The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-07-10
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A very distressing accident occnr'
ed last Saturday morning nj th'
farm ofMr. Michael Hoyne seven
miles west Of the city On the kui
berry. Mrs Hoyne wss engaged In
work at the kitchen stove, when the
piece 81 the stove-pipe over the man
tel became loose and fell 10 the dJor
On the ms1,el was package OF BIZ
-uIphide 0f carbon. which Mr.. Hoyus
aad procured 10 destroy gophers
with and placed there until used
This Imfiammable material was
swept oHthe msntel by the falling
stove-pipe and thrown on the hot
stove. There was su explosion and
the flying particles struck AIRS.
HoyBe. setting IRE 20 her clothes.
Seeing her condition the woman ran
immediately toward the creek hard
by, for the purpose Of plunging In
the water aud quenching the IRE.
Before she got TO the creek she be-
thought her Of the children left In
the house, and fearing an accident
to them, turned aud went hack, her
clothes still burning, to rescue the
children. Finding them uninjured
sove one whose clothes were
Aiire which she put out she then
started back TO the creek and
plunged in, hut the lire had burned
her body ~ badly that when her
husband helped her out of the
water and took her to tie house, che
told him that che could not live.
Mr.. Hoyne hastened TO Salina and
procured medical assistance but no
skill could save the unfortunate
womAn's life, aud she died before
tile next morning. The remains
were inferred In Gypsum Hill Gene
terry Monday according to the rites
Of the Catholic church, Of which she
was a member. A very large pro-
cessIOn accompanied the remains 10
their resting-placs. Five children,
girls, are left to mourn their loss.
One Of the topics most talked
about during the past week has been
the Fourth OF July celebration.
Many have thought that the cele-
bratiOn was not good one, although
there were many thousands Of
people present from neighboring
cities aud the country roundabout.
The character OF the celebration was
not considered the best, being de.
voted principally to the making OF |
money by outside parties. IL must |
have been q success In that partleu-
lar, for the attendance ut the park |
In the afternoon TO see the ball
game and In the evening TO see the
fireworks was very large. All per.
sons were charged - cents sdmis-
sion. Considering the amount Of
money spent by the people, the
and the extent of the dis
play OF pyroteehnIcs were not
thought to be at all adequate.
The extreme heat has been aD-
other fruitful source Of conversation.
rhe oldest inhabitant says he
never knew q heated term so long
aud so severe. For several days the
mercury was above a hundred, run
ming at times up to l0i, lO5, los, and,
in some cases up as high rs ITO.
This Is extreme, indeed. That there
were not more prostratlOns II won
derful, and speaks volumes for the
salubrity Of the climate. In states
beyond the Mississippi, where the
remained below the hun
dTsd notch, the number Of prostra-
lions and deaths was very large.
This was owing to the mslarIal con-
iltIons OF the region aud the humid
ity Of the atmosphere. In Salins
while there was not 80 great q rush
Of business as there usually is, the
various trades people and workmen
logged on in their usual way, in
honest pursuit Of the dollar, paying
less attention to the great heat rs
by the thermometers than
In localities not so favored by good
and other conditions.
In all the time during which the
heat was 50 great, there was not one
night when there was not n refresh
ing breeze, enabling people 10 sleep
well and thereby recuperate for the
days duties.