Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-05
u HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
4Iti,.cSed Nith Vers t,,o and HrustratcI.
Over ReI-i;Ot stUve.

4.t.>.uzed with Vertigo ani frustratct.
Over u ReI-i;Ot stove.
John Ii. NaGle, 50 years of agc, residing
With his SON ut tho corner OF Franklin and
Plum s'reet, Reading, w.s; seated close to
q small stovo III his ba.i room on the sec
U,id story reading {, newspaper, when lie
was sni,ten with vertigo and fcl! to the
floor. Ii falling he cIine in contact witt,
the st"y-, whe:, contained i briss tire
4; he lay UD"n the floor moaning the
stove with its contents fell upon him,
some OF the hot Goals falling out upon the
c&rp:t and others upon his person. The hot
Goals ignited Mr.. Nasle's clothing and
burned him horribly on the right knee and
also set fire to tho carpet, by which !,
large hole was burned in the floor. His
condition is critical.
A Fatal Land Slide.
i conductor on the Baltimore ana Ohio
Railroad reports that the wife aud two
children of Thomas johnson, living in :.
cabin az the foot Of Z; steep mountain, in
Westmorcland county, Pa, were killed by
a land aud snow slide. johnson, who is a
hunter, was absent from home. Returning
in the evening, he was surprised to see a.
mass of snow, stone and timber occupy
ing the place where his cabin had
stood. Unable to remove the debris
himself without great loss of time,
he hurried Off to the nearest settle.
nent and procured assistance. -Four
or five strong men worked with will
uotii nearly midnight before tho roof of
the cabin camo in sight. II was partly
crushed, and the single room was half full
of earth aud stones. These were hastily
removed. In one corner crcuchcd the wife
and two ci,ilt.ren. All of them were dead.
4 large stone had struck one of the chill
si,en Oh tie head, crushing the skull. The
others had apparently been suffocated, as
no serious bruises were found on them.
The family removed from Virginia to
Wcstnoreland county about three years
ago. johnson is nearly distracted over
lis bereavement,
Some Notable Tragedies.
T;,. boiler of the PcniIsnlar manufac-
tnrnls company Is box factory, at North
Muskegon. Michigan, burst, killing four
iaeu and seriously njuriug four others.
The factory was partly demolished. Low
wafer III the boiler caused the explosion.
The boiler in the sewer pipe works 0:
AIcMahon Il Carter, at Blackhorse Land
lag, West Virginia, burst, killing the en-
gircer and injuring two others.
Tho boiler OF a steam flour mill at Fill
mere Centre, Michigan, burst, iDjurins
SIX persons, three OF them fatally,
Mrs, Caroline Gruber, aged SO, died il
the county hospital at Reading of acute
mania. About a year ago, the unfortunate
lady, who was highly respected by her
acquaintances, was accused by a grocer OF
the theft OF {. small article, and the a"cu-
satiou made her q maniac.
Losses by Fire.
st. iIary's Episcopal schoo! 10: young
ladies 1t Knoxville, Illinois, was burned
early yesterday morning. There were 100
pupils in the building, who had barely
time to escape with their lives, and two OF
them were severely injured. A fireman
was also injured. The loss on the build
ING is estimated at 100000.
The boarding stable of Charles Beams,
i'll West Thirty second street, New York,
was burned yesterday morning. The
upper portion ci IN adjoining building
was also destroyed, '''r tupants escaping
with only their night clothes. In the
stahle fourteen horses persisted. The
total loss is estimated At s57, 900.