We are glad to see Mr. Andrew DAVENPORT on the streets again. Mr. DAVENPORT received a fall while at work at the Company mills about two weeks ago and was hurt quite badly. He is very sore yet, but we hope he will soon be alright again.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 7 September 1900. Available online at digitalnc.org.
While at play on Tuesday, Master Jesse, son of Mr. J.F. JACKSON, fell from a tree and broke his arm.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 31 August 1900. Available online at digitalnc.org.
SALISBURY, Aug. 20 — W.R. THOMPSON, of Danville, a brakeman on the Southern Railway, was instantly killed at Spencer Saturday night while riding as a passenger on No. 12, the northbound local. The unfortunate young man was returning from Concord, where he had been visiting. Wishing to save himself a walk from the station, he stepped from the train as it passed opposite his boarding place at a considerable rate of speed. No one on the train observed the accident, which was the result of being throw [sic] between the wheels in some way. Later, the body was discovered by the track, much mangled. The remains were sent to to the home of the deceased yesterday morning.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 31 August 1900. Available online at digitalnc.org.
Durham, Oct. 25 — Edward, the little son of Rev. and Mrs. T.A. SMOOT, while playing in a small automobile with several companions, fell out of the machine and was caught by the neck between the sharp sides of the tin portion of the car. Had he not been quickly rescued and given medical attention he would have died, for as he hung, he was rapidly choking to death.
Source: Kinston Free Press, October 26, 1905
Louisburg, Oct. 16. – A daughter of Robt. DENHAM, colored, about 14 years old, was shot through the temple Saturday with a pistol in the hands of the son of Reddick ALSTON, also colored, the boy being about the same age as the girl. The ball entered the left temple of the girl and came out of the right temple, but, strange to say, she is still living although she will be totally blind. It cannot be definitely ascertained as yet whether the boy did the shooting maliciously or whether it was an accident, as accounts conflict. It is stated by some, however, that the boy snapped one pistol at her and the weapon failing to fire picked up another which went off. The father of the girl will have the boy arrested and brought to trial today.
Source: Kinston Free Press, October 17, 1905
George SOUTHERLAND, aged five years, of Wilmington, N.C., fell overboard recently, but was rescued by his nine-year-old brother.
Source: Washington Post, September 9, 1878.
Mr. Sol. GAY and Mrs. Sarah McNEELEY, of Monroe, N.C., were seriously injured last Thursday, by being thrown from a buggy.
Source: Washington Post, September 9, 1878.