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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862

Abstracts 46 - 54

ACCIDENTS & DISASTERS (Cont'd)

46 L Sept. 1; ed: 3/3 - As H. H. Stilson was driving south of the Public Square Aug. 29, he encountered a horse and rider. The horse suddenly fell with its rider. This frightened Mr. Stilson's horse, which dashed up Euclid st., first throwing him and a little girl out of the buggy and carrying off two other little ones. When they were passing up Erie st. to Prospect, an unidentified gentleman rescued one child and W. R. Mould saved the other little girl, at great risk to themselves. Such heroism is deserving of public notice and admiration.

47 L Sept. 1:3/3 - Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Stilson and Mrs. H. L. Bostwick would express their thanks to W. R. Mould and another gentleman whose name they have not yet learned, who on Aug. 29 rescued their two children from imminent peril by taking them from the back of a carriage attached to a runaway horse.

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48 L Sept. 2:3/1 - Two buggies ran into each other on the south side of the Square yesterday. The driver of one was injured, probably only slightly. He was taken to Dr. Beckwith's office.

49 L Sept. 22:3/1 - William Shepard, an old citizen, was seriously in-
jured on Detroit st. hill when he was thrown out of a wagon.
which was loose, fell out when the horse started too suddenly.
fell out with it and injured his spine so that his leg is paralyzed.

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50 L Sept. 29:3/1 - A runaway which occurred on St. Clair about two p. m. yesterday caused some excitement. The horse started at the corner of Seneca st., pitched two men who were in the buggy to the ground, and then raced down the street. The buggy came in contact with a post and was entirely demolished. The horse then stumbled and fell and was secured. One of the men was hurt but not seriously. His identity is not determined.

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51 L Oct. 1:3/1 On Monday evening, Sept. 29, Daniel Hogan, a supernumerary who was performing at the Academy of Music in the play SIEGE OF LUCKNOW, had his leg broken. Another actor fell upon him in the scene of the conflict. Manager Ellsler had the man sent home in a carriage.

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On Tuesday, Sept. 30, a horse ran away on Ontario st.. It collided with the wagon of Mr. Jones, the auctioneer, and broke the wagon to pieces. The horse then overthrew Mrs. Fitspatrick, whose husband keeps an eating place in the vicinity, and injured her severely.

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53 L Oct. 11; ed: 3/1 A carriage collided with an express wagon yesterday at the corner of Superior st. and the Public Square. Its axle was broken.

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54 L Oct. 22:3/2 A team of horses became frightened yesterday, and ran away, tearing off the wheels and gearing. Thompson Wilder, the driver, was scared but not hurt.

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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862

Abstracts 55 - 65

ACCIDENTS & DISASTERS (Cont'd)

55 - L Oct. 24; ed: 2/3 - Frank Daily of Oberlin shot himself accidentally Oct. 19, and according to an Irish custom a drunken "wake" filled up the hours of the following night.

"Sunday hunting and drunken revelries over the body of the dead!"

56 L Nov. 3:3/2 L. M. Boggs, of the 10th Ohio cavalry was severly injured Nov. 1st, while riding to Camp Cleveland in a carriage.

57 L Nov. 4:4/1 A soldier, who is home on a furlough, had his right leg crushed beneath a Kinsman st. horse car. Amputation was necessary.

58 L Nov. 4:4/2 Mr. Bowers of the firm of Morril and Bowers, who was so badly injured while assisting in loading cars, is improving satisfactorily. It was feared at one time that an amputation would be necessary.

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(2) 59 L Nov. 7:4/1 Lawrence Rixinger, a member of the 54th Ohio, died on Nov. 3 at the home of his parents on Alabama st. His death was caused by a delay in obtaining medical attention when his leg was crushed beneath a Kinsman st. horse car.

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60 L Nov. 7:4/2 M. G. McLeese, a steward, and his little daughter were lost on the ill-fated BAY STATE. He was formerly associated in keep

ing the Franklin House on the west side.

