The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-02-17
WEEKLY CASUALTY RECORD.

\ fire at Memphis Tenn, destroyed
the Southern Oil works. The building and
contents were valued al *2OC, 900.
Il goods house. Il grocery, and I,
newspaper office were destroyed by fire at
Denison, Tex, last week. Loss, s5s,0OO.
The entire roof Of the Canadian
Pacific railroad freight house, at Winnipeg,
being overwcightcd with snow, fell in Il few
days since. The freight house was 200 feet in
length.
The roof Of the passenger depot of
the New York Central and Michigan Southern
Railroads at Buffalo, New York, fell in a few
days since, owing to accumulation of snow,
and buried III the ruins passenger train
Twelve persons were killed outright and many
more injured.
n passenger train on the Texas Cen.
trail railroad met with severe accident a few
days since, near Hampstead, in which eighteen
persons were injured, among them several
members of the strakosch opera company.
The Michigan avenue Baptist church
one Of the largest in Chicago, was destroyed
by fire u few days since. The trc is supposed
to have been the work Of an irccndiary, and the
janitor arrested OH suspicion. The los. is $jo,-
900, insured for $4,000.
by the wrccking Of the steamer
Bohemian, which went ashore On thu the Irish
coast Sunday night, thirty nine lives we're lost,
while twenty.Ont persons were saved. All Of
those saved, arc members Of the Steamers
crew, while the passengers were neglected,
anu left to take care Of themselves.
At Rock Hill, on the North Ptnusyl-
vania railroad, during dense fog, passcn-
ger train crashed into freight Just entering
upon siding. Two men were instantly kill
ed, four fatally injured, and four seriously
Both engines were demolished, and several
freight-cars wrecked. The misconstruction
Of telegram caused the disaster.
The Child's Hospital and Nursery ut
New York, in which there we're about 200 chill
dren and sick women was burned few days
since. The building was totally destroyed,
but, most fortunately, not sinsl: life was
lost, or any one injured in the least. The fire
was caused by an attempt being made t" f,,-
n,igatc room by means Of burning sulphur,
the can containing it having become heated
set fire to the floor.
By the escape Of coal gas in the
hospital at the national soldiers home near
milwaukee,, two inmates were suftocatcd to
death. James Crane, wealthy farmer liv-
ing near Dies Moincs, was run over by the cars
few days since, and horribly mangied, his
heart being torn out aud thrown several feet
by collision between Il passenger and
construction train, Oh the Ohio & Missis-
sipri railroad near Pana, Ill.,, three persons
were killed and several Others severely injured.
IA fire in the works Of tho Western Elcc-
trio manufacturing company, at New York,
destroyed property to the amount Of $50, 0,00N
\ frightful explosion III coal mine.
attended with serious loss of life, is reported
from Robinson, Ohio, os having occurred
there few days since. The explosion was
caused by fire damp. The superintendent Of
the mine knowing that certain portions Of the
mine contained fire damp, had just cautioned
man against going where the fire damp was
known to be, but as that section WAS dry,
while around the track was filled with water,
the man disobeyed orders, and attempted TO
pass through the forbidden locality with q
lighted lamp III his hat. Immediately u ter
rifle explosion occurred. A hole was blown
through fifteen feet of earth composing the
roof, carrying death and destruction all around
About twenty men were at work in the mine,
six Of whom were killed outright and q NUM-
bcr dangerously wounded The ,uan through
whose care]essncss the explosion occurred.
was badly mutilatcd and his body burned to a
crisp.