The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-23
CASUALTIES.


on the 10Th inst, un, oofed thirty-iive dwellings,
and blcN down seven partly completed houses.
At Hanover. y. H., on the same day. whrl-
wind lifted several residences and barns from
their foundations and completely wrecked them.
Inc wind also made havoc of chlmneys, fences
and trees.
4 81. JOINS y. H., dispatch of the 10th inst,
says: ''Fires are raging all along the line of
the -. John d Maine, and European II North
American railways through to Mattawamkcag.
"Wednesday III hi fire swept the railroad be-
/ tween Cork and Harvey stations and burned
the bridge across I'll" Lyons stream. The bridge
had nineteen spans
DESPATCH says the ratification at Frankfort,
Hy., on the 18th inst, followed III the even
Ing by fireworks and very general discharge of
| firearms. ioIert Craig, while leaning out OF
the third story window, received possibly fatal
shot in the left side. Frank Redman had an
eye put out 10y Il Roman candle, and one old
man received the contents of Il shot gun, fired
NJ long range IN his back.
BY the bursting of an oil pipe near Sala.
manca, y. Y, Oh the 18th inst, Il tiye-y cal-old
daughter Of Jno. Washbumc was saturated
with oil and literally roasted alive.
ADvICEs from along the Kansas Pacific rail
road report visitation by heavy storm eX-
tending; from MiraZc to Cedar Point. At Hugo
people had to limb on the roofs for safety.
While 4 freight train of eleven cars was passing
bridge ut Hugo ten of the ears were washed
| away. No lives were lost.
A SANTA FE dispatch says train of forty
two cars were wrecked on the New Mexico and
southern Pacific railroad near Santa re, thir-
teen cars being mashed. Three persons were
/ injured, none fatally.
! Bx railroad accident near indianapolis, on
| the 9Th inst, Engineer DrOsin had a leg badly
| crushed. and n tramp who was stealing ride,
| was badly injured and will probably die. The
! engine and parlor car were completely demol-
! isLed, and all coaches more or less damaged.
The Marim Franklin collicry, owned and OPP
Grated by the Enterprise Coal company, III En-
cclsior. Pa, burned on the 18Th inst. Loss
/ 1000; insurance 1000. Three hundred
men and boys are thrown out of employment.
A RECENT thunder storm caused loss of $il5,-
600 III the Bradford, Pa, oil region. Thou
lands Of barrels OF oil III tanks were burned.
LIGMrNING truck 25,OO0 barrel iron tank of
Oil at Custer City, Pa, on the 18th instant, de-
,trOyimS it.
Ar Atlantic City, y. j., on the 18th, an uiI-
known colorcd man was drowned while attempt
/ ing the rescue Of II boy named Henry Nyr-
! hoop. The boy was also drowned.
Miss DILLE:;, one OF the persons taken alive
! from the steamer t'cawanlGka on tue night Of
the disaster, died at the Homeopathic hospital
on ItandaiI's Island. on the l4th inst. Mis-.
Dlilcn was Il daughter of Rev. Dr.. Dillcn, of
Brooklyn, who lost his life at the time the Sea
wanhaka burned.
The Montreal wooden mills and Siacy's nail
factory at Montreal, burned on the Nth inst.
Loss $4,000, insured. Two hundred opera
tiveS VIII be idle.
4 PASSENGER train on the Burlington and
,,,,, AL,
! Ncpancc, Ncb., on the 18th inst. The engine
! was demolished, and the fireman and engineer
were killed.
A BARGE laden with corn struck bridge pier
near st. Louis Oh the 18th inst, and became Il
total loss. Loss Si4,OOO.
A TRAIN Of fiat cars with 800 labOrcrs on
loard, on the Long Island road, ran under a
wire cable attached to a derrick on the 18th
inst, and the unfortunate men were swept
from the moving train. Twcuty-six were scri-
Ou,ly and three fatally injured.
THOMAS TIGHUE, Il workman on the county
building at Chicago, fell from the top story to
the basement, q distance OI ninety feet, and was
instantly killed.
HARTwELL d WINsLow's planning mill, belong
ing to the Mutual Life Insurance company at
Pittsburg, burned on the 18Th inst. Loss $i5,-
OUO; Insurance S3O,OOD.
on Lake Michigan, OF Two Rivers, Wiz. during
a heavy squat Oh the night of the 9th. The
wreck was not discovered until the It'll, but no
trace was found Of the crew of seven persons,
who are supposed to have been drowned.
A SINGULAR and unexplained explosion occur
rcd in Shaadry-Iedek Jewish synagogue, DE.
troit, Mich, ON the night of the 18th instant,
wrccking the walls and running the fine interior
Loss about $1,000 Theories Of leaking gas,
guupowdcr, etc, are advanced, but the mystery
Is unsOlycd.
Ok the night of the 9th instant, a boat con,
tainIn9 II Mr.. Miller, his wife, two children, and
boy named 10 c, WAS capsized on Lake Vim.
nebaGo, Wis. Rose was drowned and Miller
1j-ycar-od son died after they were rescued
Tho party chung TO the boat twcnty-four hours
and were completely exhausted.
The Leopard Mining cOmpany's mill, two and
Onc-half miles from Cornucopia, New, burned
on tine 18th instant. Insurance, $4,000.
FIRE in the Haskell a. Barker Car com.
pany's lumber yard ut Michigan City, Ind, OF
the 18th instant caused by small boys letting
OIL fire crackers among the shavings, destroyed
lumber TO the value of i525, 900 or $4,000.
HowELL's fire works establishment on Front
street. New York, burned on the 18th instant
insured. Howell, his clerk, and two other,
were somewhat burned.
! THROUGH inc cafClcShncaS OF III lnJONlcatcC
driver, six-horse mountain wagon containing
party Of Michigan cxcursionists, was caASized
about mile below Halfway house, Mount
Washington, on the 18th instant, and Mrs. IN,
Chester, of AllcGan, Michigan, was Instant,
killed. The other occupants Of the vehicle
were more or less injured.
gHE steambarge J II. Morse, of Sandusky
and the propeller City of st. Catlarnes, collidet
of FOrestvile, Mich,, on Lake Huron on tn,
18th inst. Tho latter sunk in three fathoms OF
water. The propeller had thirty passenger
and crew who were rescued by the Morse.
OK the night Of the 18th inst, Mrs. Sarah T.
Rollins, of an excursion party, walked from thu
wharf Mt Washington and was drowned.
A LAD OF nine years in Indianapolis, named
Loring Reed Jobes, went out with another boy
named Jerry Gates, TO catch frogs In the canal,
and took shotgun along. Seeing turtle in
the water, Gates took ann and fired, with the
result Of missing the turtle and lodging loal
Of shot in the abdomen Of his companion, who
died In consequence.