Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1879-05-29

reached the third floor, and he is now lying
IN very critical condition. child of the
agent of the Cumberland Valley railway,
while climbing down the porch from the fourth
floor, fell, and is supposed to be fatally in
iured. Two bodies have been found in the
ruins burned TO a crisp. One of them is L. |
rroxoll, of Cumberland, and the other one is |
unknown. There are six persons missing suT- |
posed to be burnt and in the ruins. Fifteen |
persons are injured seriously, from falling, |
and about twenty slightly injured.
HOTEL BURNED.
The Washington Hotel at Hagerstown,
Md, was destroyed by fire on the night of the
29th. Before an alarm could be given the
flames rushed up the stairway, completely cut
ting off all escape There were sixty persons
in the house besides regular boarders, nearly
all of whom were compelled to escape by climb
ing down the porch pillars. Several of those
who escaped in this way sustained serious injur-
les by falling child Of the agent of the
Cumberland Valley railway while climbing
down the porch from the fourth floor, fell and
is supposed TO be fatally injured. Two bodies
have been found in the ruins burned to
crisp one of them is l.. Troxell of Cumber-
land. There are six persons missing, supposed
to be buried in the ruins. Fifteen persons are
injured seriously.
ANOTHER CYCLONE.
At five o clock on the evenino olihe 10Th
u cyclone swept acro5s the country three miles
uuri;. OF BplkOw, No. tearing down houses, up
| roofing and twisting of trees, and destroying
property of all descriptions. 1t moved iu a
circular motion with velocity of sixty miles
per hour in northeasterly direction and
when several miles east of Barnard suddenly
disappeared. track of territory half mile
wide was devastated by the whirlwind. The
full extent of damage has not yet been ascer-
taiucd.
THE FIRE RECORD.
The large packing house of S. and d.
4. Brown, in East Toledo was DESTROYED by
fire on the 3Oth. Loss $4,000. A large saw
mill owned by A. j. Miller, at Miburg, Ohio,
was burned on the 30lh, also a dwelling and
church. Loss $4,000. Forest fires arc raging
near Harrisvlle, Mich. On the afternoon of
the 3Oth in Detroit. fire caught in the roll.
ways Of II. A. Alger IL Co., containing some ten
million feet of pine logs, and will probably de.
stroy about three million feet.
THE ELECTRIC FUNNEL.
A great devastation was made in the
neighborhood Of Irving, Kansas by cyclone
Of unusual power. Without moments warn.
ing cloud of vapOr assumed o funnel shape
and whrlcd with great velocity in anOrth-east
direction. At Blue Springs family were taker
up bodily and dashed down dead. Fifteer
persons are reported killed in Irving, forty
five wounded and twenty-seven houses de
stroyed. Eight killed in Frankfort and tiftcer
more near Dclphos.
, FATAL ACCIDENT.
! An investigation into the death of H
II. Ellis, II farmer in st. Clair county, on th
night of the 22d supposed to have been causeC
. by Jack McliahOn, shows it was accidental
the gun being discharged while Mr.. Ellis hat
= his mouth over the muzzle and foot on tn
= hammer. Ellis had just learned of his daugh
ter's criminal intercourse with Mcmahon an,
started to kill him. Just before he rcachc,
! the house the fatal shot occurred.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
I, The. through express train east over tn
- pittsburg division of the Baltimore and Obi
!, Railroad on the night of the 9th ran into
a rock at u point three miles west of the conhu
- cnce. An engineer named Pritchafd and
I tramp named BOYLE, who was riding betNee
q the Baggage car and tender were killed. Til
fireman and tramp named Magras were il
: inrcd, but not seriously.
% FIRE IN wYANDoTT.
/ At about four o'clock on the momin
u of the 10th the city Of Wyandott was arouse
u by the alarm of fire, which proved to be
building on Minnesota avenue owned b
Cochran and Harbour of New York. II
l. building was completely destroyed and I'll
Z loss estimated at about 5000.
u DISGUSTING DEATHS.
n Nine children drank from a small strcaI
= near Newark, Vermont, on May 2Sth. The vi
n ter had been polluted by the carcasscs of
r. horse and several sheep, and were poisone,
v. from the effects of which seven died soon aftc
n their bodies becoming putrid and dcmandir
!. immediate burial.
1. COTTON CONSUMED.
u A loss Of several hundred thousand do
'e lars was caused by fire in State street Ne
% York on the 9th. Several houses and vel
u large number of bales of cotton contained
y ! the houses were burned.
. GREAT LOSS DY FIRE.
m At Silver Reef, Utah. on the lst I'm III
N Manageable fire consumed all the businc
le houses on the west side of Main street, al
r.. some twenty residences. Loss, half \ millio
"a AYOUrHrUL SUICIDE.
n A lad about fifteen years of age, liyir
a with his brothor-in-law, Mr.. Burns, near lie
Il ington Mo-, suiCidod by hanging himself
n. Friday, May 23d
ic DEcAplTATED.
st 4 man named Patrick Collins was II
c. over and killed by u switch engine at Sedal
u on the 2Sth. Collins head was severed fro
~ bis body.