Dreadful Accident. On the night of Saturday last as the wife of an Irishman named James Costelloe residing in Alabama, attempted to light a lamp containing that dangerous compound known as burning fluid, an immediate explosion took place, by which the woman and child, some 18 months old that had been fastened in a rocking chair, close by, were at once enveloped in flames. The victims were the only inmates of the house, at the time of the accident, but fortunately a man who lived about 80 rods distant, in passing from his farm heard the screams of the mother. He immediately rushed toward the house and as he approached, h e saw her still in flames standing at the door holding the child in her arms. The maternal impulse triumphing over the instinct of self preservation had urged her to rush to the rescue of her child form which she had torn the clothing, but losing her presence of mind in the horrors of the moment, she continued to press it to her burning bosom with fatal tenderness. The ! child died at 5 o'clock next morning, but the mother under the care of Doctor Nolton of this village will probably recover. The immediate cause of the explosion was the absence of the wick from one of the burners of the lamp when ignition was attempted. Cary, Nov. 25, 1861. Children Drowned.-We learn from the Le Roy Gazette, that two little girls aged 4 and 6 years, children of Barney McCarral, of that place, were drowned in the creek at that place, on the 20th ult., in consequence of their venturing too far upon the ice. They were brought to this place for burial. MARRIED. In Bergen, on the 27th, by Rev. L. W. Billington, Joseph VALLETT of Stafford, and Miss Sarah E. TUTTLE, of the former place. ~Republican Advocate, December 3-1861 submitted by Linda "The Poor House and the People," ~The Lives of Those Who Lived at the Genesee County Almshouse in Bethany During the Nineteenth Century~ ~For further information, or to place an order, contact: Linda [email protected] Web-Page Editor: BETHANY ~ Its Past and Present ~ http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml Contributor for the BUFFALO and Western NYS Website: www.buffalonian.com ~ History Through Newspapers Contributor/transcriber for Build-a-Books-Online, Celebration of Women Writers: http://www.digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ Tails, Wings and Leaves~My Personal Web-Page, a work-in-progress http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/