61 L Nov. 8:4/2 - A man who was driving near the railroad came to his death when the whistle of a locomotive frightened his horses, causing them to dash off towards Centre st., where the wagon overturned and he was thrown violently to the ground. He was taken to his home on the west side but died before reaching it.

62 L Nov. 10:4/1 The bo1y of the small daughter of M. G. McLeasse, steward of the BAY STATE, was washed ashore near Oswego a few days ago. This is the only body that has come ashore from that ill-fated boat.

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63 L Nov. 15:4/1 From further investigation of the propeller BAY STATE, it is evident that she foundered in the terrific gale. Barrels of oil and other articles which were near the boiler of the boat, lately picked up, do not warrant the belief that she had had an explosion aboard.

First mate Ebenezer Elliot, steward C. A. McLeace and his daughter, stewardess Mary McLeace, are Clevelanders that are listed among the 18 known to have been on the BAY STATE.

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64 L Nov. 18:3/1 A Mr. Kurpis of Parma was killed Nov. 15 on Merwin st., when he was thrown from his wagon.

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65 L Nov. 20; ed: 4/1 - A drunken man on River st. fell down two pairs of stairs last evening and broke his shoulder blade in two places, one fracture to each pair of stairs. He doubtless saw sta(i)rs before he

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST

JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862

Abstracts 66 - 74

ACCIDENTS & DISASTERS (Cont'd)

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"Don't get drunk; but if you do, let it be at the bottom of the it may save you a broken shoulder blade."

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66 L Nov. 22:4/1 Patrick Mark, or Mank, on Nov. 22, in the vicinity of the Lighthouse st. bridge, accidentally shot off his little finger, which lodged itself in a woman's market basket. The ball broke a plate the woman had in her basket. The plate probably saved her life.

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67 L Nov. 24:3/1 - On Nov. 22, a Mr. Osborne had his arm broken when he was thrown to the ground by his horse, which became frightened by a shot.

68 L Nov. 26:3/1 H. B. Spellman, assistant assessor, met with a severe accident last night when he fell headlong down the hall stairs leading up to the LEADER rooms. No bones were broken.

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69 L Nov. 26:3/1 - On Nov. 24 a young woman living on Academy lane broke her leg when she fell from a sofa while romping with a young friend of hers.

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70 L Nov. 27:4/1 - An old pauper whose home is in Girard, O., fell from a barn not long ago and is hopelessly crippled as a result. brought in on the southern cars this morning in a sad plight. imagine no more pitifl sight than he presented.'

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71 L Dec. 5; ed: 3/2 Malcolm Thompson, a soldier, shot Orderly Sergeant John G. Fay of Smithnight's battery at Camp Cleveland yesterday. Thompson acknowledges firing through the door, but says he didn't wish to hit anyone. He stated that he was very "much in liquor."

Fay was shot in the breast; his recovery is considered hopeless.

72 L Dec. 8; ed: 4/1 As the Cincinnati was approaching the Mahoning railroad bridge this morning, a captain who belongs to a regiment

at Camp Cleveland jumped off to save some distance in reaching camp. He was seen to get up and limp off but one side of his apparel was nearly demolished.

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"People exhibit unaccountable recklessness every day, in jumping on and off trains, and it is a wonder there are not more accidents from such conduct than there are."

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73 L Dec. 8:4/1 On Dec. 4, one of the men employed at Chapin's packing house had his hand chopped off by another employe. The former was holding meat for the other to chop.

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74 L Dec. 19:3/2 - The only son of Mrs. S. Lambert was killed yesterday, as he accidentally fell over the bannisters while descending the stairs. He fell upon his head, crushing the skull. He died immediatly.

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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862 Abstracts 75 - 83

ACCIDENT & DISASTERS (Cont'd)

75 L Dec. 19:3/2 On Dec. 17 Mrs. Bartholomew Murray residing at Fountain and William's alleys, was badly burned by the expolosion of a bottle of hair oil which she was warming on the stove. She was burned from her head to her knees. Dr. Capener was called but could do little for her. She died at three o'clock yesterday morning.

