River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-07-01
ACCIDENTS.

WILLIAM NEWTON, workman at the
Lake Superior mine, was struck by falling
plank and instantly killed,
A 6-YEAR-oLD child of Geo. Knowles, of
Phone, H., while playing near an open
cistern fell in and was drowned before as
sistance came.
A 2-year-old daughter of Mr. Walter, of
Streator, ILL.,, fell in a tub of boiling water
where its mother was preparing to wash,
and after suffering untold agony died.
WHILE bathing in Eel river, near
Adamsboro, Ind, with party of young
| men, Dor Teal, aged %, was drowned.
His body was recovered.
JoHN WATTS, an old citizen of Galena,
was found drowned in the Galena river.
He was engaged in securing driftwood
from the river
A BOY named Bot fell from a raft on a
pond near Paris Station, Indiana, while at
play, and, being unable to swim, was drown
ed within few feet of number of boys
who could swim.
Forest fires are still raging near King
man, Maine 1t was thought that the
town would be destroyed, last week but it
escaped, there being change in the wind.
A fire is also burning near Vanceboro.
THE steamer City of New York, of Al
exandres Havana line, caught fire while
living at Brooklyn dock and was towed
into the stream, where she burned to the
waters edge.
WILLIE WOODWARD, 10 years old, son
of the proprietor of the American house,
was killed on the oath inst, at Georgetown,
Cal, by being crushed between hearse
and the side of large box,
George T. JONES, Is years Of age, was
killed at Brookfeld, Mo He was with an
excursion party and was caught under an
engine which was turned over by a mis-
placed switch,
THE fine frame country mansion of j.
g. Harvey, situated near Chesterville, Ill,
was burned on the 26th inst. Only few
articles of furniture were saved. There
was no insurance The fire is supposed to
have been the work Of an incendiary.
4 Young reporter named Wilkinson
Ames was instantly killed at Rice's camp,
near Harrison, Clare county, Mich, by a
tree falling across the root. of a stable in
which he was sleeping with gang of lum-
bermen His head was crushed to a jel-
ly.
As some boys were playing in L. +.
kert's warehouse, of Pontiac, H., a boy
by the name of Eddie Deyal. about years
old. was drawn into the elevator and smoth-
cred in the corn. The body was taken ont.
and the coroner held an inquest and
rendered verdict of accidental sutfoca-
ton
Dick MCQrIsTtAN, a -year-old-boy of
Plano. H.. met with a strange accident
iron, the effect of which he died last night.
He had forty-eight boxes of paper per-
cussion caps in his hip pocket, and was
sliding on a board with playmates, when
the caps exploded, fearfully burning his
whole body He lay in dreadful agony
until death relieved him
Mrs. HAIsEMANN and her eighteen
months old child were run over by rail-
road train at Grand Park station, Illinois,
on the 24th inst Mrs Halsemann was
fatally injured and her baby instantly
killed
WHILE a number of boys were playing
in Il livery stable at Lebanon. H., one of
them accidently knocked over a loaded
shotgun which was standing in a corner.
causing its discharge. The load entered
the body of a young man named Corrle
Grey, aged 10, causing his death two
hours later.
4 BAKER named Julius Pfeister disap-
peared mvsteriouslv on the evening of
May 90. and was not heard of until June
II. Whea Ms po0N was IouilU updtlt4S ia
the Black River at South Haven, Mich.
Ii Is supposed he fell through the railroad
bridge and was drowned.
Tue body of John A. Minimum was
found in the woods, near Littleton, ILL.,,
much decomposed He was of very in
temperate habits He was 80 years of age,
and a Pennsylvania by birth, The core
ner's verdict was: Cause of death I'M
knewn.
4 RAILROAD accident from singular
cause happened at the bridge over Scioto
river, near Chillicothe, on the Dayton and
Southern railroad, near Cincinnati James
Duly. bridge Waterman, lay down beside
the track and went TO sleep with one arm
over the rail- A gravel train backed
down upon him, and the entire train was
thrawn off the track Five men were
thrown into the river and twenty others
into the debris of the wrecked train. Duffy
viii die from his injuries. john Kennedy
had both legs broken, then fell into the
river and was drowned Martin Coyles
and Marcus Miller were fatally injured.
Others escaped with slight injuries