Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-27
LlTE's DAILY DANGERS.
Four Persons ..yinE OF TrIchinae Near
lersburg, Ohio.

Four Persons .'ylns OF TrIchinie Near Mil
iersburg, Ohio.
The wife aud three daughters of far.
mer named Stu!zman, living in the eastern
part o, Holmes county, near Millersburg,
O., are dying of trichinG. The family
partook of ham few days ago, during the
fathers absence from home, aud we're
shortly afterwards taken violently ill.
Physicians say it is clear case of trichine.
and that that the recovery of the victims
is almost utterly impossible. A section OF
the ham was analysed and found to con-
tain trich!pa in large quantity.
Killed While Blasting Timber.
A terrible explosion occurred on the
farm of Henry Schock, one mile north of
Selingssrove. which resulted in the killing
Of Samuel Ecloy, young man about
twenty years Of age, who Was employed by
George HarmaD, the tenant. The young
man, in company with Mr.. Harman and
his SOL, was engaged in splitting timber
and blowing it apart by the use of powder.
They succeeded in blowing apart several
large pieces OF a tree which they had cut,
and were about to blast the last and
largest part when the young man took
match and lighted the fuse and then
stepped back q distance of probably six
feet, while the farmer aud son ran across
to another field aud called for him to come
further away. He declined to do SO, and
when the charge exploded it threw the log,
by which the young man was seeking
safety, upon bin. killing him almost in
stantly.
Father, Mother AID Child Drowned.
John O'Conncii. his wife and two year.
Md RI or lrI,f RAJ IrnurnoI of 81
yesterday, near their residence, about a
mile above Midd'ctown, Ohio, on the
Hydraulic canal, which passes near their
house. The child was playing on the bank
when it fell in. The mother, crazed by
fear and anxiety, leaped in after it, and
tho father, attracted by his wife's cries,
rushed to the spot and jumped in to rescue
them, and all three were drowned. The
water there was sixteen feet deep. The
body Of the child was recovered, but that
of the mother and father had not yet been
found ur to last evening.
Killed by a Powder Explosion,
At Fall River, Mass, an attempt was
made last night to blow up the ruins of
massive granite tower, left standing
amid the debris of the burned Flint mill.
The charge of twenty five pounds of atlas
powder exploded, literally leaving the
tower unmoved, but scattering stones and
timbers among tho crowd that had
assembled to witness the operations. Jas.
Mcguire, a watchman, was struck by a
large stone and killed. No other serious
accident occurred, though panic existed
in the crowd for few moments.
Cut to pieces on tho Rail.
Volcar II. Carke, Is years of age, was
literally cut to pieces on the Valley rail-
road, at the foot of Cross street, Cleveland,
Friday night. The old man was going
down the river to get wood, and while
crossing the track Was caught by the cars.
The legs and head were severed from the
trunk, and that was also terribly mangled.
Clergyman's Fatal Leap.
At New York, the Rev. Samuel Reiman,
a weIlkncwn Jewish rabbi, was killed last
night by falling between tho Catherine
street ferryboat and tho bridge. He tried
to jump to the bridge before the boat was
made fast. He was horribly crushed.
Beheaded py Circu,ar Saw.
At Trenton, Ont. During the progress
Of fire in Heaton's saw mill yesterday,
Stewart Heaton, son of the proprietor,
entered the MILL. He became blinded BY |
smoke and fell across circular saw. His |
head was completely severed from his |
body.