The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21

from window ana was killed. His entire
family, consisting Of his wife, two children
and mothsrin,law, were sutfocated. A man
named Cohen, owner Of the building, was |
arrested charged with firing IL for the pur. |
pose Of getting insurance. The ire was ex.
tinRuishsd before the house was damaged
to any great extent,
BRowN's planning mill at Lock Haven,
Pc, together with the Office and lumber
sheds and two dwelling houses, burned on
the 18th. Loss $4,000.
THE mail train ON the Galena division
OF the Northwestern road, on the 18th,
while rounding the curve east of Elgin. ILL.,,
ran over two unknown men who were lying
on the track. One Of them was literally
torn to pieces and the mutilatsd remains
scattered about for rods, The other suf-
fersd a skull fracture, and will probably
die. Ii Is supposed the men were tired
| tramps or were intoxicated.
A FIRE ON Walker street, New York,
on the 18th, caused damage to the extent
Of $4,000 10 Oily 4 Giddings, manufaO-
turers of gas fixtures, and Il. I. Edmunds,
maker of valves and water cocks.
A HURRICANE struck the railroad
bridge at NieredOsia, Mo on the 18th, and
blew three spans OF loo feet each into the
river.
AN unknown man was run over and
killed by the cars at st. Louis, on the 18th.
A card found on the body bears the name
Of J. Gordon.
Two unknown persons in row boat,
went over Woods falls, on the Black river,
near Wstertown, n. Y, on the 18th. 1t is
thought they intended suicide.
The steamer Belle of st. Louis, struck
a hidden snag at Island 40, on the 18th, and
sunk in 20 feet OF water. She was en- route
from st. Louis to Vicksburg, with a full
cargo.
. MAINS cotton seed oil mill at YasoO
. City, Miss, burned on the 18th. Loss SIS,
600; insurance $4,000.
. A PORTION of Crawford county, Kan
!. sas, was swept over by = fierce tornado oil
e the 18th. The track was half a mile wide
and a clean sweep was made Of everything
in the path. Che hOuse was lifted ant
transported out Of sight. A man natne'
John Newton was killed by his tallin
! house, and quite a number had their legs o
arms broken or were otherwise injured.
A LARGE building which extende'
AfOn1 DACcCACI stACCt ~ A4eNSSA SAS~S s~~
faced Abingdon square, New YorE city, OF
u cupied by a number OF manufacturers, va
70 burned on the 18th. Loss $4,000.
!. THus. BAKER, formerly of GAINESVILLE
Wis, but of late years yardmaster 1
n Albany, 4. Y, was killed BY the cars at tn
latter place, on the 18th.
~ CAPT. P. COLLINS, Company A
AZ Twenty.6rst infantry, was killed at Fo
of Boise, Idaho, on the 18th, by q runaway q
he cidenL
ne Mrs. A. A. SEwELL, residing mel
Butler, Ind was run over by a locomoti'
l., at that station, receiving fatal injuries.
he WIN. BLETHEN & Co.'S steam saw mi
and residence, Tusket, Yarmouth count
ss, n. s., burned on the 9th. Loss $4,000;
M surancs $SS,000.
es. THE large academy hall at the Norm
les agricultural school near Hampton, Va, W
burned on the 10th. Loss $5O, 600: insure
ng WHILE walking ON the railroad ira
Ii. near Hamilton, Ohio, on the 10th, Nj
Il, Alpha Hawthorne was run over and killt
Dg VIM. HUTCHINSON, of st. Louis, DIR,
, coal oil from a barrel, after dark, on I
ne 10th. He succeeded in setting fire to I
18th oil, blowing up the barrel, burning $l0,(
ia, Oh property duu DIS
in bone crushed and arm broken.
ZEN The railroad depot and two or thr
of other buildings at Pageville, Mo-, W,
'ed blown down by q tornado on the 10
rty Gen. Joe Shelby and 8. Shanden were
ans i jured, the latter fatally. The same sto
=" visited SrasbuIg, blowing dow one chur
six dwellings aud q blacksmith shop. SIEVE
on other towns received blast from The stoI
sks JACOB BUBKE was fatally scalded
all the 10th by falling into vat of boiling
terial at q fertiGZing establishment at
dianapOlis, Ind.
NINETEEN buildings were destroy
ate by FIRE at Napoleon, Ohio, on the 9th. L
we'd 100000.
his TIE steamer Champion from n
, of York for Charleston, was sunk by coils
~ with the ship Lady 0ctavia, on the morn
of the 7th, when about thirty miles of G.
It'll, Henlopen, Delaware. thirty persons of
,s,; crew and passengers were lost. TweI
-; four were saved by the Lady Octavia, VIII
'eni slthough badly damaged was towed to P
ule. adelphis.
nca The wel!-known whaling schOo
eni. Florence, lately employed in polar in
j to tiRation under Captain Tyson, has been
tally wrecked IN Cumberland straits, to
the east Of Hudson'S bay.
ton. The steamer Falcon, from Baltim
for Charleston, was sunk Of Barren isls
cen On the Atlantic coast, on the Sth, by q
sas sion with the schooner 8. c. Tyron.
hands were saved. Loss ON steamer ab
lng $4,000.
80. TIE Austrian bark Rebus, which
rived at New York on the Sth, brought n
OF the loss OF the schooner Petrol and
n teen OF her passengers and crew. The
ieiu trel was cspsiZed IN a squat in the Nc
W Atlantic OIL the Z9th of October. The Re
re- brought six sur Tivors who ere found eli
ing TO the wreck.
The western span of the st. Lo
IL Kansas City and Northern railroad brit
W." crossing the Missouri river at St. Char
.SSv fell on the night of the 9Th, precipitat
be stock train OF seventeen cars into
river. Five persons were in the caboos
md. the time, three Of whom Joseph Wea
O. a wealthy stock raiser, Mr.. Hyde, of n
va tana, and brakeman Barnpart were xii
IlO,' Charles Irwin, brakeman, WAS on TOP
tiat. the caboose and went down with il, rec
has ing fatal injuries. The damage tn
lde. bridge is estimated at about SIS, 900. v,
9Th. Of cars and stock about $25, 900.
rur. GAFF Il Co.'s cattle pens ut Gin
and natl, o., were consumed by FIRE on the
uip inst. together with 900 h.ad of stock.
loss is estimated at $4,000.
was BY the burning of the calabOost
sion Walnut Iowa, on the Sth inst, prise
we're nameu noel rafker iost MS lie.
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