River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-04-21
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

\ PRISONER at Fond du Lac, Wis,
sawed his way out of new $4,000 jail.
A HAIL-sToRM at Fayetteville, Ark,
damaged the industrial university and
other buildings TO the amount of $4,000.
AT Butler, Ga, warehouse containing
II bales of cotton, and in which was To-
Gated the telegraph office, was burned.
Loss, IS, 600. No insurance.
Two freight trains collided between
Litchfeld and Bunker Hill, on the L. and
St L. railroad, near st. Louis, and an un-
known man was killed and number of
cars demolished.
A PASSENGER train on the Oregon rail-
road went over trestle near Redding,
Cal. by which the engineer and fireman
were killed and several others badly
bruised.
RICHARD FAIRBAIRN, aged 50, we'll
known and respected citizen committed
suicide at Milwaukee. Wis, by taking an
overdose of laudanum. Domestic troubles
were the cause.
TEE valuable residence of Phillip Cor
man, near the Leonard house, in Tolona,
! ILL.,, took fire from some unknown cause
and was burned, the walls alone being
| saved The furniture was got out in a
damaged condition. No insurance.
JOHNNIE the 6-year-old son of William
| Balloon, was drowned at Sycamore, Ill.
! IL is supposed that while attempting to
cross the ice on the ditch near the depot
It gave way, and the current carried him
under the ice. The water was only two
feet deep.
BENJAMIN SLEEPY, lad of II, shot him
| self accidentally at his home in st. Paul,
while showing a young friend his little
pistol The ball entered the right temple
| penetroted the brain, and death was almost
instantaneous.
4 PASSENGER train on the Burlington
road was wrecked near Durham by the
rails spreading. Conductor Childs was
badly hurt about the head, and six pas
sengers were injured.
/ CHARLES CREEK, a newspaper agent on
the Pan Handle road, attempted to jump
on train as il was leaving BrOokvIlle,
Ohio, west OF DAYTON, when he slipped and
fell on the rails. His head was severed
from his body. He was 10 years old.
THE farm-houses and out-buildings OF
Franz lin Aiken, Goffstown, n. H., were
burned to the ground. Loss, $4,000; I'M
il sured. Mr.. Aiken, so years old, was
overcome by the smoke and heat while
trying to save his property, and burned to
death.
TIE Union grain drill establishment of
s. b. Hart 4 Co., of Peoria, ILL.,, was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at
about $25, 900; with partial insurance In
the following companies: Phoenix, of
Hartford, g., 900; National, Hartford, g.
600; Fire Association. IS 1850, Lancashire,
$1,000; Home, of New York, $1,000;
Commercial Union, 81 900; North British,
$1,000.
Ar Bordel City. an oil town, near Brad
ford, Pa, fire broke out in the general
store of II. G.. Hevener. The flames
communicated to barrel of oil and could
not be extinguished until that and seven
stores adjoining were entirely consumed.
None of the contents were saved. The
total loss is about $4,000 insurance
light.
A PASSENGER train on the Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy was wrecked by the
track spreading at Durham, Iowa, a sta
ton south of Knoxville. Conductor
Childs was badly hurt about the head.
Rev. G. W. Stallion, Ogden, Iowa. elbow
dislocated: w. I. Eaton, Champaign, ILL.,,
legs bruised; Mrs. Smith, Des Moines,
back and head hurt. Three children with
her were injured.
HARRIsoN's elevator, on Front street,
Burlington, Pa. caught fire and was en-
tirelv consumed. The building was of
wood, coverd with iron sheeting, and was
only partially filled, owing to the snow
blockade. Less than $1,000 bushels of
grain we're destroyed, among which was
IL 600 bushels of flax seed. The editce
will be at once rebuilt. The loss on the
building is about $4,000, insured for So
600; loss on grain, $4,000, insured for
$4,000. The origin Of the fire is mys-
terry.
L. C. MoRIARTTY. passenger fireman on
the Wisconsin and Minnesota railway, fell
from the engine, about three miles west of
Cadette and seriously injured his head,
fortunately breaking no bones. He was
getting something out of the back tool
box on the tender and accidentally fell
Off The engineer supposed he was in
the isiaggage-ear. and he was not known to