The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-12-04
CASUALTIES,

"A
PHO, Pa, Dec I, several firemen were serious
" Injured by falling walls.
The town Of Rardslia, Fayette county,
Iowa, was destroyed by fire Nov. Is But one
business structure. rcrnnins. It was the
ssewoyk OF an ineendiary.
Y. The Grand Opera house at Toronto,
Canada was burned on the early morning OF
/ Nov. goth. The janitor's wife and daughter
persisted in the flames.
At Norwich, Conn.,, Nov. 81, the house
Of Mrs. Samuel F. Ticknor took fire and when
tho neighbors ran to the place they found
Mrs. Ticknor sitting in her chair burned to
death.
The Marcellus powder mill 12 miles
ffon Syracuse, N. Y. exploded Nov. "a The
report was heard 20 miles. Three buildings
gai1d 5000 pounds Of powder were destroyed.
No person injured
Between Forest City and Madison, DC
miles vest Of Memphis, Tenn, Dec. I, freight
train was dit ched, and eleven cars loaded with
cotton were burned. A colored woman aud
two children, and white brakeman were
killed.
A serious conhag ration, involving tho
loss OF nearly one hundred thousand dollars
worth OF property, occurred in Oronoco Ohm.
sted county. At about 3 o'clock on the morn.
Ing Of Nov. Is, the large Touring mill of Good
niue and Allis. at that place, took fire at about
that hour and was burned to the ground, to-
gether with their large warehouse, containing
between 10000 and $1,000 bushels of wheat,
and q sawmill adjoining valued at $500. 1t is
believed that the fire was caused by all over
heated box. in some of the machinery on the
upper floor where the fire originated, The
owners OF the mill had put in two new run Of
stone and three crushers during the season.
and the mill had q capacity of 2U0 barrels q
Hay, at the lime of its total destruction. The
insurance on the same is about one-third Of
the property destroyed.
On the morning of Nov. %, shortly
before 7 O'Clock fire was discovered In the
street car stables GU Eight avenue, New York,
and Notwithstanding forty streams of water
were turned upon the blazing buildings, it
wasonly when there was nothing further for
the flames to feed upon, that the 1remcn OBJ.
tainedthc mastery. The stabIes-wcre in the
four story brick building fronting 200 feet on
Eight avenue and 400 feet on Forty ninth and
Fiftcth streets. In the rear of the Ninth ave-
nue. side there was wilderness of carpenter
and wagon shops, and mountains OF old bar
rels ,Inany thousands stacked to height of
thirty or forty feet. They were saved ny the
efforts Of the tlremen, who from the beginning
specially directed their attention to this point
to prevent . general contagration among the
tenement houses on Ninth avenue. Almost
before a movement to save the stock in the
stables could be made, the flames burst stimuli
tancously from the windows in Fiftieth and
Forty -uinth streets sides, and it became clear
that The building was doomed to destruction.
The cars stored on the ground floor We're run
out and saved, while the horses stabbed on the
upper floor were united and run down the in
clined plane to the ground. There were near
IL 8OJ horses and the work of getting them
out was ono Of great difficulty and danger.
Blinded by the smoke and frightened by the
flames they kicked and reared. and over 100
had to be abandoned ~ destruction. Their
piteous whining could be heard above the
roar of the flames. BY falling walls four fire
men were badly injured, two vi whom fatally.
Loss s250,U0O. The tire Is supposed to have
originated from spontaneous combustion in
damp hay.