The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-06
CASUALTIES.

and resulted in Il victory for the English. Total
score: English l,Gi7; Americans i,hGa
CASUAITIES.
IL IL reported that the town of Yale, british
Columbia, headquarters ct tho Canadian Pa
ciiic ratlrpad, was burned on the night of the
18th nit. II Is probable inccndlarism wnS the
cause, rs several attempts had previously tUeii
made to fire the town.
Tux machine and blacksmith shops Of the
un,t"d s:alos Rolling Stock company, at Chica-
10. were destroyed by fire on the 30th ult. Loss
$4,000; fully insured.
Tue steamer City "f Vicksburg sunk AZ Ash
port, Tcnuh, On the 30th nit l,'al and cargo
aIp total loss. THO City If Nicksblrg was
valued nj S6hOOo and was uninsured. 4 snng
ra,scd tho dlSa, ter.
TnE large building at West and Bank streets,
New York, occupied by the Domestic sewing
machine company and several other firms, was
partially dcstroycdhy dr-rn ihr 10Th ait. Loss
S54W0t INSURED Phillip Holden, n fireman,
TIL tN'h the third story and WAS fatally injured
FIRE on Backwclls island, Buffalo, n. Y,
on the 10Th nit" Destroyed property to the value
4" r@N.Udo. Dcwitts planning mill, Scarlcs &
lirrncnnSS and o. +. Wilson's planning mills
Benson L"ckcs' lumber yard, -. &. Walsh d
Co.'S lumber yards, Mills shipyard and the
floating ELEVATOR BrdgcwNtcr, wrte b"rWd
Nv" daughters Of Mr., and Mis-. fishels were
fatally burned by The explosion of II coal oil
LAMP noai Dean, Mo-, on the 18th ut.
Tux tw" npper stories of the John King Lard
Refining company's establishment, 81. Louis,
burned on the 2sh. Loss from Si5,00n ~
SlS.00O; insured.
\ FIRE at Qu'mNj IT,, on tlc 18th, destroyed
crncr works, Bonncl 4 DuTy's foundry, Harris
BccbcS tobacco works aud other small con-
Germs. Loss about 100000,
Ar Pttsburg, Pa, IN tho 18th; Il moulicr
named John Divine, jumped over the railing of
brdgc 10 escape from policeman while in
company Of bad female character, and fell
distance of forty feet, receiving fatal injuries.
lilo thought there Was a cindCr pile where he
jumped, and that hc woud escape arrest.
Ar Denver, Ccl, Oh the 9Th, Il two ycar-old
ch,d was burned 10 II crisp and Indy named
Annie Palmer probably fatally Injured by the
explosion "f an oil can with which she was
lighting lire.
TnE boiler in Williams saw mill at Baglcy,
Otscgo county, Mich, blew up on the 2,th kill.
ing two men and seriously injuring several
Others
lnE custom house and railway station If 81.
Amman, province Of Qrcbrc burned On thu 9th,
also the customs lr,rIds for many years. Loss
heavy,
NEARLY the entire upper portion of Empire
City, Oregon, burned ON the 27t'!. Loss over
SJ0,uOh
Thn extensive furnture factory Of j. II.
Nornbruck, 81. Louis, was destroyed by fire ON
the 27th. Loss about S:25. 1000: Insurance. Sl7.-
$50.
a SMALL grocery st6,t in Detroit burned on
tn" g'ti; and single man named Charles
Peterson, who roomcd over the store was burned
To death.
The Ives steam mill and 5000. 900 shiugle
burned at llungcrford. NowaNe'' c',hnty; Mich,
on the 27th Nw"ca Sy 4. II. IIacklcy. Loss
s5GO0c; Insurance about $4,000.
On the 9th, the Old Pine Street Church,
at Boston, was damaged by fire to the extent of
s?5,OOO; insurance al, OO0
A BOSTON dispatch of the 27th says' "John
Nowland John Powers. John Green and Michael
Jcrnrsay left their vessel. the Alice Williams; on
the bauks 10 attend their travis. Soou after n
d"ns" fog set in and they We're unable to find
the Vessel. 1t is fcard they are lost"
Mnr"N STORY, 81 years old, died at Thomp-
sons station on the Nashville and Decatur
road, 20 miles south o: Nashville, ON the 25th,
of hydrophobia from the bite of dog received
last March
Al IL u clock On tho II, GIT of the 9th, Jona-
than Wascy. rul erintcndcnt, Frank Whitman,
inside boss. and John Reese. district s,ipCrin-
tcndcnt of tho Philadelphia and Heading Coal
and Iron CnnpGny, descended Kecly Run collicry
to examine the ventilation. They were found
at o'clock next day dead from black damp.
Rc,cuing parties had been at work since dawn,
and many of these were taken from the mine
overcome by the foul air.
4 n A T.
lives by Gas explosion in mine near Mount
Pleasant, WCstInOrcland county, Pa. on tho
Both.
\ flnE started by the lighted end of n cigar
stump, brok' ont in the middle of one of the
principal books of Omaha, on the Goth, and for
n time threatened nomc of the most valuable
buildings in the city. The fire department were
equal to the occasion, however, and got it under
control. The loss Is estimated ut sl5.0O0.
CHLOE BATES, Violently insane young won-
an, an inmate of the asylum at Newburgh, o.,
got into Il window ofthe hospital, and, when an
attempt was made to rescue her. threw herself
L. the ground, distance of twenty feet, slls-
tanning fatal injuries.
CLARK, MORRISON Il Co.'S planning mill nj
Warren, Pa, together with six or seven dwell
ling houses and 800, 600 feet of lumber, burned
on the 10Th. Loss S33, 900; insurance III, 900.
III NolhN III TIC StcdllIcf u. i. IcN-
ter were burned opposite Jacksonville, Ind,
on the 18th. LOSS s2O, 900; insured for Sl5,-
900.
A MAN named Scruggs and Joe Watson, 10
ycar-od boy, were drowned near Denver, on
the 18th, by the capsizing Of boat.
1mE college and the Methodist church at
Harrison, Boone county, Ark, were destroyed
hy m incondiary fire on the cath inst.
NEAR MOlestO, Cal, on the 23d, IL thrcshing
engine blew up, killing the fireman, J. :
Doolcy, and iniuring eight others, one probably
fatally.
IN Slate creek, Washington Territory. on the
9th. n tree fell on the cabin of Andrew Erickii.
A cr0s@-cut saw, hanging on beam, fell cut
ting Enckin in two.
The south bound stage to Clcburne, Texas,
was stopped and the mail robbed, near Flat
Mound 100 miles south Of Fort Worth, on the
23d.
ONE of the Mama powder company's mills,
near Xcnia, o. blew up on th" 291 jus, VII
liam Wallis, an cmployc, was killed.