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NEWS ITEMS
Rushville, Illinois--June 18, 1880, Ray item: Granville
BEIGHTOL died at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He was formerly of
Oakland Township. (Transcribed and contributed by
Sara Hemp, taken from the Rushville, Illinois Times newspaper.)Carroll County Arkansas Genealogy Trails BOY INJURED BY HAWK, Aug 6, 1860 BEIGHTOL DIES, June 18, 1880 HORRIBLE DEATH OF A WOODSMAN, Nov 8, 1881 ONE KILLED, 5 HURT IN CAR ACCIDENT, Sept 10, 1923 In
Carroll county, Ark., a few days ago, a hawk tore out the eyes of a
boy, who captured it in the act of carrying off a chicken.
--Trenton State Gazette, August 6, 1860. HORRIBLE DEATH OF A WOODSMAN
A terrible
accident is reported from Carroll county, Ark., in the northern part of
the state. Thomas Fultz, a laborer, had been engaged for some
weeks past in cutting sawlogs in the mountains. He erected a
temporary camp under the trees, and remained almost constantly in the
woods, returning at intervals to see his family. A night or two
ago a violent storm of wind swept through the mountains, destroying
vast tracts of timber. A large tree was blown across the rude hut
occupied by Fultz, who had retired and was sound asleep, leaving the
campfire still burning. A limb of the tree fell on the sleeping
man, pinning him to the earth, and wounding him fatally. He was
conscious, but unable to move, and his cries of agony could not be
heard, as he was in the midst of a lonely forest, miles away from human
habitation. To add fresh horrors to the calamity, the tree by
whose branches he was imprisoned took fire from the smouldering coals
of his camp fire. Fanned by the wind the flames spread rapidly,
quickly consuming the main body of the tree and spreading to the
branches. Fultz, held as by a vice, could do nothing, and the
fire soon reached him. When discovered by his friends he was
dead, both legs being burnt off and a large hole burned in his side.
--Jackson Citizen, Nov 8, 1881.
Fayetteville Democrat (Fayetteville, Arkansas) 1923 September 10
Contributed by Mary Wilson Eureka Springs, Sept 10--Mrs. Ballard, aged 70, was killed almost instantly,
and five other persons were injured when an automobile in which they were
making a tour of Arkansas- Missouri Ozarks wrecked at the foot of a hill three
miles from Eureka Springs at noon Saturday.
The injured are: Mr. Ballard, husband of the dead woman; Miss Dorothy
O'Bannon, aged 16, and Mrs Floyd O'Bannon. All lived at Buffalo, Mo.
Mrs. O'Bannon was driving the automobile down the Leatherwood hill on
Eureka Springs- Seligman highway when the brakes failed to hold and the car
crashed into the embankment. It was running about 50 miles an hour at the time
of the accident.
The body of Mrs. Ballard will be sent to Buffalo tomorrow.
The injured are in a local hospital.
This is the first fatal accident on the Eureka Springs-Seligman highway,
which was built four years ago.
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