River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-13
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

TIE wholesale millinery establishment
Of Herman Brothers, in Toledo. was on
SUNDAY reduced 10 ashes, causing loss of
$4,000
FHE Dixon crucible company of Jersey
City has suspended, the liabilities being
about 81 100000.
TwE>-TY-oNE deaths occurred in New
York, from diphtheria, within the twenty
four hours ending Jan. {.
W. G. Hin, dry goods merchant at
Elkhart, Ind, has suspended, owing 3d.
600 to Chicago, Toledo and Detroit houses.
AT CoalviIe, Kan. the dress of Miss
Davis caught fire from an open CRATE, on
the Sth INST, and herself and her mother
were burned To death.
MATHEW CANNON, a foreman of a
packing house at Sabula, Iowa, got caught
on a shaft on the Sth inst. and was stripped
of his clothing and dropped dead to the
floor.
Miss KATE CAMPBELL, of st. Joseph,
Mo, and Miss Fannie Wood, of Hamburg
in that state. were very nearly roasted
alive b. their ball dresses taking fire from
stove, on the eth inst
4 FIRE ut Carmi, H., destroyed Broc-
pied by several merchants. The estimat-
ed loss is $4,000.
FIVE members of the family of Samuel
Krump. of MontcIair, \. J., died of diph-
iberia in one week. 1t was found that
:etid gases permeated the sleeping apart
ments.
WHILE engaged in dancing, at Addison,
Mich, Il Mrs Garfield fell to the floor, and
her hand was SO lacerated by her hus-
bands boot-heel that she died in twelve
hours.
A FIRE At Lockport, n. Y, on the 9TH
inst, DESTROYED the Hodge opera-hOuse
and the tiarglng Oil building, the loss be-
ing Sl50U00 In the latter structure there
were the postoflire. internal revenue and
telegraph offices,
MATHEW ScHEuLER, aged 80 years went
into an oil tank at Bradford, Penn, on
the 9TH inst, to receive an augnr bit, and
was overcome hv the gas arising from the
oil. He was discovered living in the bot
tom Of the tank an hour later.
OK the 9th inst. a child was almost roast
ed alive in small room in a tenement
house in II. Louis and babe of two
months was rescded from a burning cradle
by the firemen The mother states that
she had left them but few minutes be-
fore on visit to pawn shop with a faded
shawl.
The newest monopoly is match syndi
cate. with capital of g. 500, 600, and
Headquarters at New Haven, Conn. Ten
large factories have been consolidated,
with the intention of controlling the
American market They pay the govern
ment - .500.000 per annum for stamps
A BOILER in the big pudding mill of
the Allentown. Penn, rolling mill ex-
ploded on the Sth inst. damaging the mill
To the extent OF $4,000, and instantly kill
ing John Shak aged IS. and fatally wound
ing Hugh Gallagher. aged -, Hugh Har
ringtou, Il. Patrick McGice. Is, James
Roarity. Is. and Charles McClosky, IS.
The following persons were BODILY hJ'lr-
ed Saml Rurges, aged 26 JAS. liarNins,
~. John harkjnS. IL, VIM. Gibbons and
Jas . a bow. The boiler. which was
/ forty feet long and three feet In diameter,
was rent in the middle in two pieces.
4 SERIOUS accident occurred on the
/ Green Bav division of the Chicago and
4 Northwestern railway on New Years morn
/ ipg near Milton junction, Wis The ac-
cident was caused Icy broken rail. Two
1 freight cars a baggage car and passenger
1 coach Jumped the track, the latter rolling
down a bank on lis side. There were but
| few passengers, and their injuries are as
/ follows:
George Gladhin Jefferson Wis disloeation Of
/ shoulder. seriouS-RrY 4. J. Mead, presiding
! elder Of Ianes,ille district di,locston and frac
ture of right Shout Ter and slight injury To head
/ serious Hanks baegageman. injury to spine,
| anitc sevtre.-Wm. Mauroe. brakeman. injury 70
( INNS ami knee Conjuctar +. Buck injury to
| ler.-Oiin 4 Mead. GAINESVILLE Wis. injury TO
/ knee and hip; not severe.
I 4 TELEGRAM from Sioux City, Jan. 9Th,
/ saws: 4 shocking accident occurred on
/ the line of the Sioux City and Omaha d.
4 vision of the Chicago, st. Paul. Minneapo-
/ lis x Omaha railraad by which six men
were killed outright. and the seventh lost
7 a leg. The men we're engaged in a cut,
I north Of Bancroft, shoveling snow. The
working train, ANTICIPATING the coming
south bound passenger, had side-traeked,
/ and the men, II in all. stepped from the
! track 10 ALLOW the passenger TO pass. Some
trouble getting through had been expert
enced the day before, and in approaching