1848.  July  27,  four  members  of  the  family  of  Dea.  Andrew

Dodge  were  killed  by  the  blowing  down  of  a  house
during  a  fearful  storm  of  wind  and  rain.  (For  further
particulars  see  Dodge  Gen.)  It  was  the  greatest  calam-
ity that  ever  happened  in  toAvn.
1853.  December  11,  Hiram  Coburn  of  Cornish  was  drowned  in

New  York,  aged  twenty-nine.
1854.  March  26,  Jonathan  E.  Tasker,  aged  thirty,  fell  from  a

building  near  Windsor  bridge,  receiving  injuries  ter-
minating fatally.
1856.  July  4,  Edna  L.  Weld,  aged  three,  daughter  of  John  and
Anna  (Bartlett)  Weld,  fell  through  a  hole  in  a  bridge
in  the  "City,"  striking  on  the  rocks  below,  fracturing
1  er  skull.    She  died  on  the  following  day.
198  HISTORY  OF  CORNISH.
1856.  July  26,  Carter  0.  Strong,  aged  nineteen,  was  drowned

while  bathing  in  mill-pond  at  the  "City"  in  the  even-
ing; probably  was  taken  with  the  cramps.  Was  a  mem-
ber of  the  family  of  the  Kenyon  brothers.
1857.  July  19,  a  little  daughter  of  Israel  Foster  Weld,  aged  two

years,  was  killed  by  a  cart  body  falling  upon  and  crush-
ing her.
1858.  February  5,  Arthur  M.  Wyman,  aged  thirteen,  son  of

Milton  Wyman,  was  sliding  in  the  field  near  his  school-
house,  when  his  sled  struck  a  pile  of  frozen  manure,
breaking  it,  and  a  portion  of  it  was  driven  into  his  body
several  inches.  From  the  effects  of  this  he  died  after
a  few  hours  of  extreme  suffering.
1865.  March  18,  John  C.  Shedd,  a  boy  of  fourteen  years,  was

drowned  in  a  freshet.
1866.  October  22,  Mary  Treat,  only  child  of  Edward  Kimball,

aged  two  years  and  six  months,  fell  into  a  pail  of  scald-
ing water,  from  the  effects  of  which  she  soon  died.
Sorrow  stricken,  the  parents  left  town.
