On Monday, a workman at Kugler’s saw mill, Mr. J.F. HARRISON, while showing another workman how to do some work backed against the saw and received a terrible cut on the right arm near the elbow. Had he been one inch nearer he would have been a one arm man the balance of his life.
Source: Washington Gazette (Washington, NC). 12 June 1884.
Monday morning as Mr. Charles M. GRIFFITH was coming to town, his attention was arrested by a woman screaming at the top of her voice. He stopped to see what was the matter, and learned that Mrs. Branson YOUNTS had found her little boy in a large box of burning broom straw and had succeeded in rescuing him in a badly burned condition. The boy, who was about six years old, got some matches and after climbing into the box, set the broom straw on fire. Mr. GRIFFITH did not learn whether the injuries were fatal or not.
Source: Davidson Times-Dispatch, 19 February 1890. Paper available at Google News Archive.
Thomasville – Thomas, the younger son of Mr. Frank KINDLEY, of Holly Grove, was seriously burned with gunpowder last week. When he went home from school at dinner to attend the stock, he attempted to fire his gun, but falling to make it go off, he drew the load and threw the powder into the fire. It at once flashed and burned him severely.
Source: Davidson Times-Dispatch, 29 January 1890. Paper available at Google News Archive.
The south bound passenger train ran into a horse, Monday morning at Linwood, and killed it. A boy about twelve years old, a son Mack YARBROUGH, was driving the horse with a load of railroad cross ties. Just before crossing the railroad, he stopped to listen for the train, but as he was in a cut descending to the track, and the train was coming through a cut to the crossing, he heard no noise, and drove on. Just as the horse reached the track, the engine rushed by at full speed. The mail car struck the horse on the shoulder, killing it instantly. The boy was thrown a distance of ten or twelve feed, but was not injured. The wagon was damaged to the extent of broken shaft and some injury to the fore wheels.
Source: Davidson Times-Dispatch, 22 January 1890. Paper available at Google News Archive.
On Monday last, about one o’clock, P.M. the boiler of the steam engine attached to the saw mill of Mr. T.H. SNOW, near this place, exploded, wounding three of the negro men in charge quite seriously. Luke, the property of Eldridge SMITH, was dangerously hurt; Elie, the property of B.F. MOORE, was badly hurt; also a boy named Henry. Drs. HILL and E.B. HAYWOOD were called to the suffers. Mr. SNOW’s loss is from $1,500 to $2,000.
Source: Weekly Standard, 2 March 1859, page 3.
George BROOKS, a small colored boy, employed at the plate factory, had his thumb split open yesterday while working the stamper.
Source: Daily Commercial News, 18 September 1881, page 1.
While Mr. Willie SPRUILL accompanied by Miss Alice HILLIARD were out driving on Friday afternoon last, the horse became frighten and turned the bugy overthrowing them to the ground. No serious damage was done farther than the spraining of Miss HILLIARD’s arm, which we are pleased to note, is almost well.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 16 August 1889. Available online at digitalnc.org.
On Monday, the 1st inst., one of the boilers of the Beaufort county Lumber Co.’s mills, about 35 miles from this place, and near Yatesville, exploded and, with great force dislocating the three large boilers, demolishing the boiler house and killing one colored man, Robt. BLOGMAN, out right and scalding six others, one of which, Mr. R.D. SASNETT, died the next day, and one other man is seriously damaged.
It seems that some days previous to this that the head cap of this boiler broke and was mended by placing an iron band around it, and that this band had become loose, that the water had gotten very low in the boiler, when a supply of cold water was turned on, which resulted in the explosion. One of the boilers was thrown about one hundred and fifty yards which struck a log in the log pound and split it in a number of pieces and dislocated the other boilers.
This was a sad occurrence, which is greatly regretted. Mr. SASNETT was tried for his life last year for the murder of Mr. Samuel SATCHWELL and acquitted. We learn that the loss of property will amount to between $3,000 and $5,000.
Mr. M.N. OVERTON, a former citizen of this town, is the book keeper for the firm at that place. He says he heard nothing of the explosion only the shower of bricks on his office.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 12 July 1889. Available online at digitalnc.org.
