The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-08
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

MRS NoURSE, an old settler of Moline,
Ill.,, was killed by windmill falling up
on her.
FOREST fires are raging at South Beach,
Mich. and Huron City is in danger from
the flames.
THE town of Sierraville, CAL, was wiped
ont of existence by fire, the loss being
placed at 100000.
A LARGE area of woodland near Mead
vile, Pa, has been on fire for several days
and can only be checked by rain.
The Centenary Methodist church at
Terre Haute, Ind, was damaged by fire to
the amount of $500.
AT midnight the furniture fastory of
Banning & Wells, at Mount Vernon, O.,
was damaged $4,000 by fire.
THE fall of wall in Hanover street,
Baltimore, killed three colored laborers,
and seriously in ured two others.
The coroner of Savannah has held in
quests on the bodies of forty-six persons
drowned in the recent hurricane.
ROBERT LYNN, of Branch, Mich,
thrust lighted pipe into his pocket, from
| which his clothes ignited and burned neg r
ly vh,. .~~, '~.. ' &c.
The carriage factory of Gait & Blais-
dell, at Rock Island ILL.,, valued at 900,
was struck by lightning and consumed by
flames.
A FREIGHT train ran through burning
bridge at Shiloh, Mich, killing brake
man named Reeley, and wrecking twenty
cars.
A FIRE at .Kankakee, ILL.,, burned the
grocery of W. H. koon and the millinery
store of the Kline Sisters, causing a loss OF
$4,000.
WHILE planting mines in the harbor Of
Newport, Lieutenants B. L. Edes and
Lyman e. Spaulding were instantly killed
by an accidental explosion.
In attempting to run the rapids of Du.
platte in small boat, Horace Montgom.
cry and Kate Bartholomew, of Wadding.
ton, N. y. were drowned.
ELI SLATER, Wisconsin youth who
went to Saratoga with Charles L. Colby
and family, of Milwaukee, was drowned
in Saratoga lake, or committed suicide.
A FIRE in Lbrty street, Pittsburg
burned Horns leaf tobacco warehouse and
two other buildings, valued at 10000
Five 6remen were seriously injured by the
breaking Of a ladder. 80,
The use of sulphur water in the boiler
Of Henry Moody's saw-mill at Campbells-
vile, KY, caused an explosion which
killed the engineer, Henry Gaines, and
mortally injured Jack Fletcher and Sam
Cook.
The velocity of the wind at Savannah,
Ga, during the recent tornado, was eighty
miles an hour. Fifty dwellings were more
or less injured, a large portion Of the city
overflow ed, and many lives were lott along
the rice plantations.
A FIRE in the four-story brick structure
Nos. 1O3 TO 107 South Canal street, Chica
20, occupied by several manufacturing
firms, caused loss of about $4,000. Cap
tain Franzen, of engine No. IS, broke his
leg by falling through trap door. :.
AN accident occurred on the CIR and Trunk
Railroad at Grand River bridge, Ont
caused by a freight running into passen-
ger train. The locomotive and few car!
Of the freight train were demolished, and
only slight injuries was done to the pass
enger train, and no passengers were hurt
A BENzINE vat in the rendering estab
lishment of Jones & Chambers, From,
street, New York, exploded burying sever
al workmen in the ruins, two OF whom are
missing. Engineer Loomis was blown
two hundred feet, without injury.
A FIRE at Omaha destroyed row o
frame buildings on the corner of Thir
teenth and Dodge streets, causing loss o
$4,000. Mrs. Allen was arrested for firinl
the block, to revenge herself on her land
lord. Late in the afternoon the wind fan
ned the embers into another blaze, ant
$4,000 more of property was burned.
WHEN the east-bound express On th'
Central Pacific road reached Coalfax
Cal, the other morning, Two engines ant
one car we're thrown from the track, th'
rails having been removed by highway
men. A fireman and the express messen
ger, who sprang to the ground, were or
dered to Keep quiet, but just at that mo
ment the robbers became alarmed and rod
off in wagon, leaving a large invoice o
masks, powder, and tools.