Tippenhauer Fire
The Daily Commonwealth, November 6, 1879, page 4
NEWPORT
Robert Meyers, a young boy employed in Bonte's
rope works, Dayton, yesterday, had his armcaught in a jenny breaking it in three
pieces.
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A man, thought to be a Mr. Dickerson, a
stranger in the city, who had come over to visit some friends, by accident fell
down the steps leading from the railroad bridge to Front street, severely
cutting his head and otherwise injuring himself.
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Early yesterday morning half a carload of coal
was stolen from what is known as the Walnut Switch, at the head of York street,
the coal being the property of Swift's mill. The residents in the vicinity
report having seen it carried off by the barrow and bucket full during the
night.
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Last Tuesday evening a five year old daughter of Mr. Edward Tippenhauer was so severely burned at her home on Liberty street, near York as to die of her injuries yesterday. She had been left in the home alone while the parents were absent. Her clothes caught fire from a grate.