St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-29
Casualties and Crimes.

\ collision occurred. Saturday morn
ing. on the Great Northern railway at
Rcdfold. near Nottingham, between Il
freight and an excursion train. The
trains were badly wrecked and four
persons were killed, fifteen were badly
/ injured, several of them beyond hope
of recovery.
/ ACCIDENT IN WEST VIRGINIA.
An accident occurred on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad. Sunday, four
miles from Cameron. W. Va, by which
three or touI German emigrants were
fatally injured and Ii or 20 wounded.
/ The accident was caused by the spread
/ ing of the track, which threw tender,
an express car and one passenger car
down an cmbankmcnt, and all of the
cars off the track. The coach that went
over the bank some ID or 20 feet. with
20 or 20 men, women, and children.
turned bottom upward. Some of the
CnigIantS became cnragcd, thinking
that the engineer and conductor were
Try ING to kill them. and attacked the
tI.:im with stones. The officers had to
flee for their lives. in about an hour
after the accident the cNpIcSs train.
which was an hour and Il half late, came
up. and its officers. directed hy Capt
Davis. who waS Il passenger, rendered
all necessary attention to the wounded.
BOAT BLOWN Up ON TIE MISsI>sIrPI.-
FOURTEEN KILLED.
The Mississippi river steamer Gcoi &c
Wolfe blew up about > o'clock. Friday
afternoon, ut st Francis island. Ark.
few miles below Memphis. Tenn. The
cabin was blown to pieces. hut the hull
may hc saved. Fourteen persons. and
perhaps more. were killed and | / wound
ed. Capt Carter states that. IL short
time before the explosion. he had gone
to his room To take Il nap. leaving the
first mate on the watch. and the first
he knew of the accident WAS that he
felt himself lifted into the air with Il
severe shock and fell with the debris
on the lower deck. AS soon aS he could
cNtIicatc himself, he glanced around.
and Saw that the forward part OF the
cabin had been blown away aft to the
boilers and that some of the thinkers
had taken fire. His first Thought WIS
t. cNtimgUi~h the flames. which. with
the aid ot a few others and the hcaN}
lain that was falling AT the time. he
soon succeeded in doing. Meantime one
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BOILER EXPLOSION.
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mills at Three Rivers. Cauada. cNplnd-
ed. Saturday morning. killing one fire
man and injuring five others.
SEVEN MEN KILLED.
While number of men were rrpair-
inr hnu>,. ON Eleventh street. near
Hudson. y. y. Yesterday. the walls
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and the entire gable walls. the remain
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gcthcr with Il quantity of materials. fell
into the ccmtci. of the huiltlimg. Then
followed the groanS and >hrick- of those
who were thus buried.
Seven dead bodies were taken out.
and several men badly injured
THREE MEN KILLED.
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vt an early hour. yesterday morn
ing, several buildings, once used ;>
government stables. and u r"pc-Walh
adjoining. three miles from Louisville.
Ky. were fired and almost entirely
consumed. y negro named Willis. his
wife and four children, living in one of
the houses, were all burned to death.
Two suspected incendialicS were al
rested.
THE CHICAGO AND ALTON SLAUGHTER.
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recent r,rIi.ini, on tI,. Ci,i,..,,,,' and Al
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