The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-08-05
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

TIE extensive furniture factory of J. II.
arnebrock, st. Louis, Mo-, has been de-
stroyed by fire.
Oregon, has been destroyed by fire. Loss
$4,000
GEORGE MuLLIGAN, of Atlanta, Ill.,, was
killed on the 9th inst at Burlington, Ia,
by falling on the pin of a hay wagon, which
pierced his bowels, causing instant death.
The steamboat II. T. Dexter, loaded
with fifty tons of freight, was destroyed by
an incendiary fire at Louisville, Ky. She
was valued at S22 900, and was insured for
$4,000.
A son of Jacob Hirst. well-to-do farm
er of N1elrose township, cut himself with
a scythe in the leg, and bled to death. He
was an estimable young man.
J. II. HUYcK's chemical works, at No.
80 Michigan avenue. Chicago. were
damaged to the extent of $4,000 by fire, on
the 23nd inst.
NEAR MoDEsrA, California, tllreshing
engine blew up, killing the fireman, J. S.
Dooley, and injured eight others, one prob
ably fatally.
CHARLES A. BENTLEY, while driving
load of hay at Hamburg, n. Y, was
caught by telegraph wire and thrown
to the ground, fracturing his skull fatally.
Tie English bark R. w. Wood, arrived
at quarantine at Mobile, Alabama, on the
2Sth inst, with yellow fever. Second
mate very i'll. Everybody on board down
except three men. Two dead.
The ship Winchester, from Manila,
with sugar for the St. Lawrence refinery at
Montreal, Canada, was wrecked in the
stats of Macassar. The cargo was valued
at $lS0,0OO to 100000.
FIRE destroyed tho whole north side of
the town of Troupe, California, on the
9th inst. Loss, 81, 900. Insurance, 49,
900. Incendiary. The postoffice and sup
plies were burned.
THREE men, who descended the Kelley
Run colliery, near Pottsville, Pa, on Mon
day night, to inspect the ventilation of the
mine. were taken out dead, having been
sutfocated by black damp.
By the caving in of the shore end of the
tunnel now being dug under the Hudson
river from Jersey city to New York,
twenty-one men were buried alive, seven
others making an almost miraculous es-
cape.
WHILE the Rev. Father P. P. Cooney,
pastor of the St. Demands Church in
WATERFOWL Wis.,, was investigating the
roof of one of the house belonging to the
church, he accidently slipped to the ground
and broke his arm.
The pay-train on the Chicago, Column
bus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railroad
struck baker wagon at a crossing at Lock-
land, Ohio, and threw it down an embank-
ment, killing the horse and in uring Ed
Smith, the baker, fatally. A boy who was
in the wagon escaped unhurt.
AT the republican ratification meeting
in Montpelier, VT, Friday evening the
brass cannon was prematurely discharged
and four persons were knocked senseless.
Henry Wiley had his left arm blown off
and was otherwise injured, and Clark
Roberts had his right arm blown off, while
the other gunners were not seriously in
iured. The former has wife and two chill
dren; the latter is single.
A FAMILY consisting of father, mother
and five children, were discovered near
Plano, Texas, in a starving condition and
overcome by heat. They were taken to
town to be cared for. The woman and
one of the children died during the night
and the others cannot live long. They
were from Canada, and were travelling by
wagon for West Texas. A committee OF
ladies collected upward of $50 for their re-
lief.
QUINCY, ILLINOIS, was nearly consumed
by fire on the 29th of July. 1t was got un-
der control, however, with the following
losses: E. C. Pfanschmidt's planning mill
and sash factory; loss, $40, 900. The large
foundry building formerly occupied by
Bonnet Duffy; loss, 5000. The Harris