The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-09-02

suvius iron-works, Sharpsburg, Penn, b.
which Jacob Hartman was horribly burn
ed. Hartman is catcher employed at tn
works referred to, and bar of iron cam'
through the machinery in such way as tt
become unmanageable. The roller coule
not control it, nor could Hartman catch it
| When eight feet of it had been run through
the rolls it passed between Hartman's legs
and wound around him as high as hi
abdomen, placing him in a rope of hal
melted iron. The engineer at once stopped
the machinery, and the unfortunate mar
was extricated as speedily as possible, but
, not until he was horribly burned.
THREE persons were burned to death b,
the explosion of coal oil can near Louis
vile. Mrs. Lyles and her little daughte
and Mrs. Tyer, her mother, were victims
Mrs. Lyles asked her mother to fill tn,
lamp while it was burning. The oil cal
took fire and exploded, throwing the burn
ing oil all over the parties mentioned ant
setting their clothing on fire. Thei
screams brought Mr.. Lyles to their rescue
and in attempting to extinguish the hame
he was badly burned Mrs. Tyer and tn,
little girl died Friday night, and Mrs
Lyles fingered until Saturday morning
when she died in great agony.
A TERRIBLE and devasting hurricane
visited Texas, last week. The Times Cor
pus Christi special gives an account the
storm on the lower Texas coast and Mexi
co. Matamoras looks cs if bombarded
brick buildings being torn out of long
blocks. 1t is estimated that 200 houses
are demolished or unroofed The stock Of
goods destroyed is estimated at $500, 900
Brownsville is in but little better shape
At Point Isabel and Brozos the storm was
most disastrous In Brownsville Lati
mer's china shop and adjoining building i:
in ruins, the streets full of debris
houses wrecked and trees anC
fences blown down. The infantry
barracks are badly scattered and con
siderable damage done to officers ir
quarters; twenty-eight horses and sever
mules belonging to the government
were killed. The artillery barrack:
was unroofed and the cavalry stables blown
flat. The convent was also unroofed
and its fence blown down. The
tug Ethel and the steamboats, Johr
Scott and George Brown were sunk al
Point Isabel. The Petno was wrecked anc
the schooner Julia Willet was blown
ashore. The Bravo went to pieces anc
the pilot boat Ada is missing The quar-
antine station and the old light house al
Brazor is gone. Estimated damages as
follows: Matamoras,. $50O,O0O; Browns
vile, S25O,OO0; Garrison, $4,000; Point
Isabel and shipping, 100000.
AT 2o'clock on the morning OF the oath
inst, fire was discovered in the mansa,d
roof of the paper warehouse of Averill
Russell & Carpenter, on the lower Third
street, St. Paul. MINI. The flames gained
ground rapidly, and soon spread to the
room of P. II. Kelly & Co.'S wholesale
grocery store next to the paper warehouse,
and the three buildings, the paper house
occupying two and the grocery one, were
soon wrapped in flames. The combustible
material in the grocery burned swiftly
and surely. Before the fire was
checked Kelly's store was a shape
less heap of ruins, and the
walls of Averill,. Russell & Co.'S
warehouse left standing. The fire burned
with incredible swiftness and ferceness,
and there was much danger in working
near it. 1t is rumored that one man was
killed by the fall of the Dennis House,
which fell into the street without warning
at o'clock, but this cannot be verified. The
adjoining stores, those of Beauper, Allen
& keogh. and the temporary building OF
Auerbach Finch. Culbertson & Co., which
were burned out last winter, were.sayed
with great difficulty. and Beauper, Allen
& Keogh, suffered loss of ten thousand
dollars, covered by insurance. The build
ings occupied by Ave1ill, Russell 4 Car:
pente were owned by c. w. Sherwood
and A. w. Hall. They ccst $4,000 and
were insured forSl2,O 900. Kelly's building
was owned by the late w. T. Wright. II
cost 100000 and was insured for $4,000
The loss of P. H. Kelly 4 Co., is estimated
at 100000; Averill, Russell & Co., 1925,
600.