The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-14
MRS. JAMES FISCHER, of Etns Green,

MRS. JAMES FISCHER, Of Etns Green,
Indiana, was killed by q train while walk.
ing on the railroad track on the 9th.
CLOUGH's furniture factory at Cen
cord, N. H., was damaged by fire to the
extent Of $4,000.
WHILE three children of Mrs. Moore,
OF Ogdensburg, Wis.,, were returning home
from school, on the 9th, they ventured on
the mill pond, which was slightly froEen,
and two were drowned. The third one was
rescued by an older brother, who came just
In time 70 see his twelve and ten-year old
brother go to the bottom, and to save his
seven year old sister from q watery grave.
Six years ago Mr.. Moore, the father Of the
children, Has drowned in the same place.
SAMUEL HENDRIcKsoN and wife,
while driving across the railway track at
Freehold, N. j., on the 9th. was struck by
an engine and both fatally injured.
AT Elizabeth, N. j., on the 9th inst,
. 6re destroyed the Union Club stable OF
the Elizabeth gymnasium. and 9 private
house adjoining. A number Of carriages,
sleighs and cattle were also consumed. An
hostler lost his life in the flames. Loss
about $50, 1000; insured.
FIVE buildings, including the Odd
Fellows hall, were burned at Helena, Ark,
on the night of the 5th. Loss upwards Of
$90,OCO
TERENCE QUADE, employed at the
Clay street rolling mill, Louisville, KY, was
caught in the machinery on the 4th and
crushed TO death.
AN unknown schooner was totally
wrecked at Broad Cove, Cape Elizabeth,
Me-, and all hands drowned. Five bodies
washed ashore.
A PASSENGER train on the New York
and Green wood Lake Railroad, com posed
of one engine and q coach, ran into the
Hackensack river on the 4th owing TO q
draw bridge being open. The engineer,
named Dexter, was killed in jumping from
the engine before il went into the river, his
neck being broken. There were about
twenty persons in the coach, q number Of
whom were wounded. The coach hoated on
the water, and the passengers were taken
out through the windows and roof by men
| in small boats.
TEN frame houses and contents at
Portland, Michigan, were burned on the
4th. Loss $4,000.
In 8 fire in San Francisco on the
night of the I'd, Robert Graves and wife
were burned to death.
Four men were killed by a boiler ex.
plosion at Delaware, Ont, on the Sd.
ABOUT one third of the town of
Mound City. H., was destroyed by fire on
the Sd, including the Pulaski county court
house with all the records. Total loss about
$4,000; insurance less than $4,000.
FIVE MEN-William Kinney, Zach
Thomas, George Forcey, Daniel Rupp and
David Jenkins-wers killed and their bo.
dies frightfully mangled by an expl osion
of fire damp in a mine ut Mill Greek, q
hamlet near Scranton, Pa, on the Sd. A
naked lamp carried by one Of the victims,
it is supposed, caused the acciden
A FIRE at Chicago on the Sd destroyed
Andrews & Co.'s school furniture factory,
entailing loss Of $4,000, and inflicting
81, 900 damage on the warehouse and sales.
rooms of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing
Machine company.
AT Dubuque, Ia, sash and door fac
tory, freight depot and an elevator were
reduced TO ashes on the Sd. Loss 800, 900.
A WAGON factory at Logansport, Ill.
was burned on the Sd. Loss $4,000.
AT Michigan City, Ind, on the Sd, q
railroad depot was burned. Loss $4,000.
PAUL MARKwoRTH, of Cincinnati,
qusrreled with his wife. To brighten hel
he tied himself by the neck to the bed post
but the moose slipped on him and choked
him to death.