The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-08
CASUALTY & CRIME
A Fearful List of Fatalities-hoio
eausts and Murders
shipwreeIss and Fires. strikes nha
Mobs. Death Everywhere
Railroad collisions. Han<inss for
Murder. Etc, Etc


London, Jan. 7.-Yesterday large
steamer was seen to 60 on the Goodwin
sands, and afterwards sink with all
hands.
Atlantic, N. j., Jan. IA three
masted schooner, sugar laden, came
ashore on the brigantine bar last night,
during a dense fog. All hands were
down with chills and fever, and the
captain dead.
Peekskill, N. Y, Jan. There is
serious trouble at Verplancks among
the ice men, and the authorities have
telegraphed to Workers for military.
The ice men are parading the streets
with band, and have driven from the
lake those willing to work. They defy
the sheriff.
Dover, N. H., Jan. IA fire was
discovered in the main building of the
Stafford county farm about 4:3O this
morning. When the fire was discov-
cred the flames had made considerable
headway, and many rooms were filled
with smoke. One hundred and sixty
nine persons were in the building, and
some had to be dragged out. Thirteen
are missing; probably burned. Their
names are: Frank Jones, Asa Hall,
Peter Sergeant, Burnham Mete, JEFF
Holland, Thomas McDermott. Ivory
Hanscom, Joseph Cook, Charles Riley,
Sadie Abbott, Martha Jewell, Lizzie
Wilson and Clara Scales. Loss, S70,-
900; insurance, $4,000. The inmates
who escaped have been clothed and
sheltered by the neighbors. An engine,
sent from Dover, could not get to the
fire on account of snow.
Allentown, Pa, Jan. There are
already nine deaths from the boiler ex-
plosion in the rolling mill last night.
and three more are hourly expected.
The names of the dead are: Frank Gal
lagher, Patrick MCGEE, Dennis MCGEE,
Charles McCloskey, Hugh Roarty, Jas.
Roa-ty, Andrew Gallagher, Cornelius
Teary and John Shanks.
Newark, N. j., Jan. 7.-An explo-
sion, heard for several miles, took place
at - 80 am, in the vitriol department
of Balbach s. Sons smelling works, on
Passaic river. Two boilers exploded,
instantly killing the engineer and three
workmen, and seriously injuring two
others. Three buildings, and about
$1,000 worth of machinery were de-
stroyed. One end Of the house of e.
Balbach, ST., was wrecked; his conser-
vatory and stables also ruined, and two
valuable horses killed. The house of
e. Balbach, jr., was injured by flying
brick, and woman in the third story
seriously hurt. The bodies of the
killed are frightfully mangled. They
were all married men and leave fami-
lies. Their names are; John Mutz, en-
gineer; j. w. Schlee, Geo. o. German
and John Queen. The badly injured
are: Oscar Jacobus and Joseph Verst.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Newport, VT, Jan. -Four cars
were badly wrecked, an old lady killed,
and several persons seriously hurt, by a
train leaving the track OH the Passump-
sic road, on account of broken rail,
this morning.
London, Jan. THE bark John Lit
tlesen was sunk in a. collision, and six
of the crew are missing.
Havana, Jan. THE large cigar
manufactory Of Jose Egener, at LaEs-
cepyon, burned last night. or the per-
sons who slept in the building, eleven
are missing. The manufactory was in
sured in an English company for .e4O,-
600.
San Francisco, Jan. IA Victoria
dispatch says: The schooner Favorite,
from the west coast of Vancouver Is
land, brings the captain and crew of
the British bark Glenfruin, abandoned
on the Sth of December off Barclay
sound in leaky condition. The Glen.
fruin was coal laden from New Castle,
Austria, for Portland.
An Astoria dispatch says: The wreck.
age coming ashore on the Clatsor
beach indicates tho total loss Of the
British ship Lupata, buckets, barrel
heads and other articles bearing the
name of the Lupata having come
ashore. She is supposed to have gone
to pieces near Tillamook rock.
A Walla Walla dispatch says: A. J.
Thomas was hanged here on the fourth
instant for the murder of G. W. Brum
field and for supposed completely in thu
murder of Amanda Shanks last Jan
uary. The military company was called
out to prevent any disturbance from
the crowd Of $500 persons who wit
messed the execution. Good order wa.
maintained. He confessed to tb,
crimes and said that his wife, who /,
imprisoned for having been been con
cerned in the murder of Mrs. Shanks
had no share in it.
New York, Jan. THE crew Of tn,
bark Souveniar BALTIC, to Queenstown
arrived to-day, and tell story of ter
rife squalls and seas, during which the
captain was swept overheard, leaving {
wife and child.
Passaic. N. j., Jan. Last nigh
the Dundee water power and land com
pany's canal broke between the Ritten
house manufacturing company's wooler
mill and Messrs. Reid & Berry's prin