The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-07-25
AlDwIN MICH, THURSDAY, JULY IS. 1878.

During the past few days this vicini-
| ty has been kept In considerable excitc-
ment by the numerous accidents thht
have happened hereabout. The num-
Der has been unusual for this country
and coming as they did, with but day
or two intervening between each, the
public have had somewhat Ofa feast of
that kind of excitement.
The first one was the accident on Sat
urday last to w. III. Sowles, a laboring
man, employed In helping load the
square timber now being shipped from
this place to the Saginaw valley. He
was ut the time standing OIL the rearcnd
of u fat car, when a sudden jerk of the
train threw him off, and before he could
gather himselfand get off the track, the
car passed over his legs, smashing them
almost to q Jelly. He was picked up and
taken to his house, and now lays In
critical condition. No hopes have been
entertained of his recovery, and up to
the present time his legs have not been
amputated. 1t Is impossible for him to
live with them on, and hardly possible
for him to survive tue shock ofamputa-
ton, but II is understood that the opera
ton will be performed shortly, as he
has been gradually rallying since the
accident took place. He has a large
family depending on him for their iiv-
ing, on whom the blow falls heavily. :.
LATER:-Drs. Dumon, Hepburn and
day, Thursday and feel confident that
the right limb can be saved.
On Tuesday last I'm an alteration be-
tween VIM. Wood and Victor Baril, ut
Laboeufs camp, some five or six miles
northwest of here, Wood threw stone
which struck Baril on the head, from
the effects of which he died in about
three hours afterwards. A cOroners in,
quest was held, the jurors consisting of
J. II. Peter, James Fgan, Robert a. AL
lured, w. r. Mapes, John Gi,ersOn
and Ransom Rapp; who returned u
veriict that the deceased death was
caused by stone thrown by VIM
Wood. How the affraf' commenced Is
not at this time known by the writer.
When first discovered, about six o'clock
i'm the morning, the two men were
fighting and in the melee Wood threw
the stone, knocking Baril senseless, he
was picked up by persons coming to
part them and carried into the black
smith shop near by, washed, and on re-
turning to consciousness, walked to his
house, which was but few rods distant
from the shop, and went to bed. Doc
tor DumOn was summoned who arriv-
ed there at about nine O'Clock and found
his skull crushed to such an extent that
he died within Is minutes after the doc
tor arrived.
Wood left the camp shortly after the
affair took place, and was arrested in
this village ut about 0O'clock by con-
stable G;,ss. Mr.. Ed. Cox left the camp
and got i'm town ahead of him, and
stated the fact. Hc is now having his
examination.
May, aged about nine years, daugh-
ter of Mr.. III. A. Tibbitts Of this village
was quite severely cut on her leg be-
tween the knee and ankle, last Mon
day. Her father Was cradling some
grain near the house, and by some mis-
hap she came within reach of the era
die and received the wound as above
stated.
Considerable excitement was I'm
vogue at Wings mill OH "Wednesday,
at about IL O'clock, caused by tho burst
| ing Of u large circular saw, six feet in
| diameter, and scattering things gene
rally. AS good luck would have 1t, no
one was hurt, although four men were
at work around 1t, two on the carriage
taking away slabs, and j. Manning, the
sawyer and another man were trying
to hislodge piece of u slab that had
caught OH the saw guide. One piece OF
the saw about four inches wide and
twelve long, was thrown upward into
the roof with such force that one mal,
coald not pull it out; about one-third Of
1t few in front of the arbor and was
driven into the floor SO that peevies
had to be used in removing 1t. Other
pieces were scattered about the mill
The arbor and all connected with II
was broken loose and moved out OF
place, and some of the machinery and
driving belt was broke. The loss, aside
from the saw, was light, not exceeding
| $50, ,00.--Evdr RevieW.