Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-06-09
Accidents.

-FOUR children OF Andrew Lewis, living
near Plain City, Ohio. set fire to barn
and persisted in the flames.
SoPER's fcur-mill at Fond du Lac, Wis,
and Packard's lumber mill near South
Haven, Mich, have been burned.
An incendiary fire at Decatur, ILL.,. de-
stroyed Joseph B. Echerdort's barn. Loss,
81 900; insurance, $500
A FIRE on the corner of Fifteenth and
Canal streets, Chicago, burned the stable
of Andrew Ragor and Gillespie's foundry.
X G. CHURcH's livery stable at Frank
fort, Ky, burned with its contents. Only
two horses were saved. Loss, $1,000;
partly insured.
THE sawmill Of John II. Ullery, four
miles north of Niles, Mich. vas entirely
consumed by hre. Loss, 81, 800; no insur-
ance.
AT fremont, H., Cal Mayors, brake
man on freight train on the Indiana
Bloomington and Western. was killed by
being run over by tender.
THE bagging factory of John CaseIeo &
SoE, at knightstown, Ind. was set on fire
by lightning. The loss was S25 900.
A LOSS of $35,000 was incurred in Gin
cinnati, by the burning of Agger 4
Sannings furniture factory, on West Sixth
street.
6 By the explosion of a boiler il the dye
works Of Gafirev d Co., in Philadelphia,
two men were blown to pieces and forty
more or less injured.
WM. DAyENPoR~. mailing from Brad
ford, Pa, fell or sprang out of fourth
floor window of the Atlantic hotel, in Chi
cago, and was instantly killed.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y, has been visited
by a terrific hailsiorm which has done
great injury to crops, fruit trees. and
vegetables. Some OF the hailstones were
Two inches in diameter
EDWIN I. Dunn, a salesman travelling
for Cincinnati house, threw himself
frem a fourth-story window in his hotel
and was instantly killed
The steamer Macedonia which was
wrecked Of the British coast, il a total
loss. Sixty-eight head of cattle and which
were shipped at New York, were saved.
An electrical storm swept over Indian
apolis recently, prostrating one lady and
rendering another instantly deaf The
streets were flooded with rain.
JOHN WHALEN, deputy iaier Of St.
LOUIS, WIS hIliSu IVY ttlIS luTOhD tIOh
the top of a railway train. Half an hour
before his death he dined with his wife
and two children at their home
AT lSpringfeld, Mass. a spark from a
passing train ignited twenty-seyen barrels
of gasoline on the platform of the railroad
depot While the iremen were at work
two barrels exploded, severely iniuring
many hremen and citizens.
A BALTIMORE lad, nine years of age, put
toy-pistol cap on the nipple OF an old
army musket which had been untouched
for eight years, and fired upon group Of
children playing soldier. To his horror,
he blew off the upper half of a playmates
head.
A COLLISION on the Denver and Rio
Grande road near Granite, caused the
death of one man and mortal injuries to
four others. while four more were serious
ly hurt. One engineer fled.
A TRAIN on the Pennsylvania road was
wrecked by an open switch near Trenton,
n. J. Augustus Ritter, Of Philadelphia,
was killed outright; Mrs Lucreiia PEN
nington, of New \ ork, was fatally in
iured, and ten others seriously hart.
Three cars were split into kindIing-wood.
JOHN c. TAYLOR, former omploye Of
the Lafayette, Ind, FIRE department, has
sued the city FOR $50, 900 for injuries re-
ceived by the explosion of the boiler of
fire engine which he was engaged in hiring,
The engineer in charge has been awarded
s.. 800 dana ,es by the courts.