Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-18

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of the expenses growing out Of the war fron
July 3, 1861, toJune 80, S79,inclusiye amount
in gross expenditures to s6,7s6, 792 ,as2; specl
&c expenditures of the war &c, Isl, 248y 383. Tn
statement was made in response to a Senat
resolution.
q Loss by the Great Oil Fire.
Advices from Bradford, Pa, of Jun
IL, state that the fire at Titusville is unde
control. A tank made an overflow at3 o'clocl
this morning. Adesperate struggle tollowe'
but the flames were finally subdued. The to
tai loss aggregates $l,50O,O0O. The principa
losers are the Acme on Company, with stills
refined oil, etc, $780, Keystone and Pick
ering and Chambers with stills, tanks and oil
$4,000; Tdeout and Titusville pipe line, f1v'
tanks ard oil, $l25,0 David Emery. tanl
and oil, $4,000; Pittsbure, Titusville & But
falo railroad bridge, 5000; Franklin and PER-!
street bridges, $4,000; about thirty dwelling
and buildings, $4,000. The insurace is com
paratively nothing.
Man Shot.
A Columbus, Ohio, telegram of JUNE
IS, gives the following details; Word reached
here after midnight last night that mysteri
GUS murder or terrible accident causing death
had occurred at GeorgesvilIe. The story ii
that David Williams, OF Commercial Point
and Miss Kate Turner, of Georgesville, were
seated In grove near Georgesville during thu
afternoon, when some one fired shot which
took effect in Williams breast, killing him in
stantly. There are three theories regarding
this sho cling. One is that the shot was free
by Josnph Turner, father of Miss Turner, ani
it is claimed that just after the shot was free
man resembling Turner was seen about fif
ty yards away. Another storyis that the sho
was fred by jealous rival, while still anoth
er is that Williams death was caused by al
accidental shot from guu carried by part,
Of boys hunting in the neighborhood.
Soldiers Reunion
The great reunion at Milwaukee virtu.
ally closed June II, with memorial ceramon
les In camp in honor of the dead of the Unio,
army. The ceremonies were presided over b,
Commander-in-chief Thomas, OF the Gran,
Army OF the Republic, department of Wiscon
SAAAs Auo VAIN was uS1lfSEcu ny BISHOP
General Fallows, of Chicago. poem, b,
Miss Addie .llou, OF San francisco, wa!
read. The ceremonies were largely attended
and the closest attention was paid by the
audience. G .n Grant left on the 10 O'CLOCK
noon train for Grcon Bay, where he will spent
Sunday with Senator Howe. He visited thu
Soldiers National Home, in the suburbs, in thu
forenoon. The old iron Brigade of Wisconsin,
effected pcrmansnt orga lization at meet
Ing this morning, and will henceforth keer
up the association of memb orship with occa
sional reunions. Several individual ailments
have similarly organized associations. Thou
sands Of ex-soldiers are leaving by all trains
and by tomorrow noon no noticeable numbo,
will remain. During all the pressure of vas
numbers of visitors, the city has been as or
derby and devoid of crime as in ordinary
times.
Terrible Steamboat Disaster.
The steamboats, Stonington. and Mar
ragansette collided on Long Island Sound
About II :16 P. NJ. June 10. The bow of the
steamer stonington was broken in for dis.
lance Of ten feet from her stern. The Nara.
gansett was struck Just abaft the forward
gangway, making great breach into which
The water poured in floods. A heavy fog pre-
vailed and the vessels were proceeding at re-
duced speed. The Stonington rebounded o
dozen feet by the force Of the conclusion. The
Narragansett instantly began to fill. As soon
as her officers comprehended the nature of
the disaster they aroused the sleeping passen-
gers, about three hundred and fifty in num-
Der, and made preparations to remove them.
The passengers came hurrving on to the main
deck and when they learned the peril they
were in they became panic stricken, and
the most vigorous efforts OF the officers
to restore order were futile. The
many ladies on board were calmer, as . rule
than the gentlemen. There were fewer exhi
billions of paralizing fear among them. The
officers made all haste to lower the boats and
provide rafts, but half the frenzied passengers
could brock no delay, and many sprang over
board and swan or foated close to the sink
ing craft, making their presence known by
despairing cries for help. The Narraganset
was provided with light metallic life boats and
three patent RATS. The Stonington had al
equal number, and the City of New York hac
eight life boats and two RATS. All this life say
Ing apparatus was at once put into use. Be
fore the first boat load had been sent off, the
fire broke through the main deck In a very
short space OF time the whole lower deck wa:
atiame. The scene was then one Of indescrib
able terror. The few previously calm became
panic stricken. One man shot himself in Ii:
frenzy, and in the ladies' cabin more than {
score Of women lay in swoons. The cries o
terror and distress were agonizing. The Of
fcers Of the Narragansett say about 200 per
soes were put aboard the New York, and fifty
aboard the Stonington. As the passenger lis
was lost there is no way oflearning the names
Of the drowned. Just as the last boat left thu
Narragansett the fire burst forth on the hur
ricane deck, and in twenty minutes after thu
collision the Narragansett sank. The upper
part of the hog frame, the walking beam and
masts are out of water Her starboard hog
frame is badly burned, and all the woodwork
of upper deck, save part of the hog frame, il
burned away. She lies in about thirty feet o.
water. A wrecking steamer was dispatched
to the scene Of the disaster from
New London this morning, and divers will be-
gin work tomorrow, probably. Five bodies
were recovered from the wreck to-day, foul
men aud child, the latter badly burned IL
the face. Large quantities Of stuff foated
from the wreck to-day aud were secured This
morning the keeper of the North Dumping
light house, picked up metallic life boat, bot
tom up, containing lot Of life preservers that
were marked "Narragansett." It is supposed
that the boat was overcrowded, and had upset
and all drowned. It Is thought when the div
ers penetrate the cabins m any bodies will be
found. Allowing for exaggerations it is be-
lieved that the total loss will be about fifty.
Since four o'clock eight more bodies have
been recovered and taken to Mantle, where
collins will be sent by the steamers company
One Of the saddest events connected with the
horrible calamity is the case of Mrs. A. p Dix
Of Brooklyn, vile of brother Of the firm Of
Dix and Pheyfe. Mrs. Dix was on the Nara
gansett with her three children and nurse
All are lost but Mrs. Dix herself. They were
all helped into q life boat. Men tried to lowe
the boat but water poured in and capsized it
When the life boat righted again some of thu
women were carried away and the men aban
doned the boat Mrs. Dir, her nurse, baby, lit
tie boy and girl chung to the boat but the boat
was turned over in the same way three times
and Mrs. Dix saw her babyI her nurse, hel
little boy and girl washed away. Her dia
mond rings were imbedded in the swoller
Aesh, the skin being torn Of her fingers, hands
and wrists, By the boat sides, and ropes tt
which abe had chung for life. As soon as thu
Citv of New York arrived ward WAS sent tf