New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-14
The miniag town Of AHA. in ,U,ah, was

The minisg town Of AHA. in U,ah, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire, Aug. 1st.
"a steamboat exp oded her boiler at
New Orleans Aug, LIST No persons injured.
In Choton village, N. y. !. lately, Payne,s
paper mill was destroyed By fire. Loss $780,
900. .s.
At Hews, Ill, Aug. LIST, an elevator
was struck BY lightning and burned to the
| ground.
At Davenport, Ia, Aug. 1st, planning
mill was struck by lightning and burned to
the ground.
There was a severe and destructive
| storm at Fox Lake junction, Wis, on the
evening Of Aug. 9Th.
James Jones and Edward Burns, boat
men, were drowned by the upsetting Of a
boat in the Hudson river near New York,
| Aug.5. Szts
a Topeka, Kansas, dispatch of Aug. I'd,
speaks OF heavy wind and rain storm in that
section Of country which did great damage to
the crops. s
A young man in Fredricksburr, o.,
blew into the muzzle Of a. gun to see if it was
loaded. The gun went off and carried away
the top his head +.
An lncendiary fire at Boston, Monday
night, Aug. 9Th, destroyed the car shed Of the
Eastern railroad company, with six passenger
and two Pullman cars. Loss $500
At Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. LIST, Warren
Cooper was killed by lightning while stacking
hay. Mr.. Hildebrand was severely stunned,
span of horses killed and the stack burnt.
Aug 81, the tow boat Brilliant ex-
loded her boiler when opposite Gallipolis, on
the Ohio river, instantly sunk a total wreck.
The crew of Is men were either killed or
wounded, some of the latter MORALLY.
| a Havana telegram of Aug, list says !:
in the storm on the southwestern coast on
the night of July 80. The steamer City of
New York, from New York, has arrived.
The cause of the fire in the town Of
Alta, on the Little Cottonwood, Utah Terrific.
ry, was cigar of Judge Van, who was lying
on lounge in the Swan house. The flames
spread with great rapidity consuming 200
wooden buildings. Loss estimated at $780,
900. 3flE& al i5tg
At Hagerstown, Md, Aug. list, at a
pigeon shooting match, Samuel Donohue,
aged 50, was shot dead accidently by VIM.
Cokenon. At Laundering, Maryland, Richard,
aged 10, was killed, Robert Dick, aged 20,
probably fatally injured, and Abraham Lynch
severely bruised by the breaking Of a swing.
A serious railroad collision occurred
Tuesday night, July S0th, about Is miles
south of Madison, Wis.,, on the Chicago and
North Western railway. The two colliding
passenger trains were going at the rate of Is
miles an hour. The shock and wreck were
fearful and terrific. Both engines were
smashed up cars broken to pieces, and a
number of persons seriously injured, al
though none were killed outright.
A Philadelphia telegram OF August, list,
says, two heavy rain storms, accompanied by
thunder and lightning, swept over the city
that evening, doing considerable damage to
the exhibition buildings and goods therein.
A portion Of the roof of Wannemacher's
establishment fell under the weight of water,
but only one salesman was slightly injured
Cellers were flooded level with the street in
many places, doing immense damage to
goods stored. Culverts were choaked, trees
blown down, and roofs demolished.
PERSONAL AND fU1TTICAL.
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