River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-05
Accidents.

CAPE COP has had furious hail storm
that damaged buildings and crops severely.
CLAY SEXTON, chief of the st. louis fire
department, has been severely injured by
a falling wall.
Miss JESSIE STEWART, of Paris, ILL.,, was
killed in Cincinnati on the 10Th inst, by
a runaway horse.
BURGLARS blew open c. S Woodwork
4 Co.'S safe at Marshailtown, Iowa, and
secured 81 900 worth of securities.
AT state creek, Washington territory,
tree fell on the cabin of Andrew Erckin,
when crosscut saw on hanglng,a beam, Tell,
cutting Erckin in two.
TUE pavilion at HarEbrooks, popular
summer resort, near Wheeling, W. v, was
totally DESTROYED by fire on the 18th of
July. Loss $4,000.
Mas L. A. DRAKE, wife of well-to-do
merchant of Elkhart, Ind. was found dead
in bed at her home by her little son. 1t is
supposed she died of heart disease
CLARK, Morrison & Co.'S planning mill at
Warren, Penn, together with SIX or seven
dwelling houses and eight hundred thous-
and feet of lumber, burned. Loss $4,000;
insured for $4,000.
THE washboard factory and planning mill
of the Brent Manufacturing Company at
Muscatine, Iowa, has been destroyed by
fire. Loss, $4,000 TO $4,000; no insur-
ancc.
I residence of GRAFTON Kimbler, near
Shannondale Indiana, on the 9th inst,
was totally destroyed by fire. 1t was the
work of incendiaries, as the family were
all away from the house; no insurance.
CHARLES CALKER, aged 20, attempted to
climb on freight train at the crossing of
the Cincinnati, indianapolis, 81. Louis and
Chicago and the Belt railroads. lie fell
under a wheel, which severed both arms
near tie elbow.
DralxG the Baptist Sunday school pic
mic at Adrian, Mich, the l0-year-old son
of Willard Stearns, editor of the Adrian
Press, fell from a swing, sustaining lrac-
ture of both wrists and other injuries
AIARGE barn, owned by Il Mohatt, OF
Nevada, Ohio, containing 800 bushels of
wheat and a number of hogs, was struck
by Lightning and entirely consumed. Loss
g. ono. partially insured in the Ohio Farm
ers
prRlNG heavy thunder storm the barn
on the premises of the Methodist parsonage
at Delphos. Ohio, was truck by lightning
and entirely DESTROYED. A valuable horse
killed.
Ar the republican ratification meeting
i'm Montpelier, VT, Friday evening, the
brass cannon was prematurely discharged
and four persons were knocked senseless.
Henry Wiley had his left arm blown off
and was otherwise injured, and Clark
Roberts had his right arm blown of,
while the other gunners were not seriously
Injured The former has a wife and two
children; The latter is single
A SERIOUS accident occurred at Oakwood.
H.. SUNDAY evening, To Mrs McLilden,
the wife of conductor on the Wabash
railway. She had been out driving, and
in getting ont of the buggy her dress
caught in the wheels, throwing her 10 the
ground violently, knocking out many of
her upper and lower teeth. bruising her
face terribly, and hurting her neck and
breaking both arms near the wrists.
SEVENTEEN lives were lost on the Detroit
river. IN the 26th inst, by collision be-
tween the propeller Garland and the steam
Yacht Mamie. The former had an excur-
sion party from Detroit on board. ;lnd on
he latter were a priest, twelve or fifteen
altar bows. and few ladies. The yacht
was demolished, and only few of It's pas
sengers we're saved. Carelessness was the
canse of the disaster, bur whether the re-
sponsibiIity rests with the officers of the
propeller or with those Of the yacht has
net vet been determined
QUNcY, ILLINOIS, wa. nearly consumed
by FIRE on the 9th of July. IL was got I'M
der control, however, with the following
losses f. c. Pfanschmidt's planing-mill
and sash factory; loss, 10000. The large
foundry building formerly occupied by
Bonnie. Duffy; loss, s1.uoO. The Harris
& Beehe tobacco factory; loss, $4,000.
Gardeners governor factory; loss, So, 600.
The large double two-story dwelling owned
bv L. Greiser, on Ohio street, $4,000.
Besides the above number OF smaller
dwellings and houses were burned which
will swell the loss to Sl00,000 with an
insurance ali told of about $4,000. The
area burned is between State street and
Payson avenue, and Fourth and Sixth
streets.