The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-12-04
Crimes and Casualties.

RAILROAD DISAsgEEs-At syracuse, on ~'-'i'
day, the slst ult, the foremost locomotive Of a
very heavy freight tray, exploded, with terrible
uoise liang the su,re .oeoao,i,e from the track,
ard instantly killing Jas, Morgan, The engineer
The watch of he deceased Vas found in a lof'
iul. 200 feet FROM tie sc,ne Of the disaster.
\ serious railway collision occurred IN the
Lids Miami toso. near Corvin, o, W lie Il n
0lt. The locomotive Of one train was Owen INTO
the other With n,uSh foFce that 1t took al he
power that could BE b5ougl; to hgsr several
bours - stpera;e theR. One passengers, py.
Hartley, ogrhiAJsl?his, WAS nearly 6,lleI. aai
$4,000 wg;h fgoods destroyed.
On tie ls,h ut, few niles FEN P,,i,ba,sh.
tie aecomnojsyiou ,sain was pysejp.;a;ei down
bank 80 ce', bsjy iaicr.ps ,ls eus,a,e, sna
srensn, FStuaa,ely tie Yas,cTs ser ,.ls tsc-a.e
detached il time not to 81 over
A: AIb~y same day, d iscjsA, ,ysn r-a into
drove Of cattle Ssyeu;Sea head were Killed,
three cars totally smashed, tie teul,r th-ovu
on the loceD0,,ve, and tvh JI.Yea iass sand
taEE. Soloiy sa..
LAEe AND E,Ez D..Asrtss--Tlra fearful
storm which swept over the lake. during ,he2i
week IN NV. brought SORROW and lesoA.ioa 70
maay kmrh Some sAty lives are Knew 20
have been b.t ur,,t 81 .ae'a suddenly engalphei
Tie r7op,''cr on,il. vs.. los, between DaT,
10 aai Durkhk. u.sh- I'll 90 b9arj--s,ns IS
sogls- The .aau boit With her books and pa
psFs, ala;ed shore, She had heavy ,s-.o.
Tie s,var,r Hrpt,s Hudson. lavu, large
number Ct aos,oa b,>ri vea, TO risss. between
Cleveland and Bgs.o Her upper ds,k Wa.
seen h,alns in the I-s,, with number q dead
hog. abostit.
Tie s.lr. Easle was lot near tie entrance If
Grand RIVER hs'tcr 30; ty tie ird,fs,yablc ,x
er'icn' cfihe Cap. AMI crew Ct the sclr Con
sress- tie crew, ,s,,p, one hand were saved
The ssam packet Backsye Belle exploded
io'A toilers on lie evening .le lab, While IN
he lo,kas, BererlJ. Ohio. Fifteen were Killed
or baJl, uounlej, The boa: was torn all tn
pieces. Every aae collapsed ia one boiler. tie
o'her boiler eanuo, te !ogrJ The accident sat
.rhl'cd IL gross reck,e,saess q tie engineers.
one Of rhoal was on The safety valve st the time
c; he explosion.
Ilorsis,s AccinlSts-C Charles ". Beard.
va:csmSu at tie Lowell. Mass B'eacAery, re
Gently while stepping over sh4Ic tia, re,olyss
lis times minute, TO oil il. became er,aa.leI
Hi,h the eud oft by lis clothes and was carried
around il, lis lead ., each rcvo,uisn striking
a perpendicular eastir0a hanger when found
he had been thrown . Or c feet, b, clolLin. torn
from lis body, anl b. head holy. ard lmb'
shochirgly mans'ed lie died in a few minutes.
r Es;eF,a workman FOR tie r. Z. Co, wa
killed Monday about three miles west Of e .,1.
Upon th- C. & c. [. R r lie vas standing on
top Of car while tie train VS. pAs,in; under
bridge, ard was crushed between tie ear and
bridge
At Bethlehem, Pa, while making prcraratiors
for democratic festival, a cannon exploded, and
John Roth had both bis aims shot ol and Vim.
Bush lost one arm Tie wounds CT the former are
Considered A,a,
1hree. e. Cd, 80 buried 90 the 9lst ull to tie
- ai-O lea ~ --.- az yea Il Daniei
Curt, in South Whitehall, Lehigh co. Pa
\ German was sff,c,u.Ily blow up a. San.
dusky City in a singular way he put unslack-
ed lime into a barrel, and, after adding ou,nti.
ty Of water he closed The bung aud shook it.
After few moments 1t exploded tear;pr III.
barrel to pieces and killing the operator.
A young girl was burn, to death, in North
Yarmouth, Maine, by means Of bunch Of match.
es which she was playing with, catching her
eotches on FIRE.
On the last down trip II he steamer yo,-a
yocng man supposed to be resident of phila.
dslghia, Jumped overheard and was drowned
He left the following letter in hi. State Room;
lglve 10 you all have When you read this
my body will be at the bottom Of the lake ana
my soul N Heaven. 20 to obtain the means to
reform The world Knowledge, Wisdom and
FoTer' ISigned. a rrllLPs.
His effects we're left in the hands Of Mr.. John
n l. LITTLE 81 Aacs!naw.-BLF. C0gr
The OquaWka Ser;a,or relates tale Of ,or
row, Of u Mr. A j. Bellus, wort by citizen Of
that place, wbt recently started with ii, family,
to Redrver When about nine miles above B,.
ton Rouge, while in the act Of drawing bucket
ct water from the river, he fell into the Ali.sis
.ppi and was drowned Mrs. B., who had with
her her .wo s,nD and an infant child va, =,
deeply affected by the melancholy event. tina, an.
sunk into state Of hopeless despondeney. which
resulted in the short period of three day in con,
pleie paralysis and death The infant was tak.n
care Of by the chambermaid Of the boat, and
eventually carried home by the Captain 10 hi.
family in New Qleanq
The boys continued on up Red River into Te,
as, and no. hding prospects so favorable as
they anticipated there. concluded to return 10
oquavka.
FlnEs.-The Alton papers lamen. the los. by
fire sustained byRev. J NJ Peck, Of Rock Spring,
Illinois, on the 18Th ult, Of his valuable librarv.
and the greater part Of his valuable collection of
hles, pamphlets, &c. the result Of his antiquarian
researches in this rc,ion for forty years, much Of
which can never u replaced.
At a fire in Waer,own, New York. on the 9Th
ult.. $50 oo0 word Of property we're DESTROYED
and young man iamcd Hudson Haddock perish.