76 L Dec. 23:3/1 - Major Hampson of the 124th regiment, who has been confined to his room at the Weddell House for two or three weeks with a severe sprain, which he received when he jumped off the Columbus train at the foot of Superior st., is slowly recovering but is not yet able to get out.

Industrial

77 L Oct. 21:3/2 James Pettingill, Clinton Scott, and Downer Acker, workmen at the Robison and Oviatt's packing house, were badly injured by boling hot tallow which exploded from a tank yesterday. James will hardly recover.

78 L Oct. 29:3/1 G. B. Bowers of the firm, Bowers and Morrill, car builders of this city, caught his left hand in a pulley block while assisting in loading cars yesterday. Two fingers were amputated.

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79 L Nov. 14:2/1 Mrs. Van Pelt, formerly Miss Mary Everden, had her right arm horribly mutilated and her person otherwise injured, when her dress caught fire in some of the machinery at the Cascade mill at Akron on Nov. 6. (2) 80 L Nov. 21; ed: 2/1 H. Skinner of Ashtabula county, while working in his mill on Nov. 14, had his coat caught in the gearing. He was drawn into the cog-works and so crushed that he died in a quarter of an hour. "He...leaves a wide circle of friends to mourn his sudden death."

Railroads

81 L Jan 1:3/3 A Mr. Burgess, conductor on the Cleveland and Columbus railroad, narrowly escaped death yesterday when he fell under one of the cars and a truck passed over him. He was taken to his home on Erie st. and his bruises cared for.

82 L Jan. 11:3/2 A freight train near the roundhouse of the Lake Shore railroad ran off the track Jan. 9. Some of the cars were considerably damaged.

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83 L Jan. 27:3/3 - Patrick Lee, a brakeman in the yard of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad, was injured severely in his abdomen and

back by being caught between two freight cars, while engaged in coupling them, Jan. 25.

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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862

Abstracts 84 - 92

ACCIDENTS & DISASTERS - Railroad (Cont'd)

84 L Mar. 12:3/2 A terrible accident occurred on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh railroad yesterday, resulting in the death of two men. The locomotive HANOVER, in drawing a heavy wood train on an up hand grade, exploded, killing the fireman, Michael King, and brakeman, John Karney. The cause is still undetermined, there being plenty of water in the boiler and the engine being in a perfect state.

85 L July 1:3/3 L. W. Green, a brakeman on the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad, fell off his train and was killed near Greenwich station. He was 30 years of age, unmarried, and lived with his brotherin-law in Cleveland.

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86 L Aug. 5:3/1 A Mr. McIntyre, conductor on the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad, was knocked down by the Toledo express. The wheels passed over his hand, which was amputated by Dr. Beckwith. He was badly injured in the yard a year ago. (4)

87 L Aug. 30: 3/1 - A brakeman on the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad had his right leg broken and crushed at Shelby while he was making a coupling. He was brought to the city on the express train and Dr. Beckwith amputated his leg below the knee. He is unmarried.

88 L Sept. 27:3/1 - James McGee, while laboring on the stone work of the Pittsburgh railroad bridge at Bedford, was knocked from the pier by the fall of some loose lumber and was instantly killed. He had no family. His friends reside in Wheeling, Va.

89 L Sept. 29: 3/3 - As the night express on the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati road was approaching the city the morning of Sept. 27, the engineer saw three negroes standing on the track watching a train of cars filled with soldiers. The whistle was blown, but the men took no notice of it. All three were struck and thrown down the steep embankment. Two of them were instantly killed. One of these was named Arthur Campbell, a resident of the west side. The other corpse could not be identified. The third man, Richard Christler, a 17-year old boy, residing on the west side, was fatally injured. He was taken to the Marine hospital.

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90 L Sept. 30:3/1 Richard Christler, a negro who was struck by the night express on Sept. 27, has since died.

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91 L Oct. 6:2/4 - Richard Swartz, employed by the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad at the Delaware station, was killed at the depot yesterday. While he was standing near the track he was caught under the wheels of a passing train. (1)

92 L Oct. 13; ed: 3/1 - A Mr. Osmund was badly injured when he stepped into the path of a train near the river bridge Oct. 10.

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