Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-07-19
ACCIDENTS.

The accident that cost Harry Fleming
OF Buffalo twp. his life happened on the
Robert Fleming farm. on Thursday of
last week. Harry and his brother were
cutting and saving an unusually tine
tract of timber there and Harry was up
the hill at the time starting logs rolling
down to the mill He starred n little
log down ana rs it did nor 80 right he
ran down and called to those at the mill
tv saut down and watch ii; but be did
not notice hat a larger Log had also
started rolling This leg eau BIT him
and threw him upon his side AMI rolled
over his legs and rested upon his body
His cries brought those at the Hiil 10
his assistance. aud the log was raised
and Harry was taken home, bar he had
been injured internally and his death
followed, Sunday morning.
VIM. Klein of the street car force
WAS bit by an engine at Mackin siding,
Tuesday evening. aud bad AT arm badly
used up. but not broken.
The 3-year-old child of W a. Mof-
fett. a telegraph operator, was st-angled
to death Tuesday afternoon The little
one was left sleeping On a bed, which
WAS pusIHu Nillll 1E" hNT - =
window sill. In It's deep sleep the child
rolled off the bed. slipping down he
tween the bed and the window sill Its
head stuck fast, suspendiug the body.
An hour later the parents found the
child dead.
Mr.. Vim. Mclaughlin of the Globe
Hotel, Parker, his wife and little son.
| Donald started to drive out TO A. l.
Buffers in Parker township, last sun
day. In driving down the steep hiii
| between James Morgan 5 store and the
| iron bridge across North Bear creek the
harness broke. The horses ran down
the steep hill and Mr. McGlaughlin was
thrown ont and had his leg broken
| above the ankle Mrs. McGlaughlin
had her hip broken and one arm badly
| bruised and her side badly hurt. Inc
little boy was carried in the rig to the
| bridge where the rig was smashed The
little fellows head was badly cnt, ana
his back is reported broken.
Phinnias Stroup was struck on the
head and arm while pulling sncker-rcds
near Fairview, yesterday, ana oadlV
hurt
Albert Johnston, twelve year old
boy of the south side, Butler, was at
tackled in field by horse, Thursday
morning. and kicked on the face and
BODY. His face was crushed, 1aw-bone
broken, and three ribs broken
Paul, aged IL years, son OF ID. A
Slater. fell from a cherry tree on the
lOesterIing farm, few days ago, and
broke an arm. Gangrene set in and on
Thursday last the arm was amputateo
at the shoulder.
| A son of Jos. Gold of Lincoln Way
ran a rusty nail into his foot on Thurs
day last
| o. A. Hepler had finger cut OFF at
the Car Works, Thursday.
Six persons in and about Pittsburg
perished from the heat last Thursday,
and five next day,
| VIM. Colsut, an Austrian, aged 30,
died last Friday at the Hospital from
injuries received from falling off Bes-
sic freight train which he attempted to
board at Rural Ridge.
1 VIM. Faber of Butler was hurt on the
toboQean-slide at Waldamere Park, Erie.
last Thursday, by being struck by q
tobopoau. He received an ugly cash
in the back of his neck, was taken to a
hospital and had his wound dressed, and
came home next day.
| Frank Parker, a Clarion county ne
lgro, is in our Hospital He was way
laid and shot in that county, a few days
ago, and though one shot went through
his lungs, he is getting well.
i Myron Smith, civil engineer, is at
the Butler Hospital suffering from a
fractured skull He was caught on the
, high trestle at Foxburg last Saturday
and hurled to the ground, distance oi
about 40 feet.
II Seven girls were drowned last Thurs
,, day in Cedar river, Iowa, only three
blocks from home. The small
, est child slipped into deep hole and il
, trying to rescue her six others were
drowned The girls ranged in age;
,, from 7 to 16 years.
After B. 81 o. train had hurled his
7 father and one sister to death from Q
trestle near Clarksburg, W. Va. at Il
o'clock at night and frightfully injured
| his mother and three other children, q
. 9-month old baby Of Elijah Norris oi
. Uniontown. Pa was found between the
7 | ties unhurt. Norris. his Wife and five
children, had been yisiting relatives al
Jacksonburg, mile and half from
: Clarksburg, and were On their way. tc
} the station to take train home when
the accident happened Walking on
. the trestiG, they were run down by
train when about half gay across. Nor
ris and one girl, years old. were al
most instantly killed Mrs. Norris was
carrying the baby and when she saw
, she could not reach the end of the tres
tie in time to escape the train. she plac-
ed the child between two ties and the
: ne1t instant was hurled to the ground
by the engine. Every member OF the
family except the baby was either in
jured or killed.