The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-12-23
Accidents.

IHE Union irOn-wOrks at Fond du Lac
Wis.,, have been damaged $4,000 by fire.
RICHARDSON'S extensive saw factory, at
Newark, n. j., was burned on the 18th
inst, the loss being $4,000.
H. 4. LArHRoP's knitting factory at
Sharon, Mass, was wiped out by fire, on
the 18th inst, causing a loss of $34 600.
ABOUT nine-tenths of the business por-
stroyed by fire Saturday night, resulting
in loes of 100000.
Mrs. DANIANA, Pensacola, Fla in whose
restaurant the recent conhagration started
died of injuries received while the house
was burning.
Mrs. JONES and two children, living be-
tween Kansas City and Lexington, were
fatally burned by the explosion of coal
OF! lamp IN the hands Of the mother.
THIRTY pounds of dynamite exploded
in the quarry of the Chicago Union Lime
works yesterday, instantly killing John
Meighuo and wounding another young
man named Walter Wall.
Two stores in Central block 1T Omaha
were destroyed by fire on the 9th inst
Her & Co., liquor dealers, lost $4,000, and
Nolllllo Dlo' llClS, lCdtrICl HOOuo, SpOc,OOO.
The stocks of other merchants suffered
great damage.
AT fire in building occupied by the
Groom manufacturing company, in Cincin-
natl, on tho 18th inst, five hremen lost
their lives by being overcome by smoke
The property was damaged to the extent
Of $4,000.
TIE elegant residence of Charles o.
Fisher, on North Charles street, Balti-
more, took fire at an early hour on Sunday
morning, and two colorcd servants sprang
from !, tifth-story window and were killed.
The damage to the house and its contents
is $4,000.
\ SPECIAL says: The court house a,
Anderson, Ind, burned at o'clock this
morning. All the court records were des-
troyed, together with the records of the
county school superintendent and sheriff.
The building was forty years old and very
much ont Of repair. 1t was a twostory
brick. The principal loss is that of the
records.
A CoNFLAGKATIoN in Cincinnati Satur-
day evening resulted in the death of five
fremcn. Three buildings were in flames,
and in order to get to the immediate vi
cinity OF the fire, it was necessary to pass
through the first ofthese. The attempt
was bravely made by dozen firemen, five
of whom perished in the desperate en-
deavor
a News special from La Trobe, Pa, says:
a boiler in Bakers car works exploded
with terrific force on the 18th inst Two
young men, VIM. Campbell and John
Campbell, were badly scalded, and al
though they walked half mile to the doc
tors office and had their wounds dressed,
they were both dead thirty Hinutes after
wards.
A FIRE occurred in Cushing Il Coz whole
sale toy and small ware establishment on
St. Paul street, Canada, Dec. 18th. One
whole flat was completely gutted, and the
loss on stock will exceed $4,000. John
Watson. wholesale jeweler and hardware
merchant. who occupied the second story,
suffered loss by water to the extent OF
- 900. The loss on building exceeds
50 900. All the losses are fully covered
by insurance.
The large manufacturing establishment
| of +. F. Adams Il Co., at Erie Pa, burned
on the 18th inst The night-watchman
discovered the fire about S o'clock, and i'm
mediately turned on the water, but the
flames gained so rapidly he telephoned
the fire department for assistance, but
but when the engines arrived it was found
| impossible to check the confagration, and
the building and contents were totally
consumed. By falling wall two fremen
were killed and several injured. The
los is over 100000. Insrreds for $5O,.
600. Over 100 hands are thrown out Of
employment.
A HALIFAX dispatch of the 18th inst
says another explosion occurred at the
Gage pit, Stellerton, this morning, about
8 O'Clock, followed in few minutes by 9
second blast. A large force of men were
on hand to explore the damage at the ear