Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Friday, August 10, 1906
Charles Haines, the baby son of H. J. Haines of Urbana, Ia., was pecked about the head and face so viciously by a blue jay which attacked him while he was playing that his death resulted. The child fought desperately to drive the bird away and was almost exhausted when his mother reached his side. […]
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Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, August 6, 1906
Reports from Labrador state that five persons were killed and eaten by savage dogs of that coast during the last winter. These dogs, which have largely interbred with wolves, have frequently killed people heretofore. One of the victims last winter was a man, aged thirty-five, and the others his wife, daughter and granddaughter.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Monday, January 29, 1855
A most singular and fatal occurrence took place at the house of Mr. B. M. Morris on Eighth, between Main and Cary streets, about two weeks since. We learn from the Post that about six months ago, a negro woman, in the employment of Mr. Morris, heard her child cry in the next room to […]
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Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Tuesday, June 6, 1854
The train on the Canada road going east on Friday evening ran over a cow, and the locomotive, baggage car and first passenger car, were thrown down an embankment. Six persons were instantly killed, and four persons so much injured as to die the same night. Names not given. Other persons injured were taken to […]
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Friday, December 27, 2013
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Friday, June 17, 1853
The N. O. Creasant of the 28th ult., has the following: Yesterday pursuant to public notice, came off at Gretna, opposite the Fourth District, the long heralded fight between the famous grizzly bear General Jackson [victor in fifty battles] and the Attakapas bull Santa Anna. The fame of the coming conflict had gone forth to […]
Friday, December 27, 2013
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Wednesday, June 22, 1853
At a recent bull-fight in Paris eleven horses were killed.
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Friday, December 27, 2013
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Tuesday, October 4, 1853
A piece of outrageous cruelty was lately committed upon two noble horses in Oramel, Allegany county, New York. They were raced 80 miles for a stake of $4000, the winning horse making the distance in eight hours and eight minutes, including stoppages, and the other dying in less than a hour after the race.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Friday, November 16, 1855
From the Hartford Courant. We noticed the systematic attack made by rats in New Haven, on some children, each singling out his victim, and jumping with a simultaneous squeal upon the little girls playing in a yard. A little boy of two years was caught by the knee, and held until the child’s grandfather went […]
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Wednesday, August 29, 1855
The train of cars on the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis road, going south, on Thursday evening last ran into a flock of sheep about one mile and a half from Joliet, belonging to R. Zarley, killing and injuring about two hundred. The sheep were lying about the track near a curve, and consequently could […]
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Thursday, September 16, 1852
Letters from Smyrna, of the 26th of July, give an account of a terrible disaster which occured at Adalia some days before. A furious wolf suddenly appeared in the midst of the market place, and bit several persons most severely, but taking fright at the cries which arose at all sides, he jumped over a […]