Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-16
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A FIRE at Areola, ILL.,, il said 10 have
inflicted a loss Of 100000
FIFTEEN runstrokes are reported from
View FORK, two of which proved fatal.
A LARGE area of woodland near Meal
vile, Pa, has been on fire for several days
and can only be checked by rain.
THE Centenary Methodist church at
Terre llaute, Ind, was damaged by fire to
the amount Of 5000.
Ar midnight the furniture faetory of
Banning Y Wells, at Mount Vernon, O.,
was damaged $21,O00 by fire
The carriage factory of Gait x Blais-
dell, At Rock island ILL.,, valued at $4,000,
was struck by lightning and consumed by
ilimes
TIE Blue mountains south of Reading.
Pa, are on fire for a distance of ten miles.
Rattlesnakes iieeing from the flames have
actually taken possession of hotel on the
summit.
ELL SLATER, 1 Wisconsin youth who
went to Saratoga with Charles l. Colby
and family, OF Milwaukee, was drowned
~ Saratoga lake, or committed suicide
\ AssENGER train on the Wabash road
WAS wrecked near Shenandoah, Iowa.
twenty passenger acre injured, the only
y.
lmogene, Iowa.
j. q. SETON, the actor, while recently
engaged in scuille with friend. at De
troit, received rupture which caused his
death Joe Jefferson had made him 4
present Of the play Of Rip Van Winkle.
hut little was obtained from it,
4 FIRE III THE four-stary brick structure
Nos los to lo1 South canal street, Chica-
go. occupied hy several manufacturing
iirms, caused loss of about ST. 600. Cap
tain franzen, of engine No Is, broke his
lex 10y falling through 4 trap door
4 GIANT powder packing house, two
miles from Marquette, Mich. was blown
into splInters and scattered over an area of
twenty four acres. Eleven men i'll the
building were torn into fragments of the
average size of mars hand. The shock
was plainly felt for eight miles.
AZ Naecident occurred onthe Grand Trunk
Railroad at tirand River bridge Ont,
caused hv freight running into passen-
ger train The locomotive and few cars
of the freight train were demolished, and
only slight injuries was done 10 the pass
enger train, and no passengers were hurt
\ FIRE at Omaha DESTROYED row of
frame buildings on the corner of Thir-
AtfAARil stiih lfNttRt SNEttiSt Ndt@iDk loss Oh
SSoaO. Mrs. Allen was arrested for firing
the hleck, to revenge herself on her land
lord. Late III the afternoon the wind fan
ned the embers into another blaze, and
Sl2,af0 more of property was burned.
TIE Chicago express train on the Balti-
more and Ohio road ran into the Cumber-
land accommodation Mt Thornton John
Nints, baggage e-master on the express.
leaped from his car and broke his leg
On the accommodation train Miss Nellie
White, of Wheeling, was fatally scalded,
AMI eleven others were seriously injured
The sufferers are being cared for III pri-
vate residences near the scene Of the acci-
dent.
FOREST fires in Huron county. Mich,
have DESTROYED the towns Of Bad Ak, Yer
ona. Port Hope and Huron City, and il il
believed that one hundred lives have been
lost. Twelve corpseS were brought into
Port Hope. The people Of Verona buried
themselves in their gardens The town OF
Sand Beach was shrowded in darkness all
dav
IL an attempt 10 torpedo an oil-well
near hradiord. Pa, four men were instant
" killed. one fatally injured and two Sc
rIopsly hart. The report was heard for
seven miles. Qae OF the victims was
Nttllam bunton, q wealthy oll-producer.
Charles Rust was hurled three hundred
feet, and his head and limbs were torn
from the trunk. Two men standing eight
teet from the exploding glycerine were
not hurt
THE destruction of life'and property in
Michigan by forest fires is appalling to
contemplate. Ii is believed that FIVE hum
dred persons perished along the shore of
/ 10 Ii1rNu I'M. il
county is estimated at 100000. In HUI
ron and Ssnilac counties there are over
1000 destitute families. the burnt region
covering an area thirty bv fifty miles.
and The fortunate village of Minden is a
centre Of refuge for sufferers from all
quarters.