River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-06
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

Mrs. WILLIAM s. Hull, OF Grand Rap
ids, Mich, was killed December 3lst, by a
fall on the sidewalk.
MAYOR ADAMS foundry, at Marshall
Mich. valued at $4,000, was consumed by
fire Dec 3lst.
THE burning of three stores in Corcicana,
Tex, caused loss exceeding the insur-
ance by $4,000.
Losses in coffee have forced the IA allure
Of Hopely, Woodhead & Co., of Lipergool,
with liabilities of Ell 900.
Two newspaper offices at Summit Miss,
and one at Burkville, Va, were destroyed
by fire on Christmas morning.
FIRE which broke out early on Christ
mas N ming in Atlantic, Iowa, destroyed
eighteen business houses, on which the in
surance is $4,000.
THE foundry of the Missouri Pacific
railway shops at Parsons, Kan, has been
destroyed by fire.
DAVID T. SMITH, the most skilled ply
stefan in the Connecticut valley, has lost
his life by an attack of pneumonia
TIE clothing stock of E. g. Larson, at
Fort Dodge, Iowa, was wiped ont by fire,
Dec, 2Sth, his loss being $4,000.
THE wholesale millinery establishment
Of Herman Brothers, in Toledo, was on
Sunday reduced to ashes, causing loss of
1924 ,000-
THE Telegram's report from Henderson.
Ky, is as follows: John Humphreys is
dying from hydrophobia of bite from a
mad dog received FIVE years ago.
A WORKMAN in Leahy's lumber camp
near Wausau, Wis named William
Slater, was instantly killed Dec, Both, by
. falling tree.
AT New Albany, Ind, twin babies of
William and Fannie johnson were frozen
TO death Dec. 3lst The father went away
to obtain employment, leaving his family
without fuel.
THREE members of the family of Nathan
lockwood, living near West Brooklyn,
H., have died from trichine eaten n raw
ham, and three children are dangerously
ILL.,
IL attend ng the funeral of his wife,
two weeks ago, District Attorney Phelps,
Of New York, contracted a severe cold and
Is diving from acute rheumatism of the
stomach.
THE Dyer Land compay's block at Prov
idence, r. L., was damaged to the amount
of $4,000 by fire. The jewelry firm OF
Waite, Smith & Co. suffered to the extent
OF 3I5 600
A PAssENGER-TRAIN on the Charlotte,
Columbia & Augusta railway was ditched
on Dec oath and Maj q. b. Russell, U.
5. A, Conductor King, and two other
gentlemen received severe bruises.
+ THE Pacific Touring at st. Louis, a
six-story stone structure occupying quar-
ter block, was reduced to ashes last even
ing. One miller escaped with his clothes
I & h. 90
! The loss was $75, 900 with insurance one
third that amount.
HENRY BERGH, Jr, of New York.
caused the arrest Of a coachman for neg
Letting to blanket his clippe d horses. In
the carriage was the wife of William
/ Rockfelow, vice president Of the Stand
ard Oil company. The latter denounces
the affair as an outrage.
By the explosion of an engine uear Port
! Carbon, Pa, on the Palo Alto y Reading
road, on Dec oath, the engineer, Patrick
/ Donohue. the conductor, Thomas kerwin,
/ and William Maher and John Ash were
| killed. All the victims leave large fam
| lilies Two of the bodies were blown a dis
/ lance of 100 wards.
| DR.. JAMES NJ. VEST and Charles P.
! Morrison, druggists, of Richmond Va,
/ with servant, went down the James river
Tuesday Understanding, and have not
since been heard from. Their boat and a
broken oar have been picked up. They
were doubtless lost during the high wind
Of Tuesday night.
A BOILER exploded on Dec. IS, at L. P.
Dodge's shoe factory, Newburyport, Mass,
| killing Engineer James Huntington, and
several workmen. and demolishing num-
Der Of buildings. The boiler was thrown
| POO yards into Green street, breaking
thousands OF panes of glass in the vicini-
| ". Several men were slightly injured and
the fireman is reported missing. Had the
help been at work, the loss of life would
have been terrible.
An entire passenger-train on the Caro-
/ lima Central railroad on the oath broke
through the trestlework, about three miles
! from Lincolnton. n G., and the coaches
were piled in a heap fifty feet below. Mail
| Agent David Bloom and a passenger
named 5. W. Gibson were disabled, and
subsequently burned to death. Captain
Harris Johnston, the conductor escaped
with slight injuries. There were very
few passengers on the train. and it is not
known that any one else was killed.