Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, December 21, 1870
Marriages
COLLINS - POWERS: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 7th by Rev. H.M. Grant, Mr. Loren R. Collins to Miss Mary Powers, both of Smyrna.
BUELL - WOOD: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY] Dec. 7th, by Rev. H.M. Grant, Mr. Ira Buell of Union City, mich. to Miss Abi E. Wood of Smyrna.
Deaths
GREGORY: In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 11th, Jane [Gregory], wife of Henry E. Gregory, aged 34 years, 9 months.
SCARRITT: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 1st, Mr. James Scarritt, aged 72 years and 11 months.
PHINNEY: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 11th, Mrs. Abigial Phinney, aged 62 years.
HALBERT: In Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 2d, Mr. Levi Halbert, aged 23 years.
A Terrible Calamity
A frightful accident occurred in a deep cut on the Syracuse and Chenango Valley Railroad, about one and a half miles north of Earlville [Madison Co. NY], on Monday morning of this week. A large gang of men were at work in the cut, which is on the side of a hill, and on one side is forty or fifty feet deep, when, without a moment's warning, the steep bank caved in, burying about twenty of the men, and injuring many who were not caught under the bank. The bank was composed of loose shell rock, with many large boulders which in rolling struck several of the workmen, doing them serious injury. As soon as possible all the available force was set to work to exhume the bodies of those buried under the bank. Of those taken out on Monday, three were dead, and one so badly injured that he cannot possibly live. One more is known to be still under the bank, and of course must be dead. Of those killed, two were horribly mutilated, the head of one being crushed into a shapeless mass, and the body of the other having been caught between two large rocks, mangling him beyond description. Several of those who escaped with their lives had legs or arms broken, and many are otherwise severely injured.
The names of the killed are John Collins, Thomas Bressnahan, Dennis Hogan and Michael O'Shea. The last named had not yet been taken out when we received our latest intelligence. Hogan leaves a family of eleven children. A man named White is so badly injured that no hopes of his recovery are entertained.
It is said that the survivors are terribly excited and lay the responsibility of the terrible accident upon the "Boss," who refused to listen to those who warned him that the bank was unsafe. We are informed that Hogan, one of the killed, remonstrated against the danger on the morning of the accident, but was informed by the "boss" that if he did not choose to work in the cut he could quit.
The accident is a fearful one and should serve as a warning against future carelessness in like dangerous places.
Death of F.W. Prindle, Esq.
From the Eau Claire (Wis.) Free Press, of December 8th, we learn that F.W. Prindle, Esq. a brother of Judge Horace G. Prindle, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] and a former resident of this county, died at that place on the 2d inst, aged 51 years. The Free Press speaks of the deceased as follows:
"Mr. Prindle came from New York to this place in November 1866 and associated himself as a partner int the practice of the law, with W.P. Bartlett, Esq., of this place. For four years he has been with us, and during that time, few, if any, have become more endeared to those that knew him, than Mr. Prindle.
"Quiet and unassuming in his manners, at first his acquaintance was limited, but as people became to know him, all were of one opinion, that he was a man of stern integrity, upright in all his transactions, a true gentleman, clear and accurate in the knowledge of his profession, he took a front and prominent position at the bar, and among the many, was considered one of our first and best lawyers. Taken from us in the prime of life, when his intellectual powers had but fairly ripened into maturity. We shall miss him from our midst as a citizen and among the members of the bar, as one of their brightest and most reliable members.
"We sympathize with his family and his many friends in this, their hour of affliction. His goal of life, on earth, is past. that limit to which we are all hastening, to him, has an end. The end on earth, is but the beginning of life."
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, December 21, 1870
Marriages
THOMPSON - WILLIAMS: In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co. NY], on the 15th, by Rev. T. P. Halsted, Mr. Rufus E. Thomson of Williamsport, Pa. to Miss Mary A. Williams, of Norwich.
BUNNELL - McLAGEN: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 14, by Rev. L. Sperry, Mr. Lewis G. Bunnell of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Angelia V. McLagan, of Guilford.
WESCOTT - NORTON: In Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], Dec. 14, by the same, Mr. Cyrus J. Wescott to iss Eva J. Norton, both of Guilford.
WESCOTT - OGDEN: At the same time and place, by the same, Mr. Austin E. Wescott to Miss Julia D. Ogden, both of Guilford.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 22, 1870
Deaths
In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], on the 8th inst., Mrs. Clarissa McNeil, aged 67 years.
In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], on the 13th inst., Susan B. Ockerman, aged 61 years.
In Omaha, Neb. on the 8th inst. of consumption, Emma [Beals], daughter of S.D. and Grace E. Beals, formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], aged 22 years and 5 months.
In this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], on the 17th inst. Mr. Lyman Beach, aged 74 years and 8 months.
On Saturday afternoon last, our community was shocked by the announcement of the death of Lyman Beach, an old and respected citizen of this village. The circumstances of the case are as follows: Mr. Beach owned a building in this village which is occupied by Milo Webb as a Jewelry Store, &c. At this place Mr. Beach made his headquarters, and, we believe, owned a portion of the goods in the store. Just before his death Mr. Beach made some bone-set tea, he being somewhat indisposed, and went to one of the work benches which was used for galvanizing purposes, from which he took a tumbler containing a small portion of Cyanide of Potassium. He poured the contents of the tumbler upon the floor and then put his tea into it. From this tumbler he drank a small portion of the tea. After drinking the tea, he asked a young man in the store what was in that tumbler, saying that his tea tasted queer. At this juncture Mr. Webb came in, and learning what had transpired, told Mr. Beach that the tumbler contained poison, and that he had better go immediately and get an antidote. Antidotes were immediately administered, but the poison had already got too deep a hold upon the vital forces, and death ensued in about half an hour.
This sad accident should teach persons who have poisons setting around their places of business to keep them in such manner as it will be impossible for an accident to occur similar to the one it is our painful duty to chronicle.
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