Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-14
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

HAPS AND MISHAPS.
"A little child, two-and-a half years old
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 falling Ratchet.
Miss Ellen Stevens, young lady sew
enteen years old, was struck by lightning
at Spencer, KY, during a 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 a bakers
| wagon. The driver beat and kicked him
in so brutal manner that he died.
"A fine 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) Democra,
says that, not long ago, little girl was
standing in wheat-tield, 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 a treste work. at
Negaunee, Mich, lately, over which some
heavy laden cars containing pigiron were
passing, caused the death of four men and
the Wounding of three others who were
breaking ore under the track.
"A terrible accident occurred not long
ago at Butler, Pa, on the farm of William
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 a dis
lance of 100 feet or more
At the Diamond mines of the Wilkes
barre Coal and Iron Company, at Wilkes
barre, Pa, recent explosion of fire-damp
caused the instant death of two men and
serious and probably fatal injuries to two
others. The explosion was caused by one
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 its 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 Endsley, daughter of resi-
dent of Burlington, Iowa, lately encOun-
tered a burglar roaming about the house
at a late hour of the night, and with an
intrepidity somewhat remarkable in a
young girl, knocked him down with a
silver goblet, and kept 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 Alum
Springs, recently, while crossing Cloyd's
Mountain in a buggy, the horse took
fright and ran over a precipicc 40 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
ly injured. The groom was also severely
bruised.
"A few months ago, Mrs. Cornelius
Dwyer, Detroit woman was bitten by a
dog, accidentally, while aiding him to
capture rat. One day, recently, she exhib-
tied symptoms of rabies, which was follow
ed by very high fever, from the effects
of which she subsequently died. The at
tending physician says there was no real
hydrophobia about the case, but that Mrs
Dryers imagination, dwelling on
thoughts of her misfortune, threw her
into a morbid state of nervousness, which
resulted in fever and death.
An engineer on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railway recently lost control Of his en-
CINE while descending a down grade near
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rate of forty-five miles an hour, ran into
twenty cars, and scattering their contents
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.
& O. Railroad
Rev. Charles S. Adams and his wife,
of Hillsdale, Mich, both died on July 90
Their ages were seventy-six and seventy
four years respectively. MIR. 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
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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 1t 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.
Danbury Incident.
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