A Chapter Of Accidents

Henry BeitíoIíDs, of Petrieville, Mich. , lost the lower part of lus right i arm while fooling with a buzz-saw. Mrr. Dow, of Pekin, 111., met her ; death by falling tliroiigh the trestlework of a railwav upon which she was walking. Slie feil a distance of thirty feet, and waa alinost instantly killed. At Bay City, Mich., a little boy of 12 j years, named John Adams, while playing with a dothes-liue in bis father's yard, made a noose and put it over his head. His feet slipped wliile swinging, and, letting his weight on the line, choked him to death in a few mointnts. A young man named Charks Moore, j of Wayne county, Mich., met his death in a singular mamier. He wns holding his gun before him, whon his dog jumped on the trigger, dischnrging the weapon, the whole charge entering Moore's throat, killing him instanfcly. John H. Smith, of Jerspyvillo, III., ngcd 13 yenrs, while at work in an elevator wa caught on a line shaft, liis arm torn off, and left hanging in the mnohinery. The other arm was broken off in three places, and afterward amputnted. He was otherwise injured, and eutirely stripped of clothing. It is thought Ihk injuries will be fatal. Charles GiijBERT, employed in a sawmill near Fort Wayne, Ind. , met his death ' in a shocking manner. He was engaged - in adjusting the macliinery, when lie was j caught in the gearing, and, witli frightful velocity, whirled up the belting. His arms were cnught in an adjoiuing belt and literally torn from their sockets. His legs were broken in several places, one leg being nearly torn apart at the kneo. His sknll was cnished and his whole body mangled beyond recognition. Death w;i almost instantaueous. Mrs. Caroline Lambert, aged 101 ' yejirs, was recently liumed to death at ümalia. She had long been afQioted with pain in the wrist, and was in the habit of bathing it in kerosene oil. While thns engaged, slie spilled some oil on her clothes. She then fillod lier pij)e to take a smoke, and, while light ing the same, set fire to the saturated clothing by a park, and was instantly enveloped in tlie flames. The Tinfortnnate ciiitonnriiiu was burned to a crisp, and died in a few hours.