River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-15
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A FIRE at Arcola, H., is said TO have
| inflicted a loss of 100000.
FIFTEEN sunstrokes are reported from
New York, two of which proved fatal.
A LARGE area of woodland near Mead
vile, Pa. has been on fire for several days
and can only be checked by rain.
The Centenary Methodist church at
| Terre Haute, Ind, vas damaged by fire to
the amount of $500.
| AT midnight the furniture faetory of
Banning & Wells, at Mount Vernon, O.,
was damaged $4,000 by fire.
The carriage factory of Gait 4 Blsis-
dell, at Rock Island ILL.,. valued at $4,000,
was struck by lightning and consumed by
flames.
THE Blue mountains south of Reading,
Pa, are on fire for distance of ten miles.
Rattlesnakes fleeing from the flames have
actually taken possession of hotel on the
summit.
ELI SLATER, Wisconsin youth who
went to Saratoga with Charles i. Colby
and family, of Milwaukee, was drowned
in Saratoga lake, or committed suicide.
A PASSENGER train on the Wabash road
was wrecked near Shenandoah, Iowa.
Twenty passengers were injured, the only
v.
Imogene, Iowa.
]. 0. SETON, the actor. while recently
engaged in a scuffie with friend. at De-
troit, received rupture which caused his
death. Joe Jefferson had made him a
present of the play of rip Van Wrinkle"
but little was obtained from it.
A FIRE in the four-story brick structure
Nos. 103 to 10Y South Canal street, Chica-
go, occupied by several manufacturing
firms, caused loss of about 81, 900. Cap
tain Franzen, of engine No. Is, broke his
leg by falling through trap door.
A GIANT powder packing house, two
miles from Marquette, Mich, was blown
into splinters and scattered over an area of
twenty-four acres. Eleven men in the
| building were torn into fragments of the
average size of mans hand. The shock
was plainly felt for eight miles.
AN accident occurred on the Grand Trunk
Railroad at Grand River bridge, Ont,
caused by a freight running into a passen-
ger train. The locomotive and a few cars
of the freight train were demolished and
only slight injuries was done to the pass
enger train, and no passengers were hurt.
A FIRE at Omaha destroyed row of
| frame buildings on the corner of Thir-
teenth and Dodge streets, causing loss of
$1,000. Mrs. Allen was arrested for firing
the block, to revenge herself on her land
lord. Late in the afternoon the wind fan
ned the embers into another blaze, and
$12 600 more of property was burned
THE Chicago express train on the Balti-
more and Ohio road ran into the Cumber-
land accommodation at Thornton. John
Vines, baggage-master on the express,
leaped from his car and broke his leg.
On the accommodation train Miss Nellie
White, of Wheeling, was fatally scalded,
and eleven others were seriously injured.
The sufferers are being cared for in pri-
yate residences near the scene of the acct
dent.
FOREST fires in Huron county, Mich,
have destroyed the towns of Bad AK, Yer
| ona, Port Hope and Huron City, and it is
believed that one hundred lives have been
lost. Twelve corpses were brought into
Port Hope. Tie people of Verona buried
themselves in their gardens. The town of
Sand Beach was shrowded in darkness all
day.
In an attempt to torpedo an oil-well
near Bradford Pa, four men were instant
| ly killed, one fatally Injured and two Sc
riously hurt. The report was heard for
seven miles One of the victims was
| William Bunton, wealthy oil-producer.
Charles Rust was hurled three hundred
feet, and his head and limbs were torn
from the trunk. Two men standing eight
feet from the exploding glycerine were
not hurt.
THE destruction of life-and property in
Michigan by forest fires is appalling to
contemplate. 1t is believed that five hun
bred persons persisted along The shore OF
| Lake Huron. The damage in Tuscola
county IS estimated at 100000. In HUI
ron and Sanilac counties there are over
! 1000 destitute families, the burnt region
covering an area thirty by fifty miles,
and the fortunate village of Minden is a
centre of refuge for sufferers from sill
quarters.