Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-24
Incidents and Accidents.


Rose Dennis, of Sterling, H., who
was recently burned TO death by the use
of kerosene as fire kindling, was once be-
fore nearly burned to death in the same
manner.
A bursting boiler blew man forty
feet into the air and threw him upon q
pile of iron at Mansfield, Ohio, the other
day. He was horribly cut, bruised and
scalded.
During a recent imitation Of balloon
at Richmond, Ind, heavy stick of tim
Der fell into the crowd and SO severely
injured newspaper reporter that it was
thought he could not recover.
The steamer Gabe Bouck, which ran
between Oshkosh, Wis, and Lake Poy-
gan, burst her boiler the other day while
lying at the dock at WinnecOnne. Sew
eral persons were severely injured, but
no one was killed. The boat went to the
bottom. 1t was thought the accident
was caused by scales or defects in the
boiler.
The overturning of ladle filed
with molten steel, few days ago. caused
the death of one of the workmen in the
steel works, corner of Archer and Ash
land avenues, Chicago. Several were
severely burned, the mass eating its way
| through the flesh to the bone, and sever
| ing the cords and sinews as If they were
| thread. Three of the sufferers were
| likely TO recover
AT a coal-mine near Boone, Iowa,
| the other morning, the rope of the main
shaft broke just as four men had stepped
into the cage to be lowered to their
work, and three of them fell the whole
| distance of 240 feet, killing Talbot Dole
| instantly. Thomas Brisin was taken out
alive but has since died. David Parks
| had leg broken and shoulder dislocated.
| Ed Roberts caught at the mouth OF the
shaft and escaped injury. The cable
| slipping off the drum is supposed to have
caused the accident.
Mrs. Appleton, of Salesburg, Mich,
! discovered squirrel in a tree near her
house, the other morning, and resolved
| to shoot it, Accordingly she took her
husbands double barreled shotgun, and,
proceeding out of the house, cooked both
barrels, and, taking aim, fired one of
them The squirrel was hit and fell to
the ground Mrs. Appleton threw down
the gun and started to pick up the squir-
lrel, but as the gun struck the ground it
was in some manner discharged and its
contents passed through her heart, caus-
ing instant death.
"A boy twelve years old, named Pat
Gray, recently secreted himself in a
| freight train at Logansport, Ind, and
rode to q neighboring station, where he
got off and went to sleep under some
cars standing on a side track. During
the night train used the siding and
pushed several cars over the boy before
he could make himself heard. Fortu-
nately he had the presence of mind to
lie fiat and keep off the rails and so es-
capped being cut by the wheels, but was
seriously bruised and received several
flesh wounds on the head and back by
brake-beams striking him. He was
carried to Logansport for repairs.
The trial In Cincinnati of John W.
Coleman was set a few days ago, for muir
dering neighbor When the court com
menced and the case was called the
Sheriff astonished the court by the an
nouncement that Coleman had commit
ted suicide. The determination of the
man was remarkable. He had torn up
his bed-tick and had plated strips into
a rope, which he adjusted with the care
and precision of professional hangman.
/ To make a scaffold he set on end his iron
bedstead, and, getting on stool, he adj
justed the rope around his neck, tied his
| feet together, and even tied his hands,
and then, pushing the stool from under
him, went to the higher court" without
| human Intervention. He was found by
the man who was carrying breakfast to
| the prisoners, and when cut down was
| yet warm.