The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-08-24
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

a TERRIBLE tornado devastated the viii
lage of Wallingford, Conn, on the 9th inst.
An old Catholic church, $50, 800 brick
school house, and some twenty dwellings
were ruined. The number of killed will
foot up in the neighborhood of thirty, with
about twice that number of wounded, many
of whom will die. Damage to property
estimated at 100000.
By boiler explosion at Shamoken Dam,
Sunbury, Pa, on the 9th inst, three men
were killed outright and three others fatal
ly injured.
BY a collision between two steam fire en-
gines at Chicago, on the Sth instant, fireman
George Ray was killed and another named
Shaughnessy, seriously wounded.
WIN. RIvEL, a retired negro minstrel, was
fatally shot in a bar room fight at Philadel-
phia, on the 9th instant, by James Lamont,
of the minstrel fraternity.
A COLLISION occurred on the Pittsburg,
Cincinnati d st. Louis railroad between a
passenger and freight train at point near
Mingo Junction, Ohio, on the night of the
9th inst. The entire passenger train was
fearfully wrecked, portion of it being
preci plated down an embaukment Fifteen
persons were killed and about fifty wound
ed. Many of the killed are emigrantS.
The body taken from the river at Louis
vile, KY, on the 9th inst, is believed to be
that of John Hall Whipple, son of the Epis-
copal bishop of Minnesota. There was a
pistol ball in the right cheek, and all things
indicate that deceased had been spreeing in
Cincinnati and Chicago
Two coal trains on the Lehigh valley
road, came in collision near Bound Brook,
N. j., on the 9th inst. VIM. Ezeroni was
killed.
a TERRIFIC storm passed over a portion
of Pennsylvania on the night of the 9TH
inst At Phoenixville, Robert Townsend
and Edwin Roberts of Philadelphia, were
struck by lightning. The former was killed
outright and the latter is not expected to
recover. At Canton a reservoir gave way
causing considerable damages. A large sash
factory and many dwellings were swept
away. Most of the bridges OH Towanda
creek are gone.
THE boiler of the engine running saw
mill at Enterprise, West Virginia, exploded
on the Sd, killing George Avery, John Parr
and Frank Dilworth, and seriously wound
ing Dent Park and three others.
CHESTER D. PARKHURsT, wife and son,
of Pottsdam, n. Y, were drowned on the
Sd, by the capsizng of boat
IN Washington, on the 5th terrible
storm occurred, doing great damage More
than 90 houses were unroOfed. Several
government buildings were struck by light
ming. Great havoc was made in cellars and
sewers. Damage at least $4,000.
CHARLES ANDERSON was killed and John
Smith seriously wounded at Philadelphia, |
on the 9TH, by Capt. James c. Fisher of the |
schooner Jephina Stillman. They were
caught in the act of robbing Fishers vessel |
SEVEN prisoners escaped from the jail at
Cumberland, Md, on the night of the 4th. |
They overpowered the keeper when he was
on his round.
LEW DAVIS, song and dance man of the |
California MINISTRIES, suicided at St. Johns.
n. B., on the Sd inst, by cutting his throat. |
c. II. STONE, paymaster of Holes piano |
mandatory, New York, was garroted and |
robbed of 1880, on the night of the 22d |
inst
AT West Randolph, VT. on the Sd inst. /
Michael Winn fatally shot his wife and /
babe while they were sleeping and then
killed himself.
THE tow boat Brilliant exploded her
boilers near Gallipolis, o., on the Sd, in
stantly killing two persons ana seriously /
lnjuring many others.