Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-04-29
CASUALTIES.

JOHN SIMMONS, vincent loustaHCe anu hudll
Young were probably fatally injured by the fall
of sea fold from the fourth story of a building
on Eghty-fourth street, New York, on the z31
/ inst.
/ Tnr south Side railway bars at Chicago,
burned on the 23d, twenty-eight cars were
DESTROYED and considerable amount Of feed
and implements burned. Ell thu horses, 317 in
number, were led out. Loss estimated at $780,
900; partially insured.
THE straw shop of the Hills manufacturing
company aid straw works Of II. D. Fearing X
Co., Amherst, Mass, burned on the Esd inst
Loss $4,000. The coal yards Of A. d. Hunt
and W. Morgan also burned.
HURON CRY, Mich, dispatch Of the 23d
says: "a vessel, name unknown, laden with
lumber, went ashore four miles below this place
last night, and Capt. J. G. Kiah, OF Point Aux
Barques station, and life-saving crew started
at O'Clock this morning to remove the crew of
the vessel, and when mile from shore the surf
boat filed and all but Capt. kiah persisted from
exposure.
THE bark Sea Breeze, rs days from Rotter-
dam, arrived at New York on the 22d inst,
bringing the captain and crew Of the brig Annie
Wharton, abandoned in a sinking condition.
The Sea Breeze spoke the brig DArtagnan
which reported the captain and first mate
washed overheard. The Sea Breeze also re-
ports the sinking Of an unknown bark during
hard snow squat. Heavy adverse winds pre-
vented assistance.
FL1pPnR 4 WALKEas foundry at North Dan
vile, Va, burned on the 22nd inst. Loss S4A,-
900; partially insured
THE Maplewood high school building at Camp
Point, ILL.,. burned on the 22d inst. Loss $780,
900; insurance 912, 500
Ar Forest City, Ark, on the 22d inst, fire
DESTROYED the Planters hotel and thirteen adj
joining buildings. Loss on buildings $4,000;
damage to goods 100000. The hotel was I'M
occupied.
The Eagle Square company's sash, door and
blind factory ct Sonth Shaftsbmg, Va, was
destroyed by fire on the 22d inst. Loss S175.-
900; insurance 1915, 0G0
LARGE building ut Richmond, Va, used for
storing hay was totally destroyed and Caring
ton < Co. 3 tobacco warehouse partially burned
on the I'D inst. Loss heavy.
FOREST fire swept nearly the whole north
portion of the town of Brook Haven, l.. /
Loss estimated at $50, 900.
ZAoHARIAH OWENS and family, consisting OF
his wife and three children, were burned to
death by the recent forest fire in the swamp re-
gon Of North Carolina.
FIRE on the 22d instant destroyeda large por
ton OF Bondhead, Ont. Loss $4,000.
OK the 22d inst. tho side of Nail Creek cul-
vert Of the Eris canal, Just east Of the guard
! lock, Wost Utica, gave way and the Utica and
( Frankfort level was emptied within two hours.
The bed Of the canal for 100 feet and four or
five feet in depth, and from 80 to 100 feet Of the
| tow path vertical wall are washed out. 1t Is es-
| timated it will require from two to four weeks
to fix the break securely No boats were dam
aged as far ~ known.
! GRAHAM OaMsBYs team became fractions
while being driven upon the ferry fiat at Vi'k-
| life Landing, on the Kentucky river, on .le
/ 22d inst. Ills mother, sister and Miss Miller
| and the horses we're plunged into the river and
! drowned The young man, who was on his way
| to be married narrowly escaped death.
! DURING the progress Of fair in Madison
! Square garden, New York. on the night OF the
Dist inst, the floor of newly-constructed dane
/ ng hail, situated over an art gallery, pressed
! out the outer wall, which fell with crash, let
/ ting down the roof upon the Representation
/ dancers. -Four persons were killed and num-
! Der wounded. The art gallery contained pic
/ lures insured against fire only for Sl5OO0O
/ The building was damaged to the extent of
/ $40, 600. The damage to the paintings is great,
but no insurance can be obtained as there was
! no fine.
A FIRE on the 2lst inst laid fully one-hah of
the city of Hull, Canada, IN ruins. 1t Is esti-
mated that between 700 and 800 houses were de-
stroyed and over 1000 people made homeless
/ The area of ground over which the fire Travelled
is a mile long by 400 yards wide. number of
lives were lost. The pecuniary loss is estimated
at about $500, 900.
A FIRE which started i'll Hogan 4 Bros shoe
factory Richmond, Me-, on the 2lst inst,
I caused loss OF Sl00,000; insurance 5000,
Two hundred people are thrown out Of employ
ulont.
LATEST adyices from Texa. county No., say
the town of Licking was entirely destroyed, ex-
cepting three houses, by the terrible storm on
the 18th inst One life was lost and II persons
wounded, five of them seriously. Damage
fully $50, 600. The tornado did immense injury
to all kinds of property in the county. A report
comes from Panther Valley, Is miles from
Marshieid. of seven persons killed by the storm
Numerous deaths are also reported from Green
county and from Henderson.
4 MAoKIsAw (aiich.) dispatch Of the 21st
inst. says a report just received states seven
men who left Point ST. Jsnace i'll sail boat to
go up the north shore we're all drowned during
the gale ON the 10th inst. The bodies have not
yet been recovered.
On the night of the 18th, every house except
two in Fayetteville, Ark. was demolished by a
yhirlwind and Mrs. Victoria Gloss and colored
child killed. The injured count mp about hf-
teen. Pecuniary loss great
THE town Of FL Paso, White county, Arkansas,
suffered severely by the terrific tornado that
devastated that section OF the country on the
18th, DIR. Hainston, his wife. Mr.. Paul, his
wife. aud four children were killed. loss Of
life and much damage is reported from fsyette-
Vile and Dardanelle, Arkansas.
Carr. PETERSON. Of the small schooner Carl
haldi va. lost overheard on Lake Michigan on