Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-08-20
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

A littlesehid two an d halfyears old, 4
fell into tubof boiling water, in Chicago,
recently, and was scalded to death
A man named Mike Sargent while
walking under the rising Exposition build
ing, in Chicago, recently, was fatally in
jured by failing Ratchet :. 'a'i 100
Miss Ellen Stevens, young lady sew
enteen years old, was-struck by lightning,
at Spencer, KY, during recent thunder
storm, and instantly killed.
In South Brooklyn, NY, a lad named
Dougherty was discovered by the driver
stealing a loaf of bread from bakers
wagon. The driver beat and kicked him
in SO brutal manner that he died
"A flue in the Pacific FIGURING Mills
of st. Louis, Mo, collapsed lately, and
David Collins, who was working about
seventy-five feet from the boiler, was liter
ally boiled by the escaping steam. He
died almost instantly.
The Lafayette County (Wis) Democrat
says that, not long ago, little girl was
standing in wheatfield, and was not seen
by the driver of the reaper until her body
was taken on the platform of the machine
with both legs cut off.
The breaking of trestle work, at
Negaunee, Mich, lately, over which some
heavy laden cars containing pig iron were
passing, caused the death of four men and
the wounding three others who were
breaking ore under the track. $50
A terrible accident occurred not long
sgo at Butler; Pa, on the farm of w illiam
Preston, by which three men were burned
TO death. They were boring for oil, and
and were in the we'll at the time oil was
struck. 1t scarcely reached the surface
before taking fire, blazing up for dis
lance of 100 feet or more.
AT the Diamond mines of the Wilkes
barre Coal and Iron Company, at Wilkes
barre, Pa, a recent explosionsof fre-damp
caused the instant death of two men and
serious and probably fatal injuries to two
others The explosion was caused bysone
OF the men trying to brush back damp
with an open lamp
The recent breakage of one of the
pinions of the elevator in the warehouse
of the Singer Sewing Machine Company
at Chicago, was the occasion of it's fall
from the top to the basement of the build
ing, and the crushing to death Of William
Gauk, one of the workmen, who was
standing under it.
Fanny Ends1ey, daughter of resi-
dentof Burlington, Iowa, lately encoun-
tered burglar roaming about the house
at late hour of the night, and with an
lntrepidity somewhat remarkable i'll a
young girl, knocked him down with a.,
silver goblet, and kepts him down until,
by her screams, she secured masculine
aid, when she marched him off to the
lookup. 1t was -pluckily done
While Mr.. and Mrs. Shepherd a.
bridal couple, from Montgomery County,
Va, were on their way to Pulaski IS Jun
Springs, recently, while crossing Cfoyd's
Mountain in buggy, the horse took
fright and ran over a precipice a1F7O feet
high. A tree on the way saved them from
going to the bottom. The bride had her
collar bone and ankle dislocated, her teeth
knocked out, and she was otherwise bad
~ injured. The groom was also severely
bruised $3.50
A few months ago, Mrs. Cornelius
Dwyer, Detroit woman was bitten by a
dog, accidentally, while aiding him to
capture a rat. One day, recently, she exhib
tied symptoms of rabies, which was follow
ed by a very high fever, from the effects
of which she subsequently, died. The at
tending physician says there was no real
lydrophobia about the case;ebut that Mrs.
Dryers Imagination dwelling on
thoughts of her misfortune, threw her
into morbid state of nervousness, which
resulted in fever and death. sa.~E-s "a
An engineer on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railway recently lost control of his en-
CINE while descendinga down grade near
Altemont, Md, and, while speeding at the
rate Of fOrty-five miles an hour, ran into
the rear Of freight train, demolishing
twenty cars, and scattering their cont ents 4
over the track Conway, the engineer, and
Martina and Elliott drovers, were killed,
and Burke and Connery, the conductor
and brakeman of the freight train were
seriously injured. 1t was the most ter
rible wreck that ever occurred on the B.
s. 0. Railroad. aas $50
Rev. Charles S. Adams and his wife, |
of Hillsdale, Mich, both died on July %.
Their ages were .seyenty-siX and seventy
four years respectively. Mr.. Adams was !
a retired Presbyterian minister, who was
highly esteemed by all who knew him. |
He was taken with chill, and kept fail |
ing until two or three days prior to death.
The wife was also taken, and owing to
the fatigued state of her system, died in
the first chill, and nine hours before his
death. That both should be taken upon
the same day SO that neither should re-
main alone for a single night after so
long pilgrimage together, was indeed an
unusual occurrence. This is more strange
ly singular when it is known that an elder
brother, about two years since, who was
of the same age as the one just deceased,
and his wife, died within nine hours of
each other It is said that as. the Rev,
Charles S. Adams saw his brother and
his wife die under circumstances so
peculiar that they were not parted even
in death, he prayed that his experience
might be similar, which has come to
pass. EHWI=IF.lk IVA
Seeing the Invisible. - "