Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-09
Railroad Wrecks,

An express train on the Texas Central road
left the track near Hemstead, Texas, on the 5th
inst, the express, baggage aud two passenger
coaches going down fifteen feet embankment,
landing bottom upwards. The strakosch and
his English opera troupe were among the
passengers. Eighteen persons were injured.
Levy, the famous cornetest, had his nose
broken, Rose Marion, chorus singer, was badly
cut, another performer had his arm broken,
and railroad conductor littig was badly injured
in the side and hip.
Near Fitzwilliams, N. H., on the 5th inst, an
general wreck. Engineer Davidson had his
neck broken, and baggage-master Caldwell and
brakeman Pike were injured.
One man was killed outright, and another IA
tally injured on the Houston and Texas Central
railroad, on the 4th inst, by freight train run
ming down an embankment.
The Sussex express train, which left St. John,
New Brunswick, on the 4th inst. with two en-
gines attached, ran off the track, and the engi-
neer and fireman of one of the engines were
killed.
A freight train on the Wabash road was
thrown from the track on the 4th inst, killing
Leonard Long and man named Foster.
wild train collided with stock express on
the Pan Handle road on the 4th inst, near
Steubenvilie, o., causing general wreck. A.
j. Donald, brakeman, was killed, and conductor
Harry Stiegal and the engineer of the wild
tram severely injured.
:, A mail train jumped the track at Barrow
lake, east of Niles, Mich, on the I'd inst.
Major Joss, of Centreville was killed, and Con-
ductor Wood and a number of passengers bad
ly injured.
A Grand Trunk train left the track and went
into Highland Greek, ten miles east of Toronto,
on the 30th. A boy was burned to death and
brakeman severely injured.
By the derai]ing of train going north on the
WQforf0vV1, opo6n nfr6o
the 3lst ult., the engineer, fireman, conductor
and number of passengers we're hurt. The
wreck caught fire but the flames were extin-
guished with snow.
Seventeen freight cars and passenger coach
jumped the track near Gilsonvifle, N. c., on the
31st ult. Conductor Halsey and fireman Hard
ing were killed, and engineer Murphy seriously
hurt.
An express train left the track at Holland
Landing, Ont, on the 31st ult. A cattle drover
named Tulford jumped off and was smothered
in the snow. Several passengers were slightly
injured. -
MurderOus Deeds.
b. At st. Louis on the 18th inst, q saloon-keep-
er named Wilhelms, shot and killed Agatha
Margot, and then ended his own life. Jeal--
ousy.' -~-. .-,
Late Texas murders: Jack Lane killed one
Caldwell, Llama county: D. Wear, of Bold
IAoA!os w"s aesaesAual<N Wy d. d. HIChMai, ~
Gapeland. Wash. Carr was probably fatally
shot while resisting arrest.
At Grantsville, New, ON the 29th ult,, Math-
las Salmon was lynched for numbering miner.
. O. E. Field was killed, and Ed. Phillips se-
verey wounded in q mining controversy at
Leadville, Col, recently. ~,
A horrible story comes from Charlotte Court
House, Va. It appears that a woman kno wn. to
have considerable money stopped at the lodg-
ing house OF John Demps, in Checkertown.
She was put in the same room with Demps'
wife, but in different bed. In the night
Demps came to the room with intent to murder
her: BY mistake he attacked his wife. and
killed her with an axe. The other woman es-
capped. a :.@<z@ z,@ .&<
Sd insk, Tony App, the bar-keeper became in