Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union Advertiser
Oct. 21, 1864
THE ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT - The explosion of a mortar, used in firing shells for the Lincoln exhibition in front
of the Court House last night, inflicted serious injury upon a number of persons. B. B. CASSIDY, a young man in
feeble health, had a leg broken. He was taken to the Hospital. W. A. PLUMMER had a cat on his leg. Joseph EDGELL
was injured on the head. A boy named ZIMMER, another named ENGLEHARDT and others whose names we have not heard
were taken away from the scene of the disaster, more or less injured. None of the cases will prove fatal.
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