The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-23
CASUALTIES.

CASUALTIES.
MARTIN WARNS furniture factory at Williams
$4,000.
DURING northeast gale on Lake Michigan
on the 10th, the schooner Walter b. Allen foun-
dered. She had steam pump on board, hav-
ing been ashore, and was In tow Of u tug at the
time. No lives lost.
Moss distillery ut Smithton, Pa, was destroy
cd by fire on the 18th inst, together with gov
eminent books and considerable cash. Loss
1000; no insurance.
PERRyyILLE, o., experienced $4,000 blaze
on the 18th inst. Insurance $4,000,
PLANNING mill and sash and door factory at
st. Louis burned Oh the 18th inst. Loss $780,
OOO; insurance $4,000.
WHILE some men were working in pit un-
deneath large vessel which contained molten
metal, i'll the Pennsylvania steel works, Harris
burg, Pa. the ratchet broke and the contents Of
the vessel poured into the pit. Geo. Yost and
Westbrooke were fatally burned Monroe
MIllen, Simon Martin, Geo. Homing, and one or
two Others were seriously burned.
A TRAIN CD the Ohio and Mississippi road
jumped tho rails at Shoals, Ind. ON the 10Th.
The engine and all of the cars were more or
less damaged. A number of the passengers
were injured-none badly.
YOUNG man named Peter Joseph Kramer
while attempting to leave moving freight
train at Milwaukee on the 10Th, fell under the
wheels and was crushed so that he died shortly
after. He was stealing u ride and the accident
was caused by haste to get away from the train
officers.
The entire country about Forked River, N.
Il "A of hn ust
hundred square miles of cedar and pine forest
were consumed and the villages had hard bat
tie with the flames. At Manchester, III the same
state. the fire spent its force and burned toward
Barnegat. The trains Of the Now Jersey South
ern railroad ran the fiery gauntlet with closed
| windows which were blankctcd. The heat was
intense and the cars badly scorched. district
Of dense pirp forest and cedar swamp, fifty
miles long and ten miles wide, burned. The
flames are extending through Cumberland and
Atlantic counties, and unless II heavy rain comes
will only he cXtinguished when they reach the
sea.
A SHERIDAN, Kansas, dispatch says al engine
and baggage car went through the bridge near
there on the l4th inst. No one was hurt. The
engineer and fireman saved themselves by jump
ins from the engine.
By an explosion at the works Of the New
York Gaslght company, on the 18th inst, one
workman was fatally and two others seriously
burned.
On the l4th inst, while some men were rails
ing bridge i'll new mill Of the New Jersey
steel and iron works at Paterson, n. j., beam
fell, killing William Obendorfer and Lewis
Powell.
ALEX. WILSON was crushed to death by II
falling wall at a fi'e i'll Covington, KY, on the
18th inst.
FIRE broke out in the old Amey foundry,
Lancaster O., OH the 18th inst, and before il
could be checked destroyed the foundry and
several other buildings. Loss over $4,000.
The extensive tannery Of kistler Brothers,
Lock Haven, Pa, burned on the 14th Loss
$4,000; insurance $4,000.
IRE main building of the Proctor tannery,
Peabody, Mass, burned on the l4th inst Loss
$4,000.
FIRE at Hollidaysburg, Pa, on the 14th
inst, destroyed eight dwellings, and twelve
barns. Loss S25, 900.
A BUILDING on the corner Of Main and Olive
streets, ST. Louis, was damaged by fire on the
litl inst. to the extent Of $4,000.
DANIEL MILLER and Charles Frazer were
smothered in n well they were digging, near
Gordonsville, Pa, on the 1ith inst. Miller de-
scended, and not being heard from Frazer went
down to ascertain the trouble, and was speedily
overcome with the gas before assistance an ved.
4 SCHOONER with all hands on board went
down in 4 gale in the sound at Newport, r. l.,
on the 18th inst.
/ The cyamzing works of the Eastern Railroad,
at Mobiles Island, n. H., burned on the 18TH
/ Loss 49,, 200.
! IIARrKE's carriage factory, Blair's hide and
rag depot. McAyoy's wagon factory and some
small buildings at Coyington. KY, were destroy
cd NV iran IN no
| SIMPSON CRAWFORD d SIMPSONS dry goods
establishment, New York city. was destroyed by
fire on the 18th inst. Loss S20O,0OO.
! OK the 18th instant, the family of Cornelius
! Palmer living near Tweed, Ont, were poisoned
| by eating wild parsnips. One child died, and
! the mother and four children were III Il danger
! Gus condition at last accounts.
The residence of J. Il. Collin, at Lodi, Wis,
! was burned on the 18th. During the progress
| Of the fle, against the earnest protestations Of
the crowd, three men, Messrs. Jno. T. Hidden
| Jpo. Rathburn and Henry Harris, rushed into
the burning building rs the roof and chimney
were about to fall, and remaining in too long,
they were caught III the fall and Messrs. Rath-
| burn and Harris persisted in the flames. Mr..
Hidden succeeded in escaping from the ruins,
| but is 30 badly burned that 1t is doubtful if he
! will live.
FIRE at Orleans, Ind, on the 18th inst,
burned the wagon and carriage shop of Merry
man d Mallory, Lindseys hotel, livery stable
and several residences. Loss $4,000; insur-
ance small.
The Harrisburg, Pa, Car Manufacturing
company's planning mill and ten dwellings,
burned. Loss 100000; insurance $4,000.
A TENEMENT at Haverhill. Mass, burned on
the 18th inst. Smith Brown, alias McHenry
aged 80, and Charles Abbott, aged 81, were suf-
fOcated. Emma Roberts was severely burned
about the face and injured internally by jump
ing from the window.
Ed. LEONARD, a brakeman OH the Illinois
Central, had both his legs cut off by the cars at
Carbondale, ILL.,, on the 18th inst. He died
shortly after the accident.
WILMINGTON, n. c., suffered a $4,000 blaze
on the 18th inst. Captain VIM. Ellerback was
burned to death and a number of others ser.
ously burned and bruised.
The Purcell house, Norfolk, Va, was dam
aged TO the extent of $4,000 on the 10th inst.
The guests became panic stricken and many had
narrow escapes.
WBGHrMAN & Co.'s glass house, Pittsburg
Pa, was destroyed by fire on the 10th. Loss,
$4,000; fully covered by insurance.