Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-03-11
CASUALTIES.

OK the morning of the 4th Marsh Dyer, W.
+. Amer and DIR. W. Wolf, white men, with one
Mctcalf and another colored man, in attempting
to row across the head of the Idlewild, lying at
Caseyyille, Ind, were carried by the current
against the bow of the boat and precpitated
into the river All except one of the colored
men were drowned. They were all prominent
and highly esteemed citizens of Caseyville.
BY an explosion of fire damp in mine at
Scranton, Pa, on the 9Th inst, one man was
killed and eight more, still in the mine, were
supposed to be killed by foul air.
Two men were killed and n number wounded
by the breaking of a skip In a shaft in the
Shurtllffe iron mine, at WATERFOWL, n. y, on
the 5th inst.
MCKEszIE's grist and box mill at Barr Mills
Me-, burned on the 9Th inst, together with n
covered bridge $50 feet long. Loss 800, 200;
partially insured.
A TERRIBLE wind storm swept over portions
of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky on the 9Th inst,
making sad havoc among loose chimneys, signs,
etc, and insecure buildings. The damage, al
though not heavy in any one locality, will aggre-
gate quite large in the territory visited by the tor
nado. At Cleveland falling wall killed julius
Brown and injured several Others At Toledo,
a chimney of the Buckeye brewery fell and
crushed the engine house, killing Policeman
John Hassett and NJ. +. Doyle.
LEHRKlNp's brewery, two miles from Daven
port, Iowa, burned on the 18th inst. Loss 524,-
900; insurance $4,000. 1t contained about H.,
600 bushels OF grain.
AT Circlevle, Ohio on the morning Of the
4th inst, the Muskingum Valley railway depot
was struck by lightning and burned to the
ground
A FIRE in Brinckley, Ark, on the Sd instant,
burned large hotel Loss $4,000; insured.
FARSHAM 4 CoMsroCKs planning mill and the
factory of the Domestic Sewing Machine COM
pauy III New York city were entirely consumed
by fire on the I'd instant. Loss to both about
$3.50, 600. Stewards carpet factory adjoining,
suffered heavy loss by flooding. The engineer
of the planning mill, karetz L. Decarey, was ia
tally burned.
A FIRE on Main street WilkesbsTe, Pa, on
the "a Instant caused loss of $4,000.
The village of Bergen, Genesee county, \. y,
was destroyed by an mcendiary fire on the II
inst Every business place in the village but
COMMONWEALTH III al-was burned to the
ground. Nine families were left homeless. The
ire commenced with a loud explosion supposed
to be caused by kegs OF powder placed under
some buildings by incendiaries. Fourteen years
ago the village was burned i'll the same manner
aud suspicion points to two persons who then,
ar now. carried heavy insurance on property de-
stroyed.
Rocs Il GRAHAM's wagon factory At Mem
phis, Tenn, was destroyed by fire on the LIST.
Loss about $4,000.
Two Dung men named Rustin and Knox,
who ppeared from Evansville, Ind, wer
found on the LIST inst, about five miles from til
ity and mile from the river, dead. They had
become bewidered in the deep mud left by the
overflow. AID perished miserahly from cold and
exhaustion.
/ By railway collision at Chicago, on the lst
inst, one engine and freight ear were wrecked.
Damage about $4,000. No lives lost.
Tux Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer compa-
ny's factory at Orient Harbor, Long Island was
burned on the 2sth. Loss $4,000; insurance
$4,000.
GoopwmLIE Bios box factory and Han
sons picture frame mandatory at Chicago
burned on the 18th ult. Loss between SO, 0oU
and $50, 900; insurance small.
D THE steamer tindoo. from Hull for New York,
was abandoned at sea, ON beam ends. on the
I'D ult. in latitude IL degrees 80 minutes and
I longitude Al degrees minutes. The first and
second officer and quartemaster had been
swept overheard. The remainder of the crew
and passengers IN number-were picked up
by the steamer Alexandria and brought TO New
York. The Alexandria also brought in the crew
of the brig Julia, abandoned at sea in a sinking
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