Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-16
SIN AND SORROW.

Colorado Furnishes Two SeusattCn5e. III vs.
FERROUS and Fatal Expl ,sion-- Shooting
Affair In the Dark--Love Tragedy at Bath,
n Y.-Suicids of Denver Noman-Fetal
Fall of a Wharf at Mount Hope.
A WHARF BREAKS DOWN.
FALL RIVER, Aug. 1.-THE wharf at Mount
Hope, upon which was large crowd of excur-
sionists, broke down at $40 this evening.
There must have been q number lost, but it is
impossible to ascertain tonight how many.
The first reports Of the accident on the wharf
at Mount Hope appear to have been exagge-
rsted, but owing to the darkness. there icing
no light on the wharf, it cannot be ascertained
tonight whether any person was drowned. The
whsrf parted in the middle, precipitating from
seventy to aeventy-fve into the trough. As
u.any of them chung to the wharf and others
plunged into the water, many were taken out
unconscious and almost lifeless, but were re-
suscitated.
LATEST ACCOUNTS. ----.--. ---,.-
FALL RIVER, Aug. 14.-News of the accident
to portion Of the spinners' excuriou party at
Mt. Hope created great anxiety in the city. and
hundreds of anxious ones at once rushed to
the landing to learn news of their friends. At
midnight the last .boatload came over.
The city marshal was of the party
and reports the excitement at the scene of
the accident intense, and the screama of those
who had fallen added to the confusion. Owing
to the low tide the water was no more than
five to seven feet deep, and it is believed that
not more than two were drowned although it
is impossible, on account of The darkness, to
obtain accurate information as to casualties.
A number of people are known to ba injured.
1t is impossible to get further particulars to-
night.
sUIoIpE-P0wDER EXPLOSION.
DENVER, COL, Aug. ia young woman
known as Gypsy Delake, committed suicide
at house of i'll fame last night, by taking
morphia. Her zeal name was Minnie Will
kinson. The desertlon of her lover, a.
Puckman, was the cause of the deed.
A special from Como gives an account OF
an accident which occurred at Red Hill, q
msil station on the South Park road. last
night. About II o'clock Ere broke cut in
the depot, and caused an explosion of about
one thousand pounds of powder, which blew
the depot and every building in the place TO
atoms. The agent, F. e. Colyer, was badly
injured by burns and cats, and is not expect
ed to live. His assistant, Charley Hilton,
was killed, and two other men were badly
injured.
TIE RED HILL EXPLOSION.
DENVER, Aug. H.--Further particulars of
the explosion at Red Hill last night are to the
effect that Frank E. Collyer. agent, &. ]. Con.
way, assistant agent, and Charles G'ynn,
freighter, were sitting in the depot awaiting
the down train when the yplosion occurred.
When the Fair Play coach reached the scene of
the disaster, soon after the passengers found
Chas. Hilton, an employee, fearfuily mapgled.
Not stitch of clothing save one sock was
fonnd On him. Collyer was severely wounded
about the head, and it is feared his skull
is broken. Conway was internally injured,
but not fatally. Giynu was wounded about
the body, but not seriously His coat was
split from the neck down. The ground on
which the depot, freight house, engine hoase,
saloon, and forwarding house, stood, is now
bare The buildings were blown into splin-
ters the sizs of tooth picks. Not one stick on
another remains of the five buildings. It is
said that twelve cases of gun.
this is a mere rumor, and there is some mys-
terry about the affair. Agent ColIyer, who has
recovered consciousness, says there was no
powder about the place. The wounded were
removed to Fairplay. tits said that the stage
driver caught scouudrel breaking in the safe
after the explosion. --------=----'
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
BATH, n. Y, Aug ls.-About 5 o'clock this
afternoon K, e. Parkhurst, a young lawyer
of this village, shot and killed Fannie Howell,
daughter of prominent merchant here, and
killed himself. They were married about four
years ago but never lived together, legal sep
aration taking place Immediately after the
marriage. The tragedy took place in room
in the Nichols house where the two went but a
few moments before the shooting. o-+1
The Young man and woman belonged to the
best families in the place, and quite romance
is connected with their lives Six or seven
years ago they were married at picnic. but
the parents interfered and the courts declared
the marriage null and void. Since arriving at
age, Parkhurst desired re-marriage, but the
girls parents objected, and the feeling was
engendered. To-day Parkhurst again tried to
persuade the girl to live with him, and upon
her refusal drew revolver, shooting her and
then himself.
SHOOTING N THE DARK.
DENVER, Col, Aug. 14.-Daniel Linehan, a
whisky dealer in Buena Vista, last night fatally