Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-04-16
HAPS AND HSHAPS.

David S. Lent, of Branford, Conn,
died recently of lockjaw, brought on by
sticking sharp stump into his foot.
Robert O. Whiting, of Littleton, n.
H., sat down on circular saw the other
day and was literally cut in two.
A Mrs Crowchera, of Concord, n.
H, recently died, after four weeks of ter
rible suffering, from the effects of the Lite
of a cat received over a year ago.
A small wooden building was burned
in Cambridge, Mass, g few days ago, and
woman. sick with rheumatic fever, with
her attendant, were sufocated.
Frank Sage, workman in a single
mill at East Saginaw, Mich, the other
day, ran his foot against a buzz saw. That
useful member was taken off at the in
step.
While Mr.. Carr, Of East Boston, was
attempting to remove a headstone from
the graves Of his children, a few days
since, preparatory to the erection of a
monument, it toppled over and killed him.
Recently two steam boilers used in
driving the machinery at Muscorretung
Tunnel, on the Easton Railway, near
Bethlehem, Pa, exploded, killing the
master mechanic, fireman and helper,
and severely wounding the engineer.
"A few days ago, Hugh Johnson, of
Iowa Falls, Iowa, a boy nine years old, was
driving team attached to farm roller
on the public road, when the horses
started to run and threw the driver off.
Just as he struck the ground the corner
roller struck his head, literally crush
ing it.
A frightful accident recently occurred
at the chemical works ut Hunters Point,
Long Island. Four men sent to remove
an obstruction from a still were over
powered by the gas in the tank and three
of them died almost instantly The fourth
rallied and there were hopes of his re-
covery. The accident was directly trace
able to carelessness.
A. II. Rich, a conductor on the Grand
Rapids & Indiana Railroad, was instant
ly killed at Waterloo Junction, Mich, a
few nights ago. While the train was
running past water tank, Rich, who was
standing on the top of the car, was knocked
down by the water, spout and falling be-
meath the cars was instantly killed.
"A few nights ago a gang of masked
robbers entered jersey City jewelry
mandatory, and because the Waterman
would not give them the key to the apart.
ment wherein was stored the valuable
merchandise they bound and gagged him,
piled upon him quantity of bed cloth
ing saturated with oil, and set it on fire.
The Waterman escaped, but the building
was burned.
"A singular accident occurred, lately,
to John Brooks at Hinsdale, n. II. He
was thrown from load of hay and his
spine injured in such a manner that his
whole body became perfectly paralyzed,
his head alone remaining uninjured. He
is quite conscious, cOnverses intelligently,
experiences no pain, but is dead to all ap-
pearances with the exception Of his head.
j. Bernstein, an old and respected citi-
zen of Corinne, Utah, was recently found
murdered in his dwelling in that city. 1t
seems that he had entered his bedroom
for the night when a blow from an ak in
the hands of an assassin who was con-
cealed behind the door felled him to the
floor. A slight scuff1e seems to have fol-
lowed, but the murderer made sure work,
burying the ak deep in Bornstein's head
AT st. GATHERINGS, Ont, recently,
while boy named Smith Waite was oil
ing some machinery in saw factory a
projectingkey caught in his clothes, and he
was whirled around the shaft at the rate
of 240 revolutions per minute. The man
running the machine damned the saw up
tight, stopping the machine, Rot, however,
till the lad had gone around some fifteen
times, striking the back of his head on
the floor each time. When rescued, it was
found the back of his head was crushed
In Indianapolis, the other day, a three
and half year old child climbed through
an attic window and walked along the
ledge of the roof, thirty-two feet from the
ground, the whole length of the house,
and there stood unconcerned and enjoying
the prospect. She was seen by the maid
ofallwork, who pleasantly cried out,
Come down; I've got something for
you" "All yite," cried the little one,
and she retraced her steps and disap-
peared through the attic window in
safety. That girl deserves liberal
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