River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-03-10
Accidents.

A LARGE iron firm in Montreal, w. q
F. p. Carrie & Co.. has failed for $3.50, 600
with assets Of hale that amount.
ELEVEN spans of the bridge across the
Arkansas river at Kinsley, Kan, were
cut away by floating ice on the I'd inst.
THE Catholic Orphanage at Scranton,
Pa, was destroyed by fire and a number
of children burned to death. Fifteen
bodies were taken out and two children
are missing.
Two thousand union bricklayers of st.
Louis have been conceded rate Of "a
per day. Over two hundred molders of
the Excelsior stove-wOrks have struck, on
question of jurisdiction, and two hun
bred mornters, consequently have nothing
10 do.
ANGUS LITTLE, a clerk in the Detroit
K Milwaukee railroad freight office at
Grand Haven, Michigan, fired an old En-
field rifle at some sea gulls in the river
near the depot at p. m. The gun ex-
ploded, blowing the breech-pin into his
brain. He cannot recover.
JAMES YOUNG. an employe at the water
works. Pittsburg, Penn, was working IN
the pumping pits, and in some way got his
arms caught in the machinery. Both
arms were torn out at the sockets, and
there is little prospect that he will re-
cover.
A NEGRO boy, imprisoned: at Columbus,
$. c., developed horrible case Of hydro
phobia. He spends most of his time
crouching on the floor. ticks up the froth
discharged from his month, and howls al
most necessarily. He will be sent to the
lunatic asylum.
A SPECIAL to the Inter Ocean, from Miles
II fI, hot
Tongue river broke up and gorged two
miles above this city. The water then
took a southwesterly direction aid flooded
the city 10 depth of three feet. Fami-
lies at once began moving to place of
safety on the bluffs, where they were fur
nished with tents and other necessarles, by
the commanding officers at TT. keogh.
The water fell last night. and partially
successful attempt was made to blow up
the gorge, but two feet remain, and the
city is still threatened with much incon-
venience and discomfort, but no serious
damage Is done.
THE special train on which President
HAYES and family were returning home to
Ohio from Washington met with terrible
accident near Baltimore. Ii was caused
hy collision with a train going north on
the same road. At the time oil the eollls-
ION the n0Ftn DOuDu tram WAS SolIS DIT Il
rapid speed. The first Pullman car (which
was the special car chartered by Mr..
Young. Of Skowakin, received the full
shock of the collision, and was partially
teIescoped into the second car containing
the members of the Cleveland troops. Dir.
Young was instantly killed, and the fol-
lowing persons were injured: Edward Will
liam, right ankle fractured J. H. Weaver,
badly cut over the left eve and ear; J. w.
Simonts, cut on the left side of the head
u. d. Dormer, scalp wound; w. ii. Nor
rill back of the head cut; D. d. Geiger,
ginger and head cut; J. J. johnson, con-
iuctor of the Pullman car, right ankle
cut; the porter of the Pullman car, a
broken leg; none of the other passengers
were hurt OF the employees of the road,
Jno Oliver, baggage master, was killed;
IL. Freekorn, engineer, skull fractured:
John Unglaub, engine man, head cut and
badly bruised on the legs and side; Robt.
Oliver, f. NJ. Skeen, q. Felz, Jacob Rider,
Robert E,verhart and William Talbot,
train hands, more or less cut and bruised,
hut not ialsly. As soon as the news of
the collision was received here, a wrecking
train was sent to the scene of the acci-
dent, with surgeons to attend the wound
ed which returned to Baltimore with all
PASS n ers and wounded.