Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-12-07
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ODD ACCIDENTS.


Alpine Bluff, Ark, q Sheriff 70
poese surrounded the residence of
desperate thief. He jumped from
window and ran for the woods.
One pursusr outstripped his fell
lows, and the next f1eetest mistook
him for the thief and shot him.
At Rock Castle, KY, as the Rev.
Mr.. Petrey entered q house hen
dew in and perchsd on hanging
rllls; tt fell, and falling on the lock
vas discharged, and killed the
minister.
At Kansas City, q man was sit
ting on the balcony Of his house, q
steamboat ran into 1t and crushed
him to death. (This was during the
April flood.)
Al Baltimore, . man who was
being shaved heard runaway, and
thinking 1t was his team, jumped
up and had bis nose nearly cut of.
At Canton, O., James Little
drank some cold beer, which par
alyzsd his stomach and, forming
csrbonic acid gas, which penetrat.
cd his whole system, caused nearly
instan famous death.
At West Point Lieut.. Archibald
4lbson could not, while on parade,
lift his hand to remove = spider
from his ear for whole hour.
When parade was dismissed his
ear was full of blood. The insect
was only taken out two days later,
and Lieut.. Gibson ultimately died
Of Inflammation of the brain.
At ChsrlestowD, Mass, Alfred
Anderson crAwled into q sand
house. he had built and II fell in
ON him and smothered him.
At Nanticoke, Pa, Jaischuski
broke . bottle OF whisky in his
pocket, saturating his clothes.
When he subseq uently lit a match
they took fire and he was fatally
burned.
In AdAir county, Mo, two young
men agreed to be photographed
with pistols drawn on each other.
the artist, while arranging it's po-
sition, discharged one Of the pis.
tolls, shooting the opposite sitter
through the lungs.
At EAstport; Me-, q sailor, want
ing drink OF water; and findiBg
the cask-pump frozen, poured hot
water into it, and, while attempt
Ing to suck q drink from 1t, inhaf-
cd the steam and was scalded to
death.
At Pittsburgh, Mike Maroney
entered core-oven In foundry to
warm himself. and another work
man placed q core on the truck,
ran It In, closed the door and
roasted him alive.
At Rixford, Pa, Louis Garth.
walt lowered ferty-quart torpedo
Of nitro-glycerine In q well, when
the we'll made q sudden flow, struck
the torpedo ssa blew him to pieces.
At Green Ridge, Pa, John
Thompson and his brother tried to
stop q dog.fght, and the latter
threw stone ut the animals, and,
missing them, smashed his BROTH
er's skull.
At st. Louis, Thos. J. Wharton,
Jr., took up large oyster and said,
"rhis ls the kind of an oyster
Walter Brooks choked to death
osl" tried to swallow it, and was
ch0ked to death.
At Cresdmors friend snapped a
cherry pit at Lieut.. w. A. Moore,
and hit him In the eye. It struck
the optic nerve. causing paralysis
and congestion of the brain, and
he had . narrow escape from death.
At Louisville an old man aimed
. kick at his wife, lost his balance,
fell, and was fatally injured.
At Indianapolis the weight Of a
cask Of water smashed the teeth of
. "Man with the Iron Jaw" and
falling on his breast crushed him
to death.
At Dovsrcourt, England, a boy
named Boast swallowed the sting
of . = wasp while eating some pre-
serves, and died while running to
the doctors.
At Boston, Simon Long, while
playing with the cat in the hall
way, made q miss}ep, fell against
the wall and broke his neck.
At Dublin, Ga, q chimney swal-
low filled the muzsle of William
6uggs's gun with clay, and when
he discharged 1t the weapon blew
OF his head.
AT Feodesha, MINI, Albert
Grant was playing with q New
foundland dog and dragging
1t by the tail, when 1t jumped into
tho pond, pulling him in, and he
was drowned.