Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-06-25
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

HENRY MYERS, aged rs, was drowned III
Grand river, at Blendon, Mich, while
bathing.
HARRY HALE of lie Claire, Iowa, aged
IL years, jumped from II skill into the river
for u swim, and did not rise again.
RiCHAWpsos " Cog. saw, planning and
Touring mill, Of Snowfall Md, was burned
last week, Loss $25,000.
A RuNAwAy accident at Cleveland res-
nltcd in the killing of one lady, the serious
wounding OF another and of u boy.
RosEpALL u 60. y furniture factory,
North Frederick street, Baltimore, burned
ON the 22nd inst. Loss SION, oo0; insured.
Duane eonnagration ut Auburn, N.
Y, five frcmen were seriously wounded
by the falling of u wall, and one was
killed,
IlowARp l4ukEy, aged II, of Canton ILL.,,
accidentally discharged II revolver with
which he was fooling, killing himself in
stantly.
A LITTLE ron of Edwin Jones, of Forest,
Ohio, fell under the wheels Of wagon,
which passed over his head, killing him
instantly.
WHILE tending it, Matt Dalrymplc of
buchanan, Mich, was gored bya bull,
which tore one OF his ears almost entirely
from his head.
A rlRE in Batavia, Now York, destroyed
every building on Batavia street. Loss,
S20000, including NJ. Days furniture fac
tory, 10000
PART of the town Of Starkville, Miss,
including the court houae and Odd fcl-
lows hall was burned last week. Loss
$l0O0O0; insurance 100000.
DAVID McKIBpEN u brakeman on the
Rock Island road, was run over and killed
by the cars ut Des Moincs, Iowa. He was
an old cmployc Of the company.
Tux large llouring mill Of RUSSELL Daily
4 Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, one of the finest
in the state, filled with flour and wheat,
was totally destroyed by fire. Valued at
$4,000; insurance $4,000
A Destructive fire visited the village Of
Milton, Ind, consuming Miller X Rhines'
Touring mills, the latter's residence and
outbuildings and much other property.
Loss, S50,000; insurance, $4,000.
Mn. &. &. cnENowsru, Of Kansas, re-
Gently u student in the state agricultural
cclcgc, was drowned in the Kansas river,
on Saturday last. lie was teaching school
| in that vicinity, and was bathing at the
time.
A HAST exploding Unexpectedly III IN
excavation on the river bank between
Wost Forty-tifth and West Forty-sixth
streets, New York, caused the death of
three out of sixteen workmon employed
there. The rest escaped,
TnE soda and mineral water factory,
owned by G. W. Arnold, of South Bend,
| Ind, was fired by inccndiaries on tho 18th
inst, and burned Four horses which
were stabbed in the basement, were roasted
10 death. John Gallaghcrs barn was also
burned by ineendiarics,
A l6.NEAR-oln son Of Walter Montgom-
cry, Of Atlanta, H., shot and fatally
wounded lO.ycar-old brother. The Older
brother WINS handling 4 revolver, and said
TO the Younger: "l our money or yourslife,
and fired, the hall entering just below The
right nipple. The boy said he had ne ideg
OF shooting, and though, there was no loat
III the revolver
A rnpnInle accident NJ yellow JACKIE
mine, at Gold Hill, Nevada, occurred .,
the DIST inst. occasioned hy carload o
tools falling from near the surface TO th,
bottom, whore eight men were on the skip
Four were instantly killed. namely. Nci
Gallagher, Al. Tcmbv, Timothy Wilkins
! and H. Whiteomb. John Fresona had hi
{ thigh broken. IL. Williams has an arm oil
and Barney Coylc and Frank Harmon.
arc slightly injured.
AS the special of the Burlington M,
Missouri river railroad, consisting Of Al