River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-05-20

fifty feet high, and were filled with ice.
The three houses contained 10000 or
$4,000 tons of ice, nearly all of which is
believed to have been destroyed. Loss
estimated at $4,000 to 100000. The in
surance can not be ascertained tonight.
By gas explosion in stove in the
house of Justice Cline, at Rixford, Penn,
town eleven miles southwest of Brad
ford, the building was set on fire on the
nth inst. All the adjoining buildings
being light frame structures, the fire
spread rapidly. and before its fury was
spent eighty buildings were laid in ashes.
The list embraces the principal hotels,
stores, and business places, including the
railroad depot. Fire also burned the
pump station of the United Pipe Lines.
A tank containing 1000 barrels of oil was
burned, and also an iron tank containing
% 900 barrels.
A DEADwooD, special of the 18th, says
/, that an explosion of giant powder at
High Tode mine near Central city, in
stantly killed three men. Over 100
pounds of powder was accidently ex-
ploded. 1t is supposed spark flew from
the anvil and exploded the powder. The
names of the killed are Samuel L. Kim
BILE, Jos. Gilmore and l.. Truesdell, the
two former from Janesville, Wisconsin,
and the latter from Canada, where he
leaves wife and family. Kimble leaves
a wife and two children here. Gilmore
was unmarried. The bodies of all three
were blown into atoms and beyond re-
cognizance. Pieces of flesh, bones, etc.,
were scattered over mile square in all
directions. The largest piece found be-
ing mans head. The sight beggars de-
scription, being the most horrible and
sickening ever witnessed in the Black
Hills.
A FIRE broke out in Milford, Pa, on
the 14th INST, and before il could be
stayed 400 buildings were consumed.
The fire burned over seven squares in
length and two in breadth. Two hun
dred and fifty families-in all 5000 per
sons are rendered homeless and destitute
by the conf1agration. Several bodies
have already been taken from the ruins.
Large quantities of household goods
were loaded on the cars and taken up and
down the roads and the fields around
the town are filled with goods. During
the confusion many articles were stolen.
One lady lost $50, 000in governm't bonds.
The fire ragged so fiercely in the upper
part of the town, that most of the people
wife of DIR. Cyrus Brown is badly burn
ed, and several others are severely in
| iured. The loss is variously estimated
at from $1,G00,000 to 100000 but no
accurate estimate can be given tonight
The mansion of ex Gov. b ollock was de-
stroyed.
AT matinee in Atlanta, Georgia 10
| be given by amateurs composed of some
| of the best young ladies and gentlemen
| in the city, paradise and Peri" was
down on the bills. III ,dience had as
! sembled, and the pc nance was soon
to begin. A crow # young ladies in
costumes were in ne of the dressing
rooms, WHARF St Tlrl llghteu the
| gas for them ourn cork to
| black their rr TVS. Several of
the young ladies on wings, repre-
senting angels, maze of cotton. One of
the young ladies came near gas jet,
when it Ignited, and in moment sever
al young ladies were enveloped in
flames, their thin tarlatan dresses burn
ing rapidly. A panic ensued and all
| the young ladies rushed from the room.
| One, Miss Abbie Hammond, formerly of
Baltimore, jumped from the balcony to
the stage below, among the young men,
Miss Maggie Chapman ran against a
young man, and, falling was thereby
burned the most seriously of any. Her
/ physicians say she cannot recover. She
inhaled the flames, and is horribly burn
about the face and BODY Miss Katie
Mayrant, formerly of Charleston, fell
down the stairs of the stage entrance
and ran out on the street enveloped in
flames. when she was caught by man
and held while one placed his hand over
her mouth, and otaers tore the burning
clothing from her person. The shrieks
of the young ladies attracted large
crowd outside, and produced a panic
among those on the stage. Five young
ladies were seriously burned, and several
were also burned about the face, h ands
and arms in extinguishing the flames
| The occurrence has created very sad
feeling throughout the city.