Death, Accidental

Death, Accidental

Aeschylus

dramatist killed when an eagle dropped a turtle on his bald head, thinking it a rock. [Gk. Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 13]

Ahab, Captain

whipped out of his boat by a flying harpoonleen. [Am. Lit.: Melville Moby Dick]

Bosinney, Philip

distraught by a revelation, is run over in a London fog. [Br. Lit.: The Forsyte Saga]

Bridge of San Luis Rey

primitive bridge in Peru breaks, hurling five people to their deaths. [Am. Lit.: Bridge of San Luis Rey]

Havisham, Miss

burned to death in her old house. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Great Expectations]

Sikes, Bill

fleeing pursuers, hangs himself with the rope he was using to escape. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Oliver Twist]

Solness, Halyard

becomes dizzy on the tower of his new home and falls to his death. [Nor. Drama: Ibsen The Master Builder in Magill II, 643]

Wilson, Myrtle

escaping from the house where she has been locked up by her husband, she is killed by a speeding car. [Am. Lit.: Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby]

Yeobright, Eustacia

falls into a lake and drowns, as does Wildeve in an attempt to save her. [Br. Lit.: Hardy The Return of the Native]