The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-08-12
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A LARGE portion of the Empire City,
Oregon, has been destroyed by fire. Loss
$4,000
citizen of Detroit returned from an
JOSEPH SILER, boy 8 years old, while
playing in Wolner's distillery at Peoria,
ILL.,, was crushed to death between two
cars.
Two trains on the Long Branch, New
York, railroad came in collision. One
engineer was killed and several persons
were injured
A YOUNG lady at Montreal. named Eliz-
abeth Doherty, fell down stairs and broke
her neck while takinga somnambulistic
stroll.
A BRocKToN, Mass. dispatch of the 2nd
says the freight house of the Old Colony
railroad with large quantity of freight
was destroyed by fire; loss heavy.
In runaway on the Gainesville road,
six miles west of Sherman, Texas, mans
brains were knocked out and his wife
killed by the horses dragging her to death.
A STAIRWAY leading to the Congregations
al church in Deadwood gave way on Sun
people to the ground. Many were painful
ly injured.
By the falling of a tree near Stoneville,
n. c., two men were fatally injured and
a third person so seriously wounded that
it is feared he will die. A fourth was slight
ly hurt.
THREE men, who descended the Kelley
Run colliery, near Pottsville, Pa, on Mon
dav night, to inspect the ventilation of the
mine, were taken out dead, having been
su8ocated by black damp.
THREE little girls of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fishel's, living near Dean, Mo-, who were
left alone in the house, undertook to build
fire with coal oil. An explosion follow
ed, and two of the children were fatally
burned
THE old Folly building, at Duluth,
Mimi, was destroyed by fire on the 3rd
inst Seventeen persons were sleeping in
the upper story. There being no avenue
of escape except by the windows, the in
mates were compelled to leap for their
lives. All escaped except one man, who
was burned to death.
As the young ladies-Misses Bertha
Dietrich, Anna Mensekamp and Mary
Mensekamp-were passing along Stehpen-
son street, at Freeport, ILL.,, cornlce
loosened by the high wind prevailing sud
denly fell to the sidewalk, crushing Miss
Dietrich so that she died soon after, and
inficting injuries to Miss Anna Mensen-
kamp that may prove fatal.
A FIRE in the lumber district of
Buffalo, burned over an area
qaurter of mile in length by five hun
dred feet in width, The total loss is 1925,
| coo and the insurance 1888, 900. ID. &. Welch
& Co., J. F. Delbitt, Benson 4 Locke,
Frank Perew, Joseph Church, Searles &
way, G. T. Wilson, Wm Robinson, and the
Union Dry Dock company were the prin-
cipal sufferers.
| Quincy, ILLINOIS, was nearly consumed
by fire on the 29th of July. 1t was got un.
der control: however. with the following
losses: .: G. Pfanschmidt's planing,mil]
Bonnet Duffy; loss, $4,000. The Harris
& Beebe tobacco factory; loss, $4,000
Gardner's governor factory; loss, $25 600
The large double two-story dwelling owned
by l.. Greiser, on Ohio street, $4,000
Besides the above number of smaller
dwellings and houses were burned which
will swell the loss TO 100000, with an in
surance all told of about $4,000. The
AREA burned is between State street ant
Payson avenue, and Fourth and Sixth
streets.
EPHRA1M MILLER of Hampton, Pa, has
great terror of dogs. Recently he and
his wife were returning home from q
neighbor's, after spending the evening
there. The night was very dark. Miller
stopped to put up the bars of a fence
around his yard. Mrs. Miller walked or
toward the house. She wore white apron
When her husband started to follow hel
he saw what he supposed was a big white
dog running along ahead of him. III.
i shouted to his wife to look out for the dog
ran back toward her husband. He coule