River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-01-15
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.


THE glycerine building of the Latin
and Rand Powder company at Oak bridge
near Whitehall, N. Y, blew up Jan. 9Th
fatally injuring two men.
A TERRIBLE casualty occurred in New
York CITY Jan. 5th. Turner Hall, on East
Fourth street burned, and four people
fell victims to the flames. Others were
fearfuliy burned, and injured by jump
ing from windows.
A LOCOMOTIVE and four freight cars on
the Long Branch road ran into an open
draw at Woodbridge, n. J. Jan. 9th. The
wreck took fire and several ears were
consumed. The engineer was slightly
hurt
JoHN M. CARR, a prominent citizen of
! Rushviile, Ind, committed suicide Jan.
h. He walked into a mill race TO the
| depth of three feet,and then shot himself
| in the right temple.
Two trains colided on the elevated
railroad in New York city Jan. 9Th.
Both engines and passenger car were
| wrecked, but no passengers were injured.
| The guard rails prevented the wreck
| from being participated into the street.
TIE. RICHARDS. father of Prof. Rich
| ards, Yale college, was killed at the
| Stanford, Conn, depot by Harlem
railway train, on the 9th inst. He was
| in carriage which was demolished.
! The coachman was seriously injured,
but a young lady in the coach was un-
| hurt,
/ A COLLISION occurred at Gales Hollow,
near Gaiesburg, on the c., b 81 O. rail-
| road Jan. 9th which resulted IN the
| death of two stockmen named John
| Allison and S. w. Colville. one stock
train ran into another going in the same
direction, during a dense fog. A general
wreck occurred.
The scarlet fever has become so gen,
orally spread through the community at
| Pontiac, ILL.,, that the board of education
! have suspended the opening of tie
! schools for two weeks There have been
a number of deaths, but large majority
of cases have recovered. In one family,
that of Mr. Burk, five children have died
In few days. This, of course, is an
exceptional case.
Gro. WoRNLEY was sucked under the
| Fox eiver dam at Oswego, Jan. 9Th, abouy
dark Wormley and a MIR. Pollard were
crossing in skitf, and, when the suction
drew the boat toward the dam, Pollard,
who could not swim, jumped from the
boat and alighted in shallow water upon
n sandbar and was rescued. Wormley, a
good swimmer, went under the dam with
The boat, and is body has not yet been
found. The skiff came out next morn
ing
A FEARFUL. explosion took place about
eleven O'Clock ON the morning of Jan.
9th, AT Newark, n. J in the converting
room of the Celluoid manufacturing
companion Ferry and Ashbridge streets,
| nv which three men were instantly killed
and two others 50 badly burned that they
cannot recover. The ayers of the
Celluloid company say - the explo-
sion probably occurred ire n the gas at
| the machine run by Fred. Stiles, who was
killed. The machine was used for mix
ing and grinding material
Tine careless use of kerosene caused a
| frighiul accident at 30 East Polk street,
Chicago, Jan. Gin. About 5 30 O'Clock
| Mira. Kate Anderson, who resides with
her husband at the number given, at
tempted to start fire in the stove, and to
aid her, as is so frequently done, she got
the kerosene can aud began pouring it
on the kindling.wood. Previous to pour
ing the oil on the wood Mrs. Anderson
had touched match to some paper I'M
derneath, the flames from which imme-
/ diately ignited the oil, and an explosion
of the can followed. The unfortunate
| woman was standing in such position
that the burning oil covered her garments
from head to foot, and in moment she
was mass of flames. Her husband,
who CHANGED to be in the house. did all
| in his power TO extinguish the flames, but
was unable to do So, and nearly every
| stitch of clothing was burned from her
BODY. which presented horrible sight
Flesh dropped from nearly every part of
| the body, and her mouth was almost
crisp Drs Quincy and IIildbr nd were
| summoned as soon as possib I, but they
were unable to do anything for the poor
creature She fingered in the most in.
tense agony until 9:15 O'Clock, when she
/ expired