Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-04-29

sane asylum at Anna was destroyed by fire.
Loss about $150,OO0. Fortunately, the
legislature is now in session, to make pro-
visions for rebuilding the structure. One
of the insane patients perished in the
tlames.
JOHNNIE the 6-year-old son of William
Balcom, was drowned at Sycamore, ILL.,
1t is supposed that while attempting to
cross the ice on the ditch near the depot
it gave way, and the current carried him
under the ice. The water was only two
fe deep.
CHARLES CREEK, newspaper agent on
the Pan Handle road, attempted to Jump
on train az it was leaving Brookville,
Ohio, west of Dayton, when he slipped and
fell on the rails. His head was severed
from his BODY. He was 10 years old.
A 5-YEAR-oLD colored lad named Will
kinson was run down and seriously injur-
ed by hand-car, which contained captain
A. II. Bogardus and number of Elkhal t
people, who were thus returning to
their homes from Lincoln. Ill.
DURING a thunder storm a barn belong
ing to William White, near Carthage,
Rush county, Ineiana, was struck by light
ming and burned to the ground. Four
0OO; no insurance.
JoHN q. KIsTNER, a well-known Ger
man citizen in the boot and shoe trade ut
Indianapolis, Ind, was knocked down by
Il passing vehicle, just as an l. ID. < S.
passenger train was backing into the
Union Depot. The train hacked over his
body, causing instant death. He was 60
years of age.
THE clothing Of Agnes Paine, 5 months
old, took fire at 800 East Thirty-third
street, New York, three weeks ago, and
she was severely burned. Her mother al
80 was burned in trying to put out the
fire, and her grandmother was so shocked
that she fell down, and her neck was bro
ken. The mother and child were taken TO
the hospital, where the latter died three
days later, and the former Saturday.
A FIRE broke out in the wholesale hat
and cap mandatory of Stafford, Faul &
Co., on Washington street, Buffalo, \. u,
and before the flames could be got under
control damage amounting to about $50
600 was done. The insurance will not COW
er more. than one-half the loss. Several
fremen were buried by a falling floor, but
all got out with their lives, though they
were pretty badly hurt.
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the city of Bridgeport, Conn, containing
1000 kegs of powder. exploded The
buildings in the city were shaken as
though by an earthquake. People were
thrown from their feet, and plate glass
and small windows were broken in many
places The explosion was heard for
many miles around. The damage to
buildings in the city amounts to $5 600.
There were no lives lost.
A SPECIAL from Red Oak, town on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
gives the particulars of horrible acci-
dent which occurred there and which re-
suited in the instant death Of a young lady,
Miss Sadie Spencer. Miss Spencer was
walking along the railroad track and war
struck by moving train, which passed
over the entire body, literally cutting it
into pieces, the skull, brains and entrails
beirg scattered along the rails for the dis
tance of several car lengths. The body
had to be gathered up in bite,
THOMAS Guy, a freight conductor on the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road,
met with frightful and fatal accident
which cost him his life. While passing
over the SabuIa bridge near Dubuque, Ia,
he climed to the top of box car. and.
while standing up, was caught under the
chin by guy-rope. His head WAS cut
clean from his body, and was held only by
few tough muscles In bleeding and
senseless condition he fell from the car to
the track, only to undergo still more tor
ture by having the train of heavy laden
cars pass over the body. The remains
will be inferred at Leavenworth, Kas.
Two terrible and almost simultaneous
explosions recently occurred from nitro
glycerine, in the vaults of the Diltmar
Powder works, in Binghampton, N. y.
About five minutes afterward 10000
pounds of sporting powder in a store
house, about one hundred feet from the
nitre vaults, ignited and caused another
terrible explosion. The buildings were
demolished and scattered in every direc-
tion, and property destroyed for miles
around; fences were blown to splinters,
trees uprooted, many buildings in the
neighborhood badly shattered, and win
dows two and three miles away blown out
by the concussion. The shock was dis
tinctly felt sixty miles away. No one was
seriously hurt. The man in charge of the
nitre vaults discovered the fire, which was
caused by the improper mixture of acids,
warned the others, and fled before the en-
plosions occurred.