Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-04-07
CAUSED BY TRIPLES.
Great Tragedies That have Come
From Insignificant Hap
penlDgs.

imal kicked furiously. overturn
ing and breaking several safet
lamps. The naked flames fed til
four gases in the air, and Great
ed au appalling explosion, which
wrought the death of over :
hundred miners.
Sun rays, shining through :
decanter of water on to the car
fridge of a loaded rifle, slew (
sleeping man on a lounge neal
by. The innocent owner of the
rife was arraigned for the sup,
posed crime, and was sentenced
to death, when the testimony OIL
a shrewd detective solved the
mystery and secured his reprieve
A spark from a t.u4nt fire
balloon, IN the nerQlJy71oo OF
NJ York, one ce.GbIIt. m day
d. I'd through the op1h door OF
a & npowder factory, aud Great
ed In moment a miniature
earthquake, Staying six men and
woetully Wounding several
others.
An Italian Countess, entering
he- cham Der one evening, with
stout stiletto bonnet pin in her
hand, stumbled over pet dog
and fell PROSTATE upon tie floor,
the perllous pin piercing her
heart and causing install death.
The heartbroken ccu II, suspect
ing jealous noble ~ tie sup
posed murder, shot h,1 dead on
the street next day lhe follows
ing night the b-other OF the
mur cred man fat lily stabbed
the Count. After this triple
tragedy the tue cause OF the
trouble was revealed
4 young bachelor in London,
Saugu1ne OF participating in the
wealth of a certain Country un~
Gle, invited his rich relative to
spend a week with ham in town.
During dinner one evening tae.
nephew-qulte unaware of tic
perllOus CharaCted of the COM
bination -pas5ed ChaItcuse wine
and bananas to his uncle, who
partook freely of both, thus pro
ducing a peculiarly potent pois-
on, which caused his death. |
The nephew's deep concern
turned to dismay when he learn
ed later that the absence of any
will shattered his hopes of for
tune, and his chargrin prom pit
ed him to premature end his
existence.
A German family, seven in
number, lost their lives by
somewhat unique accident.
They slept i'll one large apart
ment, lighted by gas. Before re
firing, the father hung his over
coat above the gas burner. Dur
ing the night this garment slips
ped and fell on the tap, turning
the gas full on, and SO suffocat>
ing the slumbering inmates.
A defect in All axle, SO small
as to escape the scrutiny of the
vlgilant platelayers, led to tire
most melancholy disaster ever
known in the Uaited States. ,
The fated train caught f.re, then
left the rails and descended a ,
steep decllvity, In this = oalling
ACCIDENT more than Two hundred
litts were lost. t
A trlhing but irreparaole mis- i
understanding between the cap Y
tain and engineer of a stately =
steamship, some years since, led ::
to the loss OF the vessel, with
four hundred passengers and a Il
costly cargo. The slip was t
steering through perilos seas, "
when the electric bell sounded =
'stop" to the enginerocln. From >
some unexplained cause the ="
signal was taken for fail speed .
ahead" and was SO interpreted P
and obeyed, with the result that IL
the huge vessel stru. k rock
and 'oundered. l.
a faulty link i'll huge hoist n
ing chain caused one of the ~
lirest disasters of its kind that OF
.ver occurred in the north of p
The chain~was ats al
ached to a colossal crane, and o.
at a critical moment, !:
some enormous iron =.
orders to fall upon a score OF al
Horkmen beneath, twelve of di
whom lost their lives thereby. il
A popular Polish tenor sire> th
i, of operate celebrity some III
ears since, lost his lite by eat -,
ng a milk scone in which u
areless cook had uuintent;on- a
lily dropped brass nail. The lie
all caused cancer, from which w;
cath ensued. e
A once-renowned French
Ctgess lost her reason through W.
trlflng occurrence. She was tn
listing at an ancient Chateau, HI
the vicinity of Mentone, when ale
friend challenged her to pass WA
lie night alone in an alleged II.
aunted chamber. She accept
the challenge. During the 'l's
lGht she called for aid, and an Ill
tendant found her in state of as
titul fright through uncaney me
unds she had heard. FiuaI1v He