Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-07

H. ]. Glenn, killing the fireman and two
Cinnamon, and seriously scalding the en-
gineer and six others.
MARCEL SOLoNDE, aged 81 years, was
killed at East Saginaw, Mich, by the ac-
cldental discharge of shot gun. He had
been hunting ducks, and was taking the
gun out of The boat when the trigger
caught on the rail and discharged, its con
tents going through his heart producing
instant death.
The express on the Fort Wayne road
ran over and instantly killed VIM Quack-
enbush and young man known as French.
Both were seen walking on the track early
IN the evening, very much intoxicated.
Quackenbush was young farmer. He
leaves a wife and three children. French
had been working around at odd jobs for
some time and had always been regarded
as desperate character. He was buried
in Potter's field, as lie had no known rela-
tlves In this county. Both bodies were
shockingly mutilated
TIMOTHY CARROLL, fireman met ter
rlble death at Cincinnati on the 4th inst.
lie was turning the switch on the G.. H. &
Dayton road, within the city limits, when
his foot became fastened in a frog. The
train was backing up and the poor man was
compelled to see certain death coming.
with no means of even giving an alarm
that could be heard He was horribly
mangled and crushed by the entire train.
He was married and lived in Cincinnati.
JAMES FORESTER and wife Of Saport
county, Ind, went to bed at the Pyle
house, at indianapolis, on the 30th inst,
and blowing out the gas instead of shut
tlrg 1t off in the usual way, at 10 o'clock
next morning they were discovered uncon-
scious but still breathing. Forester died
soon after and his wife is still alive but
sinking. Mr.. Forester is upward Of so
years of age.
A TERRIBLE threshing- machine accident
occurred in Sharon township, Washtenaw
county, Michigan, Willie Mayer attempt
ed to climb over the machine on to a scat
fold in the barn when, by a misstep, be
lost his balance and fell into the cylinder.
The machine was stopped as soon as pos
sible, but not before he had passed with
both legs into the iron.jawed monster clear
to the waist. The men who were present
were unable to move him from the teeth
of the machine until they had amputated
one of his feet by the aid of pocket-knife.
A physician was sent for, but nothing
could be done for the sufferer, but as much
as possible to ease the pains, which were
most intense for six hours, when death re-
iieved him from further suffering.
Two sons of John Henry Wells, of
Long Island, aged 10 and II, were playing
with an old revolver, in the house, while
the family were at church. The Youngest
son snapped the revolver fourteen or fifteen
times, aiming it playfully at his brother,
but there was no explosion. Finally the
youngest boy mounted the horse block in
front of the house, and as the elder boy
approached he said, Halt, or I'll shoot
you" He pulled the trigger, as he had
done so often before; there was an explo-
sion, and the 17-year-old boy fell dead in
his tracks, shot through the heart. The
boy on the horse block fell in faint. The
strangest part of the tragedy is that the
cartridge did not explode sooner. after the
many times it had been struck, both on
this evening and previously. The parents
were called out of church, and when they
earned the facts their grief was intense.