Morris tribune., 1880-04-15

locomotive remained ON the track, but the
rail- The first express car fell on its side on
the track, the second tumbled twice over down
the bank. The mail car followed. and the bag
gage Car was thrown upon the end Of the
mail car. which saved 1t from going down.
The rest of the cars rushed against each other
but aside from being dragged of their truck,
escaped damage. No person on the train was
seriously injured Conductor Deckerman's
back was slightly hurt Engineer Bradford
had one leg injured slightly, and one OF the
deputy postal clerks had his head cut little.
Some OF the sleeping car passengers slept
through all the trouble. or the three cars
overturned, only the mail car had stove in
It This set fire to it, but the flames were ex-
tinguished without dam 'ge. Some Of the
mail bags were badly soaked with water. The
accident was caused by the Hartford Ice Co.
drawing of their ice pond which adjoins the
track. This caused the embankment to give
way. The train dashed up to it at an esti-
mated speed Of thirty miles and hour.
A special from Ottowa, Kansas, says
a cyclone struck that place about Z o'clock on
the evening of April 2, completely demolish-
ing seven residences on Elm street, and badly
injuring five others in the same vicinity. 1t
then jumped five or six blocks, and again
struck the ground near the river, where it de-
stroyed several residences and barns, tore the
roof off the K. c. L. & st. l. railroad freight
house and overturned several freight cars. In
North Ottowa twelve or fifteen residences
were totally destroyed or badly damaged. The
evening train from Lawrence was caught at
the junction mile from town, and one pas
senger car and two freight cars upset. One
passenger was seriously injured. The storm
proceeded to the northeast destroying the
Spencer and Williamson and two other frame
houses on the way. Among the persons seri-
ously injured are s. F. Bsvier and family, j.
Marshall, A. H. Baldwin, Mrs. Black, Mrs.
astings and Mr.. Jones. A child of Mrs.
Blacks was killed and twenty others slightly
wounded. Lumber and furniture was scat
tered for blocks around, and in some cases
horses, cattle, and even persons were hurled
through the air. Grass, hedges, grain and
trees We're pulled out of the ground; the festh-
ers were plucked from chickens. water blown
from ponds, and houses torn to splinters. The
track of the storm varied in width from three
to fifty rods.
A disasterous fire occurred at Dixon,
Illinois, on the night of April 8, breaking out
in Thompson & Co.'S mill about l A. NJ, and
before arrested burned Becker & Underwood's
mill, s. c. Ellis & Co.'s fax mill and some mi
nor buildings. Loss $2OOOOO; one-third in
sured; $1,000 in Etna; $4,000 each in the
Franklin and Phoenix and North British Mer.
camille; $450O each in the German-American
Hartford, Liverpool, London, and Globe and
Underwater; $500 in the Home; $4,000 in
London ann Lancashire and Laconfrara; $3,-
900 each in the Manhatten and Springfield
Ere s. Marine; 5000 in the North America;
$4,000 each in Royal and Rhode Island associ-
alton IS, 500 in the Traders and $500 in Ma
tional millers. The saddest part of the story
is the loss of life. Ezra Becker, son of H. Beck
er, and William Schum, clerk in the drug
store, were killed. William Runk had both
arms broken, and C. Lint, Patrick Duffy
Orvllle Anderson, W. W. Vann and Frank
Gulzenberger- were all badly injured. The
loss of life was occasioned by terrific explo-
sion, which occurred at 3 O'Clock, and threw
down the east wall scattering the fire in ev-
cry direction and hurting several firemen, who
were upon the roof Of Becker's mill, into the
mill race. Of these all but Ezra Becker and
VIM. Schum escaped as by a miracle. Others
who were assisting the iremen were bnrned
bruised and terribly mutilated by the falling
walls at the same time. The loss will reach
fully $4,000