The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-11
CAPABILITIES.

SAW mill at Chatham, Ont. was burned on
the 4th inst. Loss :G0,OOO.
Ar st. LOUIS OH the 18th inst, a gale blew
down the shipping bins of the Central elevator,
killing John Kelly, bargcman aud seriously
injuring John Costello bargcman. Pecuniary
loss $4,000. The roof of one wing of the in
sane asylum was also blown off.
The Calcdonian Cotton mill, Philadelphia,
was burned on the Sd inst. Loss heavy.
The Union Congregational Church, Brooklyn,
\. V, was entirely destroyed by fire on the Sd
inst. Loss S50,0O0
The large sale and feed stables of Thomas
Fahey, Jr., Broadway, st. Louis: burned be-
tween and 3 o'clock on the morning of juno
I'd, together with considerable amount of feed,
other property and between Is and 70 horses.
SEVERAL persons took refuge in drug store
at Garrett City, Ind. during heavy thunder
storm on the 31st ult. A little later the build
ing was struck by lightning, one man being
killed and five others seriously injured.
The steamer Golden Eagle, of the Keokull
Northern Packet company, burned to the waters
edge at Martins Landing, about thirty miles
above Alton, ILL.,, early on the morning of the
3lSt ult. Two men and boy are missing and
supposed to be lost. The steamer was valued
at .5O,U00 insured.
The Colorado river at Columbus, Texas,
stands 10 feet above low water mark. Dead
bodies are floating down the stream.
DURING fire on the night of the Both ult.,
i'll the Springfield hotel. Montreal, two servant
girls leapcd from the fourth story. One was
fatally injured. Three persons were Frustrated
by the smoke.
by an accident on the Great Western rail-
road near SimcOe, Ont, on the Both ult., an
engineer was killed and fireman and brake
man badly injured. Twelve cars were de-
molished.
Al Cairo, ILL.,, on the Both ult., one Touring
mill was totally destroyed by fire and another
badly damaged. Loss $4,000.
A STEAM fire engine exploded while being
tested, at Reading, Pa, Oh the 10Th ult., and
four members Of the junior fire company were
severely scalded, one probably fatal.
An explosion Of oil in the oil room Of the Brit
i5h ship Sophia, led to the death of three sea-
men, who jumped overheard covered with burn
ing oil. The mate was badly burned. The cx-
llosion was caused by one of the ships apprell-
tees, who heated poker and playfully thrust
it at the crew, and finally touched the fatal
fluid.
A DISPATCH from Bonham, Texas, dated the
29th ult., says: "a terrible cyclone visited
Savoy, ON the Texas Pacific railroad, last night,
totally destroying the town and killing nine per-
SONS and wonding sixty, some of whom will
die"
A CYCLONE passed through the country six or
seven miles northwest of Evansville, Ind, ON
the 9th ult., blowing down several houses, a
hay press and other buildings. Grant Mason
was killed. Joe Dcig and Mrs. Walter were
seriously injured. Dcig had his leg broken.
Two farmers named Geo. W. Pckens and
Frank Waite were suffocatcd in well near El
Dorado, Kas., Oh the 18th ult. Waite was try
ing to rescue Fckcns.
AT Ancou, Peru, OH the LIST ult., large tor
pedo in process Of completion at the manufac.
tory of these instruments exploded accidentally
completely annihllating the establishment and
every being therein. About dozen houses in
the vicinity were wrecked. Five bodies were re-
covered and fragments Of human remains are
scattered about proiniscuously.
A BOILER in saw mill at Toronto, Canada,
exploded Oh the 18th ult., killing Robert Dou-
gall, fireman and seriously injuring several
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