Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-16
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Higgins, to death, in the vicinity of Elgin, Ills,
on the eth inst.
SDearEs ON the E all.
Two Grand Trunk freight trains ecollided
near Prescott, Canada, on the 11th inst. No
one was injured, but four cars and an engine
were wrecked.
The steamboat train from Providence, r. l.,
on the Old Colony road, was struck by q freight
train near SunbuIy, Mass, on the 10th inst.
The fireman of the freight train was killed, and
one passenger car and the freight locomotive
wrecked. -Four passengers were slightly in
jured.
There was disastrous collision ct Rock Hill
station ON the North Pennsylvania railroad on
the 10th inst, between freight and passenger
train. Both engines were demolished the bag
gage car telescoped and r7lmber of freight
cars wrecked. Three persons were instantly
killed and five fatally injured. Six others were
badly hurt and several received slight bruises.
The station partially demolished and the
telegraph operator fatally crushed. The disas-
ter which occurred in dense fog was occa-
stoned by miscoDstruction of orders by the
freight engineer, who ran his train on the
wrong side track.
At Communipaw, N j.. on the 10th inst.
two cars of o local passenger tram jumped the
track, one Of the cars overturning and taking
fire. No passengers were burned, but one was
fatally crushed
A terrible and fatal accident occurred near
Pana, H., ON the 8th inst. A caboose contain
ing twenty-five or thirty laborers was run into
by passenger train, killing three outright, and
wounding nine others. Lockhart, conductor
of the construction train is responsible for the
accident.
defective railway threw the New York ex-
press off the track on the Michigan Southern
road near Striker, Ind. Oh the 7th inst Two
sleepers jumped the rails and directors car
&c obtaining number Of railroad officials went
down an embankment. It's Occup ats were all
badly bruised.
Near Rainey, West Va, on the 7th inst,
freight train jumped the track, and rolled down
an embankment. Fifteen cars were demolished.
Work of the Flames.
A tank of the Standard Oil company, at Bay
onneport N. j., exploded and took fire. several
thousand barrels of naphtha being consumed.
| The damage is about $4,000.
The Michigan Avenue Baptist church, Chicago,
totally DESTROYED by fire on the evening of the
18th. When the front walls fell eleven firemen
barely escaped being crushed to death. The
estimated loss is $4,000.
The button shop of the Scovile manufacture
the 18th inst. Loss estimated at 5000, 600;
insurance 1925, 900. Two hundred hands are
thrown out Of employment.
Horner & Co.'S paper stock warehouse, Balti-
more, Nd, was consumed by fire on the 18th.
Loss $4,000.
Windsor Spinning company's mill was burned.
Loss $40, 1000.
Fire is raging in the Richardson colliery, at
Pottsville, Pa, the gas ha wing become ignited
by g blast. Frequent explosions occur. and
the mine is being flooded.
The works Of the Southern Oil company. at
Memphis. Tenn, were consumed by fire on the
10th inst, together with a large quantity of
manufactured stock and cotton seed The
building and contents were worth 5000, 900. but
an insurance policy of 1928, 600 is all the salts
faction the stockholders will get.
At Cleveland, o.. on the 10th inst, Geib &
Herman's grocery store was destroyed by fire.
Loss SIC, 1000.
A fire in a row of unfinished brick buildings
on Third avenue, New York city, caused loss
of 800, 600.
The Western Electric Manufacturing COM
panys establishment in New York city, was
damaged to the extent of S25, 1000 by fire on the
9Th. Several of the operatives had narrow eS-
capes from death.
Eighteen railway trucks and twelve grain
laden barges were destroyed and two ships dam
aged by fire in the Victoria docks, London, on
the 9th inst. Loss estimated at $40. 900.
The town of Walnut. near Council Bluffs, To-,
was wiped out by fire on the 5th inst Seven
teen business houses, with contents, were con-
sumed.
Ferguson's pork house at Indianapolis, Ind.
burned on the 7th inst. Loss 1920, 000 insur-
anee $385,000.
A fire at Utica, n. Y, on the 18th inst, badly
damaged the Reformed Church building, which
cost $65, 600; insurance $4,000.
Am Abundance OF Water.
Nearly all the,mills at Manayunk, Pa, and
number of dwellings,, are inundated. Loss in
stock, machinery, ETC., 100000.
Damage to vessels, Wharves and other prop
erty by the flood at Washington, D. c., is esti-
mated to be in the neighborhood of 5000 900.
1 % Il DID
Georgetown suffered to the extent of about
$4,000.
The freshet in the Juniata Valley, Pa, was
the most disastrous ever known in that section.
The loss on bridges in one county alone foots
up about $50, 900.
The Delaware river has flooded the country
about Bushkill, Pa, infiicting damage to the
extent of $50 900.
The Hoboken, N. j., meadows are inundated
and at least 500 families are without shelter.
The tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad, near
Harrisburg, are covered with water and ice, for
almost mile, to the depth of three feet.
Bridges were swept away at Perryville, Newton,
Hamilton, Mifdin, Newport, and Mlllerstown
AS sequence of the "soft" spell Of
weather now prevailing throughout the United
States, snow, slush and water have combined
their forces and are infiicting immense damage
everywhere. New York city is in frightful
state, and the decaying sediment in the thoro-
| oughfares is causing considerable sickness. The
Sciota river, in Ohio is billing and the low
lands around Columbus are submerged. Rail
road bridges and culverts have been swept
| away, and several narrow escapes from serious
nishaps occurred. The Monongahela is also
on the rampage and 100000 worth of property
was destroyed by an ice gorge at Pittsburg.
The Mississippi is very high and New Orleans
is all af1oat A relief committee is distributing
aid to the Water-soaked inhabitants.
The Pittsbnrg coal mines have been damaged
| S4O, 900 by the high wafer
| freshet on the Savannah river washed out
about two miles of trestlework of the Charles
ton and Savannah railroad, cutting off COM
munication between the two cities.
portion of Toledo, o., is under water, and
on the 18th inst. passenger trains were unable
| to enter the CITY One srar Of tho Ioor,x,rx-l