The Mankato free press., 1880-05-07
CASyALTIES.

SEATTLE, Washington territory, dispatch
says: david Ball, Arthur J. Dempsy, William
Murry, William II. GOucher, James Scanlon and
Capt. stephen Manly miners, returning from
SkaGit mines, while descending the rapids of
the Skagit river, were drowned by the capsiZipg
OF their canoe"
Two boilers at Tod furnace, Briar Hill, Pa,
exploded on th. Both ult. Two men were in
stantly killed ana five wounded.
JACKSONVILLE. LII, had $4,000 fire on the
30th ult. Most Of the business houses on the
south side OF the SOU are were burned.
| TEXAS was visited ~ n severe storm on the
! 2Sth and 29th ult Tie Methodist church at
| Plaro was utterly destroy. j. Near Mckinney
gin shed was blown away, peach and plum
trees stripped and considera. lie damage done to
crops. The storm passed 70 the northeast OF
Brenham, uprooting trees, Ieye ing fences and
n, "ooiing outhouses. At Dzyih several build
inos y, re totally destroyed and Oh hers seriously
damaged: among those destroyed was Murrays
hoteI' MURRAY and wife were sig htiy and
gang of men seriously injured ThA seminary
building at GIeenville was destroyed; al Garns
and fences lcveled. No loss of life repor 'ed.
TERRIFIC cvclnc, Oh the 29th ult-, made
havoc in Columbia, y. c., aud vicinity. UNI
Der Of persons were injured, but no deaths hi we
been reported.
THREE colored Iaborers were suxoca ted III a
public well at Charleston, &. C., on tie 9th uit
Az incendiary fire at Adairville, NJ, burned
! the south side and part OF the east sAis OF the
public square. Loss quite heavy.
The planning mill Of Elyais, Simms d: Co, st.
! Paul, Mimi, was burned on the 28tl. Loss
/ $4,000; insurance $1,000,
! Ar Clinton, Me-, on the 25th, croquet fac
tory burned. Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000
THE paper warehouse Of the Kalamazoo pa osr
mill At Detroit, Mich, was destroyed by fire On
the 2Sth. Loss Sl5, 900.
The machine shop and contents, several Offices
and ONO locomotive at Lambertville, n. j., all
the property Of the Pennsylvania Rairoad COM
pany, burned on the 28th. Loss heavy.
Jons WILSON'S d Sons wholesale grocery at
Pittsburg Pa, was destroyed by lire on the
28th. Loss estimated at $50, 900.
Az emery wheel burst at Columbus, o. Penl-
tcntiary, Oh the 9th, killing James Hudsoa, q
convict.
A BOILER in Torrent shingle mill, SaN annah,
Ga, exploded on the 2sth INST, killing lewis
N. Torrent, superintendent, and George Hue 'hss,
engineer. Eight others were injured. I'M
building was totally consumed.
FREIGHT train OH the Chesapeake and Ohio
road rnn INTO the rear Of freight train going
, west, on the night Of the Goth, at Waynesboro,
Va, badly wreckag the engine and fifteen cars,
killing the fireman, Marx Wood, anu danger
, ously wounding the engineer, Lorenzo Smith
, A DISPATCH from st. Jo,nsy n. F., dated tho
, 2Gth inst. says: "The steamer Caspian wen
ashore and was afterwards run :zpound. He
=, fore compartments are full Of water. Dry goodl
j in the cargo are seriously damaged"
y A FIRE at Port Siding near st. Paul, Shan
u ON the night Of the 25th, destroyed the distilferI
r of A. II. Keifer and the government warehouse
:, Loss S34, 900; insurance - 600.
& KAUFMASss brewery, Cincinnati, was dam
aged 10 the extent Of $4,000 by fire on thu
Goth.
: OVER three hundred families have been rem
u dered destitute in Ocean county, New York, by
q the recent forest fires. They lived principally
II by the cultivation Of berries.
y A DRY GOODS store at Paw Paw, Mich, was
n struck by lightning on the 24th and SGT on fire.
e The flames extended to the adjacent buildings
o aud before the fire could be brought under con-
;, troll several business houses were destroyed.
:, An Oakville, Ont, dispatch Of the 2Gth says
: "a violent wind, rain and hail storm passed
), over this section this afternoon. Houses were
unroofed. barns destroyed and trees uprooted
. Sames Pickett, at work on q scow, fearing II
would be blown lakewards, jumped overheard
0 and ATTEMPTED to swim to shore but was
o drowned"
c The storm that swept Iowa and Illinois on
4 the night Of the 25th, visited the south with ur-
r abated fury. At Decherd, on the Chattanooga
railroad, q Presbyterian church was totally