River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-19
Accidents.

HEAVY rains have damaged the cotton
crop in North Carolina 80 per cent.
Two sons Of G. II. Mason and son Of
II e. Manning, Of Chillicothe, Mo, We're
drowned at that place ON the 18th inst.
while bathing.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, had three fires on the
l0ih inst, making six in five days. In
ccudiaries are suspected
MORLEY NJ BALDWIN. wealthy farmer
Of Richland township, Mahaska county,
Iowa, was Instantly killed near New Sharon
by being thrown from his horse.
A FIRE on Canal street. near Madison,
Chicago, ILL.,, was very destructive Oh the
10th inst The loss on the building and
contents was about $4,000.
:. WALCHENBACK, 90 years Of age, a
mucis respected citizen Of Peru. ILL.,, fell
from a window in the second story Of his
rcsidence and was killed instantly.
WuuE Frank Stevenson aged 10, and
hi- brother Willie. children Of Nm
Stevenson, Of Columbia, Penn, were l. 'ay-
in2 burglars" with their fathers revolver.
th weapon was discharged and Frank was
instantly killed.
Tine Ohio company large Hoosic mill
at Ware. Mass, was badly damaged by
fire on the 18th inst Over 900 hands are
thrown ont Of work Insured in mutual
offices,
tiusslE RYcE, / years oil, living in Mat
esnn township, Michigan, was instantly
Killed by the discharge of gun Of which
She had in some way got possession the
bali entering her mouth and passing ont Of
the back part Of her head.
tins Cniyersalist church. of Marble
hesd Mass. was burned by incendiaries
Loss 10000, insured for $4,000. b.
Hooper a dealer In fancy goods, occupied
the basement Loss $1,000; insured for
500
THE steamboat Bonnie Lee which left
Me-, Orleans for Red river, with 230 tons
of assorted merchandise. was blown up and
sunk al Lone Well Landing The boat Is
a total loss, and was valued at $4,000.
The value OF the cargo Is unknown. jeff.
Per,ey Lewad, clerk, killed.
A PORTION of freight train on the
Pit;>burg Cincinnati and II. Louis rail-
va, became detached near Grown Point,
Ind. and ran backward down a grade, col
idiag with anut her freight. Several men
were injured. three fatally. Among the
latter was Mr. McAllister, of Walcot.
Ind, a brother OF Judge McAllister, ofChi-
cago, Ill.
Two bows Of George Lyons, of the town
of Empire Fond du Lac, Wis, one aged .
and the other "A years. were bathing in
the mill-pond in that town. When the
Youngest was seized with craps His
brother went To his assistance and in his
brave efforts both were drowned
Jouy FERGUsoN, Dane of Plano, H..
shot and instantly killed \. Stevenson.
The revolver was 3O-callbre, extra stand
ard aud the ball entered the head two
inches above the left ear The cOronor's
jur, exonerateG Ferguson from all blame,
as he did not know anything about the
workings Of a revolver. having never hand
led one before
Tlr engine of threshing machine,
owned bv Jas Graham at the farm Of
Aliss Met ann. near Lakeland, Mimi, ex-
pIodea its boiler on the llth inst, killing
The foreman and two men. and wounding
six OF seven Of the hands employed about
the machine. some of them seriously. The
names of the killed are James Graham,
Hub Young, and Ellsworth Fay. The
right arm of the latter was torn off and a
FIVE inch bolt driven into his forehead.
Tar present season has afforded great
err number Of railroad epd steamboat cas-
ualties than any preyi - one. AT Allan
tic City, n. J., mos: shocking one oc-
Cured on the 18th inst. To an excursion
train. The train consisted Of twenty-six
cars. sixteen in the first and ten in the sec
ond section. The train was filled with 81.
Ann's Catholic exeursionists from hensing-
ton and Philadelphia. The first section
left the city al six o'clock, and the second
followed soon after All went well until
the first section reached Mayos Landing,
when the engineer slowed up and started
to run on side track Ia allow the passage
Of the $50 express froIa Camden. All the