Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-06
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
Incidents and Accidents of the Day.
Veterans of 1919.

Veterans of 1912.
| TOLEDO, o., July "A grand celebra-
tion took place at Monroej Michigan; and
| was participated in by number of Ken
tucky veterans of the war of 1872, who
were present at the River Raisin massacre,
which occurred on the spot where the city
OF Monroe now stands.
New YOrk-9J FIres-S4 Deaths FROM
SunstrOke-27 Persons shot Fatal
Railroad Collision.
New YORK. July 4.-Business is wholly
suspended, many places being closed until
Monday. The Central Park was crowded
with visitors where several bands discoursed
music to multitude.
A number of casualties of sunstrokes are
reported. #e1
NEW YORK, July 5.-The intense heat
yesterday prostrated many of the militia
men While parading the streets. Some six
teen OF them left the ranks from sunstroke,
many Of whom viii die. Scarcely one half
of the number that set out returned with
the command,
At six O'Clock yesterday evening two
sraiDs on the Southside railroad, Connect
cut, collided between Fish Pond and Bush
"~NAA SSNOAOASs ODO nGo SLOppCu "
avoid running into the other when teles-
coping of engines took place. Three per-
sons were killed and many injured. At the
time OF the collision passengers were
jumping from the cars amid general excite
ment. The sufferers were for long time
without water or physician.
There were about thirty-fve fires during
the day, none of which were very serious.
TWenty-four persons died from the ef-
fects of heat. Ninety-seven cases of SUD-
strokes are reported. The thermometer
was 9S degrees in the shade at o'clock.
Numerous sunstrokes and deaths from fe-
yer heat are also reported in Brooklyn.
Twenty-seVen persons were wounded
from the careless use Of firearms and fire.
works. ..
ROstOn-A Bad Day for Balloons.
BOSTON, July 4.-Prof. Rings balloon
was smashed against the earth by the wind
and bursted. Prof. Aliens balloon met
like fate. The Coliseum drew the usual
crowd. ~ |
Three Men Killed by Lightning.
BOSTON, July 5.-Geo Harkins, Jno.
Doherty, Cornelius Doherty, and Jno.
Harkins landed on Governors Island, Bos-
ton Harbor, yesterday from sail boat and
took refuge from shower in an unoccu-
pied building. During the storm the build
ing was struck by lightning, and all the
men except Harkins were killed.
A Free Circus-Fifty Monkeys at
.r. Large.
NEW HAVEN, July 5.-John Robinson's
circus met serious accident at West Haven
Nttiia lrs1oa
at West Haven, she bridge settled. The
menagerie cages being on the platform cars
struck it. Six cages were knocked off and
broken up. A lion and leopard escaped,
but were soon secured. A cage containing
fifty monkeys was among those wrecked.
All the monkeys are now loose in the woods.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Killed ON Excursion Trains.
WHEELING, w. VA, July AT pic
mic near West Alexander, Va, to-day, one
man was killed by jumping from the cars,
and boy very seriously injured by a log
rolling over him. A young man of this
city named Jas. Ayres, while attempting to
jump aboard an excursion train on the
Hemfeld Railroad, four miles east of this
place, fell beneath the cars and literally cut
to pieces.
ChicagO-TWO Men Shot Down.
CHICAGO, July "A horrible affair oc-
Cured in the North division this afternoon.
John Mcnamara was drunk and amusing
himself by kicking out the windows and
beating bis wife. Two policemen went to
the house aud ordered him to be quiet.
He ceased operations while the officers were
present, but shortly after they had left,
of,r,ei,,r, - .,r-;c,
Cronan had not gone out Of bearing, and
Immediately returned and entering the
house warned Mcnamara that unless he
stopped his disturbance he would arrest
him. Mcnamara at this got between the
officer and the door which he closed, and !
then attacked -Cronan and endeavored
to get his club away. While
the two were struggling, John Kelly,
friend Of McNamara's, came in and also at
tackled Cronan. The officer finding himself
about to be oVerpowered, drew his revolver
and fired at Mcnamara, the ball going
through the upper part of his shoulder and
striking Kelly just above the eye, inflicting
a wound which will probably prove fatal.
Cronan then fired a second shot which
pierced McNanara's heart, killing him al
most instantly. The affair created intense
excitement in the neighborhood and a crowd
soon gathered to lynch Cronan. He made
his escape however and is now under ar
rest at the stationhousp.
Rolled out Of q Window.
WARRINGTON, July 4-Mrs. Drake
Mills, Fernando Woods mother-in-law,
went to window in her room at the Metro
politan Hotel, at two O'Clock this morning,
to cool herself, when she rolled out, receiV-
ing injuries from which she will die.
Kentucky-Fatai FrOIies.
LOUISVILLE, July 5.-At negro picnic |
at ElizabethtOSn yesterday afternoon, a
negro named BY Wintersmith, was cut by
another named Jno. Norris, inficting a fa-
tai wound.
At a negro picnic at Anchorage, twelve
miles fIOm this city, on the Short Line
Railroad, yesterday afternoon, negro
named John Vascounl was shot through
the heart and instantly killed, in quarrel
among a party as to who should first have
the cup out of which they were drinking
lemonade.
Andrew Gross, an old citizen of Louis
vile, fell under the engine of freight train
yesterday at Old Deposit station, on the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, where
he went to attend picnic. The engine
passed over his right leg, crushing it fear
fully. Gross was brought home to the city,
and died last night.
Children Burned TO
Death.
LOUISVILLE, July 5.-At Seymour, Ind,
on the evening of the 4th, man named |
Norris, while Lighting a hall, preparatory |
to theatrical performance, let fall coal |
lamp in the midst of group of children. |
The lamp bursted, spreading the burning |
oil in every direction, setting the clothing |
of the children on fire. The little sufferers |
ran wildly through the hall, and before the |
flames could be extinguished, three chill |
drep, little girls, were so badly burned that |
they died in seven hours.
Norris was also badly but not fatally |
burned. 1t is said he was drunk, and only |
his injuries prevents him being roughly |
used by the horrifed and indignant citizeDs. |
Street Car on Fire! |
PHILADELPHIA, July 5.-During a |
storm in this city last evening team of
horses attached to passenger railway car,
by the lightning, ran away. The
car took fire by upsetting the coal oil lamps.
Some of the passengers were seriously
burned. -s