The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-09-16
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

FIFTY cases OF small pOX are fepOrtet LII
Troy, New York on the 4th inst.
MARSHALL & Bros sheet iron rolling
mill, of Philadelphia, Penn, burned on
the 9Th inst Loss, $4,000; insured.
THE Norfolk, Va, knitting and cotton
company's factory was burned on the Ind
inst. Loss partly covered by $4,000 in
surance. O.
BAKERS block at Harris Falls, n. Y,
including Parker's opera house, and ten
other buildings were burned. Loss $780,
600. ....s..-..-.. ....- g
ONE man was killed and six others Sc
verely injured by an explosion in the
Kelley Run coiliery at Shenandoah, Pa,
on the 3rd inst
OVER one hundred Indians having died
of smallpox at Upper Gatlnearu, Canada,
the red men are moving north In small
parties, leaving their dead unburied.
JUST before the democratic speaking
commenced Saturday evening, at Darling
ton, Ind, an anvil which was being
fired, exploded, seriously wounding six
BOYS. Two will probably die.
A BOILER in, Metz Bros brewery, at
Omaha, Neb, exploded with a deafening
report, on the 7th. inst, fragments of it
being thrown many blocks away. One
man was severely injured.
MORRIS SCANLAN,a a farmer living near,
Bloomington, ILL.,, had leg broken on
the 9th inst, by horse falling on him.
His injuries are very severe.
THE body Of John Gambler was found
on the railroad track near Perryville,
Ohio, on the 9th inst His neck was
broken, and it is supposed he was struck
by a passing train.
A LARGE hotel, the property of Mrs.
Wodyechowsky, a widow, and baker
shop, bar-room, and dwelling-houses, the
property of Mrs. Bischer, also a widow,
were totally destroyed by fire at Lebanon,
ILL.,, on the 2nd inst.
ADv1CEs from Florida, state that a ter
rife storm swept over the central portion
of Florida, on the 4th inst. The post
roads are flooded, bridges washed
away and mail communication seriously
interrupted
DURING heavy rain storm, at Rich
mond, Va, on the 9TH inst, whlrl'
wind struck the lower portion of the city
unrooffing several buildings, prostratlne
fences and trees, and doing great damage
The whirlwind covered a radius of more
than half mile.
A l4-YRAR-oLD son Of Daniel Roberts
living near Arcola, ILL.,, got his right hanc
caught in the cog wheels of Il broom-corr
thrasher. 1t was lacerated so badly that il
had to be amputated between the wrist anc
elbow.
A HORSE belonging to DR.. Geiger, of st
Joseph, Mo-, kicked 1O-year-old boy
named Julius Eckhart, in the head, frac
turing his skull DR.. G. interfered, wher
the horse kicked him in the right knee
dislocating the joint and knee-cap, an1
breaking two ribs.
| DURING heavy storm at Grand Rapids
Mich, on the 4th inst, the reservoir OF
the hill broke, liberating 100000 gal
Ions of water which damaged adjacen
property to the amount of $5O,OOO. Fit
teen or twenty dwelling houses wer'
wrecked and many streets and garden
we're either scooped out or obstructed b..
gravel and boulders.
AN Ontario dispatch says nine China
men were at work on the Canada Pacific
railway and standing on rock over
blast when premature explosion tool
nlace. and they were hurled into the air
Two had their skulls fractured. Th
friends of the men seized picks and axe
and started TO wreak vengeance on tn
foreman of the gang, a white man. The,
chashed him several miles, but he finall.
escaped.
A GRAIN warehouse near San Francisco
Cal. containing about 10000 sacks o
wheat and barley, was burned on the 6tl
inst. Loss probably $25O,OO0. The fir
is believed to have been the work of al
incindiary, as certain characters wer
marked on the building few days ag
which have been found on previous occa
sions on warehouses subsequently hred
The fire is supposed to have been the wor
of tramps.
The Atlantic coast of Florida is strewl
for forty miles with articles of freight an
equipment which are supposed to have be
longed to the steamship Vera Cruz, OF tn
Havana and Mexican line. She sale
from New York on the 25th ut.. and
believed to have foundered during tn
hurricane which recently prevailed IN tn
southern seas. She had crew OF tn
usual number, and twenty-seven passer
gers. all of whom are probably lost.
THE Dudley house, the largest hotel
Salamanca, Penn, was fired on the 1T
inst. The building was located in the soil
portion of Main street and the fire sprea
rapidly up and down the street on bot
sides. There are two fire organizations
the place, but they were powerless to cop
with tho conAagration. A steamer an
hose company from Bradford and a hos
company from Olean were summoned p
telegraph, and. arriving soon, checked tn