The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-07-11
CRImEs AND CASUALTIES.

A man named William McDole has been
arrested upon suspicion of having murdered
Mrs. Bradley and her two daughters, near
Lawrenceburg, Ind. A post mortem exam
ination showed that the mother had been ylo-
lated, and the murder, which was done with |
an ak, was for the purpose of escaping de-
lection. A babe and boy three years old
were spared their lives.
An excursion train on the Carolina Central
Railroad ran off the track, on the 18th, kill
| ing three negroes and seriously lnJurlng
| large number of other passengers.
| By the bursting of a steam-boiler In the
wheelbarrow factory of Stevens & Co., Cold
water, Mich, on the 18th, Isaac Stevens,
father of the proprietor, and John Hudson,
boy, were instantly killed. Five other per-
sons were badly injured, one, it is thought,
| fatally.
Cass Matlock was hanged at Little Rock,
| Ark, ON the 10Th. Up to the last moment he
protested his innocence of the crime sfor
which he was convicted.
At Carrollton, Greene county, ILL.,, on the
21st,a mob of disguised men took FrankEvans,
a condemned murderer, out of the jail and
hanged him to tree, about six miles "om
town. Evans had, by his own confession,
been condemned as principal or accessory in
several murders.
The house of christopher whitm1re, q
farmer residing near Steelville. Crawford
county, Mo-, was burned on the night of the
Goth, and two of his daughters, aged respec-
tiyely eight and ten years, perished In the
, flames, The rest of the family barely escaped
with their lives.
A dreadful accident occurred at Syracuse,
NY, on the evening of the 23d. straw
!. berry festival was being held at the parlor OF
the Central Baptist Church, when, without
: any warning, the floor gave way, precipitat.
e ing room full into the story below. The
: parlor was on the second floor, and the room
: underneath was also full. The following are
|, the names of those taken out dead: Dr. U
s Wainwright, Mrs. E. Austin Barnes, Mrs
n James NJ. Crow, Mrs. J. E. Karr, Miss Gus
It sic Carpenter. Mrs. Abijah Veeder, of Utica
e Miss Oracle Holmes, Miss Winnie Collins
q aged thirteen; Hattie Leonard, five or si1
G wears old; John Austin Ostrander, a boy abou
|. nine years old; Miss Minnie Thomas, Franl
e Collins, aged fourteen; Lulu Horton, aget
II twelve. Mrs. DIR. Wainwright, ex-Aldermal
a Austin Barnes, Rev. DIR. 81. j. Eddy, AM
n some hundred other persons were more O.
IS less injured, some doubtless fatally. The ac
n eident was caused by the giving way of
Of joist that supported the floor. The joist ra
10 from both sides OF the room to cross string
ut er, the middle of which was supported b
TX iron rods from the roof. The stringer CAV
De way, pulling the ceiling and roof dow
a, upon the people, and precipitatin
s, them into the room below. Th
tn walls of the church did not fall in, but twer
seriously damaged. The church was con
i'll paratively new one. A few minutes befol
IL the floor gave way it trembled so that man
es persons left the room, fearing an acciden
ma which had been predicted by many. TT
n; work of recovery was exceedingly slow,
tn it had to be done in the dark, and it WI
OF feared every moment that the walls wou
"a. fall in. The entire police force and fire d
be partment of the city were called out. al
ne took charge of the work of recovering the de'
and wounded. The broken timbers we
on hoisted up with difficulty.
es- MISCELLANEOUS.
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