River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-04-22
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

JOHN HURST, president of the National
Exchange Bank of Baltimore, died at
an advanced age, on the 14th inst.
THEODORE GUDIN, q marine painter,
died at the age of 7S, in Paris, on the
14th inst.
DIR. Thomas Joseph Brown. a Roman
Catholic bishop of Newport and Menevia,
died in London on the 14th inst
DR.. William Sharpey, an eminent med.
ical professor and author, died in Lon
don on the 14th inst
Col. JOHN NICE, of the 174th Pennsyl-
vania volunteers and mayor of Milford
Pa, died on the 14th inst, aged so.
A SCHOONER, with all hands on board,
was lost in Long Island Sound during a
gale on the 10th inst.
Two men were Killed in the New Jer-
sey Iron and Steel Works, at Trenton on
the 10th inst, by the falling of an iron
bar.
says forest of pine and cedar fifteen
miles long and ten wide has burned over,
and the fire is still raging.
A DISPATCH from Fredericksburg,
Virginia, of April 18th states that great
forest fires in the region of the wilder
ness are doing serious damage.
A FARMER while out hunting, on the
14.h inst, near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, acct
dentally shot himself in the right side.
The charge passed through the flesh just
above the hip. He will probably die.
A FIRE at Wilmington, N. c., on the
nth inst, destroyed $4,000 worth of
property. In the endeavors of the fire
men to subdue the flames one man lost
his life and several others were seriously
injured by falling wall.
HARRY MoAK, of Minneapolis, yard
master OF the Minneapolis and Eastern
railroad, was crushed to death on the 10th
inst, by being caught under freight
car which was thrown from the track by
an incoming freight train.
CHARLES +. 'WoRTHEN of Boston, has
just received verdict in his favor for
$45, GOO, against the Grand Trunk rail
way says a telegram of the 14th.
Worthen was a travelling salesman of
Field, Lighter & Co. of Chicago. The
suit was for the loss Of a leg in an acct
dent in 1876.
THE body of George WoOdarn, drown
ed several weeks ago by the upsetting OF
boat short distance above Burlington,
Iowa, was found ON an island few
miles below Burlington, on the 14th inst
An inquest was held and verdict rem
dered of accidental drowning The re-
mains were taken TO Oquawka, Ill. :, for
burial.
WHILE a freight train on the Mime
apolis Eastern Railroad was rounding a
curve within the city limits, on the 18th
inst, three cars jumped the track and
were precipitated into the Mississippi
Harry Moak, yardmaster, was caught
under the cars and crushed, so that he
died soon after.
A DAY or two ago Mrs. George Paul,
the mother of the victim of Merrick,
the wife-murderer, who was hung last
year, was fatally burned at her home,
south of Indianapolis. Being insane,
sue was confined to a chair, and while
alone a draft of air carried the blankets
in which she was wrapped against the
stove, igniting them. When discovered
she was fatally burned, on the 14th inst.
A DISTRICT of dense pine forest and
cedar swamp, fifty miles long and ten
miles wide, has been burned, and outer
fires continued to rage on the 18th inst.
in N. ]. Thousands of game and other
birds, and many cattle were sutfocated.
the smoke was 80 dense that the sun was
not seen for'two days. The district burned
over was sparsely populated. The flames
were extending through Cumberland
and Atlantic counties, and unless heavy
rain comes will only be extinguished
when they reach the sea.
By an unfortunate accident, on the
18th inst, G. II. Gilman, ex-county
nd 0F Ta1 Il 10 In a
window, on the second floor. to the pave
ment, striking upon his head and
shoulders. His injuries are considered
severe and fears are entertained of his
final recovery. Lately he has been
gradually sinking and lies now at the
point of death, Recovery is impossible,
and any moment may witness his de-
mise. The judge has been an active
and influential member of the bar for
many years, and his loss will prove a
severe one.