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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
11
By H J Smith the New Oxford item lists subscription terms: $100 per year in advance or $50 if unpaid within the year, no discontinuance without arrears paid, failure to discontinue after paid time renews engagement. Advertisements offered at reasonable rates with yearly reductions. Job painting of all descriptions advertised.
A long notice from Trours Bay on July 23 1908 recounts accidents deaths and oddities across towns such as Reading Duncott York Lancaster and Harrisburg. A missing man from Reading is heard from after four years with $8000 awaiting him. Finger loss from a dynamite mishap, a 14 year old taking 19 strychnine pills, accidental deaths from coal oil fire and a drowning, a dog bite with possible hydrophobia, a lightning strike, a jail inmate killed another and wounded guards, a legend about St Swinthin's day, a fatal fall into boiling starch, a barn fire linked to a pistol, a fatal electrocution, a man dying from exertion while chasing a trolley, and a confusing line about a calf and a preacher’s salary.
A gas explosion at a Williams Town coal mine in Dauphin County shortly after noon on Wednesday killed twelve workers and badly injured many more. All victims were American residents of Williams Town, and rescuers have yet to piece together a full account of the disaster.
John Barley a 57 year old homesteader died nine hours after being bitten by a rattlesnake near Senti nel Butte North Dakota. He and his son lived alone as he attempted to capture the snake that had retreated into a hole. Barley formerly from Windsor township York county faced multiple family tragedies including his wife’s suicide seven years earlier and his eldest son’s death last fall.
Gettysburg July 16 Private Bartley of Company 1 Sixth Regiment was killed almost instantly when he fell from a coach steps and was ground under a moving train near Sinking Springs station. His body was sent to Lebanon and his residence is unknown. Jacky Lewis of Rogers Ford, Battery C, was thrown from his horse at the camp grounds and suffered a fractured skull and serious shock, taken to his home after being deemed unlikely to recover.
Lizzie Linebaugh, five, fell from a second story window at a home near Davidsburg York County while sleepwalking. She died instantly from a fractured skull. The family recently endured the mother’s death by fire and a brother’s drowning. Mr Linebaugh awoke after midnight and saw his daughter on the walkway beside the house. Dr Gross of Dover attended the scene.
Harry Blind of Philadelphia was instantly killed Saturday in Rutherford yards near Harrisburg when struck by a fast freight. Both arms and legs were severed, his skull crushed beyond identification. Unmailed letters to his mother revealed his name and residence. He was about 18 and likely traveling home after leaving a Gettysburg job.
Dr Engle and Dr Atkinson camping in Graffenburg upper Adams County saved 14 year old Mabel Hassler who was bitten by a copperhead as she reached the spring house. They treated her immediately with remedies provided by their work capturing rattlesnakes and copper heads for the French Pathological Institute. The girl fully recovered. 98-year old Juin Shull of Sueville Perry County gave a farm demonstration last week on his wheat and hay handling.
Gettysburg July 16 Two tramps robbed Paris Billett at the Long Siding telephone booth near Mummasburg road about 9 am. They held him at gunpoint and took his watch and 335 dollars. They fled west into the woods as police and soldiers pursued.
Clayton Barr of Guernsey narrowly escaped serious harm after a runaway horse struck by an automobile in front of George Eberhart’s Broadway home bolted, toppled the buggy, dragged it into a gutter, and left Barr with bruises to his arms and head as the vehicle was demolished.
A buggy driven by Mr William Hively and carrying his wife Mrs Hively and seven year old granddaughter Margaret Beaverson plunged from a Codorus creek bridge at Loucks mill near York on Saturday night. Mrs Hively suffered a fractured skull shoulder blade left elbow and broken nose and is in critical condition at York hospital. The child may have a skull fracture and the boy friend off the road. the horse was killed and the buggy destroyed after tumbling about 20 feet to the rocky bed.
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