Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-09-12
CASUALTIES.

london, went ashore at lIelen's Island,
Sept sth, says "A Montreal dispatch
CuAs MoRRls, an old man, was run
over aud killed by II switch engine at m
dianapois Sept dth.
TuE steamer Brcst, OF Glasgow, car.
rying 40 passengers from llavrc to
| Liverpool, went ashore of the Liz2arCs,
Sept. 9Th All but seven persons were
rescued.
TuE wife Of Sheriff Kern, Of Phila-
delphia, died of hydrophobia Sept 9th.
She had been bitten by II pet dog six
weeks previous.
T.. FARLEY, Of jackson, Mich, says n
dispatch of Sept 9th, was run over by n
| freight train, at Battle Creek, Mich, and
had both legs and the left arm cut off.
A GERMAN named Shafllr, living sew.
cn miles west Of Buckley, H., says a dis,
patch of Sept. dih, was drawn into n
thrcshing machine and SO horribly man
glcd that he soon died.
a DISPATCH Of Sept 8th gives the par
tlculurs of an accident on the Wabash
road, about twenty miles east of ST.
Louis The train broke through lrestlr,
wreck ing eight cars and killed the cngi
necr and fireman
A THIRTEEN year old son Of Charles
w. Cain, says dispatch of Sept. ith,
while playing in II bin Of barley in an
elevator ut WykoH, Mimi, was Arawn
into spout while the grain was being
loaded into n ear, and smothercd 10
death.
Ar Cheyenne, Sept 9Th, Il large buld-
ing adjoining the burned w. u. tcle.
graph office, fell in burying several pco-
PIE in the ruins. Two children Of Mrs.
Bell were killed, ms WAS also Col, j. f.,
Nandcgnndc, Of Boston
MRs. THos. WAGGoNER, living near
Sadorus, M, SAYS u dispatch of Sept 9th.
went To u neighbours house leaving her
little children. BY some means prob.
ably by playing with matches, they fired
the house. 1t was entirely consumed,
with her little babe 10months OH in It..
A DETRoIT dispatch Of Sept. An, says
the steamer Bcrtschy, bound from Sagi-
nav TO Detroit, sprung n leak oil Port
Austin, Lake Huron, during n heavy
northwest gale, last night. The engine
Ines were put out and the steamer blown
ON the rocks near Grindstone City whore
she now lies II total wreck. The pas.
sengers and crew, numbering iorty.siN
persons, were all saved by crew Of the
life saving station. The steamer and
cargo will prove u total loss.
A PAXTON, H., special of Sept. 4th re-
ports a terrible accident in TINT county.
| While Il threshing machine was at work
for Martin Dctprly, two miles castD: that
village some mistake was made in cut
ting bands, and Mr.. Dcterly, being ON
the stack stepped upon the platform of
the machine, when his foot slipped,
throwing him into the cylinder, which
literally tore his legs To pieces. Medical
aid was summoned at once, but before Il
arrived MIR. Dctrrlv died from the loss
~ blood. He leaves II wife and several
children IN moderate circumstances.
A SAcWErrs' IlAnpoR, N. H., dispatch
Of Sept, 9th says n sailing yacht in the
west wind 10 day vas capszcd, and sank
| immediately N Henderson bay. There
were nine persons on board, seven Of
whom attempted to swim ashore, II dis.
lance of half u mile aud were drowned,
| Two chung to n spar above wafer and were
secured Those lost are; Byron and
! Nelson Westcott, brothers, Edward
! bctlNmln, schuyler IluWdIu, bIdhN
Lewis, Allen Ramsey and Edward
York, The names Of tile saved, NJ, ron
| Wycks and Charles Nashhurn The
wind WAS very strong and the boat had u
heavy ballast that caused her to sink.
| yellow Fever
4 DETROIT special OF Sept. 9TH says,
the excursion steamer Alaska, OF the
Detroit 4 Putin Bay line, while a few
miles from the mouth of river on Lake
Erie, on the down trip, ut / o'clock 4
~, exploded the dome of her boiler, IN,
stanlly killing both engineers and on
deck hand, and seriously scorch-
ing ten other deck hands
two fatally Of the large number
her of passengers on board orly one was
injured aud tat one slightly The
steamer Cag II Dttrott was but short
distance from the .itlSla at the time OF
her accident and immediately went 70
her assistance and took otf her passengers
and crew and tnwed The wrecked steam.
or to- Amhcrsthurg, near the mouth OF the
river ouly the upper works Vt thu
steamer suffered The amount OF the loss
Is not known at present