Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-16
No. 6.

the =. '. ana II. l.. Railroad. Ine
damage is great, and the loss 10 farm
erS and others is constantly increasing.
From about mile and half west of
the Tttabawassee Crossing 10 Breckin-
ridge there is fire all along the track
from Sand Ridge west for two miles.
West Of there there is not living thing
left so far rs the eye can reach. For
some distance this side Of Graham Sta
ton the telegraph poles are all down
The company have lost twelve to fifteen
miles Of fencing. At Porter the tavern.
barns, and outhuildings were all de
stroyed. 1t is anticipated that the fires
Will interfere materially with the run
ming of the road. 4 sufficient force Of
watchmen have been placed on the
line. II Rockville and vicinity three
houses and five barns were DESTROYED
Monday night The woods and fields
are ablaze and people were ont all
night. Chris Waterbury had his house
and barn burned
Heavy fires are running along the
railroads between Bridgeport and Birch
Run ON the F. and Z. NJ. Railroad.
Sunday and Monday gangs of men
were trying 10 stop fires, which ragged
all about carrying destruction before
was received i'll this city stating chat
Clio was threatened with humiliation
and asking for steamer. Ii was not
possible to accede to the request. Ii
was learned at > o'clock that the village
was still safe.
The total losses in Tuscola County
will reach $4,000 lost by about thirty
farmers. Families have had 70 utilize
wells rs places Of refuge. The story Of
distress in one part of the county is
duplicated i'll others. NaSSar is safe if
the wind does not change. Caro- is i'll
danger. Men have been fighting fire
for thirty hours without respite.
&
A Narrow Escape
Canada Is fast becoming famous for
its railway accidents In addition TO
the collision near Lancaster on the
Grand Trunk, there was collision on
Grand river bridge, one hundred feet
above the water, west of Toronto, ON
Saturday evening, when five cars were
precipitated from the bridge into the
river. The passengers had extrdordm-
airy escapes, one man especially Il most
miraculous one. On being asked for
information, he said: "Well, | had Il
most providential escape. | was read
ing book in which | took very deep
interest, and when on the bridge l no
ticed several passengers get up hastily,
and run out on the platform. l looked
out of the window, and | noticed Il
mans hat fly out Of one Of the windows
but | thought it was small matter to
make SO much fuss about, SO | went ON
with my book. A moment later, |
heard Il shrek, and looking mp found
was alone ON the car. Very hurriedly
| ran out, and as soon rs | got to the
platform saw this other train coming
right down onus. To my horror SAW
the engineer and fireman Jump from
the engine Then | knew there was no
hope of avoiding the accident. | start
ed to run, but had only gone few steps
when the shock took place. instinct
lively seized the guard-chain of the
bridge, which gave away with me, for
the first car had gone off the track, ana
broken it. 1t let me down twenty-five
feet, where | was suspended in mid
air. Part of one of the posts hold
ing it was broken off with it, and Ivy let
ting myself down little | got my legs
over il SO that | could have hung there
for several hours. One by one the
freight cars passed over me, each one
coming little nearer, and II shower of
splinters hailed down" The man bore
several scars received from these. one
of them painful cut behind the left
ear. Continuing, ne said, "ln this pO-
sition called for help, and young
man with whom | was travelling, and
was looking for me, saw me and brought
me assistance. They first let the bell
rope of the train down, telling me to let
myself down with it, but | was afraid.
They then fastened chain 70 the bell
rope and pulled it up TO me from he
low, where quite u crowd had by this
time assembled. | fastened the
chain to my chain and began the de
scent. got doNn to the end of the
chain, and could then touch the hands
OF the crowd with my feet, so | let go
and was caught by them. 1t was GER
tainly u narrow, should say proyiden-
tai, escape" The gentleman is from
Lawrence, Kan. In every detail the
account Of his escape is corrobcrated
by the passengers.
A Mrs. Page, from Boston, was inlur-
ed and also Miss Winks, formerly Of
this city, who was coming from Wnni-
peg Her wrists were bruised in Jump
ing from the car down the embank-
ment. The cars which went over are Il
complete wreck.