Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21

FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

TnE Peoria starch works, ut Peoria,
H., burned on The I'm inst. Loss $50.
600. Insured.
john q. HATFIELD, of Clcrmont c0un.
ty, Ohio, while NJ work nj The bottom OF
II "a foot we'll, had 200 pounds of stone
dropped on him by men working the
windlass. He was fatally crushed. This
occurred on the 18th inst
THE boiler Of the engine attached TO
Il m atcrinl train, ON the Grecnyillc and
Col. railway, South Carolina, exploded
ON tho 18th, near Bolton, and instantly
killed the engineer, fireman, and another
man.
THE mail train On the Galcnn division
of tho North western road, on the 18th
inst, while rounding curve cast OF Ell
gin, H., run over two unknown men who
were lying on the track. One OF them
was literally torn to pieces and the mutt
lated remains scattered about for rods,
The other suffered skull fracture and
will probably die II Is supposed the
men were tired tramps or were iutoxicat.
ed
Tnn steamship Minnesota, which mr.
rived ut London from New York on the
| 18th inst Ind on board the crew of the
bark Royal Arch, taken oil when the
vessel was in II sinking condition. The
men had been at the pumps several days
One had been washed overheard. The
steamer sent boat to the rescuc, but the
weather was 30 rough the men were cGm.
PEELED to jump int the sea and were
hauled into the boat by n limo.
A TORNADO, accom- panied by hail and
heavy rain, struck Cairo, III, ut one
O'Clock on the afternoon Of the li,h inst,
demu!,shing the African Methodist
church, on Eighteenth street and Brad
lry's Colorcd Baptist church, on
Fifteenth street, and partially unrooled
the custom pouse and several small cot
tnges In the northern part of the city.
Alice Moores, aged II, was blown
through the door ot hub factory to
the ground and killed.
INFORMATION was received on the 10th
that the schooner g. q. Breed, owned at
Detroit, was capsized by asquall ON the
previous Friday, twenty mites east by
north Of Point au Pcllc, Lake Erie, while
bound from Detroit To Buffalo with n
cargo Of ~ 900 bushels Of wheat, and
twenty minutes later went To the bot.
tom. The saddest part Of the disaster
Is the loss of capt Harry Rose, of De-
troit, Mate John Smith, of Buffalo, and
five seamen. names unknown, the sole
survivor being n seaman named Frank
Da IL, who was rescued after being near.
| IL thirteen hours In tho water,
| EARLY on the morning of the lith
inst, u ii,c occurred AT $50 Canon street,
! New York. Mary Bodiski who occu
pied departments ON the third floor
| leaned to the street receiving fatal inju.
rics. Joseph Bal2kie who lived on the
ith floor jumped from his window and
was instantly killed His entire family,
consisting ~ his wife, two children and
mother IN law were sutlocatcd In the
flames though heroic efforts were made
To- save them From suspicious circum'
stances /, was thought that Il Cohen and
| family, who occupied u portion of the
building, were In some way responsible
Tor the fire and its tragic consequences
| lie and his wife were both arrested,
TnE printing establishment of the
| Chnrchman, In LIN Fayettc place, New
| York, WAS destroyed by fire on the l4th
inst, Many Of the employees bar ly
escaped. The janitress Of he building
was 80 badly burned that she died. The
fire was occasoned by the upseiting ola
kerosene lamp, The oil soon reached
some eel lnluid, which was being manu-
f,ctured in the building, and this very
inilammablc stuil soon fred the whole
building. The adventures OF many oc,
cupauts Of the building in tifeciiug IS
capes were thrilling. Adjoining the
burning block was the Stewart building
where 335 men and women were en-
ployed A panic ensucd and threatened
terrible results, but tho police succeeded
In restoring order, when all reached th,
street In safety. Loss TO the ChmcAmdn
$65,0o0. The paper will he ISSUED
regularly, however.
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