The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-08
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.
some Funny Enough. aud some With TraG-
cdy III Them.

| Some Funny Enough. and some With Irag-
| edy IN Them.
NoRvrcH, June Tho genius OF casualty
evidently was abroad in the Nutmeg state on
ona or two days this week, and especially ac-
tive in his city. 10 oren his campaign he
! coaxed n one-y ear old infant OF William Ward
! who dwylls in the tip-top house on the peak OF
the big hill! on Maple street, III the suburbs
/ out Of second-story window. and the habe
dropped like a big snowflake into the hard
! froLt card. A woman dwelling in the same
! h, use saw the little one come down. and, with
out going 10 see how badly 1t had been hurt
| shrek ell once. and with shawl over her leau
ran mile up and down hill to the Office oil
| city doctor. The BABY killed" she screamed;
come right over to the house. doctor" The
physician loapel aboard his gig and drove fu-
riously to the dwelling. lie found the invul-
nerabe infant sitting up in its crib and taking
| refreshments out OF bottle with rubber
! valve. He looked it over. There's nothing
! the matter with the young one. he said in dis
! gust. 1t didn t set a scratch in its descent
At late hour the same night some one
! iangled the night bell at DR.. Brewers office. In
this city. and yelled up the speaking tube:
, Come over to Preston right away. Doctor
man had the nightmare and ZaIl broke up
/ Dr. Brewer drove rapidly to Preston ana found
! a citizen ofthat historic Democratic town spot
I ,ed with bruises and skin abrasions with one
al m Lisloca,ed. and palpltating aud breathless
! from q tremendous tusse with the most for
! mioahle kind OF a nightmare. The ply stefan
, repAii ed the damages. and then the Preston
! man said he had had II tough light OF 1t. He
! dreamed Le WIS beset with nlilgators anu
shark and in defen ling himself. had smashed
The lest Iart OF lis solid wood bedste@d and
/ spring mattress and very neartI wrecked MS
physgpe The d9etor ,l nqG9'q tina H"d hot tI zen
long ago he drove ZEN miles 10 North SioniiG-
ton Nh liked NJ woman OF that iown VINO
had dslocated her Jaw at particularly AMI
An Oh lady. Mr-. JACKSON Of Mechanic street
ale in s Of eth ha DAY an who's thu
tramped the roston man. She was hanging
1s Tshns in ns 3rGE Hrd E Ehe
hastily backward, TIPPED IN cluster OF plant
sticks in !, IioNer ned. and came to the ground
heavily her left wrist under hex; The bones
repaired the fracture.
On the came day workmen had dug
Michael Eliot vas cawinG at sandy part on
one side with rcE"xe and S S the val Wnina
he was manned. live fellow ditchers "ug him
on; III ftern minutes. hruiseq and sore al
be- we Week befo:e Mlrhae Will Gs able to swing
On C he AFTER Don d tina, day people in Main
street.. Dauic. son lille. heata great clafier
and looking ahead saw ball Of dqs IT,, rolling
oughiara. They couldn't guess wnat was in
the dusty cocoon OF what its motive power un-
I'll. rea hing the luinnebaug boai ding house
sweat besprinkled morse leaped sideways cut
OF It, and our4nG fronl the roauled t. the side
wax: then they saw II reeltnK and bouicihg
toy buoy leap alter the frenzied steed: carrom
on a tree. and apparently etapo ate INFO the
Rrouud. T! e horse Kept on the even tenor oil
his panic-stricken flight, but Just as tho car
rage HIT the Il ee and melted something hap
foIr Of the vehicle was suddenly, popped up
/ into the air rs II he, lad Ieen .red out OF
circus cannon Welt ,aliinG Above the Gus, Gust
the best tulip led Of tie Mid W SCOTS g. den;
descending as it, owner. but il followed an
eighth Of II Sc ond hehnd an came down
tulips and peonics; The man after his leap
lay right where he had fallen, and every ono
belle ed he as nead he las insehiSD nd wi. %o
emmy gathered about his body. II" was JoIn
hi,iien Of lImville, and had con down a. ne
nor hHrr and after little treatment at the
hnIs Of Dr. Jud,on ST. Hp IN me li0w wrs ned
into an old post mole sat suddenly down; and
her eg WAS SO badly Injured that she VIII DO
VI alb . to walk !or severn! weeks.
Tho YouHE Ieope o. Fast thompson ilau
go ious bonfire tily other q Ght and had gay
ally tos. ed dogwood taEots into the blaze. and
the whoo par. were 9lsoned from nhaIing
can q mH9s sDs Miss of Life t asS ad
Herbert arsh ~uliered most Grievously
ia, get rang ~ AttnwanGan the other day. and
gayly al evening they started Tor home with
man. James Mature. for driver, The s,ecds
TOOK fright. shicd, The * leh Gle was over;
sizes aud sevens in the highway, Mulcahy
lost his baggage. Arthur NiIeu had his collar;
on. Eugene kiely his lose nearly 'eyGred 10y
the wagon whee!. and Tom, Cnlfrey has Mt
been heard OF since It Is pri S by MS com
A. NeN Haven, on the same dHy, a telephone
lin. man. who was perched ut the ton OF a lofty
pole On Grand Avenue. repairing he wires. let
ial. his Ratchet INTO the ihronG nurcynk along
lie sidewalk. Tho een-b!adcd weapon shot
down ike cannon ball, and tho hlade, bar ely
grazing the head Ia venerable citizen hit the
pavement with 2 sharL, rlns.nE hoise Inc
peril wa, past. OF course. but a GoIen citi%e ems
blade had hit head it would have cleft IL like
an ,ndtar's t"mahawk; New Haven 70 now
that oven telephone men vii! nave to respect
in their field practice -. u.,,
Locomotive al New London. slipped, fell back
wa ana wa dnnGeroa3ly Injured req about h his
Miner had to be horne 10 Hartford on a
stretchsr, aud his doctor does not know but the
my s Tgnrs od Sort.r
The Sea View House ut West Haven fell on q
through wimiow late at night, and, though
the descent was not lar his back was broken.
II Il believed hs did not move after ne drops cd
under Tho window next morning.
At Pawtucket. H. j.. Archibald Is. Goodwin. 3
years Did, son OF .lohn Goodwin, a Scotchman,
PLAY cd see-sHw with ether boys on the shore OF
r-mmoRd's pond. and sud emily TIE big tim
Der which WAS ser-sAwing Slipped off It's pivot.
rolled on little Goo win and crushed him. lie
diel within an hour or two.
~ Hanover, In this county Elmer j. knick-
! erboc ker. year, old, played at the canal OF
hilehs woollen MIL and finally slipped in: In
ataink ing the swift waters swept him down
, me siuiceway. and though big dog on the
nank leaped IN and trie to save little Elmer
me current snatched him away and flung him
4 into he growing wafer whee lilo was drowned
a ~ moment amt the wheel flung his body into
ths pit; Ihe dog barely escaped death.
TN The daY OF numerous accidents little
boy OF John &. Burns was run over by a
mounted letter carrier in Baltic street In this
city nut he picked himself IN quickly shook
/. on y cloud OF dust and aid he Mnsnit ~ N