Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-03-05
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

TIE Imperial cotton mills nj Derby,
near Philadelphia, burned on the goth
inst. Loss 0,000 about half Insured.
The spoon factory of Holmes, Booth IL
Hayden, mt Waterbury, Conn, was burned
on the 10Th. Loss $150000; insured for
$4,000.
A NASHVILLE dispatch Of the goth
says The Cumberland river is still ris-
ing. The lowlands hcrrabout have been
covered and 800 people have been fore
ed to vacato their homes.
THE body of John II. Cassidy one Of
the hremen who lost his life in the
Broadway, New York city fire, was re-
covered on the e2nd, burned almost be
You'd recognition. rt
A GRAIN elevator at Atlantic, Iowa,
belonging to y. I. Gilman & Co, bum.
ed yesterday, says n dispatch of the 20lh,
with 10000 bushels Of grain. An ndjoin-
ing corn crib, containing 10000 bushels,
was also consumed.
a MILLION dcllnr fire occurred at 1874
and $50 Broadway, N, u, on the even.
ing of Feb. goth lIaken Todus & Co,
importers Of silks, lost $400, 900; Dick
crhoH, Ru1llar d. Go, lailors' trimmings,
$250,000 jas Wilde Y Co, manuihctur.
ing tnilurs, 1900, 900, loss on building,
100000, Two french persisted in the
flames.
Sr. JosEru, Mo, dispatches of the 2lst
record the following railroad accidents j.
An engine and thirteen freight cars were
ditched near Rcnick, on the ST. Louis
IL Wabash road last night, by running
into an open switch. john Brennan, en-.
glneer, and brakeman, were seriously
injured A similar accident also occur
red on the Hannibal e. ST. Joe road, near
Bucltlin; the engine and seven freight
cars being ditchcd, but nobody was hurt,
The damage in each case was pretty Sc
we're.
DrsrATcnEs from Battle Creek, Mich,
on the DIST, give tho following intorma
ton: Charles G. Gould, wcllsnown
farmer and cx.supcrvisor Of pennhcld
Township, was instantly killed yester.
day, while hauling u saw.log on truck
wagon. He was walking behind, while
his son sat on the log In front driving
The binder broke loose In front, swept
over with force, and buried itself IN his
hend. 1t smashed his skull, and he died
instantly. He was 90 years old, and
leaves wife and three children.
A SNOW SLIDE occurred above Frank.
fort, on the limo Of tho conduit for sup
ply ing Virginia City, New, with water.
says II dispatch of Feb % AS five men
were going out to work Saturday morning
they saw hugo mass Of snow descend.
ing from the mountain above, and com.
Ing directly towards them One OF the
i,lr tol I,r,,
tage of the protection ut u huge stump,
behind which he sheltered himself, and
another managed to get entirely out of
range ofthe slide. The other three were
completely buried beneath tons of snow
AT u late hour this afternoon their bodies
had not yet been recovered, although
hundreds of men were industii ously dig.
ging forthem all day The names Of the
sutfocatcd men aro Alexander McLane,
Samuel Kennedy and John Burney.
A TERRIBLE accident which occurred
on the lielairc Il =. w. railroad Is re
ported in dispatches from Columbus, o.,
on the 2lst inst A train consisting OF
u baggage ear, coal car ana two coaches
jumped from the trestle. IL feet high, in
juring dozen passengers, Mrs Han.
Vile, of Philndeldhia, scalp torn badly,
considered dangerously hurt; Mr.. Booth,
mail agent, badly cut but not dangerous
| ly; Mr. Brooks, Of Woodstleld, ribs
cracked and head badly hurt; two
sons and daughter Of Mr. Bowen,
of Pittsburg, who WAS lying
dead Mt Woodshcld, were all hurt more
or less; Rev A II. Lane received some
scratches, but is not seriously hurt; Mrs.
A. Z. Caldwell, Of Captlnps, head badly
cut aud ribs broken, since died, Miss
Nancy Farris, insensihlc when found,
but thought TO be only slightly hurt,
cut some; Mr.. Aug. Wiley, OF Burns
Mills, had his ribs broken and heart
hurt, also hurt internally Hon Lorenzo
Daniord, tx congressman, had his scalp
torn nearly oil, hurt internally; danger.
ously hurt,
A SAD story Of a fatal casualty which
happened In Montgomery, County Va,
was published in the Chicago ltmtS on
the 2Srd. A special dispatch says;
About the middle Of January Mr. ".
| Wilson and Miss Miranda Casper were
married in this Montgomery county.
Quite u number OF persons were present
on the occasion, ana ut the wedding sup.
per, which followed n few days subse.
quently, the bride fell i'll and died. Many
Of the guests are also dead. On the day
after the wedding, Mr.. &. w. Quinn,
u .l -. a 4