Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-30
Incidents and Accidents.

AT Muscatine, Iowa, COW hooked
out the eye ola little boy who was looking
through fence at it,
"A building forty feet by twenty-eight
was lately raised from its foundation and
carried forty feet by the wind, in East
Unity, N. II.
Mrs. Elisha w. Blondin died recently
at Bethlehem, N. H., after having lain in
stupor fourteen days without taking
even a drop Of water.
Mrs. Ham, of Canterbury, Mass, who
was rendered speeches. by shock of
lightning in July, 1872, has had her voice
restored by the birth of child.
"A man named Roe, residing in Clin-
ton Township, Iowa, was caught in a
neutrality-suspicious. recently and horribly
mangled, an arm and leg being torn
off.
Herbert G. Loomis, a telegraph oper-
ator, was recently crushed to death be-
tween cars while trying to connect a Mil
Ter platform with drawhead at Atchison,
Kansas.
Mrs. Catherine Geiger, while crossing
a field near Milford, Ind, In which a
flock of sheep were grazing, was attacked
by ram and butted To death by the
animal.
Hans Samson, Norwegian, recently
fell upon saw in the mill of s. A. Jewett
& Co, of Cedar Falls, Wis, in such man.
ner as to be completely severed in twain
just above the hips.
"A laborer in a paper mill near Grand
Rapids, Mich, fell into vat of I've, few
days ago, and was not rescued until near
solo nr oh,
his body. He cannot survive.
An infant son, thirteen months old,
of Mrs. Eugene o. Smith, of Grand
Rapids, Mich, pulled trunk lid down
upon its neck, few days ago, breaking
its spine and causing instant death.
MIR. Fallon, of chinatown, Benton
Co., Wis, went out hunting alone recent
ly, and killed pair of old bears and
three Cubs, having found the five all in
one tree, eating acorns, and shot them one
by one.
"A team conveying the family of a
German named Hessdorfer to Nebraska,
backed off a bridge near Ladon, ILL.,, the
other day, and boy three years old was
instantly killed, and the parents were
much bruised.
uC icOl was Nutcly UlOWu lTOul TIC
stone house of Mr.. August Lawson, near
Swede Creek, Neb, the family then tax.
ing refuge in their barn. The lightning
struck the barn, killing Mr.. L., his wife
and three children
Ada Steele, aged nine, was burned TO
death in the school-room at Lancaster,
Iowa, the other morning. Her clothing
caught fire at the stove by which she
was standing, and before the flames could
be extinguished she was past recovery.
The dwelling and stables of David
M. Taggart, at Goffstown, N. H., were
burned the ether night. Seventeen blood
ed horses were also burned, including
Ned Hastings, an Abdallah stallion, val
ued at $4,000. Abdallah himself was the
only horse saved.
"A frightened team at indianapolis,
Ind, ran away recently with a hearse
containing corpse. The whole outfit be-
came a complete wreck. The pieces of
the corpse were gathered together and the
demoralized procession proceeded with
the funeral ceremonies.
"A party of Auburn Qnd.) ladies re-
Gently went out hunting, accompanied by
young son OF Isaac Ditmar. The boy
climbed hickory tree for the purpose Of
shaking down the nuts, and when almost
at the top became dizzy, let go his hold
and fell, striking log underneath the
tree, killing him Instantly.
"A young man named Grandsinger &C
cidcntally shot himself the other morning
while out hunting near Walton, Ind, with
another young man. They were seated
on the railroad track, cracking and eating
nuts. Grandsinger had his gun lying on
the track. He started to get up, and pull.
ed his gun toward him. The hammer
caught on rail, causing the gun to go
He died in short time.
New Orleans dispatches announce
that Joseph Corwin Cloud, champion
oarsman, who, some three months ago,
started from Philadelphia ON trial to
row to the former city by the canals and