The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-04-06

IViAg iutu NIANluB bhHhtl III hhV
Butler Colliery OF the Pennsylvania
Coal Company. were engulfed In water
up to their necl,s when they drove
through wall OF rock and released a
body OF water In an abandoned section.
Superintendent George b. O'Hara was
rescued unconscious. while ten others
were taken out with difficulty by their
fellow-workmen. The water spread
over a considerable portion OF the
mine, stopping all operations.
James p. Hughes was released
from the Schuylvllle county prison,
with record OF having served a total
Of forty.eight years in jails in Penn
sylvania and New York. mostly on
pickpocbet charges. Hughes is seven
ty-eight years old. He rarely has
been out Of Jail more than week in
the past thirty years. He is dying
from tuberculosis.
With her daughter, Maud. eight
years old. in her arms, Mrs. Murray
English. thirty-nine years old, OF Erie,
committed suicide at the home Of her
father at Hadley by jumping into
small lake The child was drowned
with her mother English conducts q
summer hotel and had brought his wife
here for her health.
Mrs. Bessie Lightfoot. aged twenty
six. and seven-year-old son were found
dead In bed at their home In Lancas-
ter with the gas turned on. In the
room was found letter from the
woman to her mother asking forgive
aess and declaring she had no friends.
Lancaster county is In the throes OF
an epidemic OF mumps and measles.
There are thirty-four cases OF mumps
and fourteen cases OF measles In Ian.
easter. Many adults are III of the
mumps.
James, threeyear-old twin son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lenhart, OF
wAnamakers. got too near the steve
while his mother was washing. His
clothes caught fire and he was burned
TO death.
Mrs. Elizabeth Eowers, eighty-seven
years old. died at her home in Good
VILE. she leaves nine children. thirty
one grandchildren, sixty-seven great
grandchildren, two brothers and two
sisters.
Michael Schultz and George Lohos.
kie were burned probably fatally in an
explosion Of gas at the Philadelphia a
Reading Coal & Iron Company's Henry
Clay shaft I.ohoskie opened safety
lamp to ignite a cigarette.
Theodore Schneck, iorty-nine years
old, a Plnegrove Township farmer. and
his eldest daughter. Hattie, eighteen
years old, are dead and Mrs. schneck
md three other children seriously i'll
from asphyXiatlon by coal gas.
The contract for the preliminary
work on the PENNSYLVANIA Railroads
bio new freirht station, at Harrisburg.
was let to John L. L. Kuhn, OF that
city. The station will cover several
city blocks.
State quarantine for smallpox was
established in Paint Township, Somer-
set county. Ten cases OF smallpox
have been reported and many people
are being vaccinated,
Deputy Sheriff William L. Matthews
has purchased fifty 'coons. which he
win let loose in the thickly wooded
districts OF Delaware county for breed
ing.
August Binkle was horribly burned
IN gas explosion at Packer No. Col
Iierv Shenandoah. Claude Hover and
Michael Marconis were seriously In
jured bv fall Of coal and rock at
U.her mines.
Deposltors OF the Pittsburgh Bank
for Savings which was closed last De.
comber will be paid fifty per cent.
dividend on April Is, according to an
announcement by Horace Il. Davis.
Deputy Attorney General. who Is re-
ceiver for the bank The dividend
viii be the FIRST paid since the bank
closed.
Frank Kline, twenty-five years old.
Of Mohnton. died OF blood poisoning.
caused by injuries sustained on New
Years Eve while firing cannon.
which exploded.
AS Andrew Brussic stood in a breast
nj the Philadelphia q Reading Coal
md Iron Company's Bear Valley col.
liery. directing more miners to escape
from a fall OF rock, piece OF rock
hurled him to the bottom OF a gang
way lnfiictlng internal injuries. likely
to prove fetal.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad has
inaugrrated a system OF warning tres
passsrs from the tracks. Posters have
been placed along lines and personal
postcards are sent 70 ali persons seen
on the tracks,