The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09
CASUALTIES.

A BOILER explosion in Childs' steam forge,
Buffalo, N. Y, on the I'd inst. killed Superin-
tendent Kammerer, severely injured three
Others and demolished the larger part Of the
building.
AT Bradford, Pa, on tho I'd inst, fire de-
stroyed Appleboe 4 Rogers grocery, J. C.
Holmes wholesale liquor store, Dilberth's bar
Der shop, Wrights wholesale grocery, Titusville
house, Academy Of Music, Campbell & Twins
house, Hanlans hotel, Folwell Il Notes drug
store, Sulliyan's saloon, Devitt's saloon Jenkins
meat market, Cory house, Washington house.
and Travellers house. Loss S150,O00; insured.
NEAR South Amboy, n. j., on the I'd inst,
sparks from O locomotive ignited fire which
burned over between 1900 and 5000 acres of
woodland. Wood choppers houses wagons,
wood chopping implements and maple sugar
houses, were consumed. Loss heavy.
BY the breaking Of scaffold on the LIST inst,
ten men engaged in the erection of the iron
bridge over the Hudson at Lansingburg, N. j.,
were precipitated into the river, distance of Al
an eye.
A PARTY Of twelve in a wagon were thrown
over an embankment two miles west Of Terre
Haute, Ind, on the LIST inst, drowning two
ladies, Miss 0tterman and Miss Hanna.
A FIRE at Twelfth and William street, Phila-
delphia, on the LIST instant, caused loss to
Conway q Co. Of $1,000; to the Novelty Paper
Box company $4,000; BEGINNER Bros, machin-
lists, Sc, 900, and ]. w. Johnson $4,000; all in
sured. The building was almost entirely des-
troyed.
FIRE starting in S. A. Gray's building on Main
street, Houlton, Me-, on the LIST instant, spread
rapidly and the flames were not suppressed un-
til ten business places were burned. Total loss
$4,000; insurance $4,000.
Brown COUNTY, Uexas) courthouse and fail
were burned by an incendiary fire on the LIST
inst. The records were destroyed and several
prisoners burned to death. Pecuniary loss
S100,O00.
The Van Skuck Mill at Providence, R. l., was
damaged by fire on the LIST inst, to the extent
Of $4,000.
The dwelling Of Mr.. Holloway, near Silver
Lake, Kosciusko county, Indiana. was burned
on the LIST inst. Mrs. Holloway and her Child.
o year old, persisted in the flames.
A SPAN Of bridge over the Wyandotte r1yer
on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, gave way
under freight train on the 31st ult., and eight
cars fell to the river bank. Nobody was hurt
as the engine had safely crossed the bridge
The wreck was burned Loss $4,000.
SAMUEL PRICE and Edward Ramon, aged IA
and 10, were playing III boat at Toronto, Can
ada, on the evening Of the Goth ult., and
drifted out into the lake. The boat Containing
their dead bodies was found near Niagara next
morning.
C. K. ALLEN, late express agent who had
charge Of the bullion stolen from the express
Office at Sidney, Neb., was arrested at CHEYENNE.
on the 18th ult., charged with completely in the
robbery.
A FIRE broke out on tho 30th ult., In the gal
Icy OF the police boat Seneca ct New York. All
on board were asleep ut the time. The steward.
Charles II. Berry, was burned to death i'm his
bunk, and officers Patrick II. Kelly and Robert
J. Vail were probably fatally burned.
PETER Smith and Patrick Cantwell, tinsmiths.
were blown from the roof Of the Seventh Repi-
ment armory, New York, on the 3Oth ult., and
killed.
A FIRE at Port Austin, Mich, on the soth,
caused loss Of s12, 600; insured.
OK the 9th ult., FIRE damp explosion oc-
CURED in the CASTOR coal mines at Paramount.
w. Va, by which two miners, James Reese and
Joseph Work, lost their lives. number of
miners were in the mines at the time and es-
capped more or less bruised and burned.
HARVEY CLAYTON, young man residing at
Warrington, W. Va, fell between the cars at
Wheeling, w. Va, on the 2sth ult., and the
train passed over him, severing the body In two.
DURING thunder storm at Foxbury, Pa, on
the night Of the 9th, lightning struck ten
thousand barrel oil tank belonging to the Fox
Farm Pipe Line. The tank was most full and
was total loss.
TAcKABERRY, VAN KEUREs d FLoYDs whole
sale grocery at Sioux City, Ia, together with q
warehouse adjoining, was consumed by fire on
the 9th. Loss $50, 900; insurance 900.
A KANSAS CRY dispatch Of the 26th says the
city hospital nea the city, burned to the
by terrible exertions, as they were suffering
from wounds and disease. They crawled out
into rainstorm, and were unprotected for two
hours. The main building was destroyed.