The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-16
CASUALTIES.

OS the Sth inst. the last freight bound west
and a freight train bound east, on the b. Il O..
railroad, colrided in the city limits Of GAINESVILLE
o. Thirteen cars loaded with freight and both
engines were completely wrecked. No one
severely injured.
OK the sth inst. an explosion of gas occurred
at Preston. No. 2 colliery, near Girardville, by
fatally, and VIM. Finn, Patrick Jefferson and
Thomas Myers seriously injured.
The Raqust River Lumber companys saw
mill at Hilltsville, n. Y, burned. Loss S4O,-
900; insurance $1,000.
A COACH on the Bellaire and Southwestern
railroad jumped a trestle near Bellaire, o., on
the 8th instant and went down fifteen feet.
The car contained fifteen or twenty passengers,
Of whom five or six are injured more or less Sc
riousy.
A FIRE at Alta, Iowa; on the It'll instant, de-
stroyed half Of the business portion ofthe town.
Fifteen buildings burned. Loss S25, 900; in
surance $4,000.
The Waterbury, Conn.,, Watch Works were
damaged by fire on the 8th. Loss $73, 900; in
surance $1,000.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Dixon, Ill, OH
the 7th inst, breaking out i'll Thompson & Co.'s
mill and before arrested burned Becker 4 Un-
derwood's mill, s. C. Ellis 4 Co.'S fax mill, and
some minor buildings. Loss $4,000 one
third insured. Ezra Becker and William Schum,
clerk in the drug store, were killed. William
Runk had both arms broken, and G. p. Lint,
Patrick Duffy, Orville Anderson, W. W. Vaun
and Frank GuiZenberger were all badly injured.
An explosion caused the loss of life and injury.
The Touring mill of Cook d Abbott, at Lock-
port, Ind, was destroyed by fire on the 7th
inst. Loss S18, 600; insurance $4,000.
The steamer syria, from New Orleans for Lv-
erpool with 5000 bales Of cotton and 200 tons
Of oil cake, was abandoned at SEA because Of the
loss Of rudder and sternpost and breaking Of the
main discharge pipe. The steamer Gellert took
on the crew.
The manufacturing establishment owned by
the Isaac Butts estate, at Rochester, N. Y, and
occupied by sash, door and blind manufacturers,
burned on the 9Th inst. Loss about SlOO, 900;
insurance so, 900.
Norwood, Captain Hurst, and crew Of fourteen
men, was supposed to have been lost in the
March gales.
A FIRE at Waverly, NO., on the It'll inst,
burned a large brick warehouse and $4,000
bushels Of grain, principally corn, and consid-
cradle property.
FRED. Cook, a seaman, fell overheard from
the schooner Goshawk, on Lake Michigan, eff
Manitowoc, Wis.,, on the night Of the 9Th inst,
and was drowned. The mate and three men
went in search OF him in the boat, but became
lost in the darkness, and after night of peril
and suffering, reached Chicago.
The ship Shannon, from Baltimore, has ar
rived ut Queenstown, with ten Of the crew Of
the British bark Queen Of Hearts, Captain
Matter, from Mobile, February 26th, for Bel
fore and mainmast and five Of the crew.
Txzp mir hat off az
o'clock on the 9th instant, for New York via
Springfield, was partially wrecked by the caving
OF an embankment about three miles northwest
of Meridian, Conn. Although the two express
cars were thrown down a twelve foot bank and
the rest of the train badly tumbled around no.
body was seriously injured. The train was go
ing at q speed Of 80 miles an hour.
BRAcKETT's block, Minneapolis. Mimi, with
contents, was destroyed by fire on the 9th inst.
Loss $172, 600; insurance S82,650.
On the night Of the 18th inst, near Memphis,
three colored children, aged l, 2 and 8 years,
were burned to death. They had been left in n
cabin by their parents, who attended church:
The fire originated by the explosion of coal
oil lamp. All three persisted before assistance
came.
A FIRE in village in Savoy killed seventeen
persons and destroyed thirty-one dwellings,.
SEVERE rain, hail and wind storm visited
Wheeling, w. Va, on the 4th instant, resulting
in the destruction of considerable property.
The roof Of the Riverside Nail Works was
blown of TO the track Of the BalsimOre and
Ohio Railroad. The steeple of the Third Pres
byterian church was blown down and the three
story frame addition Of Reltzs carriage factory
totally destroyed. No lives lost.
On the evening Of the 4th instant, while four
soldiers Of the Royal Artillery, Gunners Payne,
O'Neill, Mellish and Hurst, were returning
across the bay at Halifax, from Georges Isl
and, where they had been visiting friends, the
boat swamped and a were thrown into the
water. Hurst caught hold Of the boat and
foated till assistance came. The other three
were drowned.
The white lead works of Moffatt and Scar
geant, at Joplin, No., burned ON the 4th inst,
together with the foundry Of W. 8. Harmony
and machine shops Of Leckie Il Co. Loss esti-
mated at nearly $3.50. 900; insurance less than
$50, 900.
The large building occupied by Brown, Hin
man d Co., woodworkers, at Columbus, o.,
penitentiary, was burned to the ground on the
4th inst, and its contents, including machinery.
two engines, tools and stock, were destroyed.
The firm loss will probably be $25,000.
The boiler in the saw mill of John II. Lamb,
situated ten miles from Rushville, ILL.,, exploded
OH the Sd inst. with terrific force, demohshing
the mill and instantly killing Wesley NJ. Parker,
fatally wounding John Randall and Thomas
Jones, and seriously injuring two other persons.
AT Ottawa, Kansas, on the I'd inst, large
number Of residences were leveled and the roof
Of the X. c. L. &. s. railroad depot torn of by
cyclone. Twelve or fifteen residences vert
wrecked by the same zephyr at North Ottawa
| The evening train was caught at the junction
mile north of the town and one passenger anC
two freight cars were upset In the vicinity Of
Girard the storm demolished seventeen houses
and killed several people.
JAMES WILLIAMS, Of Dunkirk, Ohio, wa
burned TO death in the fire at Bradford, Pa, on
the End inst.