The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-08-17
MANY ACCIDENTS.
One Man Killed, Another Hurt and Several
Ladies More or Less Injured.

One Nan Killed, Another Hurt and Several
Ladies More or Less Injured.
The, past week has been a notable
one with respect to accidents, as prob
ably in the same length of time there
has never been so many distressing
mishaps as have occurred since last
Friday in the neighborhood of Oak
| land.
Friday morning Isaac Garrett, aged
about 20 years, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John j. Garrett, residing west of Oak
land, and employed as Baltimore
and Ohio trackman at Deer Park, was
struck by train No. . at q point on
! the railroad between Wilson and
Swanton and instantly killed From
reports it is learned that Garrett had
stepped from the north track to avoid
a westbound train and in doing sogot
directly in front of train No. .. What
disposition was made of the remains
ofriie y6ung man we have failed to
learn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thompson, an
aged and very highly respected cou
pie, residing in the Ryans Glade set
Element, were returning to their home
in a buggy on Saturday and in pass
ing through Mountain Lake Park
their horse took fright at bicycle
and started to run away. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thompson were thrown from
the vehicle and painfully bruised.
A most distressing accident befell
Mrs Thomas j. Peddicord on Satur-
day evening last While alighting
from Il hack at the corner of Second
and Alder streets the horses attached
to the vehicle started and threw the
lady with considerable force to the
ground. She fell among a lot of loose
stones and received many painful
injuries, the most serious being a dis
location of her left knee and the
breaking of her left arm near the
shoulder. She was taken to the resi-
dence of her son. Mr.. James c. Ped
dicord, where she lies in a serious
condition.
Miss Bertha Michael. aged about
fourteen years, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. C. Michael, residing at the
Park, was amusing some Of the chill
dren of the neighborhood by playing
cooking on Monday evening last. She
had q can filled with water and was
boiling some potatoes on a fire built
out in the yard near Mr.. Michael's
residence. She lifted the lid of the
can and the boiling water was thrown
into her face by reason of the force
of steHm which had gathered within
the vessel. The water and steam
seriously scalded her about the face
and eyes and it was feared that her
eyesight had been affected but reports
to-day from the attending physician
do not confirm this.
Sunday afternoon Miss Porter, OF
Chicago. who has been Il guest at the
Mountain Lake Park Hotel, in com
I Will ObilCI DtODlt
of the Park, were sitting in the grove
near a spring along the Oakland road
when one of the young men struck g
match and threw it among some dry
leaves but it was not noticed that {
fire had been started until Miss Por
ter's dress was discovered to be burn
> ing. The young men did all they
could to extinguish the fire by wrap
ping their coats about the lady bu
did not succeed until nearly all he
clothes up to her waist had beer
burned off. She was taken to DR.
McClain's residence at the Park ant
made as comfortable as possible b,
l her physician. In trying to extin
guish the fire one of the young mel
; had his hand seriously burned.