FATAL CASUALTIES/ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
LABAN ARNOLD was fatally injured by the premature explosion of a rock he was blasting, and died Sept. 16, 1837, about 24 hours after the accident.
WILLIAM BAYLIES ARNOLD, aged about 8 years, was drowned July 5, 1847 in Burt's Brook, a short distance above Lincoln's Furnace.
DAVID BERRY, while bathing, was drowned in the Copper-works Pond, June 28, 1845, aged about 25.
DANIEL BRAMAN, aged 39, died Nov. 1, 1758, from injuries received a few days previous in a cidermill.
THOMAS BRAMAN died April 29, 1833, from injuries received a few weeks previous by falling from a ladder in his barn.
LYDIA BURT, while reading the Bible, in December, 1802, was taken in a fit, and fell into the fire, and was so badly burned that she soon died.
DAVID L. CARVER, was instantly killed on the Stoughton Railroad, by the accidental "dumping" of a loaded dirt-car while he was under it, March 13, 1845, aged 36.
DAVID CHAPMAN, of Easton, while skating within the limits of Norton, in the winter of 1854, was drowned.
ASAHEL DEAN, of Norton, while riding in the town of Bellingham, was thrown from his carriage, and killed, June 10, 1829.
JOHN FREEMAN is supposed to have been frozen to death in the westerly part of the town, Jan. 29, 1841, aged 45.
MISS GARY, an insane woman, disappeared in the autumn of the year 1782, and is supposed to have died from exposure. The next spring, her body was found by some children, between some large rocks now partly in the Barrowsville Millpond, on the northerly side. From this circumstance, they were called the "Gary Rocks."
SETH GILBERT, aged sixty-two, was run over by an ox-cart, and died Oct. 3, 1788, a few days after the accident.
PETER GILLET, while bathing near the 'Gary Rocks," in the Barrowsville Millpond, was drowned July 11, 1823.
GEORGE GODFREY, was killed in a cider-mill, Oct. 15, 1810.
DANIEL GOODWIN fell from a load of hay, and was so badly hurt that he died July 13, 1830, a few days after the fall.
AMHERST GUILD, of this town, was choked to death, while eating on the muster-field at Attleborough, Oct. 11, 1822, aged about thirty-eight.
EPHRAIM HODGES, aged about forty, was drowned, while on a whaling voyage, about 1768.
SETH HODGES was found dead in his barn, Nov. 17, 1851; and is supposed to have fallen from the high scaffold.
DAVID KEEFE, aged eighteen months, child of Edward Keefe, died March 19, 1855, from the effects of burns received by his clothes taking fire.
DAVID KEEFE, son of Edward Keefe, aged two years, was run over by the cars (which were out of time), and instantly killed, a short distance above the depot, Oct. 13, 1857.
SIMEON LANE was struck by lightning, and instantly killed, July 14, 1835, while driving his team with a load of hay from the field. One of the oxen was also killed.
MARIETTA LANE, aged thirteen months, daughter of Charles D. Lane, died April 10, 1851, in consequence of turning a teapot full of hot water upon her face and breast about three weeks previously.
HORACE M. LEONARD, while returning from Taunton, Nov. 28, 1848, fell from a loaded wagon, which passed over him, killing him instantly.
LLOYD S. LINCOLN, aged 31, was thrown from his wagon, and killed, Jan. 24, 1834, aged 23.
LUTHER LINCOLN died March 31, 1848, from injuries received by being thrown from his carriage upon the sidewalk at Taunton about two weeks previously.
REBECCA MACOMBER, daughter of Josiah Macomber, aged about 5 years, fell into a tub of hot water, and was so badly scalded that she died March 31, 1827, about 24 hours after the accident.
DANIEL O. MAKEPEACE, aged 10 years, son of Lysander O. Makepeace, was drowned July 26, 1851, in Rumford River, back of his father's house.
JOHN MARLEY, aged 21 months, son of Michael Marley, was drowned in the canal at the Copper Works, July 26, 1858.
FAUGAS MCCAFFREY, aged about 6 years, son of Thomas McCaffrey, was drowned in the canal at the Copper Works, Sept. 28, 1856.
WATSON MOREY, (a colored man) about the year 1811, in the summer season, was drowned in the Barrowsville Mill Pond.
WILLIAM NEWCOMB was burnt to death in his house, March 17, 1790, aged 68.
EPHRAIM RICHMOND, son of Holmes Richmond, aged about 3 years, was burnt to death about the year 1817.
SMITH, about the year 1798, a child of Laban Smith was scalded to death.
HARRIET M. STANLEY,(daughter of Benjamin D. Stanley), who was, with her brother, burning brush near the Barrowsville Mill Pond, May 10, 1855, accidentally set her clothes on fire, and was so shockingly burned that she died in two or three hours.
THOMAS SWEET, of this town (the scaffolding giving way), fell from a factory on which he was at work, in Smithfield, R.I., and died Aug. 23, 1828, a few hours after the catastrophe.
MERCY ANN SWEET, wife of Cyril S. Sweet, while preparing breakfast, Oct. 30, 1855, by some means set her clothes on fire, and survived the accident less than 24 hours.
CHARLES W. WETHERELL, aged 9 years, died March 14, 1784, from injuries received by a fall on the ice while skating a short time previous.
ELIJAH WETHERELL fell through the floor of a sawmill (near Augustus Lane's ) into the pit below, and, from the injuries received, died March 23, 1786, aged forty-seven.
NASON WHITE, was choked to death while eating his dinner, Jan. 17, 1832, aged 32.
JOSEPH WILLIAMS, aged 31, fell from the scaffolding of a new barn upon which he was at work, Nov. 7, 1744, and was so much injured that he died on the evening following. His was the first recorded accidental death in the town of Norton.
ASA WOODWARD, child of David Woodward, aged four years, was killed by the fallling of the wall upon it, Sept. 6, 1825.
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