, 1876-03-14
CASUALTIES.
NIinncsotn Rontls Illuminated aud
Bndly Crippled by FlOOdg.
6oven Persons Killed and Seventeen
Injured by tho Missouri
Tornado.
Fourteen Inmates Lose Their Lives In
tho Norwich AlmsIl0uso Fire.
MINNESOTA FLOODS.

tho Norwich AlmsIlouso Fire.
.. MINNESOTA FLOODS.
Spettal bspateh to The Chataos Tribune.
WIaoxA. 1finn., March IA terrific raia-
storm vsitod this section oh Friday last, ACCOM-
pauIod by wind and incossaut lightning. Tic rain
fell In torrents most Of tho day. catlsing do
etructive flood throughout the vAlloys for many
mioa around Atsfinhcaota city. the water and leo
1850 with fearful rapility, awceping away Chap-
tnan's store and dwelling, Krc!gneter's buscllor-
nhop aud llousc, md Jacob stoin'a house. Tho
railroad bridges wero badly wAshod and trains
suspended for two days. Tho to1ograph-~frcs
wore proatratod for mltos BY tho flood. Tor
City. III tho Town OF Fremont, Fred
FeueterMacor VAS drowned In regcutng !
family namod Morso fru.n Hush Creek. 1'atrds'
1nill-lan,. in Pleasant Valley, Was washed awayi
Davis n uaIossi!le. Both weso considered
among tho boat dams III this soction. Tho dam
Of Miller T. E1laworsh A. Slinneapolla City, sus-
tainod sIight damago.
and gEoat datongo was suffered by ths Southern
Minnesota road. It Ia reported tbat several
llolscn NoEo washed away in tuahford aud
LancsEoto. There Ia a bad waahout on tho
Lacrcaccnt aud AfcGregor. 1tia said 1t viii take
two OF three weeks TO repair 1t. Tho freBhet Waa
vcry berero On the Green Daytt Minnesota rosd.
No traius hayo been through for tho phst week.
aud horrillon. Tho weather has beoo ood atncs
Friday. and tho flood is abating rapidly. It Ia
the rozot dtorm ever known tora in March.
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION.
lHu1ANArt'tIs, Ind, March 13.-At 1910 this
morning the engine Of the Indianapolis, Bloon-
ington l. Wcstorn ns1road, which waa 5uat
ready to take tho midnight train wost, exploded
In tho wcst end Of Tho Union depot. Tho ttuin
oh tho Cincinnati, Hamilton L indianapolis
load had jpss arrived, and the engine which
brought Tia train was standing alongside Of that
Of tic Iudianaapolts, Bloomington d Weetern.
Both engines wcrc completely wreckod Tho On
gineer Of the Cincinnati Hamilton l. Indianapolis
engine 4. E, MOORE, raa instsntty killed,
aud the fireman Of the tamo engine, 1saho
4. Ballard. nas badly scalded and bruised, though
not daoEorously hurt. Tho engineer and ilre-
nun Of Tho exploding ong1no wore both On tho
engiuo ut tho time. but nto not Injured. The
engineer wRs thrown 20 toot from the engine, ln-
depot and 10 or IL foot Of tho roof vero CON-
plototy dcmoliBhed. fortunately, thdro we<a no
other tratna in tho depot at tho tmo Of the acci-
dent, and, II being sunday night but few people
woro arnund. OF the Ions Of fife ms1ht hayo boon
much greater. No cauBo is assigned for tito nt-
otdent. Tho engineer reports t!.at he had plenty
of wnter, anu only los poundn Of atcan. All tho
glass In tho windows OF tho west half ct tho de-
PCT was broken t thc &C couoaas!on e. Iho loss ID
THE MISSOURI TORNADO.
QUINCY, ILL.,, March 13.-Tho Wh41's reports
to-day from tho storm In Missouri state that in
tho limo OF tho late hurricane, from point some
mics weat Of Eiiznbothtown up to wilora tho
damage ocasee, near tho mississippi blutfe, thett
| wete ssven persons killed, soventaan wounded
three or four Of thatn dangerously and probably
| fatally. aoue thirty houses blown down, and un,
| limited damage dono to orchards, timber, Ind
| fencing. It Ia estimated that III Monroe and
llala Counaoa 600 milos Of fencing la prus
tIasod.
| tho llurrlcaue : terrific hni1sturm passed. over,
leaving tho GROUND covered 10 Inches deep With
| hsii.
THE NORWICH CALAMITY.
Nonw1cu Conn., March 13.-Soyen bodier
have been recovered from the ruins Of the Poor.
HouBa to-day. md It IL feared that tlree more oi
tho inmates we're burned.
| NonwIcl1, Conn.,, Maroh 13.-ItiB now beloved
that fourtoon petaopB were burned in tho Aims
House Sunday night, most of thom old people
| from 60 70 70 yearB OF sEe boven bodies woIs
! taken from tho ruins to-day burnt to cinde
lg jumping from windows, two OF them fatall.
| rho entire number Of inmates was ffty-four.
| KILLED ~ LIGHTNING.
| srtctdt Utsp1tch to TIC Chtcdon Tribune.
DArEsponr, H., March 13.-A well.knowl
farmer Of Allcu's Grove Township. thia county
was killed by lightning during tic storm oI
Friday afternoon last. 1Io went TO s1ougl
nbout an oIghtk Of u milo from tie farm-hous
to got some water, aud wllile returning, Wa
Htruck down and died without struggle.
THE BROOKLYN SCANDAL.
Or. sToHR9.
Gpa~iss Dispatch to Tbs chtedao tribune.
NEW Yo1K, March 13..~Tho business meetiul
Of Dr. stotrs' church Tonight discussed tho po
aition taken BY him IN yostcrday'a sermon. and
after \ brisk dobato, resolved to BuHtain him
There wero about l5G mombora prcsont, VIII
voted IN the proportion Of to In favor Of til
resolutions sustaining DR.. Ssorrs, but tho roon
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