The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-01-06
WEEKLY CASUALTY RECORD

ILL.,, Dec. %.
There was IN $sO,000..Gre in Jackson.
Mich, on the morning of Dec. 81.
At Watertown, N. Y, Dec. Goth, the
snow " a. from IL to is inches deep: *
Richard Curry was burned to death
Jan. 5rd, i'll a shanty, near Bradford, Pa.
n fall Of top coal killed two miners
in Carbondale, Pa, coal mine, JAM .sra
n deaf man was killed while walk.
ing ON the railroad, near Mass:llon, o., Jan. 3
Jonathan CapstOck, of Barnesville
Ohio, while drunk, fell on the street, Dec. 81
and froze to death.
A railroad train on the Old Colony
road, Mass, jumped the track Jana1, and
Iatally injured two persons. =,
At Danville, Va, Dec. Goth, the third
snow storm within week was raging, and
aud the snow blocked all the roads.
Two hotels were burned in Atlantic
City, New Jersey, Dec. 81. Loss $4,000. Sew
eral firemen had their hands and feet frozen.
The Arlington house, and Patter-
sons row, at McKcesport, Pa, were destroyed
by fire Jan. l. Loss s25, 900; insurance light.
The boiler in the Dupont paper mill,
at Louisville, Ky., exploded Jan. 1, and fatal
ly injured one man and severely injured an
other
The Norwegian hotel at Madison,
Wis.,, was destroyed by fire on the morning OF
Jan. 1, and Mrs B. NJ. Miller and child per-
ishcd in the famcs
The large tannery of Yrostle & Gal.
Inn nf Ni1u,0,11~ ~ L.. I,
fire OIL the morning of Jan. 1. Loss over $50,
COZ. Partial insurance.
The store Of Wells, Stout & Co..
wholesale grocers and provision dealers at
East Saginaw, Mich, was burned Jan. l. Loss
SIC 900; insurance $31 900.
At New Philadelphia. Ohio, Dec. 81
an old cmployc of the Deur furnace was
killed by the explosion of a torch with which,
he was lighting his pipe.
Seven persons were killed and so in-
jnred, some severely and perhaps fatally by
the falling Of the roof Of . churchlnj saillayot,
France, during the Christmas service.
A Gloucester, Mass, telegram of
Dac. 30, says, the total losses in the fisheries
from that port the PAST year comprises four
schooners and three boats valued at $21 600,
and IS lives lost.
On the morning of Dec. 2Sth, the Be-
vim braes manufacturing companys lathe
aud hnishing shops and Office at East Hamp-
ion, Conn, burned. =. Loss $4,000. One hun
dred hands are thrown out Of work.
The drop curtain in theatre in Eos.
ton, Mass, took fire on the night Of Dec. 2sth,
creating great panic, but NO one was in
jnred. The actors extinguished the flames.
But little damage was done beyond the de.
struction Of the curtain, which was valued at
$60e. -
The City Hall in St. Pau, Mimi, mar.
rowly escaped destruction by fire on the morn.
: Ing Of Dec. 2s. A burning brand had fallen
from a wood stovc in the Mayors room, and
the floor had taken hre and was burning at y
lively rate :Whea discovered. Timely discov
cry and prompt action saved the building.
A New Albany, Dec. Goth, telegram
Las the following: The twin children of VII.
liam and Fanny Johnson, froze to dealt, To-
day. The parents were very poor. Mr.. John.
son left home yesterday to hunt work, leay
ing HE wife and children at home with nc
incl. 1t grew colder in the night, and despite
the efforts Of the mother to keep them warm
with scanty clothes, one perlshed. at three
O'Clock aud the other at six O'clock The des
titut:on of the family was not known to the
nefghbors.