The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-01-13

ACCIDENTS AND OTHER CASUALTIES.
William Spear of Algona, Iowa, was killed by
the falling of a tree.
The British ship Cupala was wrecked on the
coast Of Oregon, with all on board.
At Coalvale, Kansas, a Mrs. Davis and her
daughter were burned to death by their clothes
taking fire.
Phillip McCaferty, NJ Boyle, Peter Gallagher
and James Hardin, victims of the Allentown,
Pa, boiler explosion, have died, making thirteen
deaths.
The explosion of a can Of shellac varnish in a
fermenting tub in Peter Dodgers brewery in
New York City cost the lives of four men who
were at work in the vat.
At Milwaukee the residence of H. c. Atkins,
superintendent of the Chicago& st. Paul rail-
road was burned, entailing total loss of &c.
600; fully covered by insurance. The most of
the furniture and household effects were saved
Mrs. Bushing was killed by an accident on
the Passumsic railroad N. H. The injured, so
far as known, are: Mrs. E. Foster of Barton,
New Hampshire: K. H. Brown, Barton Land
ing; Mary Ferguson, David Cameron, wife and
child, Mrs. G. W. Parker, Mary Mcdonald,
Mrs. Davie Hartford
A telegram from Indianola, Iowa, says the
wife Of Rev. F. s: Berry, late president of
Simpson college, fell on the sidewalk, striking
on her back, her head projecting over the
walk. The force of the fall dislocated her neck,
causing instant death. Two little children are
thus within a year orphans.
A boiler in the adding mill of the Allentown
Pa, rolling mill exploded, damaging the mill to
the extent of $4,000, and instantly killing
John Shak and fatally wouhding Hugh Gala
CHER, Hugh Harrington, Pat MCGEE, James Roar
ity and Charles McClosky. The following per-
sons we're badly injured: Samuel Burgess,
James Harkins, John Harkins, VIM. Gibbons
and James Boy.
The Bent Wood works of Lancaster Ohio
owned by Neil, Tppott g. Kethon, were entirely
destroyed by fire. The fire began in the third
story of the building, but it's cause is unknown.
About 100 men were employed at the works,
most of them being men of family, and the SUI
fering incident to this fire will be great The
loss on stock, building and machinery will reach
about $3.50, 900.
At Lockport, N. Y, the Hodge opera house
and the Gargling Oil building, adjoining, were
totally destroyed by fire. Loss fully 81 50, 600.
The opera house building was owned by John
Hodge and the oil building by the Gargling Oil
company, John Hodge president The cost of
the t. opera house was $1OO, 600. Insurance,
the Gargling Oil building
One of the most frightful accidents that ever
occurred in Nebraska happened on the Nebras-
ka division of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapo-
lis & Omaha railway Tuesday, six men in all
being Killed and one seriously wounded, by
being drawn under the wheels of swiftly NOV
ing passenger train by draught Charles
Meters, Thomas Broughman, Ap. Swanson,
G. A. Herman, Olney c. Anderson and John
Erickson.
John Balmer, a fisherman on Green River
Kentucky, warned one John Davis, also fish
erman, against boarding Balnler's boat Davis
continued to advance across the plank connect
ing the boats, and, just as he stepped on Balm
er's boat, the old man perforated him at six
feet range, the bali going in Davis's right side
and coming out at the left side. ''He was fenc-
ing me ill.," said the old man, explaining it,
sfand was compelled to fence him out Davis
dropped, after taking few steps His wife,
the only eyewitness, says Balmer assaulted him
and picked him off as Davis was saving wood
By confagration in a New York tenement
house, ten persons persisted. The fire started
at the bottom of the stairs that furnished the
only exit for the tenants in the story build
ing, excepting the fire escape attached to the
building outside, and in less than five minutes
swept through the stairway to the roof, cutting
off the escape of score ofpersons. The flames
soon found vent, also, through two lower stories,
and thus barred egress by the fire escape. The
roof, but the scuttle was firmly hooked and
would not yield. The ascending flames drove
the people back within their rooms The
widest confusion prevailed. Men and women
threw their children from the windows and
jumped after them. The list of the dead are:
Ellen Sheridan, age forty-three; Kate Sheridan,
fourteen; Maggie Sheridan, five: Martin Sheri-
dan, three; John Walsh, thirteen; Thomas Cas-
siday, six Charles Cassiday, eight; A girl NAM
ed Eagan, aged two; Mrs. Sheridan, age un
known