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Full Title	The Days' doings, v. VII, no. 174, September 30, 1871.
Date Added	6 March 2014
Format	Newspaper
Language	English
Publish Date	1871-09-30
Publisher	New York : Days' Doings Co.
Source	Dime Novels and Popular Literature
Topic	Popular literature > United States > 19th century > Periodicals. New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > Periodicals.
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OCR L .f. . , .- 7:! .- A’ . i y N.!iRI.0W ESCAPE OF: KIKO VICTOR EMMANUEI. WHILE HUNTING.-IIIS MAJESTY ATTACKED BY TWO WILD BOABS D! THE VALLEY OF ADSTA. Narrow Escape of King Victor mmnnuel. i Knm Vrcron Exlrattuzn had 3 narrow escapl from being ltillrd while hunting recently in the wood ol Valsnvaranche, in the Vslloy or Aoslla. He was suddenly attacked by two wild bolus, one or which ripped open, with its tuslt, the stomach of the King‘: horse. His Mnjesty was saved ty his units. but received a slight wound in the thigh. We give an illnetntion or this nccident to the King while following his favorite sport. Attack upon a Woman by :1 Performing Bear. - Aussrunwohndu nhmed Sheepwssh, the other day, w ‘ls ‘tnessing the arrangements tor a is upon his hind legs, he thrust his psws upon the woman’: back, piercing hsr shswl sud dress, ind tearing a deep wound below the left shoulder. e erer is expecting her connnsinnnt, and it is lesrsd the emzct ot the attack will bi: serious. Eccentric Sl1icide,ot' an Acrobat. I:l..l.-uovrlv musiohnll and circus acrobnt, has committed suicide in an eccentric lntl protes- aionsl msnnor. l For some trivinl crime he was detained in s House 0! Correction in Illinois, and this other norning. while being conducted to his cell nlnng he top gallery of the left wing of the prison, he nn a law pnces before the warder in vlhoso clnrgs he who, and, after turning round and lalghing, suddenly turned s summerssult over thzrnillngs, sud lells distance ol thirty-lour lent. He was It once taken to the Infirmary, where he exptrd ten minutes Ilt-:1 the occurrence. The uvidtnoe 0! the warrior WI! corroborated by a prisoler who was passing along the gsllsry when the de.-arsed threw himself over the railing. The inn. II-lter n short deliberation, returned 3 verdict . lhst dbeasod destroyed his own life while in rt state oftcmponry lnsnnity. Exciting Adventure ‘on the Alps. “'2 her‘: this week illustrated an exciting inci- dentwhich‘ hns occurred in the valley or Liridt, in Eastern twitzerland. A party of gentlemen determined ti tscena the Tovli, or PE: Buslirl, one 0! the most conspicuous mountains in that dis- trict They her the arnnhorn unt, hnllt by the Swiss Alpine tflnb, where thsy hsd passed the night, the rain hlnwing very violontly, snd reached the Gllcler ol Blirerton mcr u very In- Iisninz wk of ‘hres hours, the reshn making tho snow so sort that their feet lsuk deep into it at no she “ Cl: rrathlng a precipitous and wide crevasse, l whleh stopped their rurther vrcgross, two I)‘ the party want. some way along it to see ifit grew any nsrruwur; but their weight eenssd A lnrlze mass olshow on which they were standing to give way, and they were both pitched headlong into the opening. Their companions, who were suN- eiently near to. see the accident, were etupellad with honor, and were some time hstore they he- came sumciently collected to loan sny plan delivering their unfortunate friends, ll they were still tlivs, of which they entertained hut slight hopcs,owing tothe depth to which theyhnd lnllau. On cautiously drsvrlng near the edge or the precipice, howsvsr, nud ehoutinz down, they st lennth heard 1 lseble cry, which assured them 8 -1 that both at least were not killed, an lasing‘ pro? video with siont cords, they jnlnetitssvsrhl to- gether, so as to make u rope eig my feet long, use thrsw it down; hut it was issue to ho much too short. They then added another piece, sixty tset long, ind on lowering th ope once more were delighted to tind that it rencbsd the bottom sud hscnns tightened, nssuring lhsm thst it line been caught hold of by their friends. Alter more than nn hour's labor they sucoeeded in drswlng both gentlemen from their dreadful position, who stated that they owed their ssfely to tho snlxcnsd now which the wind had driltcd into rue cro vassa, emhlinz them to breuk the violence or their fall. . . ‘ ‘ ' nrsoazrcsnrxz as a naonceyrc yr.“-nnsn.-rel: zxrmslon or man -ronrroohs xx sr::.z;:da:: turn, 3. r.-srz nor. 3. Dresdfulhont Accident at Bls.l:lr7ws.l].” ‘ I‘ W: record the osnurrenco or a shooting mi. dent toa pleasure psrty on the riverTlihnles at t. Two indies Ind four gentlemen sngsgod 5 beat at Wupplnlz-stairs, and er-riving nt Blseltwsll, changing places. the bout capsizod, and the whole of them were in an Lnstlnt strug- sws r. lthongh the most slrenuous enileuvorn were. made to rescue the party, four of them, including the two ladies, wers drown . , One of the deceased indies, aged twenty-one, was mcetllle at the time L‘? her death. More Railroad Victims. rnnstslz accident occurred between nine and ten o'clock on the morning of Sept. 10. at the crossing of the St. Louis Ind Valldnlis Bnilrold and Collihsville plank-rosd, two miles from East st. Louis. A party or picnickers, composed of sixteen adults sud several children went in s largo lumi- turn wagon to spend the dsym Illinois. at the crossing of the railroad track at the point nnined they were struck by the excursion trntn going to nighlsnd. Teresa! the inmates or the wsgon were killed others were slightly injured. only thrrn ol the entire pnrty escaped nnhnrt. At the point where the accident occurred there is A than view of the rsilrosd for B mile lo the west, and some tour mils. to the asst; but Imus or the p-rty snw or heard the epprorshinr trliir, although the engineer blew the whistle nnvl run; the be This is accounted for by the fuck that the wind was high sun the whole petty singing. The horses were the first to discover the dim. e As they stopped from the truck they lie. ohms frightened. One sprang forward, Irhila tllll other hung hack. and between them the wtgon casino to A deed halt. ' Just at this mom:-nttttu eneino struck. ' Ono horse was torn nearly to yieces. The we- gun was broken to splinters. rhs triin was stopped, sud all possible sseistauco rendered to this wounded. V la: wrre procured and the dour! and in- jurcd brought to the city and conveyudto their nlr. homes or to hospll A cut: for mills (feminine)-Hilh.

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