Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-20
Minor Nishaps.

A singular accident occurred on a railroa d
train running between Millersburg and Lykens,
Pa, on the 9Th. Three employees Of circus
Edward Mckinney, Thos. King and another
dangling Their legs over the side. In passing a
siding McKinney's legs were struck in some
manner, throwing the entire party out and un-
der the wheels. King was killed and the rest
BADLY injured.
A sac accident at Worcester. Mass, on the
18th, resulted in the drowning OF Edward Hall
and Wis a..1 Henry s. Hall. BY the upsettiug
Of q sail boat at South Haven. Mich, Oh the
same day, o. r. Foote, Of the First National
bank and Miss Kitte Underwood, OF Aurora,
ILL.,, were drowned.
Lockjaw from toy pistol injuries on the
Fourth Of July resulted fatally to two men at
Dayton, o., on the 14th.
A land slide buried party who were excavat-
ing at Brsinerd, Mnn., on the 14th Two were
sutfocated.
f. f. Pond, one OF the editors OF tie Turf.
Field and Farm, is believed To have lost his
life while fishing on the Flambesu River in
Northern Wisconsin.
A blast containing two kegs Cf powder ex-
ploded prcmaturely at a point on the line Of
Lake Shore Railroad, near Milton, N. Y, ON
the 18th inst. Twenty-eight men were working
near the blast at the time. Three we're killed
and about . dozen injured. Three Of the latter
are thought to be mortally hurt.
Six boys have died in Boston and vicinity
since July 4th, from lockjaw induced by toy
pistol wounds.
Two men and boy attempted to cross a river
in wagon near Waverly, o., on the 18th and
were drowned. The names Of the victims are
Conrad Keonstein. Adam Kemley and Freddy
Hay.
While Strengthening monument in GENE
terry at NashpOrt, O., heavy block of granite
fell from the top Of the shaft striking Daniel
Voorhees, and his son. The old man was killed
outright and the boy dangerously hurt.
Two sons Of James A. Todd, aged IA and l6
respectively, were drowned in a reservoir at
Washington. Ia, on the 18th.
VIM II. Chadwick, q chemist, was killed in
factory at Wilmington, DEL, on the 1lth inst,
by the explosion Of some chemicals.
John @. Doehn, q Baltimore merchant,
dropped dead in the streets OF st. Louis, on the
18th inst.
Two men stealing ride near Purcell Station.
Ind, on the 10th inst. were killed by collision
between two sections Of q freight train. A
third WAS dangerously injured.
"DOc Leighton, a weIl known horseman at
Coldwater, Mich. was attacked by an enraged
stallion on the 10th inst, and seriously man
gled.
Two young sons of F.. F. Lille, were burned
to death in fire which DESTROYED their home
at Coopersyille, Mich, on the night Of the 9th
inst.
Two coal-shovelers on barge at Cincinnati,
o.. were struck by lightning and killed on the
10th inst.
A party Of four persons were drowned in the
St. Lawrence River on the 8th inst. by the up
setting Of boat
On the sth inst, the steambarge Hilton ran
ashore near Whitehall, Mich. The crew were
carrying the anchor into deep water with their
boat when the boat capsized, drowning the
wheelman and fireman Of the steamer.
Professor Worth, the snake-charmer, during
p rformance in New York on the evening
Of the 7th inst, received . fatal bite.