The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-07-08
THRILLING ACTS
N ssused Many Strange and Startling
TRAGEDIES.

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Tragedies.
San Francisco Call: In a Lancashire
coal mine, a few years ago, a callous
youth ~viciously pricked a pony with
his penknife. The wounded animal
kicked out %furiously, overturning and
breaking several safety lamps. The
naked flame fed the foul gases in the
air and created an appalling explosion,
which wrought the death of over 100
miners. A spark from a truant fire
balloon in the neighborhood OF New
York M celebration day drifted
through the open door OF a gun powder
factory and created in a moment a
miniature earthquake, Staying six men
and wounding several others. An
Italian countess, entering her chamber
n evening with a stout ~stiletto bon
net pin in her hand, stumbled over a
pet dog and fell PROSTATE on the floor,
the perilous pin piercing her heart and
causing instant death. The heart
broken count, suspecting a jealous no.
Die OF the supposed murder, shot him
head on the street next day. The fol-
AAoHt iHC DIOlitI u the muir
oered man fatally stabbed the count.
After this triple tragedy the true cause
or the trouble was revealed. A Young
bachelor in London, ~sanguine of par
tlc1pating in the wealth OF a certain
country uncle, invited his rich relative
10 spend a week with him in town.
During dinner one evening the nephew
-uultn ma W1rn nf the papilC,,- oI,r
acter Of the cOmbination-passed Char
treuse wine and bananas to his uncle,
VINO partook freely of both, thus pro-
duclng a peculiarly potent poison,
which caused his death. The nephew's
deep concern turned to dismay when
ne learned later hat the absence of
any will shattered his hopes of a for
tune, and his chagrin prompted him to
prematurely end his existence. A
German family, seven in number, lost
their lives by a somewhat unique ac-
cldent. They slept in one large apart
ment, lighted by gas. Before retiring
the rather hung his overcoat above the
gas burner. During the night this gar
ment slipped and fell on the tap, turn
ing the gas full on, and 50 %suffocating
tho slumbering inmates. A defect in
an axle, so small as to escape the scru-
tiny OF the vigilant platelayers, led 10
the most melancholy disaster ever
KNOWN in the United States. The
fated train caught fire, then left the
rails and descended a steep declivity.
In this appalling accident more than
200 lives were lost. A trihing but ir-
reparable misunderstanding between
the captain and engineer Of a stately
steamship some years since led to the
loss of the vessel, with 400 passengers
n a costly cargo. The snip was steer
ing through perilous seas, when the
electric bell sounded stop" to the en-
CINE room. From some unexplained
cause the signal was taken for full
speed ahead and was so interpreted
and obeyed, with the result that the
huge vessel struck a rock and foun-
dered. A faulty link in a huge hoist
ing chain caused one of the direst dis
asters Of it's kind that ever occurred in
the north Of England. The chain was
attached to a colossal crane and snap
ped at a critical moment, allowed soma
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enormous iron Orders to fall upon a
score Of workmen beneath. twelve of
whom lost their lives thereby. A pop
ula Polish tenor singer OF operate
celebrity some years since lost his
life by eating a milk scone in which a
careless cook had Internationally
dropped a brass nail. The nail caused
cancer, from which death ensued. A
once renowned French actress lost her
reason through a trihing occurrence.
She was visiting at an ancient chateau
in the vicinity of Mentone, when a
friend challenged her to pass the night
alone in an alleged haunted chamber.
She accepted the challenge. During the
night she called for aid, and an at
tendant found her in a state Of pitiful
fright through certain uncanny sounds
h had heard. Finally she developed
a nervous disorder, which eliminated
in insanity. The ghostly visitants were
rats.