Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1856-01-10
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4. WI fsafR ftsin he Richnosd ~
P'ikfsE 'i t6at II IIr4 dsmp is1pIosion ocesrl
90 ~ theS Engliak Conpany's Black
Hs1th CoSf Pls. ih Chesterfield copn4
s y. 81 dondsy night last. resdsing
tfs fii tt dsath of four men, and insthe m
idry ofthfee more. The victims wers
MN lsis ipllo,xss .,s' isA'
ychh MARSHALL, killed. He hsd biz
a l @ a6aliy crushed. He Ieaves
i III u 8 81 1l 4 - mi children. al vsrJ
|ISillI'l " ~ .|I W W 4 & 1 r honsog. killed,
] aIsl ILL., icbolas Luke, killed,
Elsx md one child. Joseph
m killed. leaves i wife and three
Hsshis area George Crpfion, aged 20,
BBhad y leg broken and crushed. Al col
ored boz, named William Wright, bruis
I'D 4 and burned seriously. Fourteet
others who were below At the time Of tlr
explosion, were not injured, and cans
out safely. Sts
The scene ut the pit on Tuesday wa
most distressing. The sight Of the bod
ies tof the dead, and the safferings ot
the wounded were Of the most painful
nature. The melancholy scene was
heightened by the lamentations ofthe
famiies 'offthe dead, all Of which were
exceedingly helpless. III
M DEATH. Men seldom think Of the
great event Of death until the shadow
falls across their own path, hiding for
ever from their eyes TIE traces of the
loved ones whose living smiles was the
sunlight Of their existence. Death il
the great antagonist Of life, and the cold
thoaght of the tomb is the skeleton of
I'll sfsasts. We do not want to 90
through the dark valleys, although lie
passage may lead 70 paradise and with
Charles Lamb, We do not want TO lie
down to the muddy grave, even with
kings and princes for our bed fellows:
But the fiat Of Nature IS inexpiorabie.
There Il no appeals of relief from the
great law which dioI..s us to dust We
isouri4h ana fade Us the leayesHof The
lG5rest and thesAower that blooms and
withers in day,, has not q frailef
hold on life than the mighiiest monarch
that ever shook the earth with his foot
steps. Generations Of mon appear and
vanish as thegsass. and Countless null
|titude thar 'thfcngs the world to-day.
will Tomorrow disappear ~ the footprint
Oh the shore. IN f3s tss5ss'sa \
In the beautiful drama of Ion, the in
stinct Of Immortality 30 eloquently utier-
ed by the death-devoted Greek, finds :
deep response ia every thoughtful soul.
When about to yield his existence - !
sacrifice to fate. his beloved Clemanths
asks if they shall meet again. to which
he replies:
s's i have asked that dreadful question
Of the hills that look eternal ofthe flow
ing streams that flow forever, Of thsi
stars among whose fields Of azure =,
raised spirit hath walked 70 glory. ADJ
were dumb. But while / Igaze upon thy
living face, feel there's something in
the love that mantles through its beauty
that cannot wholly perish. We shall
meet again, -Clemanthe = Y
IA MAN FRloHrEsED TO DEArH.-
Loyd's forthcoming Steamboat Direct
ory gives singular account Of man
being frightened to death On board tAe
steamer JAS. Robb, during her trip On
the Mississippi river in 1852. The boat
took Gre in the night, and the cry q
IRE, FIRE, fire, soon aroused All the pas
! sengers, aud the widest excitement
prevailed. Women were running to
and fro in their night dresses, scream
ing At the top Of their voices for assisslst
ance. One man, Mr.. J. G. Dent, u
New York, 10 his excitement rushed q
his state room. snatched up his trunk .
which contained $4,000, carried i ,
a e$. )