Show ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT in the obituary column ot of to kodys ula uia dys dyb ays la paper will be found the notice of a boys death deaths at american fork by the explosion of a bombshell I 1 we had hoped that the publication of fatal accidents to children from playing with I 1 firearms firearms and with the missiles of death would long ere this have taught parents valuable lessons in prudence and led to greater watchfulness ful fui ness but with it all we are again called upon to chronicle a most distressing and fatal I 1 accident resulting in the death of the oldest boy of a respected citizen and with the knowledge led e of the circumstances before us we are thankful that the accident was attended with no more serious results from a communication received from mr olsen the father of the boy it seems that an 1 old eld bombshell had been lying ly ingin in a neighboring n lot which his hia youngest boy a little over three years of age had bad rolled over to his homeard home bome and with other boys duning during 0 the after noon of the accident used it in pay mrs olsen oisen observing them with it called the boys aw away ay but about dusk the eldest boy brought it into the house and placed it on the hearth the was undress undressing ind the youngest boy at the fireside baby was in the cradle and 1 another boy was sitting 0 by it rocking him the father had just returned home fatigued from his labor and bad only sat down aown a few minutes to rest when by some mean means enmen tinned in the letter to us the shell exploded right in the midst of the family grouped around the fi eside the father writes that be he was bewildered and donned dunned and well be he I 1 might be for he had bad DO no knowledge of such a deadly missile being near them th the e house I 1 cau caught bt fire the eldest boy screamed with agony and every thing was in f fearful earful uproar when the terror had bad in a manner subsided subside dt 1 the eldest boy was found mortally dj dr tait was immediately in attendance and extracted a piece of the she shell from the boys thigh about a pound and ahalt abaft a half baft in weight weights the effiec effects ts of which and the bruises of 0 wis hla bea hea head bead and body he diell dieli in about four hours after W waida warah ardai A fragment of the shell struck the chair on which mr air olsen qisen was seated another fragment struck the cradle a third piece cut orf off fr half of the sole of the other boys shoe and the bulk cf the shell passed through the wi window lidow smashing everything in its Us way ur olsen concludes his letter to us with an expression of tsalik thankfulness falness for the miraculous escape of bis big family a sentiment in which many will share we should suppose that brother and sister olsen bad no knowledge of the shell being loaded but we cannot think that every person feels aa as free from responsibility how any person the first that handled the shell could be ignorant of its I 1 condition we are at a loss losa to comprehend and how it codd cowd be af after er that left anywhere ly in ing t around is still as problematical |