The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

news special from corpus Cnr1Stl says
Antonia Garcia today was executed for
tcmber 7th, 1878. He was defiant Ia the
last. The drop fell at II :26, and he was
pronounced dead at IL Al. His neck was
broken by he fall and death cnsucd in
stantly.
Wilmington. Deleware, July 11.-]no.
Davis (colcrcd) was hung today at Smith
vile for the murder of Henry McDuffic
(colored) in December last. The con-
demned man admitted the killing but
claimed he did not intend it. About
2,OOO persons witnessed the execution.
This is said to be the first hanging in
Brunswick county in forty years.
San Francisco, Cal. July 1l-Elizabcth
Collins, sister of the late Brigadicr General
James A. Collins, veteran of the Mexican
war, died at Sacramento, today. Aged
ninety
San Francisco, July l1.-As far as can
bc learned at present, the following are
the killed by the boiler explosion at Bodie,
California:
As far rs can he learned at present, the
following are killed: Frank lyle, Thomas
Flahcrty, William O'Brien and several
others whose names are not yet obtained
The wounded are A. ID. Pierce, slightly
Tom Murphy. arm fractured Mr.. and Mrs
| Chafi, slightly; Sullivan, engineer at the
standard, both eyes blown out and skull
fracturcd-cannot live; VIM. Hagee. leg
broken; a ChiDaman is buried under the
ruins; Thos. Gill, hurt in the face; Rich
ard PalI er. hurt in the arm badly; Hugh
Mcmillan, leg broken and internally in
jured; James Hackey, foreman hurt in the
foot and otherwise seriously injured; Mrs
Mckinney and child, buried in the ruin.
| M m hnarflinU hnrca and VT r, ef p1 wifi
great difficulty; John McMullin
who was buried in his cabin
taken out, slightly injured. The Who'll,
town is hospital. Rumors fly arount
thickly, and every moment new scenes %
more deaths and injuries. AS lar as heart
from, there are eight known to be dead
and over 40 wounded, with prospects tina
many of them will die from injuries. l
is impossible to get the particulars, a
everybody is excited, women and childrer
are crying and searching for the remains
blown into the air and their re
mains scattered abroad. Evcrythin.
is being done that kind and willin.
hearts and HANDS can do The miners
union building is imprOvised into a hos
pital and the Masons and Odd Fellow
are active In their efforts to alleviate tn,
sufferings of all. The shock was scarcel,
felt under ground. At the three hundred
level the men felt a slight jar but pal,
small attention to it. Fortunately tn,
drifts had jus, been connected SO that n,
injury was done to any below ground
The shock was felt ON the surface for
distance of 20 miles.
The house which adjoined the boilc
room fell, burying a number of wOrkmeI
in the ruins. -Four men, Joseph Michaels
John Kinkle, John Garlic and Fredcricl
Monday have been taken out badly hurt
Others are missing, and men are workin,
hard to remove the debris. The excitemen
is intense and the scene at the locality beg
gars description. 1t is believed that sever
al men are killed.
ticulars of the disaster nj Bodie. Til,
magazine which exploded contained
about 5 tons of giant powder. The caus
of the explosion is unknown. The hoist
ing works of the old shaft of the Stand
ard were demolished and set ON fire, tho
flames extending To the shaft but wcr
soon extinguished. The new shaft ant
hoisting works and mill are uninjuret
and running as usual. There is plent,
ore on hand to keep the mill going unit
the old shaft is repaired. The house o
! the new shaft is somewhat damaged bu
not SD as TO interfere with business
The building of the Summit min,
is completely demolished. Those O
McClinton, Bodie and Dudley ar
slightly damaged. Many boardin,
houses, restaurants and other build
+ ings more OF less shattered. To those pre-
viously reported as killed may be addet
the following: Chas. Malloy miner VIII,
entered the magazine Just before the ex
plosion; Hugh McMittan engineer, re
: ported wounded, now dead, and JohI
, Mccarthy. Among others wounded ar
Jack Dempsky, II. III. Hcrnshart slightly
, Pyle badly wounded. In the Standar,
, boarding house Mrs. Smead slightly, Dal
Mcdonald, Alex McGregor, Hugh Nc
, MILAN, j. &. Shreves and Mrs. Sha,
severely. The scenes at the miners uniol
: hall used as temporary hall ar
; of the most heartrending character
, 1t is crowded with killed and wounde,
and hundreds are anxiously seeking thei
: friends and relatives. The mine managers
) surgeons and volunteer nurses are unre
mitting in their efforts to alleviate the sui
feri g of their victims. A coroner's jur
has been empanneled and an inquest viii
/ be held as soon as possible.
Warrentown, Va, July 1.-THE tw,
negroes, johnson and Williams, VIII,
murdered Howard Holtzchaw, railroa,
agent and telegraph operator at Warren
!, town Junction in February last, and Win
|, ter Payne tor killing an old negro name,
James Adams near Salem, Faquire count
in April, were hanged today in the Jail
yard in the presence of about twenty pei
sons, the new law recurring all execution
to take place in private.
Cincinnati, July 11.-News is reachin,
here slowly of destructive tornado
which swept over Northwestern Ohio tc
day, but the details are meagre for wan
, of telegraph facilities. At Kenton, O
several houses were unroOfed; at Mans
field, the damage was extensive to roof