Republican Advocate Batavia, Genesee County, New York State June (_) 1822 # 3 Melancholly accidents.-On Saturday last the following accident happened at Lima, in this county:-A Mr. LAWRENCE, of Alexander, Genesee county, was returning from Bloomfield, where he had been on a visit, with his wife and two children, when the youngest child, by some sudden exertion, sprang from the arms of its mother, and fell over the side of the waggon, in such a situation that the wheels passed over its body. Surgical aid was called, but it survived but an hour and a half. On Sunday last, a number of lads were bathing in a mill pond in the town of York, when one of them, a nephew of a Mr. FISK, with whom he lived, waded beyond his depth, & being unable to swim, was drowned before any assistance could reach him. He was about sixteen years of age. -'Livingston Gaz.' * submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************