Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-13
FALL OF A RAILROAD BRIDGE.

nlRnC, as an extra tEa1n, engine 1O% hAEDt Gull
ductOr, Plowman engineer, was crossing st.
Charles bridge, over the Missouri river, coming
east, the west span of the main structure sud
denly gave way, precipitating seventeen cars of
live stock and the caboose into the abyss. The
engine and one car, with the engineer, con-
ductor and fireman, were saved by the breaking
of the connection between the cars. Three
dead bodies and three persons badly injured
were recovered from the river. At this late
hour it is impossible to learn the names or
residences of the unfortunates.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. ga visit to-day to the st.
Charles bridge, one span of which fell last
night, disclosed terrible wreck and distruc-
ton of property. The bridge proper is an iron
Howe truss of three spans, and the truss that
fell seems to have lost its bearing on the piers
ON both ends at the same time, for it lies in
the river in an almost horizontal position, and
is full of cars it was before it left the piers
The cause of the accident is unknown, but
G. Thaler Smith, of the Baltimore
Bridge company, under whose personal
supervision the bridge was constructed, thinks
it was Occasioned by q track or car leaving the
track. Conductor Kirley, however, testified
before the corOner's jury, this afternoon, that
the train was all right when it passed on to the
bridge. Another story is the bridge was
struck by lightning, heavy storm having
prevailed about an hour before the disas
The names of these in the caboose when it
went down. and who were killed outright, were
Joseph Weaver, q wealthy stock raiser and
vice president of the first national bank of
Malvern, Iowa, Mr.. Hyde, les-
ident of Montana, friend of MIR Weav-
er, who was accompanying the latter to st.
Louis, George or Joseph Barnhary, q brake
man of MOberly. Mo-, John Bumner, drOveE,
of Malvern, had leg broken in two places. and
Frank Davis, yard man about ~ years OF age,
who was bringing stock to this city for his
E. AN.1- D. les, Nod
and very little Is jured. j. ii. Strohm stock rails
er, Malvern, was also in the cabOose, but when
be heard the crash of timbers and iron and the
great splashing Of water, he sprapg out of the
side door of the caboOse to the floor of the
bridge approach. only few feet from the chasm,
and before he could regain his feet saw the Ca
boose plunge down the awful abyss of eighty
feet. His escape was one of the most won Ter
full on record. Charles Irwin, brakeman, was
on top of the caboose and went down with it,
and was 30 terribly mangled he died at noon TO
day. He has mother living st Mount Yer.
non, Ohio.
The bodies of Weaver, Hyde and Bernhard
wore enclosed in handsome caskets and sent BY
special train this afternoon, and Irwin viii
probably be forwarded to Ohio tomorrow
Somcrs is receiving every possible attention
the Gait House, st. Charles.
MEssURI CyCL ONES.
KANSAS CRY, Nov. 9.-Asout P. M, yester
day, severe cyclone, accompanied by heavy
rain, passt over Strasburg, asmall town on th'
Missouri Pacific railroad, six miles east q
here. church was blown to atoms. THREE
| dwellings. four stores and blacksmith shol
were all leveled to the ground. The roof OF
the railroad bridge was blown off and carried
| some distance. Telegraph poles and wire
| are all down. Several persons sustained in
| juries but none were killed as far IS is known
| The scene where the cyclone struck the tOwl
| was an appalling one. The heavens wer'
| black with frightful looking clouds, and tn
shrieks and groans of the affrighted peopL
| made up scene never to be forgotten. A
Odessa station, ON the Chicago Il Alton road
thirty-eight miles east of this city, the vino
blew at the rate of eighty miles an hour. Th
largest store in Odessa was torn to atoms, th'
| goods being carried far out on the prairie and
scattered in every direction. Two men wer
| seriously injured, dozen small building
were blown down, and great amount o
property is reported destroyed in the countr.
| adjacent.
| SHOCKING MURDER.
| BANGOR, Me-, Nov. "a shocking murde
was committed last night. JAMES J. Norris
agent of large sawmill of Cutler L Eddy, O
Bangor, was found dead by the roadside il
Bradley, this morning, with his head fright
fully mangled and his throat cut from ear L
| ear. Bradley is ten miles north of Bangor. OIL
the East Penobscot river. Cutler 4 Eddy
mills are situated there. Norris left his OF
fee. near the mill, at 8 o'clock last night fo
his home, quarter of mile distant. Whel
| about half way home he was attacked from be
hind by q man who struck him on the bacl
| of the head with an axe, crushing in the skull
| The murderer then cut the throat of his vic
| tim from ear to ear with the axe. The bod
Was dragged aside and left in The gutter
| There is great excitement in the vicinity. TIL
| cause for the murder was probably robbery ant
| vengeance. A Frenchman named Balldock i
suspected. The fellow was yesterday discharges
| from the mill by Norris for nisdeeds. He VIA
very angry with Norris, and spirit of reveng
and desire to rob the office of the compan,
| of 800 which was yesterday placed there, yer,
| likely actuated him to do the horrible deed
| 1t il not yet known whether the robbery wa
successful or not Bullock crossed the Pen
obscot river during the night, and took tn
early train for Bangor. He then left on tn
! Maine Central. Suspicious are so stronl
/ against him that the proper authorities order
| ed his arrest, and be was arrested ON the car
at Newport. He will be brought to Bangor b,
| the next train. Great indignation Is fell q
| the butchely. Norris is 60 years of age, honor
ed and respected by every one. and widel
known.
BANGOR. Me-, Nov. 9.-The murder of jaime
| DE-
| great excitement in this vicinity. Seven,y.hy
dollars were found on his person, and slip Gu
from newspaper. Everything else of valu
| was removed from his person, and the murder
or took the keys, went to the Office, opened til
safe, secured about 81 SOC, and made his es
cape. Three hundred and fifteen dollars o
this money belonged to Cutler & Eddy propri
etols of the mill where Norris was foreman
and the balance to the town of Bradley, Norri
being collector and treasurer. A Frenohma
named Joseph Baleau, who had been discharges
1 from the mill on Thursday; was arrested Sun
day on suspicion, and sufficient evidence wa
found ON bis person to convict him. The Ak
| with which the murder was committed wa
found in the mill pond this afternoon. tn
blood stairs still on it. 1t has been identife
as one stolen from the mill last Wednesda,
The victim was 60 years old.
sUFFoCATED.
NEW York, Nov. 9.-Mrs. Mary Silcoc. re
siding in Brooklyn, and young child wel
into which the child fell, and the mothe
jumped to recover him.
LOST ON THE PETROL
NEW BEDFORD, Nov. 9.--The list of lost o
the schooner Petrol, includes eight passenger
only one, BENZ. Weston, being an Amer
can. The rest of the passengers and all I'll
crew we're Portuguese.
THE BILL YOUNG LYNcHERs.
KEoKuK, Iowa, Nov.l 9.--At the instance Q
Attorney General Mitchell. Judge Anderson
who is holding court at Memphis, No. issue
bench warrants for the arrest of several of tn
leaders oi the mob who lynched Bill Young. in
Guiding Frank Lane, O. 8. Cross. Bnck Brow
and Bill Smith. The warrants were placed /
the hands of Sheriff Graves, of Scotland com
l h. okm laA xrSA fAf a IA N 4
make the arrests, fut has not been heard from
Lane left that locrlity last night. and vigorou
search is being made for him. When last see
be sta'ed that be would leave for st. Louis
attond case in Illinois. The authoritie
seem determined to prosecute the perpetrator