River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-26
FIRES AND CASUALTIES

THREE children, while rowing in boat
on the Coon river at Des Moines, Iowa,
were upset and drowned
THE main portion of Gilmore's steam
saw-mill at Trenton, n. j.. was burned to
the ground. Insured for $4,000.
An incendiary fire at Fort Wayne de-
stroyed the Bijou variety theatre, owned
by the Ewing estate, valued at $4,000,
A LOSS Of $4,000 was incurred by the
destruction by fire of the pulp-mill of Hol-
lingsworth and Whitney, at Gardiner,
Maine.
THE ice houses of Hit & Mallett, at La
Porte, Ind, were struck by lightning and
totally destroyed by fire. The loss is
$4,000
BY the capsizing of boat in the Lick
ing reservoir at Newark, o., Brice Stowe,
Mrs. John Lasch, and two children were
drowned.
A FIRE at Brooksville, VT, destroyed
the factory and finishing shop of the
Brooks Edge Tool Company. valued at
$4,000.
ALoNZo WILLoTsEE, a farmer, and his
grandchild, living in Williams township,
Bav county, Mich, were killed by the
falling of tree.
THREE fishing boats were capsized at
the mouth of the Columbia river off The
coast of Oregon, and all the occupants
were drowned.
FIFTEEN horses, including Rhadamaath-
us and Enfield, thoroughbred trotting stall
lions, were burned to death in Douglas
stable at Franklin, Tenn.
A FIRE at Milford, Mass, destroyed Ell
bridge Mann's boot mandatory and c.
A. Summers boot-tree shop. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
A GERMAN BY the name of William
Hencke, who had imbibed rather freely
during the evening" was run over and
killed by train at Waukesha, Wis.
AT Lincoln, Ill, while Timothy Hall
was stabling a Jersey bull. the animal
turned upon him and gored and trampled
him nearly to death. He now lies in a
precarious condition.
FLAMES nearly swept away sash fac
tory, a grist mill, and a wooden factory at
Napanee, Ont. Rain greatly assisted in
extinguishing the fire.
GEO. LORD, breakman, was run over
at Minneapolis, Mimi, while uncoupling
cars on the Manitoba road, and received
injuries from which he died six hours af-
terward.
TIE Division Street Methodist church,
at Grand Rapids, Mich, took fire from a
detective furnace and was damaged s., 900.
There are insurance policies for 100000
on the structure.
THE boiler in Withee's mill. near To-
NAH, Wis.,, exploded, completely demol-
ishing the structure, and killing Luke
Lowry, of Sparta, and another employee,
and severely scalding Richard Whitinger.
HILLS planning mill at indianapolis,
caught fire from the overheating of waste
lumber, and was totally destroyed caus-
ing loss Of $4,000. The fy-wheel burst
and two fragments damaged buildings on
the opposite side OF the street.
A HOT box on train of the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois road caused a wreck
near Watseka. A brakeman named Will
liam Duom was killed, and of a carload
of race horses coming to Chicago two were
killed and several manned.
The home of Uncle Billy Young, at De-
catur. ILL.,, who is known to all old soldiers
as the hero of three wars, was totally con-
sumed by fire, together with its contents,
the old man, now In his Slst year, who
was in bed sick at the time, barely escap-
ing with his life. He was helpless. and
mad to be dragged out on the bedding.
THOMAS FLYNN, a prominent farmer of
Adams township, Ohio, met his death in
horrible manner. While hauling some
corn fodder some of the bundles fell off
the load and frightened the team, which
ran away. Mr.. Flynn's leg being caught
in one of the wheels, he was dragged along
the road and frightfully mangled, and died
soon afterwards.
A TRAIN on the Logansport and Terre
Haute road struck a break in the track
near the station of Cutler, by which the
engine was thrown over a trestle-work.
The fireman, named Moynehan, of Lo-
gansport was so badly injured that he liv-
ed only FIVE minutes. Engineer Higley
and the messenger were both badly in
jured.
FLAMES which made their appearance
in a penthouse in Nashville, continued
their ravages along College and Church
streets until thirty-four buildings had
been consumed. on which the loss is esti-
mated at 100000. Among the structures
burned was the Noel block of eight stores.
| in which the telegraph office was estab-
lished. The Maxwell house narrowly
escaped.
AN excursion boat on the St. Croix river
ran on the rocks near Saltwater, Mimi,
causing a number of passengers to be
thrown overheard. Two of them, o. NJ.
Opsahl and Jacob Jacoby, were drowned.
The accident is declared to have been
wholly unavoidable, having been caused
by sudden gust of wind. Another river
accident by which three persons, one man
and two women, were drowned is report
ed fir ON Evansville, Ind, and four persons
were drowned near Newark, 0.