The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-06-11
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Explosion OF Locomotfve. Boiler
e One Man Kfhediand Others W o und-
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+, fia,s From the, petgoit Post. May 81. il. y,

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10 bin,sFrom the petSoit Post, May 81. .,.,,,B
"A terrible railway accident happened ON
forenoon, about $50 ,o'clock,u at
Ridgeway, station on the Grand Trunk
railway, about 40 miles from Detroit re.
sulting in the death of one man, and seri-
Gus injury OF :seEeral other persons The
as far ads,ean be ascertained
are AS follows The. downward train, due
here at 1920, was in the, act. Of stopping at
the. station, when the boiler of, the engine
exploded, spreading death and desolation,
and creating flrious havoc among cars. and
buildings in the vicinity. The engine was
the ssTroubadouf, I" driven BY Ben. Walters,
and considered the best onltheiline. Every
thing about her aosuand of the cabs and
down. to- the.traieks,l was blown off, ~ and
strange;as it MAY, appear. the, engineer and
fireman we're not harmed. ism, ,,y ss,i1s,s.z
A, piece OF. boiler struck Mr.. Joseph
Grunwel, who was on the platform, killiine
him INSTANTLY. Another piece flew across
the street IRON" the station,, utterly denIoi-
ishing The kitchen OF Mr.. Warren g resi-
dence, and striking mis- littleal tighter, st
Beautiful child of eight years. In the after
noon she WAS said to be dying. Another
piece struck 2 Mr, DAYS.. Ylh99; was near
and crushed him fearfYl1y,. He was still
alive at last accounts, Btu With no Hopes q
recovery. E'fS"t' "1f 20 fF5fit5 5'i7O'YJJ
,1The Upward train was standing on THE
side track at the time ( and suffered severe
damage. The two rear eoachesgwere badly
shattered, all the windows being broken
in, the root raised, and the seats broken.
Several of the passengers suffered from
Commissions and broken glass. Robert
Gaines, Of Port Huron; was cut and bruised
the most. Capt Jack Pffgeor and MIR
Martin, division superintendent, were on
the platform, andywere covered with stelhl
and water, but received no bruises.nniiu.e
4. Mr.. rGrunwell was about % years of age,
and was residing at Ridgeway, engaged in
buying hoops. Mr.. Davis appears to be a
man about 30 years-eld,-but there were nc
papers about, him to tel. Where he. is FROM.
The cause Of the explosion Is not known.
1t seemed to bes on one aside of the boiler,
as the debris was all Oh the south side OF
the track. Mr., Walters, the engineer, was
one of the oldest and best drivers on the
road, and no BLAME is attached to him. =
Mr.. Mcintyre was the. conductor. The
company telegraphed to Port Huron fol
physicians, and sent downl" Pas wfeekiAe
train which cleared the'traek for'the after
noon trains. 40 rs0fs tE@ H12g 3~sf ~
pa Mr. Martin. the superintendent, staid al
the scene of disaster and was doing all II
his power tolaid the sufferers. ndC., g..
''d How to Make Soap;bubbles.' ~ y
Akin to these EXPERIMENT. in. colored
waters is the art of blowing soap-bubbles to
show the chan ging eolors of the rainbow
take. threeJquafters Of pint of water that
has been boiled and become ieold, and put
into il quarter of an Dunce of Castile'soap
cut up fine. Put this into apint bottle and
set it in hot water ina saucepanys on the
fire; there let it remain an hour or So, now
and then giving tia, good shaking, till the
soap is dissolved. Let the fluid stand quiet
for a few hours for the Impurities and cot
oring matter Of the soap to Settle; then pour
off the fluid and add to it four ounces Of gly-
cerine, 'and your soap bubble solution is
ready. Imam ordinary way yol may blow
the bubbles easily with clean tobacco
pipe, but if you Wish to attain scientific
perfeotion) yen bad ybetts repployA a glass
pipe. By adding larger quantity OF ely
ceri1ies you may make these bubbles sc
strong that yon cam play lbatGeSore with
them. You navy Of course, max soap bub
bles in an easier way, but they. will not be
SO brilliant as BY tie above process teb
. CHfniNEsF N lTlHtt EF CrrhYA wHkhF AND Is H9e
THEY LIvE.-The present Chinese :popula
ton in the city is. estin9ateh at froml ten to
twelve, thousand, and a tairi estimate Of
their, value to the state may, be, gathered
from the manner in which they live. The
streets In which they principally reside are
as follows: Dupont street, between
Sacramento and 5fgackson;' Commercial
street, between Kearny and Dupont, Sac
ramento street, between Il earny and Stock
ton,l and jackson ST., between Stpekton and
Kearny.s But the great bulk ofathis entire
population is within, the limits prescribed
are 10, ooQ Of these Chinese enclosed, IN one
Lee, or Tim Wing, Or jim Ling is to be
found in almost any part of the city, but
they are very scarce indeed. Andyet each
Lew arrival finds quarters IN this locality
San francisco Herald 'i2 tsIsE4 3 -
Extract from Prtrdte Letter. from Ht,cdsi.
= ia ~ .ti SuTd,eich Is,dnds. 'is 'ottItfgs
= si*a* Although the eruption is mot
80 violent now, the volcano is a, fearful sight
to behold. The rivers of lava ;still flow, and
the smoke from the crater aEeehds FIJI awfnl
majesty. During this volcanic upheavali it
has been very sckiy here.G Apeculiar sort of
low malarious fever, which has grown out Of
the foul, condemns vapors Of the volcano,
has prevailed to an alarming extent, and at
one time il was feared 1t would de populate
But frtnnately,la sea-captain
Calling here for supplies distrlbnted Planta.