Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A FIRE MT In Grange, Mo, Jan. 9Th
destroyed the best business houses In the
the town. Loss $1,000 on which there
was but small insurance,
A HALIFAX telegram, of Jan 9th, says
the Yarmouth shipping register shows
mn unprecedented number of wrecks for
1870. From this authority, Il appears
that thirty vessels, aggrega ing 1880
tons, were wrecked, and that DAB persons
lost their lives.
THE buildings used as the wood de
parlment Of Mitchell Lewis u Co.'S cX-
tensiye wagon mandatory, ut Racine,
Wis, we're totally destroyed by fire at no
early hour Jan. 9th. The loss Is esti
mated at 100000 to $75, 600; insurance
about $4,000 The fire was caused by
an explosion.
FoR AS hours ending Jan. 18th, II snow
storm ragged in the Sierra Nevada noun.
lains along the line OF the Central Pa
cillC railroad The snow fell to the
depth of to 10 feet and the wind drift
ed the cuts full Three snow slides oc.
cured between Emigrant Gap and Cisco,
crushing sheds and blockading the track.
In some places the snow Is % feet deep
on top of the wrecked sheds. Five hun.
drcd feet of shedding, west of Tamarock
station was destroyed The trains were
delayed twenty iour hours.
THE escape of Deadwood from being
totally destroyed by fire second time
Jan. Sth, was moat miraculous. About
midnight, the timber on the hill side ON
miners torch, and, famed by high
al al I'm "a
Black Frar, over the divide,
into City Creek, and Forest Hin,
inside the city limits, where b. the
citizens, twas gotten under control with
the loss of only u few cabins and some
corl.wood The wind blew almost n
hurricane, and did considerable damage
In different parts OF the city. All the
stores were cleared OF goods, and had
the fire reach Il the heart OF the city, 1t
could have destroyed little else but empty
buildings. The widest excitement pre-.
vailed throughout the night,
TnE steamer Bedford which arrived nj
Evansville, Ind, Jau. lih, reported that
on the previous day about noon key OF
powder exploded In the magazine of the
steamer Idlewild, badly wounding nine
| men and fatally wounUing three. The
boat was lying AZ Weston, KY, below
| Shawnectawn. aud 1t Il not known how
| the explosion was caused. There were
three kegs In the magazine, but only one
exploded Tho dock Of the boat was
torn up and great damage caused ~ all
portions Of tho steamer adjacent, Capt
Howard leapcd into the hole with tile
hose and cxtinguishcd the fire that had
begun TO rage, The names Of the killed
and wounded have not been ascertained,
but they are roustabouts.
THE sudden breaking of the bell " ire
ON board the steamship Lancaster, came
near resulting in u terrible disaster e
passenger train on the New York X
| New England railroad in Boston Jan.
| leth. The Lancaster, large iron vessel
heavily loaded with coal, had passed the
Congress street draw and was approach.
ing The railroad bridge when the pilot
rang 10 stop the engine. The wire broke
and the engineer failing 10 receive the
signal the vessel kept on, striking the
bridge with great force. The timbers
We're badly twisted the bolt which locks
the draw when closed was broken and
the railroad tracks on the bridge were
bent about eighteen inches from their