Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-04-30
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.


FLIpPEN g. WALKERS foundry and
mill, at Danville, Va, burned on the 23rd
inst. Loss, $4,000; partially insured.
OVER 800 families have been made Ut d.
terly destitute by the great forest fires,
up to the Goth inst
THE saw.mill of w. A. Clayton, near
Mannington, W. Va, exploded It's boiler
on the 22nd inst. Ed. Cunningham,
sawyer, was killed, and the mill left a
total wreck.
THE fire which started in Hogan Bros
shoe factoty on the 22nd inst, caused a
loss of 100000; insurance, $4,000. Two
hundred people are thrown out of EN-.
ployment.
SOME commot!on Is caused in Cleve
land, o, among mining speculaters by
news on the oath inst, of the Little Pitts
burgh silver mine at Lcadville, Col. Two
| hundred Clevclanders are are badly salt
ed.
A CYCLONE struck Illinois on the Goth
inst, doing great damage. 1t went from
west TO east; so far rs heard from some
twenty houses and barns were demol.
ished Several persons are reported
killed and wounded, but their names
have not yet been learned.
The working train on the Norfolk g.
Pctersburgh railroad was thrown from
the track on the goth inst, near Ivor's
Station, and Capt. Baker and Spencer
Jones were killed. Engineer McCon.
nell and Fireman Harvell were painfully
Injured.
A FIRE In st. Paul on the eth, de.
stroyed the distillery of A. X Keiier and
The government warehouse located at
Post Sidney, three miles from this city.
Los on building, 500, 900, insured for
1000; loss on manufactured goods
stored, $4,000; insurance, 81 800.
A DESTRUCTIVE tornado swept over the
country in The vicinity of Macon, Miss,
ON Saturday Telegraph communica
lion interrupted, but meagre reports
bring the intelligence of the loss OF sew.
eral lives. Fuller details hourly expect
ed.
A SERIOUS disaster and accident of
fatal character occurred at Madison
| Square Garden In New York, on the
evening of the 2ed inst. The IIahnemann
Hospital far was in progress and 800
people present, when the roof fell in,
killing and mangling many persons and
destroying over 100000 worth of prop.
erty.
GRAHAM ORMsBy's team became iIac-
louisville being driven upon the ferry flat
at Wicklitt's landing, on Kentucky river,
on the 23rd INST, his mother, sister ard
II Miss Miller and the horses were
plunged into the river and drowned
The young man, who was on his way TO
be married, narrowly escaped death.
JAMES N. BoYD's tobacco stemmcry,
and Charles L.. Todd's storehouse for
hay and lime burned in Richmond Va,
on the 9th inst, james N. BOyd's loss
IN 100000, and Charles L. Todd's about
10000; insured for $4,000. The build
inps were valued at $50 1000; insured for
$1,000. j. G. Smiths block of fine brick
buildings occupied as junk establish.
mcnt, was also burned loss, $40, 900; in.
surance, $1,000.
A SPECIAL from Forest City, Ark, on
the 23rd inst says: A fire broke out In
the Planters Hotel causing conilagta.
ton in which thirteen houses were DIES.
troyed. The hotel was unoccupied, and
the fire is supposed to be the work OF an
In cendiary. The loss on buildings is es
tmated at $4,000; the damage to the
goods of several firms is about 10000
Among the losers by the fire are Will
liams ~ CO., and Fussele, Gwynne Il
| Go.
ABOUT one half of the city of Hull
Canada, was destroyed by fire on the 22d
inst. The whole area of ground, COM
posed of Church, Duke, Lake Dent, Al
hion, Wellington, Charles, Central,
i Wright, Hannah and several other streets
was burned over, The heat was so in
tense and the smoke SO dense, that the
city was almost shrouded in darkness
The fire ragged from half past three
O'Clock until seven, when the wind for.
tunately changed, and 1t WAS got under
control. it Is estimated that between
700 and 800 houses have been destroyed,
and over 1000 people rendered home
less.
In the storm of Saturday light flight
ming struck the house of Jesse Nicker in
Des Moines city, Iowa, entering at the
chimney and tearing n hole in the root
six feet square and passing all over the
house to the cellar. The weather board
were nearly all torn from the outside
Every room inside was badly damaged
The Edison Telephone was busted, a
bronze clock melted, the windows were
blown out, -four, milk and the contents
Of the kitchen and pantry sirewn over
the room, and yet not one of the family
of four persons in the house was injured
particle.