Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-21
THINGS HORRIBLE.
FRTGHTgUL BOILER EXPLOSION At
TERRE HAUTE.
Five Women Burned to Death In ghoddy
Factory-Col1ision on the Hamilton &
Dayton Raiiroad-A Girl Of Fiftsen at
Cleveland Tries 10 Poison Her Mistress
and Baby and Nurse, for NO Cause Con-
ceivabIe
FIVE WOMEN BURNED 10 pEAru.

-~'S UN@aIG 6OhaED ~ OEAIAs
CINCINNATI. Oct. 20.--A shocking calamiiy y
in connection with FIRE occurred shortly after
II o'clock this morning. The fire broke ont
in the shoddy mandatory Of Benz. Hey.
Second street and Broadway, so as to cut of
escape from the third story, where a number
of women were at work. The fremen made
heroic but Intellectual attempts TO rescue the
women. After extinguishinR tho fire they suc.
oeeded IN extracting the dead bodies of five
women, two OF whom are not yet identified.
The other three are Mrs. Daggett, of No. As
Yeatman street. aged 40 years; Mrs. Segnor, of
Front and Broadway, aged 30, and Mrs. Jack
son, of Front and Broadway, aged 80. One of
the bodies not identified is supposed to be that
of Miss Barrett. The loss by the fire is esti-
mated at S25. 600; insurance, $4,000.
When the fire broke ont there were twenty
eight women and girls in the third story with
forewoman; twenty girls were in one room,
while the forewoman and eight girls were in
the adjoining room. The forewomau gave the
alarm to the girls in her room, and they all
passed out and down stairs safely. She then
went to the room where the eight women were
and gave the alarm also. two of them followed
her down stairs. The other six delayed, it ia
supposed. to change their clothing. until the
fire cut of their escape by the stairway. Ore
of them, Miss Barrett, jumped out of window
and broke her legs. The other five remained
duQ Wctc pQEu6Q 10 Q6hG0s 1Q6 names OF
of them not at first identified ID Miss Weich.
RAIL COLLISION IN oH1e.
CINCINNATI. O., Oct. 20.-A collision on the
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton railroad this
morning at Jones' station, nineteen miles north
of Cincinnati, resulted In injuring fifteen
passengers. None were killed outright. and
none are yet dead. Train No. IL, known az
the Sidney accommodation. left Hamilton at
s:32. two minutes late. At Schenck's the
second station below Hamilton, it was detained
five minutes on account of freight train. On
reaching Jones station, being too late to make
the regular meeting point of an outgoing
train, it was taking side track when train No.
49, which had left Hamilton at $40, came up
behind and caught the rear car. which had
not yet left the main track. The engine
caught the hind car broke its own upper works
and filed the car with escaping steam. The
injured are A. O. Jones, Connorsville, Ind,
head cut and upper part of body scalded Sarah
Mahon, Knob Knoster, Johnson county Mis-
son.ri. hands soslded; Maggie Mahon, Nicholas
vile KY. soalded SIlas Mahon, ditto, hands
and face scalded; Frank Martin. Milroy, Ind.
hands and face scalded; Daniel Kennedy, Col
lsge Corner. Ind. head and hands scalded;
Phillip Keehan. Jackson, O.. badly scaIded;
Chas. chan. ditto. hands and face scalded.
but walking about; Samuel Drake. Oakford,
hands snd face scalded; Frank l. Thompson,
Chicago, both legs broken; King Carson,
Riley. o., head cut by window glass; Miss
Jessie Kirkwood, Indianapolis. scalded; j..
W. Morgan, Georgetown. KY, hands and face
cut by window glass; Mrs. j. W. Marsh, st.
Louis. Mo-, hands and face scalded; Harry
Miller. College Corner, Ohio, hands scalded and
face cut. walking about. Snpt. Williams
went Immediately to the scene aud had sur
geons follow. The wounded were all brought
to the city in train, reaching here shortly be-
fore - o'clock.
CINCINNATI, o., Oct. 20.-At late hour to-
night all the passengers injured on the Gin
oinnati, Hamilton Dayton road, were report
ed IS doing we'll. With regard to several of
them there were fears that they had
inhaled steam, but this does not
recover. The track where the accident took
place was perfectly straight for long distance,
but the fog was SO dense that the train could
not be seen at distance of twenty yards.
AEoUrHrUL A PoIsoNER.
CLEVELAND, O., Oct. ga strange case of
youthful depravity came to light here to-day.
Eliza Judds, fifteen years old, domestic en-
ployed in the family of J. ]. Crooks, of No. Is
Lopgwood avenue, was arrested for poisoning
Mrs. Crooks, her eighteen months old babe
and Mrs. Gage, nurse. Eliza's home is in
RavenDa, Ohio, where she worked a. the Com
mercial hotel as chambermaid. She became
Intimate with q colored waiter, Wilson. Four
weeks ago both disappeared. 1t has been as-
certained that Eliza went to Milwaukee and it
is supposed Wilson went with her. Eliza ri
turned here two weeks ago. Wilson's where
abouts are unknown. The girl found place
as domestic as above stated. Sunday Mrs.
Crooks was suddenly taken sick and the babe
about the same time. Monday night physf-
clan called who pronounced the cass poisoning.
The cause of the poisoning was mystery to
fha far mil IL -
yesterday. and this morning was taken with
the same symptoms. Suspicion then fastened
on Eliza and this afternoon she was detected
by Mr.. Crooks pouring a white powder into q
cup of tea the nurse had poured out. As Ihe
stepped toward her she quickly turned the cup
into pan OF water, emptied the pan and wiped
1T, but MIR. Crooks found in her hand o piece
of paper with an advertisement
of a drug store and the label "Poi-
son" pasted on the back. He took Eliza
with him to the drug store named on the paper,
where the prescription clerk failed to identify
her but said on Saturday he sold arsenic to a
woman who gave her name and residence. In
quiri ng at the place as given showed no such
person lives there. The girl was then taken to
the police superintendents office, but while
there momentarily unmatched she escaped.
The police were notified and this evening she
was found in Newburgh station.
in train bound for Pittsburgh, and
ono 10 ~" ho1cly III prlsOu. heL mOLlV6 In
poisoning cannot be imagined. To-day, when
she feared she was suspected, she packed her
effects in bundle, which she secreted. 1t was
discovered, and in it was found some stolen
articles Of wearing apparel. The victims of
this juvenile Lucretia Borgis is now considered
out of danger.
TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION.
TERRE HAUrE, Ind, Oct. 20.-A horrible ao-
cident occurred in this city this afternoon.
battery of three boilers in the distillery
of Cox & Fairbanks, the largest estab-
lishment of the kind in the
United States, exploded with report and con-
cussion that was head aud felt for miles. Six
men were instantly killed and twice as many
seriously injured. The cause of
the accident has not yet been ascertained, but
the coroners inquest will be q searching in
vestigation. There Is great excitement here
over the affair.
WASHINGTON.
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