River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-12-04
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

THE Northern Transportation Compa-
ny's steamer, City of New York, went
aground near LudingtOn Nov. Gath, and
waterlogged.
THE house of Mrs. Samuel N. Tick
ner, at Norwich, Conn.,, burned Nov.
25lh, and Mrs Tickner persisted in the
flames.
A ST.. LOUIS dispatch of The Goth states
that one of the publ school buildings
burned, and several pupils were more or
less injured in panic in the school.
A SINGULAR accident occurred at
Calhoun, KY, Saturday, says dispatch
of the 24th, by which Lee Houston,
aged 10, was instantly killed. He was
leaning on shotgun watching a game
of base ball, when ''foul tip' sent the
ball against the hammer of his gun, dis
charging it. The load entered under the
left arm and came out at the top of the
head
THE Oronoco mill owned by Gooding
& Allis, at Oronoco, Olmsted county,
Mimi, burned Nov. 25th, together with
its contents, including thirty thousand
bushels of wheat and valuable ma
chinery. The loss will not be less than
$4,000. Fire supposed to have origina-
ted from friction.
ADvICEs from Randalia, Iowa, of Nov.
26h, state that that town was almost
wholly destroyed by fire, only one bust
ness house being left standing. The loss
is heavy with very little insurance. The
fire is supposed to have originated in
rivalry between saloon keepers. Great
Indignation exists.
a SPECIAL of Nov. oath from Traverse
City reports that the schooner III. Il.
Phelps, of Oswego, went ashore at Glen
Arbor, Lake Michigan. Wednesday
night. The vessel and cargo, 1900
bushels of wheat, total loss Capt. Kelly,
Robert Dewey, George Kelly, of Oswego,
Frank Golden, cook, of Sandusky, and a
German sailo., name unknown, shipped
ut Milwaukee, all drowned. The first
mate Howrigan and Edward Igoe, of
Oswego, were saved.
ONE of the most destructive fires that
has occurred in New York for some time
took place Nov. 25th, consuming the ex-
tensive stables of the Eighth Avenue
horse. car railroad company. The fire
alarm was sounded at an early hour i'll
the morning, and although forty streams
of water were turned on in five minutes
thereafter. the flames rapidly enveloped
the great structure and blazed up with
fearful energy The building was four
story brick, 300 by 400 feet The scene,
as the fire progressed, was thrilling in
the extreme. There were 800 horses in
the stables, and the work OF removing
them was attended with great danger
The frightened animals reared and
plunged, becoming unmanageable at
times Despite the most heroic efforts,
one hundred horses were burned to death.
The flames soon reached the vast quanti-
ty of baled hay, when terrific explosion
blew out one of the sides of The building,
burying Chief Campbell, Foreman
Welsh and two tiremen, Henry c. Mount
and John Regain, in the ruins. The spec
tators were appalled, at the awful sight,
but set resolutely to work to save the i'm
perileI firemen. They were soon pulled
out from the debris badly crushed.
Mount had his skull smashed and soon
expired The others, it was thought,
would live, though they were badly
manned. The whole building was des-
troyed, but the flames were prevented
from spreading further. The loss was es
timated at $250.0U0; insured heavily.