Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-04-28

visions for rebuilding the structure. One
of the insane patients perlshed in the
flames.
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 tie ice. The water was only two
feet deep.
CHARLES CREEK, a newspaper agent on
the Pan Handle road, attempted to jump
on a train as 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 in jur-
ed by hand-car, which contained captain
4. H. Bogardus and number of Elkhalt
people, who were thus returning to
their homes from Lincoln, Ill.
JOIN G. KIsTNER, a well-known Ger
man citizen in the boot and shoe trade at
Indianapolis, Ind, was knocked down by
passing vehicle, just as an l. d. & S.
passenger train was backing into the
Union Depot. The train backed over his
body, causing instant death. He was 90
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
so 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.
\ POWDER mill mill, three miles from
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 niles around. The damage to
buildings in the city amounts to $1,000.
There were no lives lost.
THOMAS Guy, a freight conductor on the
! Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road,
net with frightful and fatal accident
which cost him his life. While passing
over the Sabula bridge near Dubuque, Ia,
! he climed to the top Of a box car. and.
while standing up, was caught under the
chin by a guy-rcpe. His head was cut
| clean from MS DOuy, anu was neld only DY
few tough muscles. In a 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 Leayenworth, 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-
ton, 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 fed before the ex-
| plosions occurred.