River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-04-29
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

The schooner David Vance broke her
main boom on Lake Erie in the gale of
the Goth inst.
THE passwords of Nathan Dreyfus,
No. 81 Fulton street, New York, burned
on the Goth inst Loss, $4,000; partially
insured.
THE schoOners Williams, J. E. Bailey,
NJ. Stalker, and Alexander were damaged
| by collisions at Toledo during the storm
on the goth inst.
HARRY MOAK, a well-known railroad
man, formerly yardmaster of the Chicago
| e. Alton at Springfield who was killed at
| Minneapolis was buried at Springfield on
| the Goth inst.
| A FIRE at Keysville Mo, on the 10Th,
| destroyed $4,000 worth of property.
| The fire originated in Mackev's hotel
| and spread until eleven business houses,
| three barns and two dwellings were des-
! troyed.
| THE Western file works at Beaver Falls
| Pa, were burned IN the morning of the
| 10Th with all the stock and machinery
! Two hundred men are thrown out of EN-.
! ploym emf. Tie loss Is 100000 with
| Sl25 900 insurance.
WILLIAM M. Tuo1soN, who had one
arm and both legs broken at the Madison
! Square Garden accident died on the 23rd
inst. Another death from injuries re-
ceived has been reported at st. Vincent's
hospital.
THE storm of wind and rain which
ragged so violently on the Goth inst
proves to have been an extended sweep.
| Dispatches from Milwaukee, Spring fieid,
H., Beloit, Wis, Leavenworth, and
other places, tell of considerable damage
by wind and lightning.
THE Maplewood public school build
ing, located at Camp Point, in Adams
county H., burned down on the 22nd
inst The building was one of the finest
in the county, erected at a cost of 500
600. Insurance, $4,000. Cause of the
fire unknown, but supposed to be in
ceDdiary.
SAMUEL VAUGHAN, a young man %
years of age, was found dead in his bed
at the residence of j. Barr McCutcheon,
near Badger Grove, Indiana, on the
Goth inst He had retired in apparent
good health, and failing to come down
to breakfast, he was called. On going to
his room he was found to De decd.
THE w. E. Frost manufacturing COM
pany's planning mill and sash, door and
blind factories was, says Chicago dis
patch of the 10Th, burned. The building
was owned by Barton Jones; loss to ma
chinery and building $4,000; insurance,
$4,000. Frost & Co. place their loss at
500, 000, but that estimate is regarded as
too high. Insurance $4,000.
GRAHAM ORMBY's team became frac-
tious while being driven upon the ferry
fiat at Wicklitf>s landing, on Kentucky
river, on the 23rd inst, and his motht r,
sister and Miss Miller and the horses
plunged into the river and drowned. The
young man, who was on his way to be
married, narrowly escaped death.
FIRE was discovered in an old barn
located at Leesburg, Ind, on the 23rd
inst. 1t was kiudled for the purpose of
plumber. The rascals who touched the
match took advantage of the absence of
the greater portion of the male sex, who
were attending a convention at Warsaw.
Damage to The barn and wagon shop adj
joining, about $1,000. This makes the
second attempt to burn that town within
six months. The people are good deal
excited, and are trying to ferret out the
matter.
THE bark Sea Breeze, seventy-eight
days from Rotterdam, arrived in New
York on the 23fd inst, bringing the cap
tain and the crew of the brig Annie
Wharton, abandoned in sinking con
dition The Sea Breeze spoke the brig
d. Artagan, which reported the captain
and first mate washed overheard. The
Sea Breeze also reports the sinking of an
unknown bark during hard snow squall,
and heavy adverse winds prevented the
rendering Of any assistance.
Four incendiary fires occurred at La
Fayette, Ind, on th e 23rd inst, at about
the same time. The first alarm, at 8 80, |
was from the barn of A. Z. Pierce, of the
National State bank, which burned, to
gether with valuable horse, buggy. |
harness, etc. The next alarm, shortly be- |
tore 4 O'Clock, was occasioned by fires at
Undertake & Browns stables, and also
at the large cooper shops of Peck & Alb |
bot six Or eight squares away. In these