The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30

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| ton Il Co. tobacco warehouse partially burned
on the 22d inst. Loss heavy.
A FOREST fire swept nearly the whole north
portion OF the town Of Brook Haven, l.. l.
Loss estimated at $4,000
| ZAcHARiAH OWENS and family, consisting Of
his wife and three children, were burned to
death by the recent forest fire in the swamp re-
gion Of North Carolina.
FIRE on tho 22d instant destroyed large por
ton OF Bondhead, Ont. Loss $4,000.
OK the nd inst. tho side Of Nail Creek cul-
vert OF the Eric canal, Just east Of tho guard
lock, West Utica, gave way and the Utica and
Frankfort level was emptied within two hours.
Tho bed Of the canal for 100 feet and four or
five feet in depth, and from 80 to 100 feet Of the
tow path vertical wall are washed out. II liz o.
timated il will require from two to four weeks
! To fix the break securely. No boats were dam
aged as far az known.
GRAHAM 0RMsBy's team became fractions
while being driven upon the ferry flat at Wick
life Landing, on the Kentucky river, on the
22d inst His mother, sister and Miss Miller
and the horses were plunged into the river and
drowned. The young man, who was on his way
to be married, narrowly escaped death.
DURING the progress Of fair in Madison
Square garden, New York, on the night OF the
Dist inst, the floor Of newly-constructed dane
ng hall, situated over an art gallery, pressed
out the outer wall, which fell with crash, let
ting down the roof upon the horror-stricken
dancers. -Four persons were killed and n num-
Der wounded. The art gallery contained pic
lures insured against tire only for S15O,U00.
The building was damaged to the extent of
S4O,O The damage To the paintings lis great,
but no insurance can be obtained as there was
no fine.
A FIRE on the 2lSt inst, laid fully one-half Of
the city Of Hull, Canada, in ruins. II il esti-
mated that between 700 and 800 houses were de-
stroyed and over 1000 people made homeless.
The area OF ground over which the fire Travelled
is q mile long by 400 yards vide. A number Of
lives were lost The pecuniary loss il estimated
at about $500, 900.
FIRE which started in Hogan 4 Bros shoe
factory, Richmond, Me-, on the 2lst inst,
caused loss Of 100000 insurance $4,000.
Two hundred people are thrown ont Of employ
ment.
LATEST adyices from Texas county, No., say
the town Of Licking was entirely destroyed, ex-
cepting three houses, by the terrible storm on
the 18th inst. One life was lost and II persons
wounded, five Of them seriously. Damage
fully S5O, 900. The tornado did immense injury
TO all kinds Of property III the county. A report
comes from Panther Valley, Is miles from
Marshicld, Of seven persons killedby the storm.
Numerous deaths are also reported from Green
county and from Henderson.
MAcKINAw (AIich.) dispatch of the 2lst
inst. says a report just received states seven
men who left Point st. lgnace in sail boat to
30 up the north shore were all drowned during
the gale OH the 18th inst. The bodies have not
yet been recovered.
OS the night of the 18th, every house except
two i'll Fayetteville, Ark, was demolished by a
whirlwind and Mrs. Victoria Gloss and colored
child killed. The injured count up about tif-
teen. Pecuniary loss great.
The town of FL Paso, White county, Arkansas,
suffered severely by the terrific tornado that
devastated that section of the country on the
18th. DIR. Hainston, his wife, MIR. Paul, his
wife, and four children were killed. Loss of
life and much damage is reported from Fayettc-
vile and Dardanelle, Arkansas.
CAPT. PETERSON, OF the small schooner Carl
baldi. was lost overheard on Lake Michigan, on
the 10th.
The village OF Shopiere, Rock county, Wis,
was struck by tornado on the 18th inst, and
roughly handled by the mad elements for about
two hours. Houses, barns ndsheds were RACED,
trees upfoOted and fences lcveled. Fortunately
10 lives were lost but number of persons were
injured. La Prairie, Bradford and YOUNGSTOWN
also suffered similar loss The total damage in
the county will probably reach 100000.
The town of Marshiield, No., was swept by
fearful tornado on the 18th. After passing
through several miles of country in Christeam,
Green and Webster counties. destroying every
thing in its pathway leyelng houses barns,
mills and timber, it struck the town about $3.50
O'Clock in the evening. The noise of the storm,
the crash OF the falling houses, and the cries
and screams of terrified people made q scene Of
utmost horror. The loss by this terrible calanl-
ity is estimated at from $3.50, 900 to siO0, 900.
Every business house in the place is in ruins
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seventy and one hundred persons were killed
and many injured.
KINGsyILLE, Mo-, was destroyed by fire on the
18th. Eleven business houses We're among the
buildings destroyed. Loss $4,000.
The Western File works, Beaver Falls, Pa,
were totally destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss
estimated ut 400, 900; insurance Sl25,OOO
BARRErrsvnLE, Monitor county, CAL, was
totally destroyed by tornado on the 18th inst.
Every house in the village was blown down.
About twelve persons were killed and twenty or
thirty wounded.
A TERRIBLE gale ragged on Saginaw bay on
the 10th inst, and while Joseph Bradshaw, with
his two SONS, aged 3 and IA years, were
coming up from Quarcasse in u sailboat
the boat capsized off Oak Grove, five miles
below Bay City. The father grasped both chill
dren and chung with them to the bottom Of the
upturncd boat; but the waves washed one Of
them away, and he was drowned. Bradshaw
drifted OH to the bar with the other, but the boy
was dead before he reached shore.
! The Giant Powder works, in the district of
Berkeley, on San Francisco bay, exploded on
| the 10th, killing twelve white and twelve or
! or fifteen Cinnamon. The explosion oc-
CURED in the picking room, and all at work were
! killed. About six thousand pounds were in the
room. All the victims were blown to atoms.
MARTHA KING, colored, well known in Spring
field, H., was burned to death in her shanty ON
| the 18th inst, while intoxicated.
! A FIRE at Chicago Oh the 18th inst, destroyed
three-story brick building occupied by the
| Wolfnger Organ company, and A. &. Loomis,
! buggy manufacturer. Loss $4,000; fully in
srIred. On the same day, at the same place the
! Frost Manufacturing company's planning mill
was burned. Loss about $4,000
The brass works Of Nathan Dreyfus, New
York city, burned OH the 18th. Loss $4,000;
partially insured.
RUssELLs undertaking establishment in In
dianapolis Ind, was destroyed by fire on the
18th. Twenty-six horses, eight hacks and car
riages and n number of caskets were burned.
Total loss estimated at from $50, 900 to $4,000;
insurance sl0,sO0.
Ar Barrie, Ont, on the 18th, fire destroyed
the stores OF Graham Bros, wooden goods; L.
B. Crompton x Co., dry goods; W. G. Mclean,
druggist; j. ii. Henderson, hardware; j. W.
Hastings, jcweler; and Thomas Ellsworth,
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