The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-20
inst. by jumping from an excursion train at

inst. by jumping from an excursion train at
homo City, Ind.
Ink steamboat Bonnie Lee, with $500 tons
assorted merchandise was blown up and sank at
Lone Wall landing, lower mississippi riyor. Tho
boat IL total loss; valued at $l5, 900; insured
for $4,000. JEFF Persoy, second clerk, was
killed.
AN accident occurred on the 18th inst, on tho
West Jersey railroad, near Mays landing, to III
excursion train returning TO Philadelphia from
Atlanta City, N. j. Three men were killed and
thirty injured. The train was in two sections
and the second ono ran into tho first toloscoping
the rear car. The cylinders Of tho colliding en-
gine were broken and the crushed passengers
were badly scalded by escaping steam.
The Otis companys largo hosiery mill at
Ware, Mass, was badly damaged by fire on the
18th instant. Over 1000 hands arc thrown out
Of work.
The Touring mill Of j. NJ Hurd, Atchison,
KS, burned on the 18th instant. Loss 81, 900;
insured 20, 200
by collision on the Pan-IIandlo road, near
Crown Point, Ind, OH the 18th instant, cattle
dealer named McAllister was instantly killed aud
Conductor Frank Rowan and Brakeman John
G. Dennis 40 badly Scaldcd that they died short
" after tho accident. Several others were bad
ly scalded.
On the 10th instant, the hull Of the bark Mic
taux, which had been destroyed by fire with her
cargo Of naphtha, iloated against tho pier occIl-
pied by the American Express Lumber COM
pany at Hunters Point, New York, commune
eating the fire 10 the lumber yard. The flames
spread with frightful rapdity and in short
time an area OF Xix acres was ablaZe. -Four ca
nal boats, n schooner and sloop were destroy
I'd. Loss nearly half million.
THREE attaches Of the Bellevue hotel Red
bank, N. j., Juliua MAX, Daniel Bigler aud
Mary Haggerty, were drowned by the capsizing
Of a boat on Shrewsbury river on tho 10th i'll
slant.
On the 10th instant, while Napoleon Brous-
seau, flour and feed merchant. was engaged in
storing some thirty tons OF bran on the second
floor of his store, the building collapsed, bury.
ing thirteen persons, mostly lads engaged there.
One, Xcnont Peas, aged II, was instantly kill
ed; two, lsadorc Brousseau, IL, and j. Mon
gem, IL, were seriously injured. The others
escaped with slight bruises.
Ar Nowburg, Preston county, Va, on the 9th
inst, Mr.. and Miss Halbritter were struck by
train while walking on the railroad track. Mrs.
lIalbritter was instantly killed and her daughter
injured no badly that she died n few hours after
tho accident.
The cur works at Port Hope, Canada, burned
on the 9th inst. Loss $4,000.
KIMBERLY, CARSEs x Co.'s rolling mill ut
Grecnyille, Pa, burned II the Sth inst. Loss
estimated ut SlU0, 900; insurance $685. 900.
The upper stories of two buildings on Canal
street, Chicago, were burned out on the 9th
inst. Loss $4,000.
The inside workings Of Kelley Run colliery at
Shenandoah, were discovered on fire, on tho 9th
inst. All tho workings were filed with smoke,
but the mules and other loose property were
rescued. The fire il a serious one. The NINE
cannot be flooded and how 10 cxtinguish the
flames IN the question puZzling the engineers.
This il the mine wherein Reese. Woolsey and
Wllman lost their lives some days ago, endeayor-
ing to remove the gas from the old working.
LIrrLEs saw mill at Evansville, Ind, was
burned Oh the Sth instant. Loss $1,000.
CONTINUOUS rains caused heavy freshct in
Cape Fear river, North Carolina. Advices from
Fayetteville report rise OF thirty-two feet, and
the river still rising ut last accounts, at a rate
Of two feet per hour. The lowlands are over
flowed, resulting in immense damage to corn
and cotton crops. At some points the water Is
over the top Of the corn.
A FIRE at Evansville, Ind, on the LIST inst,
DESTROYED Hcmann's dry house. Loss 200;
insurance $4,000.
A FIRE broke out on the 9Th instant, on the
bark Nictaux, loaded with naphtha, andlying
at the foot OF Nortl Twelfth street, Williams
bugh, n. Y. Loss on cargo $4,000; Oh vessel
S30,OOO. The flames extended to the bark An
toinette, damage SIT, 900; aiso the bark Cyclone,
loaded with naphtha, damage $4,000, and to
the scow Bee, loaded with empty barrels, dam
age, 1000.
The planning mill Of Armstrong, Smith & Co.,
at Bellaire, o., was destroyed by fire on the Sth
instant. Loss $4,000; inturance $4,000.
Ok the afternoon of the Sth instant, while
tho excursion propeller f. Corning was leaving
Glen Island for New York city with between
700 and 800 passengers, and while backing out
from the pier, she ran her stern on rock.
staving holein it, when she filed and sank to
the guards. The passengers were all transfer
red to another steamer and safely landed.
NINE business houses and one dwelling were
destroyed by fire ut Bettsvilc, Seneca county,
Ohio, on the It'll inst. LOSS 100000; insurance
$4,000.