Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-01
UNCOMMON ACCIDENTS.
Fatalities That Are as Strange ~
They Are Rare.
Happening. which Though More or Less
Musty with Age Illustrate the Ex-
treme Uncertainty Of This Life
Curious hut Interesting.

musty with age tuustrAte the VIZ
treme Uncertainty Of This Life
Curious hut Interesting.
A singular action was tried in the
Greenwich county court In March, 1883,
wherein a widow sued baker for dam.
ages medical attendance and loss of |
time, from the sticking Of pin in her
throat 1t appeared that tho woman |
purchased Bath bun at tho defendants |
shop and went out eatingit When she had |
got halfway through IL she felt some
thing stick in her throat, and at once
went to house close by and asked for
q drink OF water: shortly after which
the pain became so intense that she
won't TO doctor, who, after trying various
measures for nearly an hour. succeeded in
extracting tho pin. The bakers counsel
submitted that there was no case OF neg
ligence; but the judge, after remarking
that il was OF course an unfortunate ac-
cident for both parties, gave vordict
for the plaintiff for the amount claimed
and costs.
Though this particular accident fortu-
nately did not prove fatal, othors Of an
equally trivial nature have suddenly
severed tho thread on which the life OF
man hangs. At Macclesfield in Feb
ruary, 1889, Isabella oGrady. wife OF
Frank O'Grady, died OF q punctured
wound received in the chest. While
playing in Eviction" she commenced
some knitting while waiting her turn to
go on. An actor passed her as she sat in
the wings, and in order to allow him to
( do so she stopped forward. when the
knitting needle entered her chest. She
/ finished her part, and medical aid Was
then called, but tho case was hopeless
from the first
In August, 1893, . harvest laborer
went into the Cock and Bell at Rom
ford Essex, to refresh himself after his
days work. lie called for pint OF ale;
! but before he had finished IL his throat
j began to swell. and in about two hours
I tho poor fellow expired in agony. Upon
opening his windpipe 1t was found that
he had swallowed a wasp, which had
stung him. causing his death.
A very similar thing happened in 1850
! TO q horse belonging to q farmer named
/ William Cross that had been turned
out 10 grass In the morning he was
in perfect health; but at about Ave in
the evening he was observed to give
over feeding, and on examination his
neck was found TO be considerably
swollen. 1t continued to swell until the
fourth day. when he died. The owner.
anxious to know the reason Of the ami
malls death. caused his neck to be cut
open. when. TO the great surprise OF sew
eral spectators, large adder was found
In the throat, and the parts all round
mortified.
About midnight on August is. 17ee,
two fishermen belonging to Hull were
employed near the Spurn. One OF them.
named Samuel sallies. having both his
hands occupied in drawing the net,
caught the head of a sole, which was
! endeavoring to escape through a hoe
In the net, between his teeth-a very
common practice among fishermen. The
fish, making an effort sprung into the
mans throat, who, being thereby rem
dered incapable of crying out to his
companion, went towards him and made
him sensible by signs of his melancholy
situation. His comrade instantly laid
hold OF the soles tail: but not being
able 10 extract tho body, the man was
4 hbHoNANt0 NNEl Sobh dANCA AN9Althk Shth
boat.
A tca-table accident OF an extraordi-
nary nature befel DIR. Hoare. principal
Of Jesus College, Oxford, and preben-
dairy of Westminster As the family
were seated at their evening meal one of
them moved the table upon his favorite
cat, causing tho animal such pain that
Ii few directly at the doctor, wound
ing him with its claws The wounds
thus caused brought about the doctors
death.
In all tho cases thus far narrated the
cause OF death was OF the most trifiing
nature. reminding US forcibly how ''in
the midst OF life we are In death"
Those that follow, though indorsing the
same truth, are remarkable rather for
their popularity.
on the nth OF October. 1914. the
neighborhood Of st. Giles, London. was
thrown into CONSERVATION by one OF
the most extraordinary accidents ever
recorded. About six o'clock in the
evening one OF the vats in the extensive
premises OF Messrs. Henry Meux &
Company in Banbury street, burst, and
in moment New street, George street
and several others in the vicinity we're
deluged with the contents. amounting
10 three thousand hye hundred bar
rels OF strong beer. The fluid In
Its course swept every thing before IL
Two houses adjoining the brewery were
totally demolished. The neighboring
inhabitants, all OF the poorer classes,
were nearly all at homo. In the hrst-
floor OF one house . mother and daugh-
ter were at tea; the mother was killed
on the spot, and the daughter swept
away by the current In clearing away
the debris nine bodies were found, and
one poor creature was dug cut alive.
Many cellars were completely inun-
dated, and in some houses the inhabit-
ants only saved themselves by mounting
their highest pieces Of furniture.
In November, 1918. . melancholy &C
eidsnt happened as WalthAm Cross.