The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-05-01
Accidents, Fires and Crimes.

PITTSBURGH, April 2s.-The Brady's Bend
| accommodation train, on the Allegheny Val
ley Railroad, consisting of number o
freight cars, with a baggage car and passen-
ger coach attached when near Burning Well
Station, one undred and twenty miles from
this city, jumped from the track and was
thrown over high embankment, making
two revolutions, and stopping in the Alle-
ghany river. There were upwards of twenty
passengers on the train, but none were kill
ed. The folio wing persons were seriously
injured Miss Mary Marshall, leg broken
Mrs. Hoover, injured internally; Mr.. st
George, injured internally; Mr.. Angel, in
iured in the spine. There were SIX or eight
others slightly injured but their names are
not known. The accident was caused by a
broken rail.
BURLINGTON, VI, April ga collision
between the mail and freight trains occurred
this morning near Bethel, on the Vermont
Central Railroad, killing Mr.. Hazard, the
baggage master, and ipjuring Mr.. Webster,
the engineer.
CHICAGO, April 24.-The steam saw mill
of Green d Brother, of Chicago, at Manistee,
Michigan, was completely destroyed on
Wednesday afternoon, by boiler explosion.
Eight workmen were Instantly killed. and
tOur others seriously IL ured.
On the evening of the 23d at Chicago,
while A, L. Morrison was addressing a
Fenian meeting in The second story of a
building, the floor suddenly gave way with
terrible crash, ard the audience was par
ticipated to the basement of the building.
One man was killed outright. Nearly twenty
were badly injured, several, it is feared,
fatally, and many others more or less bruis-
ed. Patrick Bryan was killed.
On Thursday last the main buildings OF
the Ohio Female College at College Hill
were destroyed by fire. Loss. 100000 /;
insurance, $50, 900. As speedily as pos
sible the College will be rebuilt. The bust
ness of the College will be continued without
any interruption.
UTICA, April PA horrible tragedy was
enacted Saturday last at Pond Hill, 4 miles
east of Camden village. in this county.
About 3 o'clock a little girl eight years old,
daughter of Levi Sanders, was brutally out
ragged a short distance from her fathers
house. Her throat was then cut and her
head smashed in with stone or some other
implement. VIM. Henry Oasewell has been
arrested for committing the horrible deed.
Oasewell is said to be simple fellow, and
there is little doubt that he is an irresponsi-
U1c CHHI
Mr.. L. Overholser, a wealthy citizen of
Vincenes, Indiana, lately secreted in his
house about $4,000, and contrived to let it
become known that he had the money. One
night last week tbs house was entered by
burglars, completely ransacked, the money
found, and the thieves got safely off with it.
A young man named Dunning, while sit
ting with young lady at her home. near
Bruceville, Knox county, Indiana, last Sun
day night, was twice shot through the head
by some person standing outside. At last
accounts he was till-living. Allen Byers,
a former suitor of the young lady, has been
arrested on suspicion of the c,ime.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer of Saturday
reports spontaneous combustion in the case
OF t'ppler named Bremen. 1t says that he
drank on wager six large drinks of hisky
and pint of stock ale at sitting. With
blazing face and starting eyes, be then reel
ed towards gas jet, in order to light his
pipe, when the noxious gases issuing from
his mouth were instantly ablaze, and the
poor wretch was soon being consumad by
an inward fire. He fingered long enough
to suffer more than hell-horror, and then
died.