Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-31
two or three adjoining buildings Loss.
about s20, coo: insured fer $4,000.

two or three adjoining buildings. Loss
about $50 coo; insured for $4,000.
A FIRE at Plano, H.. whi,H broke out
in the old Excelsior hotel, swept away
eight business places, inficting loss of
10000. Lewis Stewart commanded the
extemporized fire department
II IL feared that one hundred lives have
been lost by the burning of the opera
house at Nice, Italy. Flames appeared at
the beginning Of the performance. The
bodies OF fourteen persons who were sutfo-
Gated were removed TO church opposite.
THOMAS BARSHART. engineer on the
Burlington & Missouri road, fell from his
engine at Plattsmouth, Neb., and was run
over and killed, He leaves wife and
child at Lincoln.
HorsE 80 and 81 Railroad avenue, at
fell, killing George Humel and very seri-
ously injuring Richard Conrod ara
Charles Hinkle. 1t required and hour to
release the men from the ruins.
THE body of Mr Jack Woodruff. prom
inent farmer living near Winamac, Ind,
was found in the Tippecanoe river. The
BODY had lain in the water for several
DAYS. It is supposed he fell thr ugh the
railroad bridge on, his way home. The
verdict OF the ccroner's jury was accident
al drowning.
A TERRIBLE FIRE visited Newburyport,
Mass. destroying Mortlett's mills No. /
and ?. Fire engines were present from
Boston, Salem, Lynn, Portmouth and
Haverhill. Many stores and houses were
emptied OF their goods entaillng a heavy
loss. The insurance is about 5000, 600. 1t
is the greatest fire known here in seventy
years.
HENRY SroRK of Tekemah, Neb., a
stock shipper by occupation. while en-
ronte to Chicago with twelve cars of stock
fell of the Missouri river bridge at Platts-
mouth, on to the frozen sand-bar sixty feet
below, and had his skull fractured in five
places and both legs broken. He cannot
live. lie leaves wife and three children
living near Tekamah.
THREE pistol shots fired in quick sue
cession attracted night-watchman Frank
Appel, to Canalport avenue, Chicago, where
he found man lying on doorstep with
seven-chamber revolver in his hand and
an ugly wound over the left ear. The
man was unconscious and lived but few
minutes after his discovery. Investigation
showed that the suicide was the Rev. Ed
ward Pagan, pastor of st. Thomas church
of Winona, MINI.
THE burning of the opera-house at Nice,
France, was caused by an explosion of gas
at the back of the stage. The audience
were soon left in total darkness, and a
wild panic ensued, By midnight SO bodies
had been extricated. A lady committed
suicide on finding that her husband had
been burned to death. The Mediterranean
washed the walls Of the building but no
water could be got to quench the fire.
MCkENDREE chapel, an old Cincinnati
landmark, was burned to the ground. 1t
stood in the eastern part of the city, up
the Ohio river, in what is known as Pen
dleton. This chapel was built in 1914, and
was one of the oldest churches in the city
A prayer meeting had been held there, and
it is thought the fire caught from the
stove The loss will be about 5000, on
which there is 81 600 insurance. The lum-
Der Office and stab adjoining, belonging to
c. Crave x Co, were also burned. Loss,
81 1000.