The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-17
The Grim Reaper Busy With His
Ghastly Scythe, Both on Land
and Sea-A Danish Poet is
Killed by the Cars,
Explosions and Railway Accidents
Bring Thoughtless Mortals TO
the Brink Of the Dark
River, and Death Shows His Grinning
Face and BOny Hand Where
Least Expected.
President Grev's Condition Stiu
Alarming and His Success
ser is Talked of.
A Washington Glazier Wants TO be
Remembered Because
Guiteau's
Bullet Piuked Some of His Worth.
less Wares.
The Mississippi River Committee Eyi.
IDENTITY Mean Business.
other Foreign and Domestic News,
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Crimes ana Casualties
BOILER EXPLOSION.

Grimes ana Casualties.
BOILER EXPLOSION.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, Nov. l6.--The boiler
of steam grinding mill of A. G. Megeh es,
twelve miles from the city, exploded YES.
terday, instantly killing three negro men,
A NOVEL ACCIDENT.
New YORK, Nov. l6--A water tower de-
signed FOR use in the fire department of this
city, while being tested in Battery park
this morning, was overturned and killed
one man, mortally wounding another. The
tower was introduced to the notice of the
fire commissioners by Abner Greenleaf OF
Baltimore. All the fire commissioners and
many members OF the department were
present at the exhibition. The man killed
was struck by section of pipe attached TO
the tower. His neck was broken, his sknIl
crushed and his legs fractured. lie was
about 30 years old, and his name and resi-.
dence unknown. George ii. Clair had his
skull fractured, and will probably die.
BROKEN SECTION DEMoLIsHEs AN ENGINE.
LITTLE Rock, Nov. l6.--At 1855 last
night, as the extra north bound freight
train on the st. Louis, Iron Mountain a
Southern railroad was ascending Hogan's !
Mountain, in Missouri, il broke In two and
the rear portion descended the mountain At
the rate of 60 miles an hour An
engine which had been pushing tho
train, started back, but was soon over
taken and completely wrecked, though.
seeing the danger the engineer Increased
the speed to forty miles an hour. The
engineer had wrist injured and his head
badly hurt. The fireman had a foot
crushed and his head injured, and a brake.
man was injured seriously internally.
Names unknown. The wreck was not
cleared Tor passenger trains till clock
this q. NJ.
SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Nov. 16-The
residence Of Judge S. NJ. Wilson, Pine
street, be .ween Stockton and Powell, was
damaged BY. ire this morning, 800.
FEARFUL FALL.
LOUISVILLE, Nov 16.-To.day the passen.
ger elevator in Meningitis carpet house
on Main street, containing five passengers.
fell from the second floor to the basement
seriously injuring four of the passe nrers
and painfully wounding the fifth. Their
names are: Captain w. c. Hite, of Louis
vile, compound fracture of left
leg and simple fracture of right
leg; Captain J. Howard, of JeflersonyilIe
small bone of left leg and right ankle frac.
tured; Judge b. +. Beard, of Hardensburg,
Kentucky, painfully bruised, no bones vet
found broken. G. Il. Turner, salesman, left
leg badly bruised, and X. Dye, another
salesman, ankle joint fractured and proba,
bly, rib broken.
SECOND DISPATCH.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. l6.-By the fall o,
the elevator about 50 feet, caused by The
leaden weight on the wire rope parting
from it, leaving nothing to counterbalance
the weight of the elevator, il and the
passengers i'll it went down like n shot from
a cannon. A new rope had been put in the
day previous and no fear was felt that the
accident would occur. The injured
parties have been removed to their
homes and are resting easily as
the circumstance will permit. IL ia
feared that Captain lIite and Captain Har
wood have internal injuries OF serious ma
ture, and much solicltude is felt for them.
Turner and Dye are painfully injured but
II is not thought dangerously. Beard, at
the Louisville hotel, is resting comfortably,
no bones having been broken, Captain
Hite and Captain Howard are widely known
in marine circles the first from long con-
neotion with steamboat interests, and the
NNhNt bNih6 WV Vi lut ttltUThItu llOWur0
Brothers, ship-builders, Jeffersonyile.
Beard is wealthy merchant of Brecken.
ridge county. The other gentlemen were
OF the house.
ANOTHER BOILER BURSTS.
CINCINNATI, Nov. l6,-The boiler on the
premises Of Peter Reuhl Il Co., picture
frame manufacturer, on Sycamore street,
near seventh, burst this afternoon, causing
a panic among the occupants of the upper
stories OF the five story building. The
building was set on fire and the floor
above the engine was blown to pieces
and part OF the wall blown out. Louis
Meyer, helper of the foreman, was thrown
into the street and fatally injured. F,ank
Bitney, one of tho employees, is badly
scalded. Christ. Il Geise, Albert Post and
Frank Weiss were slightly injured.
ANOTHER RAILWAY COLLISION.
ST: THOMAS, ONT, November l6.--A
freight train standing at the entrance of
he Canada Southern railroad yard, was
'un into by an incoming freight engine and
.welye cars badly wrecked. Oaks, fireman,
md Slagget, foreman of the ore works, Is
BADLY injured.
A WRECK AND FIRE.
NEW YORK, Nov. l6.-An Eau Claire, |
Wisconsin, special says: The western.
,ound freight train was brought to a sud. |
len stop forty miles west of here, early this |
morning, by one OF the cars jumping the |
rack; a passenger train closely following |
he freight train neglected to stop, crushed |
nto the caboose with terrific force, upset. |
ing the stove therein and scattering live
'oals, setting the train on fire. Fifteen |
oaded cars burned. Loss, $4,000. No |
ives lost.
DANISH POET KILLED.
New BRUNSWICK, n. j., Nov. l6.-l
Ihristen Jameson, Danish poet, aged 60
'ears, was to-day killed at Randolph |
rossing by the Pennsylvania railroad train. |
twenty-five letters were found on him,
rom President Arthur, also letters from |
he Emperor Of Russia.
KILLED ny THE CARs-rorL PLAY,
DAYTON, o., November l6.-Henry War.
'urg, a boy, was killed while attemptin Y |
o board an engine to-day. The body Of |
N unknown man was found In tho woods