Duluth (MN) News-Tribune, September 19, 1906, p. 4. TRAIN CRASH: TWO KILLED Baltimore & Ohio Southern Flyer Strikes Side of Freight at Siding Bedford, Indiana, Sept. 18-Train No. 7, the westbound Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern flyer, crashed into the side of accommodation train No. 1 while the latter was attempting to back its train into a siding at Huron eight miles southwest of this place this afternoon. The engineer and fireman of the flyer were killed. One passenger and three mail clerks received slight injuries. The dead: Theodore Lehan, Seymour, Indiana, engineer of the flyer; J. Williams, Seymour, Indiana, fireman of the flyer. The engineer and fireman of the accommodation train jumped and saved their lives. Three mail clerks on the fast train received slight injuries. A woman passenger who refused to give her name was bruised.
Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer, June 4, 1891, p. 1. FIVE MEN KILLED BY A TERRIFFIC EXPLOSION NEAR BEDFORD, INDIANA Nothing Left of the Engine and Boiler, Parts of It Being Blown a Quarter of a Mile Indianapolis, June 3-A Special from Bedford, Indiana, says: "A sawmill engine located six miles west of here exploded this morning killing two men instantly and fatally injuring three others who have since died. The mill was owned by John and Joe Dusard of this place and is a total loss. Nothing is left of the engine and boiler. Part of it lies a quarter of a mile away from where the mill stood. "The killed are: Doe Kern, Edward Dusard, son of one of the proprietors, James Perkins, Granger Evans, all of Fayetteville; George Haden of Swiss City, Ind., the engineer who took charge this morning. Every stitch of clothing was stripped off two of the killed. "The engine and boiler were old ones, but all claim there was plenty of water in the boiler when it exploded. The loss is estimated at $2,000."
Kalamazoo (MICH) Gazette, June 27, 1903, p. 1. STONE QUARRIES STRIKE ENDS Hundreds of Men Return to Work at Bedford, Indiana Bedford, Indiana, June 26-The great strike in the stone quarries that has been on since May 1 and which crippled the building industry in many cities, ended when hundreds of men returned to work this morning. The agreement is the scale made by the operators May 1 which increases the wages of many and lowers that of a few.
Omaha (NE) World Herald, November 5, 1901, p. 3. WRECK ON MONON ROUTE Thirty Persons Injured at Passenger Station of Bedford, Indiana Bedford, Indiana, Nov. 4-A wreck occurred tonight on the Monon track at the passenger station in this city in which thirty persons were injured. A combination passenger and stone train running between Bedford and the Perry, Matthews and Buskirk Stone Company's quarries broke in two at the intersection of the Monon & Southern Indiana roads coming together a few minutes later with a crash. In the two passenger coaches were 100 quarry men and officials. Of this number, no less than thirty were bruised and injured by the collision, some of them seriously, if not fatally. Among the seriously hurt are: Andrew Lentz, quarry man; Michael Agnew, brakeman; and Edward Denniston, quarry man. All of these men were injured internally. John Torphy, superintendent of the mills, was badly cut. Many others were seriously bruised.
Duluth (MN) News-Tribune, February 9, 1919, Section 2, p. 2. THIS WOUNDED YANKEE "BURBANKED TO LIMIT," GOES BACK FOR MORE Bedford, Indiana, Feb. 8-Willis Whitlock, injured in France, is wondering what sort of a combination his frame will be when surgeons finish with him. He has: three inches of calf bone in one leg; two inches of sheep bone in one arm; Jewish blood infused into his veins and gone back to the hospital for more.
Click on this link http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.ha rrison/1272.1332.1.1.1/mb.ashx to learn some background details pertaining to the arrival of Frederick and Elizabeth Mauck in Harrison County, Indiana, in 1818 and a transcription of Frederick's will dated August 25, 1856, and admitted to probate on September 30, 1856. The information was placed on a Harrison County message board by donnatesch32.
Seymour Daily Republican, January 3, 1898, p. 3. John A. Ross has contracted with Charles H. Spray & Co. for a fine monument that is now being erected at the grave of Mr. Ross' mother in Riverview Cemetery.
Seymour Daily Republican, January 3, 1898, p. 3. The Crothersville Butter and Cheese Factory will be sold January 8, 1898, from the factory door. Terms of sale made known at time of sale.
Seymour Daily Republican, January 3, 1898, p. 3. F. H. Clark, who was adjudged of unsound mind, was today taken to the central insane hospital for treatment.
