Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Sick List Newspaper Gleanings
Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Sick List Newspaper Gleanings
January 8, 1882?
As John McNalty, an employee, at Sproat's Mills, Lambertville, was reaching from a ladder to arrange a belt, by some cause the belt lapped around a revolving shaft, pulling a section of another shaft from its position, the shaft striking and breaking the ladder, throwing McNalty upon some machinery, badly bruising his breast and otherwise injuring him.
The Glen Gardner correspondent of the Hunterdon Republican says: John Ray, our barber, while crossing the railroad track on his way home, a few nights ago, became exhausted and lay down across the track to recover. He was found by his wife, who was on the search for him, and timely rescued from having his body severed by an approaching train.
January 11, 1882 - A five year old boy, son of Jonathan Haines, of Ringoes, had the misfortune to run a pointed stick in his eye, on Sunday last. It caused the loss of the eye.
January 15, 1882-William Smith, of Hunterdon county, is recovering from the wound received at the hands of his wife a few weeks ago, and is not dead as reported. It was also reported that Mr. Smith had made confession of several burglaries committed during the past few years; this is also false.
*Dr. Wm. J. Poulson, of Flemington, slipped on the pavement in front of his residence last Sunday evening spraining his ankle so severely that he has been confined to the house ever since the accident.
January 25, 1882
*On Tuesday morning Mrs. Nathaniel T. Rittenhouse stepped up on a chair to hang a picture on the wall, and not being able to reach she raised her foot to step on the table, when the chair turned and threw her to the floor. In falling she struck her arm on the edge of another chair, breaking it just below the shoulder joint. Drs. Reiley and Deemy were called and rendered the necessary surgical air, and she is doing well now.-Frenchtown Enterprise
March 8, 1882 - The Lambert Beacon says: "On Wednesday Martin Pidcock, of New Hope, met with a severe accident while at work at the Lambertville Iron Works. It appears that a heavy leather belt broke and swung around striking him across the nose, inflicting a deep wound. It is thought that the sight of one eye is destroyed. Medical attention was given and he was conveyed to his home."
May 10, 1882 - Mr. Howell Scarborough, residing about one mile north of Lambertville, became insane and was taken to the asylum at Trenton for treatment.
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