ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

Abstracts I - 8
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. I TO DEC. 31, ·1838
ACCIDENTS & DISASTERS
1 - H&G Feb. 23:2/3 - A daughter of Mr. House, aged three years, was
fatally scalded on Tuesday in Ohio City. The mother, in lifting a kettle
of boil ing water from the stove, accidently precipitated the whole contents
upon the person of her little daughter. (1)
2 - H&G Mar. 26:2/3 - A number of children were at play yesterday in or
about the alley between Bank and Seneca sts., when they discovered a
quantity of gun powder, which being damaged and worthless, had been
thrown away. They were gathering it in their hands and aprons when one
of them, a boy, brought a coal of fire and threw it into the parcel upon
the ground which was in the midst of them. The powder ignited immediately
and burned seven of them in the most shocking manner. Two of them
died this morning, and the rest are so burned as to render their recovery
doubtful. . They are the children of two or three German families, names
not learned. . (3)
3 - H&G Mar. 30:2/5 - A Card - The undersigned would respectfully ask
leave in behalf of the families who by the melancholy accident of Sunday
night last, lost three of their children, to tender their warmest thanks
to all those who kindly contributed to their aid; and especially to the
physicians, who so ably exerted themselves to relieve the sufferers. Lewis
Stanislaus, W. Steinmeier, T. H. UmbstaeUer. (verbatim) (1)
4 - H&G May 1:2/2 - Orrin Thomas, whose mother lives in Buffalo and who
was employed a'S fireman, was ki lled on board the steamboat CLEVELAND
between Buffalo and this place yesterday. His head was struck by the
crank in its revolution and mangled in the most horrible manner. (3)
5 - H&G May 14:2/3 - A man, employed as a hand on board the steamboat
UNITED STATES, fell overboard just as the -UNITED STATES was leaving
the wharf on Saturday, and was drowned. His body has not been found.
(verbatim) (1)
6 - H&G May 28:2/1 - Mr. James S. Loves, bowsman on the canal boat
ADVANCE, accidently fell into the lock second north of Canal Dover last
week and was drowned. The deceased bore the character of a steady, industrious
young man, and the TELEGRAPH states his clothing, &c. will be
left at the warehouse of Messrs. Ransom, McNair and Company, Cleveland.
His relatives are supposed to reside in Boston. (verbatim) (2)
7 - H&G June 14:2/3 - We understand a house in Ohio City was struck with
Lightning this afternoon. Extent of injury not learned. (verbatim) (1)
8 - H&G June 25:2/3 - An inquest was held yesterday on the body of a
person unknown, found drowned in the river near the Columbus st. bridge
in the city of Cleveland. He was apparently about 20 years of age,
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