The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-05-26
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

On the Coon river at Des Moines, Iowa,
were upset and drowned.
THE main portion Of Gilmore's steam
the ground. Insured for $4,000.
AN incendiary fire at Fort Wayne de-
slroyed 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-mil of Hol-
lingsworth and Whitney, at Gardiner,
Maine.
The ce-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, w., 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 a tree.
THREE fishing boats were capsized al
the mouth of the Columbia river off the
coast Of Oregon, and all the occupants
were drowned.
FIFTEEN horses, including Rhadamaath-
us and Enfield, thorough bred trotting stall
lions, were burned to death in Douglas
stable at Franklin, Tenn.
4 FIRE at Milford, Mass, destroyed FL
bridge Mann's boot mandatory aud 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 freelv
during the evening. was run over and
killed by train at Waukesha, Wis.
AT Lincoln, III while Timothy Hall
was stabling Jersey bull, the animal
turned upon him and gored and trampled
him near y to death. He now lies in
precarious condition.
FLAMES nearly swept away sash fac
tory, grist mill, and woolen factory at
Napanee, Ont. Rain greatly assisted in
extinguishing the fire.
TIE Division Street Methodist church,
at Grand Rapids, Mich, took fire from a
detective furnace, and was damaged IS ,OO0
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.
A HOT box on train of the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois road caused wreck
near Watseka. A brakeman named Will
liam Duoman was killed, and of 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 S1st year, who
was in bed sick at the time barely escap-
ing with his life. He was helpless. and
had to be dragged out on the bedding.
THOMAS FLYNN. a prominent farmer of
Adams township, Ohio, met his death in
a 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 frlghtlully mangied, and died
soon afterwards.
FLAMES which made their appearance
in paint-house 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 $50O,000 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 number of passengers to be
thrown overheard. Two of them, 0. M.
Opsahl and Jacob Jacoby, were drowned.
The accident is declared 10 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 from Evansville, Ind, and four p ersons
were drowned near Newark, O.