The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-11
Last Nights Dispatches.
a Chapter of Disasters

HALIFAX, Feb, lO.-Eleven passengers,
the purser and two of the crew Of the
Northern Light arrived al Georgetown.
Prince Edwards Island, from Cape Sharp,
all badly frosted being twenty eight hours
on the ice. They report the steamer
surrounded by ice. Two boats go to her
aid.
GALVESTON, Feb. I0-The steamer
Vicksburg is reported wrecked off Sabine
Pass during the storm of Saturday.
CLEVELAND, Feb. l0.-A special from
the scene of an explosion few miles
south OF Salem says q man named Smith
was going into the mine, and the Superin-
dent cautioned him about going to Ger
taia room as it contained fire damp. But
as that was dry. while around the track
was hIIsd with water, Smith disobeyed
orders aud attempted to pass the forbid
dsn room with a lighted lamp IN his hat.
Immediately terrific explosion occurred
which blew hole through fifteen feet or
earth composing the roof and couslng
death and destruction all around. About
twenty men were at work in the mins, Elk
OF whom were killed outright and nun,
Der dangerously wounded. A mule and
trala OF eight cars were shot out of
the main entrance as if from a canon.
Another mule drawing cart in which
man vas seated was blown on top Of the
cart Killing the driver. The men not dis
abiec or killed escaped through the shaft
to the open air.
HUMBERsToNE, Ont.. Feb. l0-An ex-
plosIon OF drill boiler killed Herbert
Atkinson and seriously injured six others.
ALLENTOWN. kPa. Feb. J0.-A disas-
trous railroad accident occurred at Reck
Hill ~
railroad, caused By the passenger train
due st S:l1 q. n. running into freight
tram about entering the siding to permit
the passenger train to pass, Both engines
were demolisaed, the baggage car teleseop-
ed and number of freight cars wrecked.
Following is list CT the killed and wound
cd:
kiiled-Michael Hollihan. hotel keeper.
South Easton. and JAS. Fraley section
foreman, Quakertown.
Fatally iDjured-The Rav NJ, Fstridge
Germantown: John Gattlsy, passenger; :;
Richard Morton, South Bethlehem; the
fireman ct the passenger train, and Geo.
Goomans. West Bethelahem. baggage
master
Badly injured Charles Liefert. South
betheIehem, engineer of the freight train;
George Green, South BstheIehem, engi
aeer Of the passenger train; Charles
Everett. Bethlehem; Conductor Wood.
Philadelphia; and james Moore. Mauch
Chunk, express messenger.
Many were Injured slightly, the flag
station was partly demolished and the
telegraph operator seriously If not fatally
injured. Tie disaster was due to mis-
construction of a telegram by the engineer
oi the freight train. who had been ordered
to run into the siding below the station,
There was another siding above the sta
ton, which he thought vas the one meant
IN tie Gisp2 toh, but before hs was able to
reach it the collision occurred. There
vas dense fog at the time.
New ORLEANS, Feb. l0-The damage
By Sundays storm along the Mississippi
Sound from Psscagoula to Bay ST. Louis
is 800 600. Steamers at Bay St Louis
connect with trains on the New Orlsans &
Mobile railroad. The water has reached
the St. Cloud Hotel and is within two or
three squares Of Esplanade street. Below
the Elysian Field the street water is with
in half dozen squares Of the river, The
settled portion Of the city Inundated
covers FIVE square miles aud contains
probably $4,000 inhabitants. In many
places ths water is three or four feet. and
in the low one story houses everything is
washed out. The water in the lake is
lower aud by morning will doubtless be
reduced at all points.