Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-01

were employed cutting timber for mill com.
pany on the line of the Southern Pacific,
Coaster county, near Dougherty's mill, four
teen miles from Santa Cruz, were buried alive
yesterday by half mile of mountain sliding
down. Eighteen were employed and but ten
escaped. Another dispatch says Camp Capt..
tola on Sojuel creek, four miles from Santa
Cruz, is washed out to sea, and only four
houses are left of the town. No
merged for long distance. Ths damage can
not be ascertained until the water goes down.
At Winsor, sonoma county, thirteen inches Of
rain fell in seventy hours. Much damage was
sustained by the people in that vicinity. In
Placerville, Eldoyado county, in the twenty
four hours up to noon to-day, and 60-10O
inches of rain fell. From other places in the
northern part of the State came almost in
credible accounts of the amount of rainfall
during the storm.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 26.-The levee is broken
three miles below the city in two places, and
much damage to farms and orchards will fol-
low, the water backing up towards the city.
Levees around the city all right and no danger
apprehended. A number of extensive crevasses
have occurred. on the opposite side Of the river
in Yale county, and much damage is reported.
million. The water is 90 feet above low water
mark, the highest ever before attained
LAKE WRECK.
MILWAUKEE,, Jan. 81.-The propeller st.
Albans of the Northern Transfer company,
Ludington, Mich, was wrecked twenty-six
miles out. The passengers and crew, twenty
six number, were saved by small boats. The
boat and cargo will be total loss.
The story told by the survivors was that yes
terday morning, after the st. Albans had been
out two hours, she was discovered to be leak
ing badly. Men were put at work on the
leak, which was in the bow On the port side
and appeared to have been caused by the
almost constant contact with the ice. The
cargo forward was thrown over to tighten her
up, but the water gained continually, and in
half an hour after the discovery the fires were
out Then the captain ordered the small boats
out and concluded to abandon the fast sinking
propeller. The twenty-five persons were
divided into four boat loads and left the pro-
peller at 1:20 O'Clock yesterday morning. She
was then just ready to founder. The four
boats kept well together, worked all night,
and arrived off the piers here this morning as
above described.
The following is list of persons rescued:
Crew-Capt. E. Casey, Port Huron, Mich;
first mate, Thomas Leahy, Milwaukee; second
mate, Joseph Boyd, Prescott, Canada first
engineer, Albert Calder, Clayton, New York;
second engineer, John Ferris, Chicago; stew
ard, Frank McQuillan, Ogdensburg, n. Y;
wheelsmen, VIM. Brown, Ogdensburg, and
Lannere, Prescott, Canada, H. Davis, Mel
Cook and George Drake, Ogdensburg, N, Y;
cabin boy, Frank Collett, Milwaukee; watch
man, John Quinn, Ogdensburg, n. Y; porter,
T. P. Collett, Milwaukee; and John Fitzpat-
rick, HeTey Johnston, A. johnson, John Ma
ginnis, John Fitzgerald and Albert Kuhn,
of Milwaukee, deckhands. One deckhand
is missing, and is undoubtedly lost. The pas:
sengers were Andrew Clook and Christina Kuil
of 1udington, Mich, Carrie Brown and jose
phine Miller of Milwaukee, and Lottie Mar.
cean of Ogdensburg. The women suffered very
little, and all their baggage was saved. Three
of the crew are badly frozen, but it is thought
/. all will survive.
PHILADELPHIA BLAZE.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 91.-At AS this morn
ing fire broke out on the south side of the
Eden Baptist church, on the northwest corner
of Broad and Spruce streets. Three alarms
were sounded, but before the engines all ar
rived the flames communicated to Horticultu-
raj hall, which is separated from the church
by a twelve foot alley. Both buildings were
soon wrapped in flames, and the southerly
Spruce street. The first of the houses which
took fire was that of Edward Maule,
No. 1909. adjoining the church. The
back buildings were destroyed and the
front was damaged with water, causing a
loss of $4,000. No. 1,411, occupied as a
boarding house by Miss Mary E. Simmons,
was badly damaged by water. The interior of
1,402, owned and occupied by Thomas s. Fer
non, was ruined, causing loss of $4,000.
Nos. 1 ,404 and ,406, occupied respectively by
Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Gilmore, were badly dam
aged by water. Before o'clock the interior
of both Horticultural hall and the church
were in ruins and portion of the walls of the
latter had fallen. The church cost S1,75,0O0
and the organ $500. Furniture insured for
$4,000. Insurance on the remaining church
property placed by the congregation. Horti-
cultural ball sold last summer for S723, 900;
insured for $4,000.
FATAL FIRE IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, Jan. 31.-The large building in
Grand Rapids known as the LIE Diard block
was considerably damaged by fire last night.
The damage to the contents was principally
in the stock of Shepard & Hale, wholesale
druggists, which amounts to $4,000. A
woman named Mrs. Rose Lowe, who occupied
rooms in the third story, was suffocated to
death by the smoke. The origin of the fire is
unknown. Shepard & Hale are fully insured.
NEW AND CHEAP FUEL.