Daniel Chadwick kills a snake, 1873
New Jersey Courier 25 Sep 1873
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Ambrose Bird suicide, 1873
New Jersey Mirror Oct 23 1873: A young man named Ambrose Bird committed suicide by hanging himself in the barn of William Tilton, near Jacobstown, on Sunday evening. He had been drinking during the day, and when he left his comrades, about 10 P. M.; he said it was the last time they would see him alive, as he intended to kill himself that night. He was found next morning, dead, as stated. He had used two halter leads and was in a sitting position when found. He was brought up on the farm of Mr. Tilton, but has been working at carpentering in Allentown for some time past. Crazed with liquor is the only cause assigned for the act.
news from Bricksburg, 1873
New Jersey Courier April 10 1873 On Wednesday last, just after the 3 o'clock p.m. freight line had left the station and was nearly opposite the foundry buildings, Robert Hoft, a boy eleven years of age, son of Herman Hoft, one of the employees at the foundry, was caught under the wheel of the rear car and his right arm crushed and mangled in a shocking manner. His two brothers, one two years older and the other younger, were near him at the time of the accident and state that he attempted to get on the car by catching hold and clinging to the iron hand rods and the speed of the train, thouugh not running at a swift rate, threw him on the track and under the forward wheel of the truck. Dr. Gordon amputated the arm, assisted by Dr. Chase. The fracture extended so far above the elbow that amputation had to me made very near the shoulder and consequently increased danger of a fatal result, or more protracted time for recovery.
Mill accident in Bricksburg, 1873
New Jersey Courier 10 Apr 1873 William Messler, a young man employed in the mill, was caught in a belt and thrown with great violence through an aperture in the floor or partition, causing a fracture of one arm and a dislocated shoulder, with severe bodily injuries. Dr. Chase was sent for immediately, but being engaged with Dr. Gordon in the amputation of Mr. Hoft's son some delay occurred before he could attend to Mr. Messler. The case received the earliest possible attention, however, and the injured man is doing well and likely to recover.
Train accident in Bricksburg, 1873
New Jersey Courier 10 Apr 1873 On Wednesday last, just after the 3 o'clock p.m. freight line had left the station and was nearly opposite the foundry buildings, Robert Hoft, a boy eleven years of age, son of Herman Hoft, one of the employees at the foundry, was caught under the wheel of the rear car and his right arm crushed and mangled in a shocking manner. His two brothers, one two years older and the other younger, were near him at the time of the accident and state that he attempted to get on the car by catching hold and clinging to the iron hand rods and the speed of the train, thouugh not running at a swift rate, threw him on the track and under the forward wheel of the truck. Dr. Gordon amputated the arm, assisted by Dr. Chase. The fracture extended so far above the elbow that amputation had to me made very near the shoulder and consequently increased danger of a fatal result, or more protracted time for recovery
Death of Emma Kirkbride, 1873
New Jersey Mirror 16 Jan 1873 On the 3d instant, at Absecon, Mrs. EMMA C. KIRKBRIDE, wife of Dr. Stacy B. Kirkbride.