The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-09-09
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

4 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BARREL oil
tank was set on fire by lightning, at Brad
ford. Pa , August 80.
THOs. STooLEY's barn in Pontiac, coun-
ty, Canada, was burned Aug. 80. His two
children, a boy of seven years and a child
of nine months, burned to death.
stroycd the Baptist church and the steam
many other buildings. Loss $4,000.
SIX million feet of lumber, the property
of J. c. Cameron & Co., John G. Meyer,
Knapp. Stout & Co., was destroyed by
fire at St. Louis, on the 9th inst.
FIVE buildings-occupied as saloons,
concert halls, shooting galleries, restau-
rants, etc, in San Francisco, burned on the
Goth inst. Loss $4,000; partially insured.
The Touring mills of fGalbrail, Kelly and
w. H. Humphrey, at Mt. Morris, n. Y,
on the 2Sth inst. The loss will reach $780,
OOO The insurance of the burned proper
ty aggregates about S25, 900.
A DISPATCH from Memphis says DIR. G.
A. Rice. inspector Of the National Board
of health, at Nicksburg station, telegraphs
that he has taken five sick people from off
the tow-boat Raven which arrived Satur-
day evening from New Orleans, but that
the boat proceeded up the river against his
protest. The health authorities here are
on the alert, and the Raven will not be
permitted to land at this port.
AN excursion train, down on Housa-
tonic railroad, was run into the express
freight near Parlor Rock, on the 3lst inst.
Both engineers were fatally injured. A
special train left Bridgeport immediate
" with physicians, bedding ETC., for
the scene of the disaster. 1t is reported
that several are killed.
! CHARLES MoHLER, a Swede, employed at
the sugar-works, fell from third-story
window at the Peoria, ILL.,, Lake house, on
Aug. the 3lst. He struck on the ledge of
the gravel roof, and bounded Of to the
ground His head and body were severely
cut and bruised, but no bones were broken
and no internal injuries received, and he
will probably recover. He says he was
sitting in the window, and went to sleep
| there.
Mr.. GEORGE HAsLET and his son, 1G
wears of age, were engaged in doing some
carpenter work upon the Improvements at
the Filbeck house at Terre Haute, Ind,
on the 26th inst While at work upon the
rear wal! of the stable, the boy let fall his
rule into privy vault which had Just been
finished. lie descended for the purpose
of obtaining it, and when near the bottom
was overcome by gas and fell dead. His
father, who was standing above, and who
saw his fall, Immediately descended to
rescue him, but was also overcome, and
met the same fate.
A s1CKEN1Na accident occurred at He'd.
strom & Co.'S coal yard, at Racine, Wis.
on the 9th inst, by which son, Is years
old, of Lewis Ledget. was terribly man.
gled. He was standing near revolving
| line shaft used for hoisting coal, when his
clothing was caught in the shaft and he
was for several seconds hurled around the
shaft, which was making two hundred anc
fifty revolutions per minute. His heao
was smashed and his right arm broken
and a large hole was cut in his side. The
engine which drives the shaft was stopped
as soon as possible, but not until the above
:. probably fatal injuries were inflicted.