The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-11
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.
FIRE damp in coal mine at Pottsville
Pa, sutfocated John Walsh and Edwart
Brady,

Brady.
Hon. G. J. CHADBoURNE, deputy secre-
tary of state in Maine, was drowned at
Kent, r. I.
FOREST fires have been raging in the ce-
dar swamps near Sturgeon Bay, and thous-
ands of dollars worth of property has been
destroyed
A LOSS of $4,000 was incurred at San
duskv, ILL.,, by the destruction of F. Harts-
horns lime-kiln.
| THos. NJ. CARTER, of Pendleton, Ind. :,
was fatally poisoned by colored lemonade,
served at an old settlers meeting
THE wire and nail mills of the Old Col
ony company, at Taunton, Mass, were
swept away by fire, causing loss of$l75,-
000
FLAMES which broke out about mid
night in the linseed oil works of James
Israel at Mount Vernon, o., inflicted a
damage of $4,000.
A BLAZE in the lower part OF Deadwood
destroyed twenty-five buildings, valued at
100000. Many persons only escaped in
their night-clothes.
THE church furniture works of Haynes
Spencer u Co., at Richmond, Ind, Cary
Il Roulette's planing-mill, and Hugo's en-
gine-governor works were burned to the
ground, the loss being $4,000.
FRANK RUSSELL, of Rockford, ILL.,, fell
thirty feet from telephone pole at Ev-
ansville, Ind, and broke his skull, shoul-
ders, and arm.
WHILE group of twenty white road
laborers were standing beside house in
Hartsville, s. O., bolt Of lightning
killed four and dangerously wounded ten
of them.
A TANK in swimming school in St.
Louis, at the regular hour for draining,
was found to contain the corpse of an un-
known lad The water was well filled
with bathers all day, but no one knew of
an accident.
Four patients escaped from the insane
asylum on Wards island, New York. This
fact was first ascertained by several cries
from He'll Gate for help. 1t appears that
they set out to cross Harlem river in a
leaky scow. and it is probable that two of
them were drowned.
A BARTENDER in Fourth avenue New
York, on opening the ice-box, Saturday
morning, found the proprietors corpse
resting on beer keg. 1t is believed that,
in distress from the heat, he spent the
night in the box, and was frozen to death.
A GUARD smoking in tho government
magazine at Mazatlan, Mexico, dropped
spark, which razed the structure and
No less than seventy-fve bodies were re-
among the victims being District Judge
Pena.
In the British house Of commons, Cor
persisting in raising the question of Irish
political prisoners, in spite of the speak
er's ruling. Parnell was named" for Of.
fensive language. Gladstone moved his
suspension for the remainder of the sit
ting; Parnell Quilted the house, and the
suspension was carried by 1872 to IA.
FOREST fires are raging all around Bay
City. Mich. For 100 miles north of the
point fences, and farm buildings, and large
quantities of pine timber are being de-
stroyed. Trains find it almost impossible
to run. Bay City is enveloped in smoke,
and the air is filled with burned leaves
and ashes.
AN oil.stove exploded in the residence
of Mrs. ]. Hake, in Milwaukee. and that
lady was frightfully burned. The burn
ing oil flew over her body, and in few
seconds she was enveloped in flames. Her
injuries are fatal. This is the third coal
oil stove that has exploded in the past two
DAYS.
A FIRE broke out in the large flax and
bagging mills of James Boyce & Co. par
TALLY destroying the mills, and burning to
the ground the Muncie handle factory,
owned by Boyce and Sexton, and the Nun
Gle washing factory, owned by Lockhart,
Ellis & Keys. Loss on flax mills, $35, 900;
insurance cannot be obtained. Loss on
handle factory, $4,000; insurance $500.
Loss on Muncie washing factory, $1,000;
no insurance. Isaac Schaubert. fireman,
was overcome by the heat, and is in crit
ical condition.
CHICAGO very narrowly escaped ter
rible fire the other day. Flames appeared
about noon in the planning mill of Jacob
Lauer, on the corner of North avenue and
Orchard street, and in few minutes half
a square of buildings had been ignited, in
neighborhood built almost wholly of
wood. Three alarms were sounded, and
people four blocks away began to pack up.
The firemen confined the flames to mar
row limit, and the loss is estimated at
$35 600