thrown from his
footing upon the track in front Of the en-
CINE. The whole train passed over him.
Recently, at Newton, Iowa, as train
of emigrants was crossing long trestle
bridge, the horses, seeing a space be-
tween the planks, refused to cross, and
commenced backing. The railing had
been broken, and horses, wagon and oc-
cupants were precipitated distance of
twenty feet. One little child had its neck
broken.
! Andrew Reiber, yard conductor at
the Little Miami Railroad Depot, Gin
cinnati, was run over and killed the other
morning while attempting to cross the
track in front of some cars which were
being pushed by locomotive. His body
was cut almost in twain both arms
were broken, and he was otherwise terri
bly, mangled.
"A few days ago construction train
on the Detroit, Eel River & Illinois Rail-
road, while backing at the rate of ten
miles an hour, near Auburn, Ind, was
thrown from the track by running over
some cows. The caboose, in which was
large gang of men, was broken into
kindling-wood, and one man was killed
outright. All of the occupants of the car
were more or less injured.
William and Anna Tulley, of st.
Louis, aged respectively ten and eight
years, recently attempted to fill coal
oil lamp while it was burning. An ex-
plosion took place, throwing the burning
fluid on the children, who ran shrieking
into the yard. A neighbor came to their
assistance, but not until the boy had been
fatally burned. Anna was also terribly
burned about the face and breast, and
would probably die.
The large boiler of the Lake Superior
Mining Company, situated in Ishpeming,
blew up recently, completely demolishing
the engine house and machine-shop, and
killing two men and wounding several
others. The names of the killed are
Dennis Mullen, fireman, and Aug. John
son, engineer Some of the injured are
not expected to recover. The loss on
machinery, it is supposed, will exceed
$4,000; total loss not yet known, but
will be heavy. Work at the mines is
stopped, thus adding to their loss.
"A terrible kerosene oil accident oc-
Cured at South Bend, Ind, the other
night. Mrs John Ryan, while filling the
lamp, directed her little daughter to light
a match. This was done, when inadver-
family the house was fred, and an explo-
sion followed, filling the room with
flames. Mrs. Ryan rushed from the
house, blazing from head to Ioot. She
was followed by her little girl, and boy
two years old, but ten-months' old babe
was burned to death. The building was
consumed, and with it all the household
effects and $75 in money. The mother
would hardly recover, it was thought, her
back in particular being burned very
deeply. The boy, too, was badly burned,
but the girl escaped unframed.