Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-10-11
GENERAL VS..

abutnn,ent to the great iron bridge
,,+ sn,ps the Missouri at Atkinson. Kan
,ll into the river. with q terrible crash,
' no t,e entire fifteen feet of wall and
snnnt scyenty-tive feet of embankment.
"ha Gradual sliding Of the work has been
.t:.n1 for the past forty-eight hours, and a
.nr,e Of men has been at work clearing OF
'no wall all day. so that the long draw span
shorld be cleared and escape the danger
>,-+ threatened when the wreck should
They succeeded in swinging the
,.ov. clear at 10 o'clock. At II O'Clock a
n,ca mass Of heavy masonry and thousands
afrnhic wards Of %earthwork, the office and
,,,doe approach, were hurled into the Mis-
non,i river.-Tlle steamer Massachusetts.
4rom Providence for New York, which went
,sho,e near Horizons Point on@the night OF
the 4th, lies 400sfeet out of water. The pas
.o,cers. l25 males anu~7o fetAa2es, are all
,,ta. The steamer is fast OF the rocks ano
full Of water up to the main deck. She was
heavily inslured. Considerable cargo was
t)rOWn ONttlttbdII ~ llStItCii. ICl. kJIC wa
now last May, 3os feet long, 46 feet beam
7e feet beam overall, 1000 tons burden, and
Ind accommodations for go persons, eXclu.
size Of state roolMs, and was really 4 float
inc palace, costing Ss'5o0,0oo. The cause o.
the disaster was on account Of the piston
rod breaking. which stove a hole in her bot.
tom.--.An excursion train from the Pen.
uypacker Reunion, held neal Suhwenck's
Hill, Oh the 9TH, on the Pickering Valley r.
r.. when near Phoenixvil!e, between 8 anG
10 o'cloek, was badly wrecked by the rains
washing out the track for some distance,
There were about 200 persons OH the train.
Up to $50 OF the following morning dis
patches show II persons killed and about sc
wounAed.--There are " cases Of yellow
fever at Port Royal, Ga., q whites and {
blacks.- Robert Anderson was appointed
Gaines. resigned.-Gcn. Grant and suite
are visiting Mrs. Sartoris. near SOuthhamp-
ton. Ellgland.---Ilie Insurance Agency OF
.Alli9pr Bros. in New York Is in Gefault fol-
Vlob.JVb AftAli lti1 SVhlttttf&ttt III
anee Company OF En@land.--Tlnrec per
sons were drowned iii the wreck Of the
south bound O>wego & Philadelphia ex.
press on the Eelyidere division ON the night
Of the 4th, and the engineer. conductor ant
mnnsnown man badly hurt. The train,
liessome distaneeIrom the shore where il
was washed by the current. The newsboy
hagggagemaster, fireman and others. saye(
themselves by switnming.--rhe storm OF
the II udson on the night OF the 4th was the
heaviest in years. In the accident on the
hudson River Railroad at Riverdale on the
anne niglitscalsed by the wall falling, the
engine was thrown upon its. side. and the
hassegagge (. express and one Of tire passenger
cars Werelpllesfupon each other. The track
mas been cleared and tile trains are running
regularly. Tile fast freight train on the
Delaware Y Hudson Railroad ram off the
rack. owing to a misplaced switch, on the
night OF tire 9th. nea.Me1rose. Patrick Ri
les' tue engineer was scalded to death, ant
hlellacl 1Merrick, firefnan, was crushed t6
oeatf, and Jones, brakeman, badly injured
a dispatch from London says the Rus
san grain harvestis disappointing both ii
quality and quantity. Wet weather in Au
gust ana scarcity of l;thorers are assigned a.
'e causes Of the short yield.-The com
mission investigating the secret service o
,ae treasury Department., has examined
onlef Brooks and Assistant Chief Benson
a'f either Witnesses will be called. Th,
'ohlMission has decided to limit the investi
s'"oh' excepting as to character, to til,
NonulllOl and Onprafinn Of tl,a secret snr