Seymour Daily Republican, January 24, 1898, p. 1. INTO THE OHIO RIVER Engine Falls from a Trestle at New Albany New Albany, Indiana, January 24-The high stage of the water in the Ohio was responsible for a railroad accident here yesterday that resulted in the death of two men and the injuring of two others. A part of the New Albany, Belt & Terminal Railroad skirts the riverbank on a steel trestle 20 feet high. The water had softened the earth about one of the pillars, and it became unsteady. A freight train had just reached the foot of Pearl Street when the steel support gave way. The locomotive toppled over the side of the trestle and fell into the river. The train was left standing on the trestle. Conductor John Burke of New Albany, and the brakeman, Harry Miller of Louisville, were killed. Engineer Henry Murphy of Howard Park, Indiana, and fireman Charles Hoan of Louisville were injured but not seriously
Seymour Daily Republican, January 21, 1898, p. 1. SALESMAN DROWNED Paoli, Indiana, January 21-E. T. Cross, a salesman for Trip Bros. of North Vernon, was drowned six miles south of here while crossing a stream. The horses were also drowned and were washed half mile downstream. Robert Tucker, the driver, narrowly escaped. The body of Cross has not been found. --------------------------------------------------- Seymour Daily Republican, January 24, 1898, p. 3. The funeral of the late Sherman Cross who drowned in the Lost River, Orange County, last Thursday, was preached at Houston Sunday by Eld. Thomas Jones and was largely attended.
New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 20, 1911. David A. Lagle died at his home in Blue River Township, Harrison County, after an illness of eleven years. He was a veteran of the Mexican War and of the Civil War.
New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 20, 1911. The fine new barn owned by Chris Elwanger of Jackson Township, Harrison County, was struck by lightning last Wednesday afternoon about two o'clock and was burned with all its contents, among which were two good horses, all his wheat crop and his bay. Loss $1,800, insurance $900.
New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 20, 1911. The house of Emery Clark, Corydon, was destroyed by fire. Loss $1,000.
A number of 1812 pension and bounty land applications for veterans of the War of 1812 are available free of charge at www.fold3.com. The information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from the documents available online for Henry Barker. Henry Barker enlisted in the War of 1812 at Vilona (sic), on May 11, 1812. It seems likely that Vilona is actually Vallonia in Jackson County, Indiana, which was formed in 1816 from several counties including Harrison. Barker served as a private under Capt. Paul French and was discharged June 10, 1812. On January 19, 1813, he married Elizabeth Willard in Harrison County. He died on August 22, 1846, in DuBois County. After the death of her husband, Elizabeth continued to reside for a time in Dubois Co. She was there as late as 1856. She later located in Carroll County, Indiana, and was there in 1878, 1883, 1885, and 1887. Bounty land was issued to her as was a widow's pension in May 1886.
A number of 1812 pension and bounty land applications for veterans of the War of 1812 are available free of charge at www.fold3.com. The information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from the documents available online for George Arnold. George Arnold served as a private under Capt. Richard Quinley in the War of 1812. He enlisted as a substitute for John Morgan on September 23, 1812, and was discharged October, 24, 1812. He received bounty land in compensation. On June 14, 1815, he married Elizabeth Stevens in Harrison County, Indiana. In 1850 and 1855, he was living in Harrison County, Indiana. In 1871 he was a resident of Otterville, Cooper County, Missouri.
New York Herald-Tribune, September 17, 1895, p. 1. NOTE: A very similar item appeared in a newspaper from San Jose, California, in which Dr. Ellwood was identified as Oversteel as opposed to Overstreet. It is not known which of the two spelling is correct. A DOCTOR SHOT FOR PRESCRIBING MORPHINE English, Indiana, September 16-Advices from Petrona, twelve miles from here, report the fatal shooting of Dr. Ellwood Overstreet by Thomas Beyers, one of his patients. The physician was treating Beyers for a spasmodic ailment for which he prescribed morphine that Beyers refused to take. Dr. Overstreet then undertook to administer the medicine by hypodermic injection upon which Beyers seized a revolver and shot him, the ball penetrating the abdomen. Beyers has become so violent that four men are required to keep him in bed.
Indiana State Journal, May 10, 1899, p. 5. KILLED BY AN AIR-LINE TRAIN English, Indiana, May 8-John H. smith was killed last night by an Air-line train three miles west of this place. He had attended church at the Crews schoolhouse Sunday night, afterwards going to Taswell. On his way home during the night he met his death. He was about 21 years old.
Many Dig for Buried Treasure in English San Jose (CA) Evening News, January 26, 1892, p. 4. DIGGING FOR BURIED TREASURE A tradition exists about English, Indiana, that the Wyandottes buried treasures of gold and silver which they stole from the early missionaries and other parties in that neighborhood, and occasionally the treasure hunters become a plague. One of these fevers is now "on." And as the country is underlaid with iron, the divining rods are leading the owners to dig until some of the fields look like newly planted graveyards. -Philadelphia Ledger.
San Jose (CA) Evening News, March 31, 1906, p. 8. IN SHADE OF OLD APPLE TREE English, Indiana, March 31-When the terrific storm uprooted an aged apple tree at the edge of the town, it exposed at the base a cache from which has been taken $8,000 believed to be part of $100,000 hidden forty years ago by George Patten. His relatives spaded up the ground near the tree and recovered $13,000 more. Patten was an eccentric character whose heart was broken by a robbery in which he lost heavily nearly fifty years ago. His losses and the injuries inflicted by the robbers affected his mind. He lived to be very old, and after the robbery never cut his hair, shaved or wore a coat. It was known that he was possessed of considerable money, but all efforts to get an inkling of its hiding place during his life were unavailing, and search after his death failed to reveal it. The family had abandoned the search until the wind blew over the apple tree and gave a line on the treasure.