Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-05-26
FIRES AND CASUALTIES

THREE children, while rowing in a boat
on the Coon river at Des Moines, Iowa,
were upset and drowned.
The main portion of Gilmores steam
sawmill at Trenton, n. j., was burned to
the ground. Insured for $75,0 900.
AN incendiary FIRE at Fort Wayne de-
stroyed the Bijou variety theatre, owned
by the Ewing estate, valued at 100000
A LOSS of $4,000 was incurred by the
destruction by fire of the pulp-mill of H0i-
lingsworth and Whitney, at Gardiner.
Maine.
THE ice-houses of Hit & Mallett, at La
Porte, Ind, were struck by lightning and
totally destroyed by fire. The loss is
$4,000.
BY the capsizing of boat in the Lick
ing reservoir at Newark, O., Brice Stove,
Mrs. John Lasch and two children were
drowned.
A FIRE at Brooksville, VT, destroyed
the factory and finishing shop Of the
Brooks Edge Tool Company, valued at
! $4,000.
ALONzo WILLOTsEE, farmer, and his
grandchild, living in Williams township,
Bay county, Mich, were killed by the
falling of tree.
THREE fishing boats were capsized at
the mouth of the Columbia river off the
coast of Oregon, and all the occupants
were drowned.
FIFTEEN horses, including Rhadamaath-
us and Enfield, thorough bred trotting stall
lions, were burned to death in Douglas
stable at Franklin, Tenn.
A FIRE at Milford, Mass, destroyed Ell
! bridge Mann's boot mandatory ard C..
A. Summers bOot-tree shop. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
A GERMAN by the name of William
Hencke, who had imhibed. rather freely
during the evening. was run over and
killed by train at Waukesha, Wis.
AT Lincoln, Ill , while Timothy Hall
was stabling a Jersey bull. the animal
turned upon him and gored and trampled
! him nearly to death. He now lies in a
precarious condition.
FLAMES nearly swept away sash fac
tory, grist mill, and a wooden factory at
Napanee, Ont. Rain greatly assisted in
extinguishing the fire.
TIE Division Street Methodist church,
at Grand Ra pids, Mich, took fire from
detective furnace, and was damaged s., 600
There are insurance policies for $50 1000
! on the structure.
| THE boiler in Withee's mill, near To-
nah, Wis.,, exploded, completely demol-
ishing the structure, and killing Luke
Lowry, of Sparta, and another employee,
and severely scalding Richard Whitinger
| A HOT box on train of the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois road caused wreck
near Watseka. A brakeman named Will
liam Due man was killed, and of carload
| of raoa horses Domino n Chico po +uyo yra~a
killed and several MANNED.
THE home of Uncle Billy Young, at De-
catur, ILL.,, who is known to all old soldiers
as the hero of three wars, was totally con-
sumed by fire, together with its contents
the old man, now IN his S1st year, who
was in bed sick at the time, barely escap-
ing with his life. He was helpless, and
had to be dragged out on the bedding.
THOMAS FLYNN. prominent farmer of
Adams township, Ohio, met his death IN
horrible manner. While hauling some
corn fodder some of the bundles fell off
the load and frightened the team, which
ran awav. Mr.. Flynn's leg being caught
in one of the wheels, he was dragged along
! the road and frightfully mangled, and died
soon afterwards.
FLAMES which made their appearance
| in Penthouse in Nashville, continued
their ravages along College and Church
streets until thirty-four buildings had
been consumed, on which the loss is esti-
mated at 100000. Among the structures
burned was the Noel block of eight stores.
in which the telegraph office was estab-
! lished. The Maxwell house narrowly
/ escaped.
AN excursion boat on the ST. Croix river
ran on the rocks near Saltwater, Mimi,
causing a number of passengers to be
thrown overheard. Two of them, 0. NJ
wholly unavoidable, having been caused
/ by sudden gust of wind Another river
accident by which three persons, one man
and two women. were drowned, is report
ed from Evansville, Ind, and four ersons
were drowned near Newark. O.