Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-04-23
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.


several cases Of spotted typhus fever il
st. Petersburg.
A DISPATCH from Fredericksburg
Virginia Of April 10th states that gr,n
fires in the region of the wilderness ar,
doing serious damage.
By an explosion Of gas ut the work,
of the New York Gss Light Co.. in Na'
York on the 10Th inst, one workman wa
fatally and two others seriously burned
HARRY MoAK, of Minneapolis yart
master Of the Minneapolis and Eastern
railroad, was crushed TO death on th,
lGth inst, by being caught under ,
freight car which was thrown from tn,
track by an incoming freight train.
A FIRE at Keysville Mo, on the 18th
destroyed $4,000 worth Of property
The fire originated in Mackey's hotel
and spread until eleven business houtes
three barns and two dwellings were
destroyed.
I HE Western file WORKS at Beaver Falls
Pa, were burned on the morning OF dic
10Th with all the stock and machinery
Two hundred men are thrown out of en-
ploymcnt The loss is 100000 with
$l25, 600 insurance.
A Pi0neerPiYss Madela special on HE
the l7th inst, says n buggy containing
Mrs Sophia Kennedy, her daughter and
Bertha Baslron, while crossing u mill
dam in u narrow road was overturned
and the women all thrown into water II
feet deep, Mrs Kennedy ana daughe'
were rescued by men working near, bit
Miss Basiron was drowned and the boiy
was not taken out till an hour after.
THE giant powder works across tn.
bay from San Francisco, exploded on ih
afternoon OF the nth inst, killing twelv,
white men and fifteen Cinnamon. All
The victims were blown to atoms, scarce
| ly any OF the remains being found The
works were completely swept away at
was also several dwelling houses in III,
vicinity. Three tons of giant powder
were exploded, il is supposed by ON,
carcIessness of workmen.
A WINDsToRM that struck the Missis
sippi Wiley recently, amounted to atoj
nado in localities and was attended g
frightiul results. Dispatches of the 2lh
inst, say TINT nearly the whole town Il
Marshiic.d, Mo-, was blown down sDl
then burned, resulting in Il fearful lois
of life. The telegraph wires were down
aud nothing direct from The scene OF tie
calamity can he obtained ut Tis-
enl; but from passengers Who
passed through that section on the rdl.
rahu, Il ~ cleaned that furious huTi
cane struck The place. and levelled All
that part of the town lying west Of he
centre square flat TO the ground. |he
debris took fire in several places, I'D
flames could he seen At some hall
dozen points by passengers on the trln.
Forty dead bodies had been taken Iut
and many more are supposed TO be
buried in the ruins or burned up; thEe
was also many missing, still impriso1d
In the debris OF fallen buildings. All IL
physicians Of the town are killed eXCei.
ing two, and there was more need hf
doctors To attend the wounGed--of wlpn
II is said there are 200. A relief trIt |
with twenty physicians and nurses, tl |
full supplies, left Springfield NJ,
for Marshfcld. The storm was I'd. |
eral In Southwestern MssodI, |
Fifty deaths are reported on the Jaus |
river, six miles south OF Springfield, id |
great many pefs ms are missing. To |
tain dispatcher of Conway, Ia miles Us 7
from Springfield, MT | / O'Clock, and sls |
no found terrible looking couny
from Northview, seven miles wcslf |
Marshtield, 10 the latter point Tns I
two feet through are torn entirely oubf /
the ground, telegraph poles and evp.
thing IL wrecked. The town OF Man.
field is demolished, and brick as wells
frame buildings are torn down, We al I
not see more than half a dozen peoples
we came through that town. The Pile
seemed deserted The doctors and nurs
who came on our train from Springtltl
about twenty in number--weni fru
the depot alone 10 hunt UP tho poop,
there being no one nj the depot to :.
ceive them, relief train was sent ffG
Lebanon 10 Maj shltld, at daylight lis
morning, with about Atty doctr,
nurses and helpers, aud iull spppliesf
provisions, clothing aud medicine. 40
material for repairing the telegraph lh.
The line is down at different points +.
tween Springfield and Conway, perh,s
ten miles altogether. A new CathQc
chdrch, at cuba, ninety miles from he
was blown down. No damage vs.
done the railroad, except tue {.
struction OF one small section hoa.
There are, also reports here that the ~
Of Cranky, about one hundred mis-
southwest of 5 pringheld, is greatly dn
aged, aud that Wdrrensburg, on the rs.
souri, Pacific railroad, sky five mis-
from Kansas CITY, was badly injured.
A special 10 the Post Dispatch I'm
Lebanon says: The tornado with
caused such irightful havoc at Man.
field, last night passed entirely throul
Green and Webster counties, folloWg
the course Of The James river in non.
easteily direction. 1t struck the
louis and Saa Francisco railroad
four places, and lett IL near Frahksa.
ton, 10 miles This side of Marshdd
The free nfthe wind stripped the hl>
from the trees and lifted others entry
out of the ground, aud telegraph pos
and wires were carried hundreds IL
rods into the woods and tied aud knotd
among the limbs OF the trees, as them
they had been cotton strings. Eve.
thing possible is being done To assist al
succor the wounded, not only At Man
field, but at other places, The ply
clans throughout the country are tint
my u the points most injured, and doiy
IL! they can to alleviate their suttrril ,
Doctors went from Springfield 70 l.
james river country, SIX miles south,s |