The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-11-06
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS,
Incidents and Accidents.

AT Lansing, Mich, recently, child
of J. Fl. Huff, four years of age, was
burned to death by its clothes taking fire
from the stove. ~~ -.
james Manning, in trying to get on a
departing train on the Ohio & Mississippi
Railroad at Louisville, KY, the other day,
fell between the cars and was literally torn
to pieces. g.
"A shanty, occupied by family
named Kelly, at Toledo, Ohio, was de-
stroyed by fire the other morning, and
Kelly, his wife and grandchild per-
ished in the flames.
"A. G. Laughlin, of Kane County, ILL.,,
was cleaning his pillow recently, when the
horses attached to it started, and the
point entered his abdomen, so severely
wounding him that he died.
"A train on the Pennsylvania Railway
ran over horse near Greenwich Point,
the other morning, and eleven freight cars
were thrown from the track. The engi-
neer was killed and the fireman badly
wounded.
-Four small boys at Jacksonville, ILL.,,
set fire to pile of straw in a cellar. One
verely burned that he died, and boy
named Corcoran was nearly suffocated by
the hot smoke.
"A sad accident occurred at Viroqua,
Wis, the other day. A young man named
Perry Allen was accidentally shot in the
woods, while in pursuit of game for his
sick wife. The wife has become insane,
blaming herelf as the catse of her hus.
bands death.
Dallas Parker was killed at Dubuque,
Iowa, the other evening, while descending
mineral shaft to recover bucket. The
rope, being old.and rotten, broke, letting
him fall distance of 1OS feet. His body
was brought to the surface after some de-
lay, but life was extinct.
Two boys at Keokuk, Iowa, were COM
pletely buried by the sliding of a gravel
bank, from which they were loading a
wagon, few days ago. One of the boys
received very severe internal injuries, and
had leg so badly broken that fragments
of bones projected through the flesh.
"A young man named Alex. Merri-
man, twenty -four years of age, died recent
ly near Altoona, Iowa, from injuries re-
ceived by being caught on tumbling-rod
of threshing-machine. The knuckle-
joint of the rod caught in his clothes Just
below the bowels, horribly mutilating him.
AT Kalamazoo, Mich, the other day,
a negro, while engaged in putting a belt
on pulley, was caught by the shafting
and carried around at fearful rate, his
body being beaten to jelly. One foot was
| thrown through hatchway and found on
the roof.
An accident occurred on the Kansas
City Road, the other morning, near Trad
er's Point, Neb., to a freight train. Seven
cars were ditched. A brakeman named
Parker, who was on flat Car, was almost
instantly killed by the car turning com
pletely over and falling upon him and
crushing him.
"A boy named Edward Parker, at May
field, ILL.,, was recently leading colt, and
for better security tied the halter strap
around his waist. The animal ran and
dragged the boy around the field for hall
an hour, continually tramping upon him
When recovered almost every bone in the
body was broken, and the flesh reduced
to mass of pulp.
"A Winona Mimi Polander, had ar
interesting experiment the other night
He tried to see how near he could hold &
lighted match to the kerosene can while
he filled the lamp. He got the top of tho
lamp unscrewed, had the oil ready t.
pour, struck the match and-'the subse
quent proceedings interested him nj
more" 1t was only by the op Fortune ar
rival of passer.by that the house wa!
saved from burning.
The boiler of portable steam engine
used in the town mill at Lake Crystal
Mimi, exploded recently, instantly killing
Mr.. s. j. Phelps, one of the proprietors
At the time he was sitting behind the en-
CINE, and the explosion severed his heat
entirely from his body, throwing the latte
distance of several rods. The head wa
torn to atoms, and scattered in all direc
tons. Several of the employees wer,
slightly injured.
AT Hopkinton, Iowa, recently, maj
who was feeding threshing machine hat
an eye put out. A stick eighteen inche
long flew from the cylinder and was driv
en- with such force, that when he graspet
the stick to pull it out, he was unable t.
do so with both hands, and only succeed
ed in breaking it off close up to the orbi
of the eye, after he had braced himself t.
put his greatest force on the pull. Ittool
his attending surgeon the better part o
two days to remove the portion of the sticl
left embedded in his eye.
The other day the prairie was set OF
fire by sparks from the railroad engine
about two and half miles east of Bul
lingame, Kan, near the house of Rober
McPhilamy. Mr.. McPhilamy, with others
went to put out the fire, leaving his wifi
at the house to take care of the children
but she became anxious, and went to as
sist in extinguishing the fire. Unfortu
nately, her clothes caught fire, and befor
her husband could reach her she was bad
~ burned, in fact, almost literally roaste'
alive.
Cora Wilson, girl of fifteen, died q
Shoreham, VT, recently, after suffering
for year from very singular disease
and one that was beyond the ken of til
physicians. She was completely paralyze
could not even move her little finger
and every particle of her hair, even to he
eyebrows, dropped of, and thick incrus
tation fO&ned over her entire body. Thi
scab was white as snow, and would dro
ofregularly every month, leaving her ski
soft and tender, bnt a new one would forn
within twenty-four hours. Her appetit
was even good, and she has suffered littl
pain. No physician who attended he
ever heard of similar case.
The most horrible and heart rendin
occurrence we have heard of in some tim
was the burning of j. G. SCOTS dwelling
three miles east of Clarksburg, Tenn,
few days ago, with three children belong
ing to Mr.. Scott in it. Mr.. Scott was al
sent from home at the time in Henderson,
county, and Mrs. Scott had gone over to
neighbours house on an errand, and toll,
the children to stay in the house until sh
returned. Before she got back-the hous
was all in flames and the little ones cor
fined therein and could not get out The,
were aged respectively five, three and on
and half years. The mother has almos
grieved herself to death over the sad al
fair, and is now lying very low, not ex
pected to recover. She arrived Just il
time to see the flesh burned from the bod
| les of her children.
Miss Lucy Ferguson, wealthy lad,
of Fincastle, Va, was burned to death
short time since, in manner which
strongly suggests spontaneous combus
ton. A report of the occurrence says: II