Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-09

maize on passage and for shipment, at about
late rates Sales Of English wheat last week
We're 1906 quarters at AS 81 per unarter
against ::S go quarters at 42s I'll yer quarter,
for the corresponding period last year. The
imports into the United Kingdom during the
week ending June l9:h Il ,G63, 1881 hundred
weight OF wheat, DSti3 hundred weight of
flour
Fatal Steamboat Accident OH Lake Mineton-
ka, Mimi.
At five o'clock Oh the morning of June
Isl, fire was placed in the furnace ofthe steam
er Mary, then lying al the wharf at Excelsior,
on Lake NJ innetonka. She left the wharf at
5:40 a. m, having on board no Que except the
crew, which consisted OF VIM. Chadwick, en-.
gineer, John Steward, pilot and Edwin 8. Per
kins, fireman. The run was made from FIX.
celsior to the wharf Of the Hotel st. Louis in
about half hour, arriving there about 6:25 a.
III. At this point three passengers got aboard
named Mrs. Eeinton, her cousin, Miss Pointe
and Mr.. J. +. Plattenburg, Of Canton, Ill, all
guests at the Hotel st. Louis, who intended
taking the early morning train for st. Paul
A number OF the employees at the hotel had
come down to see the little party of ard just
Us the line was being cast Oft the boiler of the
steamer exploded with terrible effect b!ov ing
most OF the upper portion Of the boat into
atoms and instantly killing persona, NOR
tally wounding and severely injuring others
As stated above the boat was lying at the Ho.
tel st. Louis. John Steward, the pilot, was
at his post. VIM. Chadwick, the engineer, had
lust opened the furnace doors TO ace about
the fires. f. s. Perkins, the fireman, had
just stepped ashore to cast of the line. Mr..
Plattenbnrg was standing beside the boiler
and near to Chadwick and the two ladies' Mrs
Eginton and Miss Pointer, were In the after
part Of the boat within three feet ct the rear
Of the boiler, and G. A. Gaines, the head wait.
or of the hotel was afew feet off. having come
aboard to bear some message to the ladies'. A
number Of other persons were standing on the
wharf, when without moments warning or
the slightest intimation of what was to take
place, the boiler exploded, scattering death
and destruction on every side. The engineer,
Chadwick, was killed instantly, in fact rem.
dcred mass of broken flesh and bones.
Gaines, the hcad-waiter. was blown out into
the Jake GONE fifty feet, where his lifeless re-
mains were found about an hour after the ex-
plosior. Mr.. Plattenburg was picked up
alive, hut terribly bruised, and he expired in
about an hour. Steward, the pilot, was blown
out into the lake, but was rescued before
drowning. He bad four ribs broken, and was
otherwise badly bruised and burned. Mrs
Esinton aud Miss Pointer escaped without a
scratch or the mark of injury about them. OF
the six persons on board of the boat at the
time, f.ur were males and the two ladies re-
ferred to. Three o: the men were killed al
most instantly, and the other it Is said can.
not recover. Surely there il a providence
that looks after the gentlcr sex. OF those on
shore, E. 8. Perkins. the fireman, was burned
about the left shoulder and neck, but not Sc.
riously. Frank Adams, the chief clerk OF the
hetel, who had came down to see the party
of, was slightly burned about the face A. s..
publisher of the Tourist, was knocked
down by the conclusion and the shock pros.
tratcd him. He was taken to the hotel, and
Yesterday afternoon was doing we'll. Three
other employees Of the hotel. known as colored
Jim. Larry, colored hey, and English George, .
were more or less bruised and injured, but
not seriously. : g@I * 4
Terrible Disaster at White Rear Lake.
A sad casualty occurred at White Bear
Lake, twelve miles from st. Paul, on The after.
noon of the 9Th. A party of fifteen, comptis.
ing employees Of the St Paul & Manitoba Shops
in st Paul, with their families went out for q
sale on the Lake. The boat was being man.
aged by two Of the party NJ. W. and Chas. Cline
when sudden squall capsized it in water GO
to 70 feet deep. Seven of the fif.
teen were drowned, and the remain-
der were rescued with difficulty. =" One
entire family comprising Frank Gibson, his
wife and two boys, nine and eleven years,
were lost. Mr.: James Dore was in the party
with his wife and sister. The two ladies were
drowned and Mr.. Dore was saved. Thomas
Cline's child, an infant. was also drowned.
The saved were Mr.. James Dore, VIM. Cline,
Mr.. and Mr.. Thomas Cline and daughter, G.
J. Smith, Michael Curran and Annie Currau.
assEEs*; English Markets ,a..@es..E5Ss,.
The Mark Lane Espress of July Is, In
its review Of the British grain trade for the
week says: The weather has been fairly sea-
sonable and crops have made further steady
progress, though advices relative to oats are
somewhat variable. The supply of English
wheat Is very small but difficult to- sell,
though holders willingly offered con-
cession Of one and two shilliags per quar-
ter. Imports Of foreign wheat fsir,
though not excessive Though sranary
stocks are reduced to almost an unprecedant-
ed point yet asll long q the arrivals auffice to
meet tie immediate wants Of buyers they can
ahord TO disregard the present moderate 81.
tent Of arrivals, Ii the confident anticipation
offnture abundance. Every thing seems 5, ights
Large continental demands have hithertobeen
th4 ch,ef lneneei II fAyos 81 sellers, but .
theF French harvest 4 now alnnss dne cont.
asntat nssds must shortly csaseto sifect the
a short tle veat dassplte aome
rain. has been too Ina Tor TIE trad, and wheat
declinsd from 4 shlllis e tvo tAllips1 O.