The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-05-21
CASUALTIES.

Two young women were fatally burned by
fire on the Opera house stage, 1T Atlanta, Ga,
during all amateur entertainment.
OS the 18th. the hiatt of the Lumbclman
Mining co.'s iron mine near Norway, Mich,
caycd IT,. bulyng sixteen miners. Thirteen were
rescued after arduOus labor. Three of the min
crs who were directly under the falling rock were
cru he'd 10 death.
FIRE broke cut on tie nth Inst. in the car
works at Milton, Pa, and heavy northwest
wind prevailing it was impossible to check the
progress of tie flames until the entire business
portiUu of the town was destroyed. IL l. cstl-
mated 400 buildings burned, Including all the
churches. The tire burned over space of
seven tquarcs III length and two III width. The
only important business places saved were the
rolling mills, nail works, Wilson's iiyLct factory
and the planning mills. Several bodies have
been II recovered, but are burned beyond rccOgni-
ton. Two hundred and fifty families were rem
dcred Homeless aud are camping out III the
fields. Loss estimated at II, 1000; Insurance
S50O,UUO.
The terrible forest fires in Pennsylvania still
continue Over three million feet Of lumber,
vast amount of valuable timber and several
dwellings, and bans at Milford were burned.
Six thousand acres were ablaZc on the nth inst.
Tho steam saw mill Of David Dale d Son, ut
Moscow, burned on the 18th inst.
A FIRE at Glendale, Hamilton county, Ohio,
on the 1ith inst, destroyed several buildings,
causing loss OF S2O,UOO.
ANTON SoRGE, engineer of the Sherman house,
Chicago elevator. was killed on the 18th inst,
by being caught between the floor of the elevator
and the cOuntcrLalancc. The upper part Of the
! unfortunate mans head was completely torn off.
A POWDER mill near Ashland, Pa, exploded
on the 18th INST, killing Edward Bcnzman and
. iujuring five others.
The village of Stuyycsant, eleven miles north
| Of Hudson, n. y, was destroyed by fire on the
18th instant, involving IA loss of $500, 900;
| insurance 500, 900, caugnt in the storehOuSe of
! the New York ami Catskill Steamship company.
Among the buildings burned are the postOcc,
house of the New Jersey Ice company, railroad
depot, Clapp's hotel, StuyVcsant iron foundry,
! ST. Mary's church and all the Outbuildngs on
both sides of the railroad track, covering II
radius Of over square mile.
A DESPATCH from West Liberty, o., says that
town war visited on the 18th inst. by disas-
truus connagIation. II spread wthBrcat rapid
ity. owing To coming III contact early with large
quantity of coal oil stored III Il drug store, and
in spite of the utmost cXcrtions Of citizens II
burned its way through the town. The tota
loss Is estimated at :2OO,OUO.
The Whitewater coffin works at COEnorsyille
lad, burned on the 18th inst. Loss $70OU0
in,uIUuce $4,000.
The Mililis Manufacturing Co.'S works al
Fond du Lac, Wis, were totally destroyed b.,
fire on the 18th INST. The company had JUS
received fourteen carloads Of glass, and up
wards Of 100000 worth of finished sash ant
: doors were stored in the building, which wer
entirely dcrtoycd. Total loss S125,0OO; i'll
, suTancc 100000.
The hosp and stables of the Carbon coun
: ~, Pa, alushOrse were dcstI Dyed by fire on til
18th inst. Nine horses, tweGty-four head o
cattle and forty hogs were burned to death.
A DIsrAICH from Everett, Bedford county
Pa. says four large bark sheds ut Tecumse
D taIncly, LyiulliaIIg 10 J. Il. Hoyt Co., Me-
d York. Lur!lcd on tIc 18th inst. The sheds col
Pc tanned about 10000 cords Of bark, involving
/ loss Of 500; covered by insurance.
, SHORTLY ltcr noon on the 18th inst. fir
, again started ia the lumber land at the head &
. Foster Book valley, eight miles from Brad
ford, Pa. The wind was blowing gale an
:, tie ire swept over the ridge, consuming every
: thing like 30 much reed. The villages of o
: CeIilc and Mc4duughyilc, with the exception {
j one or two houses, were entirely destroyed
G ALout nile above Duke Centre O nitro-Slycel
inc repository came in the course OF the fame