Sacramento County CA Archives News.....Sacramento Union July 14, 1891 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kellie Crnkovich markkell95@aol.com September 24, 2005, 3:47 am Sacramento Union July 14, 1891 Sacramento Record-Union Tuesday Morning July 14, 1891 A FATAL DIVE SAN FRANCISCO, July 13 - Early this morning a party of gentlemen, among whom was William C. BYRNE, went to Harbor View for the purpose of surf bathing. After disrobing they disported in the water for some tine, and finally Byrne mounted the springboard and dived into the bay. His companions saw him come to the surface, but he made no attempt to swim and quickly sank. Two of the party immediately went after him and between them managed to get him ashore, but he was then dead and the Coroner’s deputies were notified. At the time Byrne made his dive the tide was out and the water was only seven feet deep. In diving the unfortunate man struck upon hid head, breaking his neck. He was a native of Missouri and 29 years of age. The deceased had no relatives in this city, but it is understood that his aged mother lives in the interior of the State, supposedly near Wheatland. DROWNED IN SONOMA CREEK SONOMA, July 13 - Charles OAKLEY, an employe on the HYDE ranch, was drowned in Sonoma Creek, about forty yards below the drawbridge, yesterday afternoon. The deceased was in swimming with two companions, and while endeavoring to swim across the stream was taken with cramps and sank to the bottom when within ten feet of the bank. His body was recovered about an hour after the drowning in sixteen feet of water. The deceased was a native of Sweden and aged 30 years. BURNED TO DEATH Mrs. Hoober Loses Her Life in a Fire Near Napa NAPA, July 13 - Further particulars were brought to town to-day of the burning of the farmhouse of W.B. BELCHER last evening, three miles east of this city, and the burning to death of Mrs. HOOBER. Mr. and Mrs. N. Hoober were employed by Mr. Bachelder on the ranch, and while Mr. Bachelder and Mr. Hoober were engaged in the milk-house, a short distance from the dwelling, they heard an explosion, and upon going to the door found the dwelling in flames. They knew Mrs. Hoober had been in there getting supper, but when they reached the place the fire had such a start that they could not enter the house, and they saw Mrs. Hoober enveloped in flames within. It is presumed she was filling lamps, or else had undertaken to brighten the fire with coal oil, and it exploded and set the whole place on fire. The property loss was not large, probably a few hundred dollars. There was no insurance. SKIN GRAFTING The Operation Performed on Railway Mail Clerk Daggett. SAN FRANCISCO, July 13 - Mrs. Lucy PRATT, a young widow, to-day sold forty-five square inches of her skin for one hundred dollars. A strip of skin, nine by five inches, was cut from her body by the surgeons, and grafted onto the leg of William A. DAGGETT, railway mail clerk, who was frightfully injured in the railroad accident at Port Costa. His right leg was terribly burned, and the wound would not heal, and as a last resort skin grafting was resorted to. W.G. McGREGOR, a fellow clerk of the sufferer, volunteered to make the sacrifice, but when he learned the amount of skin needed, backed out. Mrs. Pratt is one of the trained nurses at the hospital for children and training school for nurses. She has three children, and needed the money, so she offered to furnish the necessary amount of skin. She submitted bravely to the operation, which was successfully performed, and was paid $100 for her sacrifice. Suicide at Ashland, Oregon ASHLAND (Or.), July 13 - Dr. L. TOWNSEND committed suicide this morning. He blew his brains out with a shotgun. He has been living here for many years and was aged about sixty-two. The cause of the deed was mental depression, consequent on an effort to sober up after a long drinking spell. Died From the Effects of His Wounds MODESTO, July 13 - Frank ALBERT, who was stabbed by H.F. FULLER at the Long ranch on Wednesday last with a pocket knife, died this morning from the effect of his wounds. Fuller is in jail. Justice TOWNES went to the scene this afternoon to hold an inquest. Five Years at the Reform School SANTA ROSA, July 13 - Adolf FRAKER, a lad nine years old, who put carbolic acid in the coffee of a man he worked for on a ranch near Windsor, was committed to- day to the Whittier Reform School in Los Angeles County for five years. George Francis Train PORTLAND, July 13 - George Francis Train arrived here to-day on his circuit around the globe. He has been on the road sixty-one days. He left this afternoon for Puget Sound. Found Dead in His Cell PORTLAND (Or.), July 13 - John DALY, a prisoner confined in the city jail, was found dead in his cell this morning. He was serving sentence for drunkenness. It is thought death was due to alcoholism. At the Point of Death SAN DIEGO, July 13 - Colonel Wm. G. DICKINSON, General Manager of the Land and Town Company, and one of the best known citizens in Southern California, is lying at the point of death in this city. Sonoma’s High School SONOMA, July 13 - Sonoma is to have a high school, it being so decided at an election held here Saturday, the majority of the votes cast being in favor of it. 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