Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-30

stantly Killed-ImpOrtant ManufactO
ries Burned at Beaver Falls, Pa.--A Wis
consin Editor Arrested for Stealing Mon
ey From His Landlady-A Desperat,
Case of Wife Abduction In Iowa-Cr1ms
and Casualty Record.
NAVAL OFFICERS KILLED BY TORPEDO EX
PLosIoN.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The secretary o
the navy has received dispatch from com
mander Thos A. Selbridge announcing thu
killing of Lieutenant Commander B. L. Fades
and Lieutenant Lyman G. Spalding by the
premature explosion of q torpedo this after
noon at the torpedo station, Newport, R. /.
| ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
NEWPORT, R. l., Aug. 29.-About Q this
afternoon Lieut. B. Long Edes, of Washing
ton, aud Lieut.. Lyman G. spaulding, Of
Portsmouth, N. H., were planting torpedo
wires in the harbor defense, in connection
with the annual experiments which take
place before the examining board. There is
what is known as circuit closers, and when
the buoys of these are struck an explosion
of torpedoes takes place. The buoys were
accidentally struck, and Edes and Spaulding
| were blown into atoms. Their remains were
sent at least thirty feet into the air. The re-
port of the explosion was heard in town. The
bodies have been taken out of the water and
removed to the torpedo station. Edes wife
has been notified and Spalding was summoned.
His father, at Portsmouth, has been informed
of the death. The event has cast O gloom
| over the place. Admiral Porter is by the side
OF the dead officers. ..7s y
| STEAMER SUNK.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-It is reported, the
steamer State of New York, of the New York
| and Hartford line, has sunk in the Connecti-
cut river, near Goodspeed's Landing. While
scanning quietly down the river she had to
curve and make way for schooner. The stern
of the boat collided with wreck, and water
began to flow in. The utmost confusion pre-
vailed, and many in the state rooms emerged
in their night clothes. Three persons, man,
wife and child went overheard in the excite
ment but were saved. The water was over the
main deck in less than five minutes. Pumps
were started without avail. The passengers
were ordered to the upper deck. Orders were
given to the men to run ashore, and just as 1t
reached the bank water quenched the fire. Al
most.all the passengers on the sunken boat
have lost their baggage, some OF it being SUBJ
merged, and the rest left or stolen.
The baggage master, Sidney Sillon, was
QrOWneu III Tue ldulcb caolus "HtTc ue udu
gone to see if the occupants were all taken
out. Loss $4,000.
LOSSES IN THE CLEVELAND FIRE.
CLEVELAND, Aug 49, -Hempy & Co. whose
planning mill and lumber yard burned last
night. were insured as follows: Germania,
New York, $4,750; Etna, Hartford, S2,750;
London and Lancashire, $2,50O; Phoenix, Lon
don, 81, $40; London Fire Insurance Associa-
tion and Connecticut, Hartford, each $1,250;
Manufacturers, of Boston, Hartford, of Lon
don, Assurance, of Springfield, Fire & Marine
of London, Liverpool & Globe, Philadelphia,
Fire Insurance association, Standard, of New
York, Westchester Commonwealth, Cooper,
of Dayton, and Boylston, of Boston, 81 900
each. Total. $25, GOO, which is less than
first supposed last night. The loss on rail
way cars and contents destroyed and damaged
is not ascertainable at present, but will be
heavy, possibly $4,000. It will be some time,
if ever, before the railway companies can def
initely determine. A through freight train
from New York for Cincinnati suffered most.
Ten cars were consumed, all but the wheels,
fifteen were badly damaged and contents
ruined, and eleven were more or less scOrched.
The cars mostly belonged to the Lake Shore,
New York Central, Hoosac Tunnel, Baltimore
& Ohio, Indiana & st. Louis, Dayton & Union
chiefly with groceries, leather, phosphate,
machinery, granite, coal, grain and wooden
ware. The ruins are still burning at noon to-
day.
DEADLY BOILER EXPLOSION.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 2O.-At CampbellS
vile, KY, the boiler of Henry Moody's saw
mill exploded to-day with deadly results. En-
gineer Henry Games was killed, part of the
boiler striking him on the head and taking
the eutire portion of it of. Jack Fletcher and
Sam Cook were mortally wounded. B. Allen |
was scalded from the waist down, but will re-
cover Two others were wounded, though
not seriously. The mill shed was reduced to
a total wreck. The explosion was caused by
the use of sulphur water in the boiler.
A REMARKABLE SPECTACLE.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 29.-Witnesses of
last nights confagration were treated to a
remarkable spectacle, long train with
nearly every car ablaze moving from in front
of the burning yard to point several hun
dred yards south. This movement was or
dered with great reticence by determined
railway official, but was lncOmprehensible to
the firemen, but when the fire IN the cars was
put out and the train at safe distance the
railway man explained that in the middle was
an iron car heavily loaded with powder. Had
the car nOG Deeh promptly IemOftu tue III
tense heat would have caused disastrous ex-
plosion, as many thousand people were col
lected in the vicinity watching the furious fire.
FIRE DESTRUCTION.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 29.-Fire at Beaver Falls,
Pa, this morning resulted in destroying the
Touring mill of Wells & Son, and partially
destroying the Beaver Falls Cutlery works. A
considerable portion of the trestle work of the
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad was burned,
and will cause an interruption to travel for a
couple of days. The loss on Wells & Sons
property will be about $40, 600, on which there
is SIS, ,00J insurance. The loss on the cutlery
works cannot be told at present. but is very
large.
Later intelligence from the Beaver Falls fire
says: Miller & Sons flour mill, the Pitts
burgh hinge works, and Beaver Falls steel
works, were entirely consumed. The flames
were first discovered in the -four mill, which
was frame building, and spread rapidly, on
account of the prevailing dry weather. The
total loss on the buildings and stock will
reach S14O, 900, which is fully covered by in
surance. The origin of the fire is not known.
A PECULIAR CASUALTY.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Aug. 29.-A boss section
hand with some colored laborers we're ap.