Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-30
CASUALTIES.

Willie revolving rapidly. } WO pieces
struck James Ellison, who happened to
he seeking employment. One tore off
his right arm and the other lAcerated
his thigh in a fearful manner. The arm
was amputated, but it is not certain he
will recover
AT Dallas, Texas, on the 22nd inst,
lightning struck barbed wire fence on
the farm of 0. 2. Scott, running mile,
and fatally inluring young man nam
ed Mcpherson.
AT South Bend, Ind, on the 22nd,
Father Vineyard, pastor of the Church
of the Assumption, while asleep Satur-
dav night swallowed four teeth on
gold plate. When he awoke they were
SO far down his throat that he could not
raise them, and the surgeons have since
failed to extract them. He is suffering
greatly, and the possibilities are that he
will die.
A BEAVER DAM, Wis. special of the
22nd says the body OF John Hummel
was found yesterday morning near the
stone quarry about five miles up the
lake from this city. One stormy night
in November last he started in boat
to ,.Jssthe lake to his home. The
empty boat was found next morning.
As the lake froze over about that time,
the body was not found.
CAPT carroll Of the steamer Great
Republic, wrecked off the coast of Cali
fornla, made statement at San Fran
cisco on the 22nd inst, in which he at
tributes the disaster to an error of
judgment of the pilot in charge of the
ship in taking her SO near sand island
that when the course was changed the
tide set her on shore. The following
are the names Of those lost by the cap
sizing of the boat from the Great Re-
public, as furnished by the purser:
Hugh Lennon, first officer; r. Davis,
second officer; j. Conner, boatswain;
William Johnson, carpenter; Peter
Rogers, Waterman; Thomas McEIvoy,
messman; Samuel McMurray, waiter;
Frank Mallory, body recovered; Frank
Connolly, and Alexander Scott, fire.
men.
A La CROSSE, Wis, special of April
oath. Says Anna Fisher aged II years,
member of night policeman Fishers
family, vas assisting Mrs. Fisher put
down carpet, when lamp which was
standing on the floor was overturned
and exploded, throwing the burning oil
all over her. She ran into the yard,
tanning the flames in the wind so that
they blazed up fifteen feet above her
body. She was finally caught by a son
of Fisher, who threw her down and ex-
tinguished the flames by throwing sand
over her. She was terribly burned, the
entire right side of her body being
crisped, with the skin hanging in shreds.
She is very low, but the doctors are
as yet undecided whether she will re-
cover or not.
A MINNEAPOLIS special under date of
April oath, says the walls of the Galaxy
mill fell at a quarter before 3 this after
noon, killing Mike Farrell and injuring
slightly Mike Hand and Daniel Connor
The Galaxy was one of the mills burn
ed at the time of the great mill explo-
sion in May last, and the wall had once
before stood fire that burned the en-
tire inside of the mill. After the ex-
plosion the mayor condemned the walls
and ordered them to be blown down,
but the proprietor resisted. The wall
has stood for nearly a year, but work
was commenced a week ago recon-
structing the walls. No less than thirty
men were employed in the mill at
the time OF the disaster, all of whom
had narrow escape. The falling walls
carried with them the tinbers of three
floors which had been constructed, and
filed the pit with a confused mass OF
debris. Considering the circumscribed
quarters and the number of men en-
ployed, it is miraculous that there was
not greater loss of life. Farrell was
not married, and has resided here
about a year. He was horribly man.
gled, and his death was almost instant
aneous. Hand was cut about the head
and shoulders. Conner received bad
cut on the head from falling rock. 1t
is believed that all the other workmen
escaped, but search is being made for
other victims.