Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-09
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

MRs. NouRsE, an old settler of Moline,
ILL.,, was killed hy 4 windmill FILLING up
on her.
FOREST fires are raging at South Beach,
Mich. and Huron City is III danger from
the flames.
TIE town of Sierrayille, Cal, was wiped
ont of existence by fire, the loss being
placed at $:D0,000.
Ar Attica. n. y, on the Erie railway,
disastrous fire has occurred. Loss estI-
mated at about 10000.
THE fall OF a wall in Hanover street,
Baltimore, killed three colored laborers,
and seriously irlnrcd two others.
A nKokEN rail wrecked Grand Trunk
train At Schoolcraft, Mich. bv which =
brakeman named GroSvenor was killed.
rnE works of the Union Stove company
At Everett, Mass, ha- been swept awav hy
ire, causing u loss ol s65,o ,ooe.
The coroner Of Savannah has held in
quest ON the bodies of forty-six persons
drowned III the recent hurricane
RopKnr LINN, Of Branch, Mich.
thrust lighted pipe into his pocket, from
which his clothes lgnited and burned near.
liz OIL.
4 FREIGHT tram ran through a burning
bridge al shiloh, Mich, killing brake
man named Reeley, and wreckirg twenty
cars
FIRE 1t kankakee, Ill, burned til,
store of the Kline Sisters, causing a loss o
$4,000.
WINS planting mines in the harbor 81
Newport. Lieutenants B. j.. Edes anc
LYMAN &. Spaulding were instantly killed
bv an accidental explosion.
Is attempting to run the rapids of Du
platte in 4 small boat, Horace Montgom
erv and Kate Bartholomew. OF Wadding
ton, n. Y, were drowned.
NEAR Greencastle, Ind. a spark from
locomotive ignited five hundred acres q
grass. and il required the labor Of thre,
hundred citizens To snbdue the flames.
A FIRE in lihrtv street, Pittshurg
burned Horns Leaf tobacco warehouse and
two other buildings, valued At $20,oO0
Five tiremen were seriously injured by til,
breaking of 4 ladder.
TnE city of Plano. Texas has been en-
| tirelv DESTROYED hy lire. Inside of tw,
hours every business house was DESTROYED
excepting a saloon and lumber ward To
I
TuE nse Of sulphur water in the boile
of Henry Moody saw-mill At Campbells
vile, XIV, caused an explosion whicl
Killed the engineer, Henry Gaines. am
mortally injured lack Fletcher and San
Cook
Tus velocity Of the wind al Savannah
Ga. during the recent tornado, was eight,
miles an hour. Fifty dwellings were NOR
or less injured, large portion Of the cit.
avertlnMed. and many lives were lost alon,
| the rice plantations
GRAND TRUNK freight trains were near
/ " wrecked by colliding near Lancaster
l Ont BraEemcn Nelson and Anderson
and Fireman Hyslop were killed Th
/ operator and switchman have been arrest
/ Ell ior criminal negligence.
Az accident occurred onthe Grand Trunl
Railroad Al Grand River bridge, Ont
caused hv freight running into passen
ger train. The locomotive and few car
of the freight train were demolished, an,
| only slight injuries was done 10 the pass
enger train, and no passengers we're hurt
4 BSSZ INE vat in the rendering estal
! lishment of Jones X Chambers, From
street, New York, exploded hurvirg sever
/ Al worknen in the ruins, two Of whom ar
missing Engineer Loomls was btowr
two hundred feet, without injury.
WuRx the east-bound express on I'll
/ Central Pacific road reached Coalfa,
/ Cal, the other morning, two engines an
one car were thrown from the track, tf
| rails having been removed by highwa,
men. A fireman and the express messel
ger, who sprang 10 the ground, were Q
dered 10 Keep quiet. but just At that M
| ment the robbers became alarmed and roc
off IN a wagon. leaving large invoice
masks, powder, and tools.