Huntsville gazette., 1881-08-20
Personal AND GENERAL.

The boiler of steam-thresher on the
Young farm. near Columbia, st. Clair Coun-
ty, H., exploded on the 9th, with most dis
astrOus results. Ten men were working on
or about the machine, six of whom were in
stantly killed by the conclusion or scalded or
burned to death, and the other four were 50
badly injured that there was no possibility
Of their recovery. The wheat and straw
stacks took fire and were totally consumed,
and the probability is that some Of the VIC
Tins, who were merely stunned, were liter
ally roasted to death. The names of the six
killed are: Christian Diehl, lessee Of the
farm; Joshua Morgan, Charles Stewart,
Fred Bartheleber, Alfred Arnold and Ma
than Brown, the last two colored. The four
who survived are Conrad Linderman, the
engineer; Henry Diehl, son of the lessee;
Grant Hart and George Storm, the latter
colored. The two former have since died.
The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict that
the explosion was caused by the careless
ness Of the engineer.
THE large woolen-mills in Iowa be-
longing to the Amana Society, valued at
$75 200, have been destoyed by fire.
THE Parry House, a summer hotel at
Beach Haven, n. j., burned on the night of
the 10th. Two hundred guests lost all their
clothing and effects, and were compelled to
go to Camden clad in bathing attire.
ANOTHER fatal boiler explosion occur
red on the 9th, on the farm of Fritz Dol
linger, near Troy, Madison County, Ill.
| Christopher Schultz, owner OF the steam
thresher, was killed and his body burned.
Two others were badly injured, but it was
believed not fatally.
A RECENT terrible storm in the North
Shetland Islands caused the loss Of sixty
three fishermen.
The business portion of Trafalgar,
johnson County, Ind, has been destroyed
by fire.
A PARTY of ladies riding near Collins
vile, Ala, were caught in storm and
sought shelter in an old shed, which was
soon demolished. Miss Heard was killed
and Miss Cook crippled by the falling tim
bers.
GEORGE H. LONG, President, and
Charles r. Howard, Secretary and Treasur
er Of the Alliance Insurance Company, BOs-
ton, which has of late been closing up its af-
fairs for the alleged reason that its business
had proven improbable, have been arrested
and held to bail upon charge of embezzling
the funds Of he company. Their deficit is
placed at $4,000.
E. r. WILLIAMS & BROTHER, q prom
inent Toledo grain firm, have failed for from
$50, 900 to 500, 900, and gross irregularities
in their business have been discovered.
Both members of the firm have absconded.
The Atlantic FIGURING Mills at ST.
Louis were entirely destroyed by fire, caused
by lightning stroke, on the night of the
18th. The flames burst forth so quickly
following the stroke, and spread so rapidly,
that the men at work on the upper floors, a
dozen or SO in number, were completely
hemmed in and were compelled to jump
from the windows. All were severely
burned and otherwise injured, and two Of
the unfortunates died during the night. 1t
was feared that several perished in the
flames. The mills were the largest in ST..
Louis, having capacity of 1,2O0 barrels a
day. They were owned by the Atlantic
Milling Company, George Balm, President,
and the total value of buildings, machinery
and stock was estimated at about $250,000.
Insurance from $4,000 to 800, 900. The mills
have been three times destroyed by fire.
Considerable surrounding property was
burned, the most important being the Fu-
ture City Oil Works, valued at $4,000.
AT Benton, Howard County, Mo-, a
deadly conflict took place between one Lang
ford and his wife on one side and Jackson on
the other. Langford attempted to chastise
Jackson for an alleged insult to his wife.
Jackson drew knife and was getting the
better of his assalant, when Mrs. Langford
interposed with a revolver and shot jackson
through the breast Both men were thought
to be mortally wounded. Mrs. Langford re-
ceived few slight cuts.
BENJAMIN BIRD, colored, was hanged
at Jacksonville, Fla, on the 18th, for the
murder of Policeman Nelson, also colored,
during riot in June, 1880.
AT Visalia, Cal, Miss Maggie Blaine,
aged 16, was fatally burned while kindling
the fire with kerosene.
THE Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners Of America have recently held ses-
sion at Chicago.
: The Governor of South Carolina offers
a reward Of 5000 for the arrest Of the MUIR
derer Of Deputy U. S. Collector Brayton.
FRIDAY, Aug. y, was the hottest day
ever experienced in St. Louis, the Signal.
service thermometer registering maximum
temperature of 1864.
THE steamer Laura Lee, valued at
$3O, 700, was sunk near Baton Rouge, La.
DR.. JOSEPH G.. HUGHES, formerly
Surgeon General Of the State Of Iowa, died
at Keokuk from blood poisoning.
AN express train on the Grand Trunk
Railway was thrown from the track near
Prescott, Ont, on the 18th, caused by the
locomotive striking COW. The locomotive
and tender and express-car were overturned
and completely demolished, and four passen-
ger coaches were derailed. The engineer
stuck to his locomotive and met most hor-
rible death. The fireman was pitched off by
the concussion and badly injured. Two ex-
press messengers and a baggagemaster were
buried beneath the debris Of their car and
rescued in an almost dying condition. Nine
passengers were injured, six Of them seri-
| Ously.