Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-30
Accidents.

THE steamer Bermuda and cargo in
New York HarbOr, Onthe oath inst were
damaged $4,000 by fire.
A TRAIN on the Northwestern railway
managed to run over ard kill twenty-eight
sheep, near Fort Atkinson. Wis, on the
24th inst. -s..-. ...-..,
AN eight-year- old boy named Raymond
kenaston, fell off the harbor pier and was
drowned, at Milwaukee, Wis, on the 9th
inst
4 FIRE at Mt Nernon, Ia, on the 9th
inst, destroyed the Pioneer drug store,
Rood x Toung's clothing store, Coughs
grocery and other places. Loss $4,000
AT a wedding reception in Hancock
county, ILL.,, the guests were mysteriousiy
poisoned with something which acted as
an emetic. 1t was by all odds the most
brilliant social event of the season.
A FIRE broke out in Grannis & Faucets
planning mill, at Braddock. Penn, which
resulted in the destruction of the mill
seven dwelling houses and two stables; loss
| $4,000; owing to heavy rates, there was
not one dollar of insurance.
THE boiler in Loos & Sons print drying
house at Monroe, Mich, exploded with
terrific violence, killing Henry O'Brien.
engineer, Martin Cutter, and boy named
| ChabOreaux and wOunding more or less
| seriously nine others. There were at the
| time thirty persons around the building
which was demo Clished.
Mrs. BELINDA WALTERS, an aged citi-
zen Of Lancaster, Ohio, fell into her cellar,
on the oath inst, breaking both her limbs
disiOcating an arm, and otherwise injuring
herself. About the same time Isaac
Croft, being jostled on the sidewalk, fell,
and broke one ankle. .-s
A DISPATCH from Milford, Mich, states
that the woman who died in st. Paul, the
other day, and who pretended to be Mrs.
| Harris, the novelist, was a Mrs. Van
| Nleet, of that place, who, although high
! ly accomplished, had led an adventurous
life for several years.
4 MAN named John Rouse saw Jug
under a photogra piers wagon at the Mar
shall, Ill, fair, and thinking that, like all
jugs, ii must contain whisky, he slyly
took drink The coroner will report
that his death was caused by sulphuric
acid
THE SentinePS Green. Bay special says a
disastrous fire occurred there on the 23rd
inst, which destroyed 60 dwelling houses,
| three barns and Presbyterian church.
| The residences burned were among the
beSI Ill the city. Inc IRE departments OF
Oconto and Depere responded 10 a call
for aid. The fire broke out in the Astor
mill and spread to Adams, Jefferson and
Madison streets and jumped to Cherry,
Pine, and Cedar streets The flames only
stopped when they reached the river
Loss is estimated at 9150.000 or $175 900.
Insurance light.
Two sons of John Henry Wells, of
Long Island, aged Is and II, were playing
with an old revolver, in the house, while
the family were at church. The Youngest
son snapped the revolver fourteen or fifteen
times, aiming it playfully at his brother,
| but there was no explosion. Finally the
youngest boy mounted the horse block in
front Of the house, and as the elder boy
approached he said, Halt, or I'll shoot
you" He pulled the trigger, as he had
done so often before; there was an explo-
sion, and the 17-year-old boy fell dead in
his tracks, shot through the heart. The
boy on the horse block fell ina faint. The
strangest part of. the tragedy is that the
cartridge did not explode sooner, after the
many times it had been struck, both on
this evening and previously. The parents
were called out of church, and when they
learned the facts their grief was intense.