Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-24

ing in TENNESSEE Hotel and Theater Fire
in New York City--Crime and Casualty
Record.
ROASTED RAILRoADERs.
ELMIRA, n. Y, Jan. 23.-Erie train No. IL
| from Buffalo, left Elmira last night at II
O'Clock for New York. The train consisted o.
one postal car, one express car, two baggage
cars and nine passenger coaches, most Of them
Pullman sleepcrs When five miles west OF
Oswego, near Tioga Centre, one of the driving
wheel axles of the locomotive broke close up
to the wheel, and the entire train, going at the
rate of thirty-fve miles an hour, was thrown
from the track. The accident occurred where
there was no embankment The engine kept
it's feet The engineer applying the air brakes
as soon as he felt the shock the cars were
stopped very quickly, but the forward ones
were turned over and over two or three times,
some some going sores on % one The sl0e othar une
The engineer and fireman escaped unhurt. The
postal car contained four clerks. The car al
most instantly took fire and burned like gun
powder. The oil lamps used probably eX-
ploded and added fuel to the fire from the
sto 7e, and every man in the car was roasted
to crisp. The remains of one who weighed
over two hundred pounds were gathered up
and put in a small box. In the express car
was messenger, Henry c. Brewer, of Elmira.
Efforts were made to relieve him. A hole was
cut in a side door of the car so that he got his
head out, but his legs were fastened by the
piled-up mass of express matter. The train
men tried to pull him out, but the flames
drove them away. They saw his hair and
whiskers burned of, and then he put his hand
up to his eyes and fell back into the flames
Five men in all were burned. No passe niger
injured. The men in the postal car must have
perished very quickly, as not sound came
from the wreck except the cracking flames.
The names of the dead are Joseph Reidenger,
mail agent; Henry c. Brewer, express agent,
of Elmra; Mail Agents Seybolt; of Mount
HOpe Ingraham, of Binghampton, and Mail
Agent Weigher Fox, of New York. The re-
mains were taken to Oswego, where an inquest
was held
HOTEL AND THEATER FIRE.
New YORK, Jan. ga disastrous fire oc
CURED this morning at the Metropolitan hotel,
which, with Niblo's theater, occupies the
greater part of the block bounded by Broad
way, Houston, Prince and Crosby streets, and
for time the entire building was in danger of
total destruction. About A. NJ. the night
watchman of the hotel discovered smoke is
suing from the main dining room on Crosby
and Prince streets, and gave the alarm, to
which the tlremen promptly responded. The
fire had started from defective hue on the
second story of the wing occupied by the
dining room and billiard room. This wing
adjoined Niblo's theater. The dining room,
which was Immediately over the billiard
room, was soon mass of flames. The
oxo1 ,hor
of men and women fled from their rooms with
out waiting to dress. The manager of the ho-
tel and police did all in their power to pre-
serve order, and went about from room to
room assuring guests they were in no imme-
diate danger, and had ample time TO secure
wearing apparel. The firemen by hard labor
succeeded in confning the flames to the dining
room, and before the expiration of an hour
had the fire completely under control. During
the struggle with the flames firemen Louis
Hoagland and VIM. H. Bennett, hook and lad
der Co. No. 8, were injured. Hoag
land was partly buried by falling plaster and
burning cinders. His hands, arms and face were
badly bruised and burned, and he was with
difficulty rescued from the debris by his CON-
radcs. He was sent to the hospital. Bennett
was struck by fragments of one of the large
mirrors and hurt on the back and chest. He
was taken to the hospital. No damage was
none were injured. Damage by the fire was
confined to the dining room. Nine large mir
rors, reaching from the floor to the ceiling.
and valued at over $4,000, were shattered and
strewn about the floor, and six elegant chan
deliers of cut glass, valued at $4,000, were
broken into million fragments. Six Japa-
nese vases, valued at S1,500, were broken be-
yond repair The roof of the dining room was
burned away and quantities of silverware, fancy
al ~ dieho nd ry,ipo o1
by falling timber and debris. The south
galleries of Niblo's theater were flooded and
damaged about $500. Total loss estimated at
S65, 900 to 5000, covered by insurance. The
most thrilling sight was on Prince and Crosby
streets, in the corner upper stories of which
the help slept. Great excitement prevailed
among the girls when aroused by the cry of
fire. Their rooms were filled with smoke, and
it was with great difficulty they CROPPED their
way to the fire escape, down which they were
assisted by firemen to the street.
KILLED BY MANIAC.
Sr. LOUIS, JAM 23.-The body of Daniel
Blake, second clerk of the steamer Annie P.
Silver, who was shot and killed on that boat
near New Madrid on her way up the river, by
an insane man, arrived here tonight. 1t ap-
pears theKcrazy man, whoses name is Kirk
Marsh, boarded the Silver at Memphis to come
to his home four miles from New Madrid.
When some distance below that place he con-
ceived the idea he had been taken past his
landing place, became very demonstrative and
shot at the texas tender. He
then went to the pilot house
with the avowed purpose of stopping the boat,
and when he opened the door Immediately shot
and killed Blake. He then attempted to shoot
Pilot Burnham, but the latter grappled with
him, and with the assistance of Capt. Silver,
who was also in the pilot house, after fierce
and desperate struggle, finally succeeded in
| overpowering the maniac and binding him.
The pistol couldn't be taken from the man,
however, until his hands, in which it was
clasped, had been beaten almost to jelly and
several bones broken. The poor fellow, who
it appears was insane from sickness, was left
at New Madrid in charge of friends.
SHOOTING. AND LYNCHING.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Jan. 23.-A few nights
ago in an adjoining county some one fired O
hay rick belonging to II. Yarnell. While
Yarnell had extinguished the flames and was
searching for the incendiaries, assisted by q
n, N narnad Howe the roport Of a c,1n was