The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-04-14

schooner G. 81. Warrington was brought in
by the government life boat. The boat had
lost nearly all her canvas and stern was badly
twisted and breaking badly. The first mate
had his leg broken and the second mate his
ankle dislocated dllIing the gale.
The night express train that left Bos-
ton at 10 o'clock on the night Of April 8, for
New York, via Springfield, was partially
wrecked by the caving in of an embankment
about three miles north of Meriden, Connect.
cut. The train was composed Of two extra
passenger cars, two passenger coaches, mail
and baggage car and three sleeping cars. Tho
locomotive remained on the track, but the
others, except the last two sleepers left 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 it from going down.
The rest of the cars rushed against each other
but aside from being dragged off 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. OF the three cars
overturned, only the mail car had stove in
1t. This set fire to it, but the flames were ex-
tinguished without damage. 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 disasterOus ire occurred at Dixon,
Illinois, on the night of April 8, breaking out
in Thompson & Co.'S mill about 1 A. NJ, and
before arrested burned Becker & Underwood's
mill, 8. c. Ellis s. Co.'s fax mill and some mi
nor buildings. Loss 100000; one third in
sured; $1,000 in Etna; $4,000 each in the
Franklin and Phoenix and North British Mer.
camille; 81 500 each in the German-Americ
Hartford, Liverpool, London, and Globe and
Underwater; $500 in the Home; $4,000 in
London ann Lancashire and Laconfrara; So
600 each in the Manhatten and Springfield
Ere & Marine; $4,000 in the North America;
$4,000 each in Royal and Rhode Island associ-
alton s., 500 in the Traders and $4,000 in Ma
tional millers. The saddest part of the story
Is the loss Of life. Ezra Becker, son of H Beck.
or, 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 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 miracle. Others
who were assisting the tiremen were bnrned
bruised and terribly mutilated by the falling
walls at the same time. The loss will reach
fully $1,000