Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23
CASUALTIES.

OH1O auu 1ollu0SSSO WGIC SlSlCSu ny
a violent storm on the 18th inst.
HARRY SHEPPARD, steward of the
Goodrich steamer Alpena, was drowned
at Muskegon, Mich, July 18th.
A STRANGER by the name of Thos. Car
roll Kidd, from Dayton, Ohio, committed
suicide at Madison, Wis, hotel July
10Th.
NEAR Alexandria, Ind, July Is, Win
fred Waller, a prominent farmer, aged
60, was thrown from sulky hay-rake
and dragged about forty rods. causing
death in an hour.
A Boston telegram of July Is says
information had up to that time been
received of % deaths that resulted from
the tornado on the New England coast.
THE names CT the people lost on the
State of Virginia July II, were as fol-
lows: Miss NJ. G.. Martin; a boy named
R. S. Wilson, Mrs. Peden and two chill
dren, a boy named John Wadestrand,
Mrs. NJ. Glore, Miss German, Mrs.
Walker. .a-t
A MINo.K, ILL.,, special of July 18th
says family, consisting of husband,
wife, and five children, were poisoned
here yesterday by eating what is gen
orally called toad-stools or mushrooms.
One of the family is dead, and two
more are not expected to live.
One of the most terrible and destruc-
tive tornadoes that ever visited the
eastern states swept over the Connecti-
cut valley and great portion of New
England, July IL. At Pittsfeld and
Fitchburg, Mass. the storm swept
everything before it. The damage
caused is inestimable. Many were
killed. -
A CINCINNATI special Of July 18th
says David Carmine, prominent street
broker at Dellsboro, Ind, committed
suicide by hanging. Samuel N. Book
er, aged %, committed suicide at Rash
ington, Ind, by hanging. Too much
hard work. Austin E. Bush, aged As,
salesman for ]. J. Bailey & Co.. Phila-
delphia, hung himself at Greenfield, 0.
A PTrTsFIELD, Mass, dispatch of July
10th says: This afternoon a tornado
from the west struck the southern sub
urbs. Two persons were killed and
three or four wounded, some fatally.
Buildings were unroofed and blown
down, hundreds of trees leveled, and
fully SIS, 900 Or $4,000 damage done.
A HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, telegram
of July II says the steamer State of
Virginia, from New York for Glasgow,
went ashore at Sable Island at 7:45
p. m. Saturday. Three women and five
children were lost in the surf while
landing. The vessel had seventy-four
passengers, 1O4 head of cattle, and
general cargo. Sixty cattle were saved.
A New YORK telegram of July
this city this morning of the total
loss of the English screw steamer
Burgos, in St. Mary's bay, during a
dense fog, while going from Montreal,
Canada, to Liverpool, England. A
small portion Of the cargo was saved.
No mention is made of the crew. 1t is
therefore supposed that all were saved.
A WELLS RIVER, VT, special of the
18th inst. says terrible hail storm and
hurricane passed over here at quarter
before 6 last evening, lasting fifteen
minutes, followed by a Thunderstorm.
The hail stones were two inches in d.
ameter. Crops and vegetation were
destroyed-torn to shreds. One-third
Of the glass in the place was broken;
trees torn up, fences destroyed. houses
unroofed and barns blown over. TWAS
the most severe storm ever known here.
The people were much alarmed
| The dispatch of July 18th says the
State of Virginia was vessel of 2,473
tons gross burden. She was built of
IRON, at Glasgow, in 1873. Her length
lover all was 800 feet inches. She had
three decks, and was divided into six
water-tight compartm ents. She had
two compound, vertical, double-action
cylinders and four boilers, and her en-
CINE was capable of being worked up to