Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-29
FIREs AND CASUALTIES.

Four men were killed by the explosion
of gas in the New Stanton mine at Will
kesbarre, Pa.
THE postofice and three business houses
were destroyed by an incendlary ire at
Assumption. Ill, recently.
A FIRE originated in d warehouse on
the pier at Oakland, Cal, burned the bark
Great Western and cargo, and damaged
the Norma, the loss aggregatlng $68,UOO.
The United States snagboat Woodruff
burst boiler at Cincinnati June 90. One
employe was mo-tally injured, two slight
Iy wounded. and the boat damaged $4,000.
THE American schooner Massasoit, I'M
der full sail, encountered an iceberg of
Newfoundland, and sank instantly, five of
her crew being lost.
IT is stated that negotiations for a treaty
of commerce between Spain and England
have been suspended, owing to England
demanding concessions relative TO her
manufactures.
THE new ministry of Egypt is COM
posed of leading men of the national par
ty. The British consul at Alexandria
has ordered all English employees of the
water-works to quit their posts at once.
AT Grand Island, Neb., besides doing
other damage, storm Frustrated the tel
egraph wires for long distance. A tor
nado visited Marysville and Kerwin,
Kan, June 24th.
THE window-glass factory of Phillips &
Brothers, in Pittsburgh, valued at $1O.,
| 600. was destroyed by fire June %. as was
]. S. Kirk & Co.'s box factory at Grand
Rapids, Mich.
FIVE million feet of lumber and six
houses were burned at Trenton, Ont, caus
ing loss of $4,000. The buildings o.
the knitting company at Eagleville, Conn
were swept away, the loss being $4,000.
In the British house of commons, Mr.
Gladstone caused a motion that pre-
cedence be given the arrears-of-rent bill
over all business except the repression
bill. The mayor Of Dublin appeared IL
his official robes and presented petition
by the corporation of that city against h
repression bill.
SEVENTY residents of Adrian, Mich.
have been poisoned to a dangerous degre
by eating cheese. The life of j ohm /
Smith was only saved by vigorous treat
: ment. The cheese was sold by severa
grocers, but is known TO have been mad
at one factory last month. Minute para
| sites were T6N6dISu bN b1iC AAAiCAOoSSfS
Not TO be left behind in the race for nc
toriety, indianapolis comes to the from
with report of cyclone, in which dam
ace to the amount of $4,000 was done
/ The steeple of St. Paul's cathedral wa
torn loose aud sent down through tn
. roof. and the wall of the Fifth Presbytt
rian church was blown in. Three live
: were lost.
ANOTHER fearful hurricane visited low
+ on June 26. At 4:30 in the evening,
: grew ominously dark when within tie
miles of Independence, so that laml
d were used in houses and on the cars, an
s it was impossible to see car-length ahea
\ of the train. At Independence, the win
: blew furiously, demoralizing a number
y houses, blowing down the smoke stacks
e the insane asylum, and causing great de
! truction At Sells Bros.'s circus it bic
down the tent-pole, killing thre employe
l. The storm was seen several minutes b
,, fore it struck this city, and the peop
were we'll prepared to protect themselv
" by going into the cellars. School bull,
ings were unroofed, lumber piles we