The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-04-30
Fires.

Fires.
The Twine Factory, in Chattanooga Coun
ty, Georgia, was recently burned down
Loss, si50,Oco; insurance, $500. Three
hundred and fifty work men arc thrown out Of
employment
At Cory, Pennsylvania, Crosby's block,
including the dry goods store Of Mslkie a
Clark, a billiard saloon, aud numerous law.
yers' and other Offices, was burned. Total
loss, $4,000.
A FIRE destroyed barn at Lagro, Indiana,
q small town six miles from Wabash. In the
barn were three valuable horses, two buggies,
a wagon, and sets Of harness, and all were
consumed. One Of the horses, the property
Of Mr.. Smith, was considered one of the
most valuable in this section Of the country
The loss is not given, nor the insurance.
At New Orleans, April 20, about o'clock
pm. FIRE broke out in the blacksmith shop Of
the steamer John Kyle, which proved final.
ly 10 be Of the most destructive character.
The Kyle lay between the Jessie Taylor be.
low and the Exporter above. Next to the
Lessie Taylor was the Natchez. Above the
Exporter was the Charles Bodmann and next
~
ment the tug.boat Ella Wood No. 2 came up
and commenced to throw water on the burn
ing vessel, but without effect. The flames
spread so rapidly that it was apparent that
nothing could save the Kyle, and IL seemed
as II the boats on both sides would newt
ably take fire. The eddy, however, drifted
the Kyle up stream, and some persons on
shore, seeing the danger, cast of the haw.
sers by which the Exporter and
the Bodmann were tied up. This,
however, in the end proved disastrous.
So rapid was the progress Of the flames, and
so intense their effect, that the Exporter took
fire the moment that the Kyle touched
her, and the people on board, having no other
refuge, jumped on the Bodmann. This boat,
however, was also caught in the fiery tolls,
and the three burning vessels drifted together
into the stream, where, in a very few mo.
ments, they were consumed to the waters
edge. MANY persons jumped overheard and
were drowned.
At Bennington, VT, the paper mill of
Geo. Benton a Sons was consumed. Loss,
$4,000 insurance, 200.
A dispatch from San Jose, Cal, reports |
the burning Of St. Joseph's Catholic church. |
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
At Bowmanville, Ont, a recent FIRE de- |
stroyed the block owned by William Me-
Murtry, and occupied by McMurtry 4 Co.,
dry goods and groceries. Loss, s27 $50.
Logan's tannery at Pictou, Nova Scotia, /
we recently burned down, and the loss is |
set down at $4,000, with $1,000 insur.
ince.
Criminal Record.
James Lafferty, Of Rockville, Allegheny
County, y. u, killed his grandmother and
robbed the house subsequently shot Miss
vannoy, who refused to marry him, and
her mother, and then killed himself.
johnson, the murderer, who was to have
been hanged on the 2sth Of April at Ceve-
and, has had his sentence commuted to i'm
prisonment for life by Governor Allen.
accidents aud Incidents.
In the burning of the steamboats, at New
Orleans about sixty persons are reported to
be missing, and are supposed to have been
drowned or burned in tks terrible disas-
Ter.
General Brerfffes.
The 10Th of April centennial anniversary
II the battles Of Lexington and Concord
vas generally observed throughout the East
with gunpowder, crowds, flags, speeches,
and cold weather. Especially
we're there good times at Lexington and Con.
,ord, where the patriotic enthusiasm ran
high.
The Adventists assembled at Chicago on
he night Of April 20, in private way, and
waited till nearly morning, with white robes
n readiness, for the expected coming of
christ. They finally dispersed quietly.
The Womens Suffrage Society, of New
York, celebrated the Concord aud Lexing-
on Centennial, by the reading of an orig.
nal poem, and making addresses.
The famous race horse Kentucky, owned I
~ August Belmont, died at the nursery stud
arm, Babylon, Long Island. Kentucky was
'red by John NJ. Clay, in 1851, on the Ash
and estate, Kentucky.
The Southern railroad lines had not, until
recently, Joined in the general war among
he Northern roads. 1t having been an
iounced that the New Orleans and Mobile
known as the coast line to New
York anil E,stern eitias had cnt ;,s ,at.s
- I.r,.I,. ,h, Iaol sa, - =, aanaaa,;a,
,;,b ,hs IonisyilIe NashviII. and G,sa,
,a",harn have da,a,n,iaad 90 ~ -
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low VII 81 T,om ons.si,h a. ,h,s.,.,an,hs
Il tho rcgula, rates I, 4, e,noc,sd maj the
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,na,ion 70 hs 1,,Iaw.J hv = fn.,har -
Ion nv the J,clson rou,s The sah, no.
we,n the two lines promises to hs a warm
,n.
The Direc,o,s of the Mineral y,Il.v Pail.
oad mo, a, Columbus Ohio and agreed 40
uh,,i, 90 . ,,onosi,io,, ,o ~. ,,,an,io al
axe Erie road 10, the use of ,ba, nor,ion
4 the road of tho Ia,,., comnany from Rush
,,a,ion 10 IN. coal seIds