Stevens County tribune., 1878-07-04
G4NNALTIES.

There was $4,000 fire in French
town, NJ. Sunday night, June 30th.
A lad II years old was drowned at
Faribault, Mimi, while bathing, June 26th.
A fifteen thousand dollar fire occurred
at St. Louis on the evening OF June Goth.
Two men and two women were
drowned in Lake Ontario at Pleasant Point on
Monday, June "a.
The fremont House, Massillon, Ohio,
was destroyed by fire June 29th. Set on fire
by an incindiary.
Friday morning, June %, the wagon
shop of j. Cotton & Co. was destroyed by
fire at Kasson, MINI.
1t is reported that the famous Catskill
Mountain house on the Hudson river has
been destroyed by fire.
The main building of the county in
firmary at Columbus, o., was burned. All of
the 260 inmates escaped. :.
At Lincoln, ILL.,, June 26th, Meuller &
Sons brewery was totally destroyed by fire.
Loss $4,000; insured $4,000.
The dwelling of John Roulieau, in
Beaucharris, Ontario, was burned on June
Oath, with four of his children.
The southern express from Philadelphia
June Doth was thrown from the track, near
Claymont, Del, and the firemen and engineer
killed.
A fire occurred at Montgomery, Ala,
.une the oath in the cotton compress of Har-
ter & O'Connell caused by treading on a
match. Loss $4,000.
Saturday June 29th portion of tun-
mel near Schwelm, Germany, fell burying q
persons, seven dead bodies had been restored
and ,arch for others was continued
On the morning of the goth, at Dead
wood, d. 7. the shingle saw mill Of Geo. F,
Ingram & Co., together with the shingle ma.
chine was destroyed by fire. No insurance
An oil train was wrecked by the re.
moval of a rail on the New York Central, neal
Albany. 10 cars were wrecked. The oil took
fire, one man was burned to death. The en-
gineer and fireman were badly burned.
A Buffalo, N. Y. dispatch of June 9th
gives the account of collision between two
vessels the st. Andrews and Peshtigo. Both
vessels sank in nine minutes, in water 100 feet
deep. Both crews were saved by the small
boats.
Tuesday, June 25th four. large boilers
| exploded in the puddle mills of the Chese
peake nail factery at Harrisburg, Pa. The
building was demolished, foreman instant.
ly killed and number of workmen were
severely scalded, some fatally.
A vault in the tax collectors office in
Brooklyn, New York, was lately blown tc
pieces by an explosion of gas Two clerks
entered the vault, and lighting match caused
the explosion. The two clerks were fatally
injured, and several in the Office were severe
ly wounded.
Friday morning June 2Sth, the passen.
ger train on the Chicago & Northwestern rail
road was wrecked near Appleton, Wis
Switches misplaced by tramps. The engineer
and fireman was severely hurt None of the
passengers were injured.
A Wilmington, DEL, telegram of Sat
urday, June Goth, says in addition to the en-
gineer and fireman killed in the disaster tt
the Southern Express, William H. Hoigh, oil
Chicago and Erisban Krauth of Baltimore
were killed. The engine. baggage, mail and
two express cars were wrecked. A railroad
tie had been placed on the track.
At one o'clock, Tuesday morning the
26th OF June, fire broke out in Faribault in
the tin and hardware store of Earing g. Cava-
naugh. The flames soon communicated to
/ the adjoining buildings, among which the
old National hotel, another tinder-box, was
Immediately in flames. Then the barn, to
gether with number of out buildings, added
fuel to the flames that were leaping higher
and higher every moment. An auction store
occupied portion Of the National hotel build
| ing, and A. Bettingen resided in the second
story, over the hardware store, where the fire
originated. Then came Crocker Bros store
with the Office of DR.. w. w. Waugh on the
second floor. Next, the fine three-story
brick building that contained the Citizens