Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-25
CASUALTIES.


A famine is reported in the Province
Van, Armenia.
The famine IN ssisshAs spread into
fonr more districts.
Dec. IL, a heavy snow storm and severe
weather prevailed throughout Ontario.
A $4,000 fire occurred at Montreal,
Dec. 81. Owing to the intense cold fremen
were badly burned.
The roof of Earlham college, Rich
mond, Ind, was burned Dec. q. Loss $4,000
covered by insurance
A $4,000 oil FIRE, occurred at Pitts
burgh, Pa, Dec. 81, CAUSED by an explosion OF
gas. One man was badly burned.
Three persons persisted and two were
injured by the burning of the court house at
s;.Jear, Port Joli, Canada. Dec.s17. <S,.s
At Penitanguishine, Ontario, Dec Is,
Eyoung man and young lady skating, fell in
to hole in the ice and were drowned. =
The residence, OF James, Parry, at Del,
phos, Ohio, was burned Dec. 16, and child,
overlooked insthe confusion, was burned to
death.
On the morning Of Dec. 81, Best's
nestnut street brewery in Milwaukee was
destroyed by fire Loss $2O0OOOt nearly covered
by Insurance.
The boiler in Louis Trumbullss saw
mill at Collins, Ind, exploded Dec, 16. killing
Irum5uli, his two sons, and two other persons
fInployed in the mill.
Father Doyle, Catholic priest, and
Morris Mangnha, clerk in store at Athens,
Ga were drowned on the night of Dec. 18th,
while crossing the river ten miles from that
place. They had been paying sick call.
The opera house at Port Huron, Mich
was Damaged by fire at o'clock on the morn
Ing of Dec. 10, to the amount of ten or twelve
thousand dollars. Haverley's Juvenile pima
fore which played there the evening previous,
lost their wardrobe and scenery valued at
$2500 no insurance
A IRE occurred in the Park theater New
York, on the evening of Dec. 10, while per-
Torrance was in progress. There was great
excitement in the audience, but a panic was
prevented by iudicious action. on the part of
the police, andsa retired without injury
The fire was extfnguished and the building
was saved without any serious damage.
Mrs. Caroline Krutzer, female con-
Wet in the State prison at Saltwater, MINI.
on the morning of Dec. 18th, threw herself
from third story window, and survived The
fall in an unconscious state but few hours
she was supposed to be temporarily insane
had been very melancholy for some time
She was aboul sixty years old. and was sen.
fenced from Anoka county last September
for one year for assault with a dangerous
weapon.
Early on the morning of Dec. IS, at
Bismarck, D. T. fire was discovered in the
rear of the st. James restaurant, Main street
opposite the Sheridan house, supposed to be
caused by defective fue Before enough
people arrived to get the fire extinguished
the flames enveloped the whole building and
spread in every direction, taking the build
ings of j, H. Marshall. Frank Geist. Elder 6
Co.. West Dots, Sam Lee, and joni Staye1 or
the north, and Chas. Kupotz, D. l. Balely& Co
and Dan Eisenburg on the east. The goods
were taken out of stores in the whole bloch
and considerably damaged.
At quarter past 8 O'Clock On the
morning OF Dec. Goth, two freight trains OF
the st. Paul & Manitoba railroad, one goins
ont, the other coming in, collided, just east d
the Third street crossing Saint. Paul, Mimi
The outgoing train. it appears, had just start
ed ahead, and such was the force of the In
coming train as not only to bring it to full
stop but to actually force it backward, caus
ing the caboose to leave the track and force i
partly through a car standing on another track
In this caboose Mr.. j. F. Smith, conductor
was caught by the broken timbers, and 1t wa
supposed at first, had received serious injuries
Dr. Hagan was promptly summoned, but b,
the time he reached his patient he had re
covered the use of his limbs, and an exami
nation showed only slight bruises. Mr.. Thorn
as Finnegan who was bound for Minneapol
suffered a confusion Of his left foot, from
which he viii probably suffer several days
No one else was injured as far as can be az
certained at this writing. Both engines wer
pretty badly wrecked, as also two or tire
cars.