Daily globe., 1879-06-06
BURNED BY FALLING WALLS.

BURNED BY FALLING WALLS.
CINCINNATI, June 5.-Workmen were placed
| in the ruins of Post & Co.'S. fire this afternoon
| to clear away the rubbish, and at half
past three o'clock one of the interior walls fell
carrying with it portions of the second. third,
fourth and fifth walls, and a number Of men.
fire alarm brought a number of
engines and police to the ruins, and
| with number of volunteers work
| was commenced to rescue the dead and dying.
| In half hour one dead man and two wound
| ed had been taken out, but work was inter
| rupted by farther fall of the ruins, burying
those carried down by the first crash still
deeper IN the debris Work was again resumed,
and the following dead and injured were finally
rescued
Dead-Sarn Cronin, Charles Longreis, resi-
dent of Covlngton, married; Geo. Burns, of
| this city, unmarried; William Scheech, unmar-
ried.
Wounded-Ed Havemyer, VIM. Hammer Sc
verely; L. Simondson and Sisismund Rriliand,
slightly.
Previous to the accident Post & Co. estimated
their loss at from $4,000 to $4,000, but they
state that it will certainly reach 100000. and
| possibly S120,00O. There two yet
missing, John McGarry and Michael O'Dowd,
and the work of searching for their bodies is
progressing rapidly as possible, but up to
| IL 80 P. II. they had not been found.
coLoRED MURDERER HUNG.
| CHAMBERsBURG, Pa, June 5.-Peter alias
Peachey Swingler, colored who murdered John
Anderson, colored at ball here on the night
of December 17th last, was hanged in the Jail
! yard to-day. Upon reaching the scaffold
Swingler, himself, placed the rope around his
neck, which the sheriff had him remove to
allow him to make any remarks if he TFlskea
He then said whiskey and bad company brought
him there, and advised all to abstain from
| them. He thanked the Sheriff and attendants
for their kindness. He said he was ready, and
again placed the rope around his neck. which
the sheriff again had removed. After prayer
the cap was placed over his head the rope was
adjusted and the trap was sprung at II :05, and
at il:l5 he was pronounced dead.
| A BOY MURDER.
BALTMoRE. June 5.-At RohrersvilIe, Wash
ington county, Maryland, yesterday, Lewis S.
Miller, aged Is, shot and killed Charles Norris
OF about the same age. Miller had been
teased by boys who called him nicknames
he procured musket, loaded it, followed the
boys and shot Norris who died instantly.
RFPRIEvED.
LEBANON, Pa, June 5.-Nimrod spatten-
hawer, sentenced to be executed to-day, has
been granted reprieve of thirty days that his
case may be brought before the board of
pardons.
New YORK, June 5.-Henry E. Dodge has
been arrested the charge of issuing forged
checks, among them one on the Presbyterian
bookstore at Pittsburgh.
OBSCENE LITERATURE.
i New YORK, June 5.-Mr. Deboigne NJ. Ben
nett an editor convicted on the charge of send
ing obscene literature through the mails, has
been sentenced to thirteen months hard labor
In the Albany penitentiary and to pay fine of
three hundred dollars.
BANK ROBBERS.
New YORK, June 5.-Patrick She7lin, watch
man of the Manhattan bank, and VIM. Kelly,
charged with the burglary of that institution,
were arraigned to-day. Shevlin pleaded guilty.
Kelly entered a plea of not guilty. They were
both remanded for trial, without bail.
DIED OF FRIGHT.
PoKEEPs1E, N. Y, June ga tramp at
tackled the widow of Farmer Willinger, near
Millerton, Duchess county, yesterday. She
was SO frightened that she die! instantly. She
was between 60 and 70 years of age. A lynch
ing party is In pursuit.
KILLED BY BOILER EXPLOSION.
PITTSBURGH, June By the explosion Of a
boiler at Bryans brick yard, at Freedom, to-
day, John Bryan and Frank Matheny were in
stantly killed, John Powell and Frank Bryan
fatally and D. Grim, w. Erwin and Joseph
McDermott seriously injured. Low water
caused the accident.
FIRED UPON BUT NOT KILLED.
II NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 5.-United Stat
!, Revenue Collector Woodcock to-day received a
letter dated at McMianville yesterday. from
United States Deputy Marshal Jas. NJ. Davis,
; stating they were fred upon Tuesday while de-
stroying Cantrilrs illicit distillery near Smith
=, vile. DeKalb county, but no one was hurt.
THE BUFFALO FIRE.
BUFFALO June 5.-The fire in Barnum &
Sons establishment was extinguished about
L daylight. Their stock was totally destroyed.
Falling walls slightly injured several persons.
n The loss on stock will aggregate $l700O0; on
the store, 1926 GOO; insurance on stock S160, 600;
: on the store, $40, 900. Warner, Jennings & Co.,
: paper hangers and decorators, adjoining, suf-
n fered loss by water of probably $5, 600; insu-
+ rance, $40, ,0G0 loss to their property, So, ,000
& insured.
g OTHER FIRES.
e DETROIT, June 5.-A fire at Grand Rapids
= this morning destroyed Ward & Co.'s sash and
g blind factory, the box factory owned by the
d Heath estate and Harrison's wagon factory
8 Estimated loss, $25,009 to $4,000; insuranc.
unknown.
a MILWAUKEE, June 5-Fire this evening il
: the wholesale tobacco establishment of Schues
ter % fltts Market square, caused damage tc
leaf tobacco stored IN the basement of So 500
: Insured in the Allemania af Pittsburgh fo
: S., 900.