The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-01-13
night watch. The main part of the boiler

night watch. The main part of the boiler
was thrown forty-five rods, causing the
death of G. Conkey and fatally iniuring
George Wilcox and NJ. Turk.
A. SERIOUS accident occurred on the
Green Bay division Of the Chicago and
Northwestern railway on New Years morn
ing, near Milton Junction, Wis. The ac-
cident was caused by a broken rail- Two
freight cars a baggage car and passenger
coach jumped the track, the latter rolling
down bank on its side. There were but
few passengers, and their injuries are as
follows:
George Gladhill, Jefferson, Wis, dislocation of
shoulder; scrious;--Rev. "A. j. Mead, presiding
elder of the Janesville district, dslocation and
fracture of right shoulder and slight injury to
spine quite severe;-Wm. Monroe, brakeman,
injury to hips and kree:-Conductor F. Buck, in
jury to leg;-Olin A. Mead, Janesvillc, Wis, in
jury to knee and hip; not severe.
\ TELEGRAM from Sioux City Jan 5th
says: A shocking accident occurred on
the line of the Sioux City and Omaha di-
vision of the Chicago,St Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha railroad, by which six men were
killed outright. and seventh lost leg
The men were engaged in a cut, north of
Banroft, shoveling snow. The working
train, anticipating the coming of the south
bound passenger, had side-tracked, and
the men, II in all, stepped from the track
to allow the passenger to pass. Some
trouble in getting through had been expe-
rienced the day before, and in approaching
the cut, which is long one, and on a
curve, had put on steam and rushed in.
The train consisted of locomotive and
tender, two box cars and one passenger
car. The train with the exception of the
latter car passed the men in safety, but the
step of the passenger car caught them and
moved them down Ike grass under the
wheels; only four escaped without serious
injury. The names OF the killed are:
Chas. Meirs, Thos. Broughman, w. P.
Swanson, G. A. Herman, Olney Anderson,
and John Erickson. The name of the
wounded man is Jno. Adolain. The men
all lived at Oakland, Neb., to which point
the bodies were conveyed.
SHORTLY after s o'clock on the morning
Of Jan. 5th, tenement house on Madison
street, New York, caught fire from gaso-
line, which was being used by plumbers
to thaw out frozen gas-pipes. The inhabit
ants of the crowded building sought to es-
cape by jumping from the windows, but
nine Dersons-twO women, three girls and
four boys-were swallowed up in the
flames, as follows:
Ellen Sheridan, aged 45 years. Kate Sheridan
aged II years. Maggie Sheridan. aged ; years
Martin Sheridan, aged 3 years. John Walsh
aged l3 years. Thomas Cassiday aged 6 years.
Charles Cassiday, aged years. A girl named
Egan, aged years. Mrs. Sheridan, age unknown.
Several persons were injured among them James
Cassiday, Mary Egan and Charles Walsh
The scenes attending this conhagration
are said to have beggared description. The
building was a five story one, occupied by
ten ant families. The fire started at the
bottom of the stairs that furnished the
only exit for the tenants in the fve-story
building, excepting the fire escape attach
ed to the building outside, and in less
than five minutes swept through the stair
way to the roof, cutting off the escape OF
score of persons. The flames soon found
vent also through the two lower stories,
rnd thus barred egress by the tire-escape.
The tenants, panic-stricken. made a rush
for the roof, but the scuttle was firmly
hooked and would not yield. Ascending,
the flames drove the people back within
their rooms. The widest confusion fol-
lowed. Men and women threw their chill
dren from the windows and jumped after
them through the flames that swept
across the yard and set their clothing
ablaze.