The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04
CASUALTIES.

AT Ancou, Peru, Oh the LIST ult., n large tor
pedo in process of completion at the manufac-
tory of these instruments exploded accidentally
completely anrib,lating 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 prom'scuousy.
A EoILER III saw mil at Toronto, Canada,
exploded on the 2Sth ult., killing Robert Dou-
gaIl, fireman and seriously injrring several
Others.
The heaviest and most disastrous rain ever
experienced in that section of the country fell
in portions of Texas on the night of the 9th
ult. Bracket is completely inundated, the bust
ness houses having from one to five feet of
water over their floors More than twenty peO-
pie lost their lives along the banks of the Los
Monas creek. At San Salea, during the storm
the family of Z. NJ. Rountree took refuge in a
cave and two children aged three and Blk years
were drowned.
The vicinity Of Sufiield and Enfield, Conn,
was visited by violent wind storm on the 18th
ult., which proved destructive to barns, sheds
and the ike and played havoc in the orchards.
The largest greenhouse i'll the state, located at
Thompsonville, was almost completely ruined.
The Paratine wax works of Parkhurst & Co.,
ct Baltimore, Nd, burned on the 2Sth ult.
Loss $4,000.
WALLAcE's tannery and shoe factory at
Rochester, n. Y, was destroyed by fire on the
18th ult. Loss S50,00O.
The Cincinnati cooperage works were Destroy
ed by fire Oh the 2Sth ult. Loss $4,000.
BY collision on the Wilmington and North
ern railroad, near Naome Station. Pa, on the
28th ult., two engines were wrecked, the track
torn up and ten or twelve passengers more or
less injured.
FORD WILLIAM FRAZIER was caught and
crushed to death between two great stones
while quarrying at Baldlnob, Ark, on the 26t1i
inst.
The Union packing box factor on John street,
between Pearl and Jay streets, Brooklyn, and
adjoining the plumbing and copper works of A.
c. Eeany x Clark, were burned on the night Of
the 9th. Loss S4O, 900; insured
A COLLISION between two freight trains on the
Toledo, Peoria and Western railway, near
Seville, ILL.,, on the 26th resulted III the severe
and perhaps fatal injury of three men.
FIERCE tornado swept over portions OF
Carroll, Ida, Sac, Calhoun, and Hamilton Coun-
ties, Iowa, doing great damage to farm property,
demolishing many houses, and severely injur-
ing several persons-two fatally.
The ship Bormo, with cargo of o from
New Orleans for. Trieste, was dismasted and
WTcchcu
while trying to make Halifax during foggy and
heavy weather.
AST. JoHN's, n. b., dispatch of the 26th inst
says four men were drowned at White Rapids
by the upsetting Of boat.
AT Memphis. Tenn, OH the 25th inst, J. l.,
Eichberg prominent German citizen, either
fell or jumped overheard from the steamer
Hard Cash. and was drowned.
The Blackhawk distilery, Chicago, ILL.,, own
cd by the Chicago Disabling company, was
burned on the night of the Goth. Loss $4,000;
fully insured. The bonded warehouse adjon-
ing was with difficulty saved.
BUSH & DENsLow's extensive oil works, south
Brooklyn, N. Y, took fire from the explosion Of
gas and light oils on the 10th. The flames
communicated with and destroyed seven large
tanks of oil, the steamer Harlow Bailey, a
schooner and O large amount of lumber. Loss
about $4,000.
AN unknown schooner was lost off Point
Reyes Oh the California coast ON the 2lst inst
All hands were lost.
The Minneapolis lumber company's shingle
and saw mill, at Minneapolis, Mimi, were burn
ed Oh the 18th. Loss s25, 900.
A BARREL of gasoline exploded in the cellar Of
the residence Of Mrs. DIR. Jones ut Piqua, o.,
ON the 25th inst. Two boys, aged respectively
10 and IA, persisted. Miss Kate Newland, sister
of Mrs. Jones, and MIR. Pred Amendt, were
severely but not fatally burned. Loss $4,000
A CYCLONE passed over Mitchell, ID. T., Oh the
25th inst, doing much damage and killing Jacob
Luther. of New Alamakee, Iowa, and Henry
Smith of Blackborn Station, Kane county, Ills
Fred. Frances, Of DEBORAH, Ia, Mr.. Phelps, Of
Kane, H., Fritz Badd, and VIM. A North, Of
Columbia county, Wis, were injured.
SEVENTY buildings were destroyed by fire in
Edenburg, Pa, OH the 22d. Most of the citi
zens were at q circus when the confagration
started, and nothing was done to extinguish the
flames until twenty houses had been igmted.
Loss about S15O,0OO.
AN excursion train became stalled in the tun-
mel at T. Louis, on the night of the 24d, the
cars filling with smoke and coal gas, and panic
among the passengers ensued, which resulted
in the serious injury Of many. After several
vain attempts to start the train, signal Of dis
tress was blown and another locomotive came
in and helped haul the cars out topure air.
A RAcE-HoRsE ran against post at the Upper
Sandusky. o., track on the 22d, tearing hole
in his side from which his entrails protruded.
He ran fifty rods in this condition and was
finally overtaken and shot.
JOHN o. RoURKE of the Boston base ball club,
while attempting to make difficult play in the
Troy City-BOston game at Troy N. Y, on the
oath inst, ran against fence. His throat was
cut, the wound being five inches long. He also
received internal injuries, but will probably re-
cover.
The storm ON the night of the 10TH instant,
did considerable damage in various parts of
Michigan. Three persons in Van Buren, county,
in that state, were killed by lightning.
THREE blind girls, Guiding the vigilance Of
the authorities at the Blind asylum, st. Louis,
walked through the streets of that city on the
22dinst., and coming to On excavation, which was
being made to prepare for the erection Of o new
building, fella distance Of twenty feet and were