Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-06-22
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Of fifteen or twenty were standing on plat
form over the run extending to an old railway
warehouse, the frail bridge gave way and al
were precpitated into the raging torrent.
Some were rescued immediately while others
were picked mp inan exhausted condition after
being swept through culvert. II is supposed
that ten persons lost their lives. Five bodies
were recovered on the 14th.
Ten colorcd men and one white man-rail-
road worknen-were drowaed In Two Mile
Creek near Winchester, Ky., ON the 18th,
by flood carrying away cabin In which they
we're sleeping.
terrific rainstorm worked serious dsmage
In the vicinity Of Gibson, iii. Over three hun
dred feet of the Illinois Central track was
washed out, and the Wabash Railway suffered
In 4 similar way. A bridge over the Sangamon
River was carried OF, and two engines plunged
into the stream, killing the roadmaster and in.
juring several others.
work OF the Flames.
The large storehouse Of Timotha Remick, In
Boston, filed with cotton waste, took fire on
the 18th. Suddenly the roof fell in, pressing
the front wall into Hampshire Street, burying
nineteen freme in the debris. Ten were seri-
ously injured, but were speedily released from
the wreck. The loss is placed at S85,0O0.
Fire on the 17th caused q damage OF $4,000
to the publishing house Of Hunter, Rose & Co.,
OF Toronto, and a like amount 10 the saw mill
Of q. p. Hazelton, near Wausau, Wis. Twenty
five houses were burned at Gadsden, Ala, the
loss being $4,000.
The stable Of N. NJ. sawin, at Cambridge,
Mass. took fire on the l7th, and two men and
thirteen horses were burned to death.
Twenty business buildings at Willis, Texas,
valued at $4,000, were consumed by flames.
The New Haven Car Trimming Company
Works at New Haven, Conn.,, burned on the
morning Of the 10th inst. Loss s56, 900.
Several departments Of the Osgood Bradley
Car Works at Worcester. Mass, were cleaned
out by fire on the 10th inst. Loss $4,000.
The 30. r. c.. distillery, near Frankfort,
Ky., was struck by lightning on the 18th and
totally destroyed by fire. Two colored men
Loss S75,0 900.
At II o'clock on the night Of the 18th inst,
flames appeared in Miller's book binding estab-
lishment, in Victoria square, Montreal, and
quickly spread to the dry goods stores of 8.
Greenshields, Son q Co. and Mcintyre 4
French, and thence to CIendenning's stove
warehouse and the cabinet-house of Henry j.
Shaw. The block was the finest in the city,
beng fiye-story stone. The loss is estimated
at $780, 200.
A confagration at South Braintreee, Mass,
on the lHh, destroyed CSC, 900 worth Of prop
erty in its business center.
Texarkans, Ark, is a loser TO the amount OF
S175, 600 by fire on the night Of the 18th.
The round-house Of the Philadelphia and
Atlantic City Railway, with nine locomotives,
was burned on the 18th inst, the loss being
800, 900.
Boer 4 Co.'S grain and provision store at
Gslvest IN, Texas, was swept away by fire on
At Branchville, N. j., on the 18th, fire de-
stroyed the Sussex woolen Mills, a tannery and
fifteen stores and dwellings,. Loss $4,000.
An entire block Of wooden buildings were re-
duced to ashes at Dowagiac, Mich, on the 18th.
Loss heavy.
The cotton seed oil mills on Hutchinson
Island, opposite Savannah, valued at S50, 900.
were destroyed BY fire on the 18th inst.
wicked Winds.
A terrific tornado swept over large portion
Of the southwestern states on the nth inst,
leaving death and desolstion in its wake. Al
Kansas City, Mo-, damage to the extent OF
t2OO, 900 was inflicted. Among the houses
blown down was a new three-story spice mill.
The court house roof was blown on, and one Of
the wings was carried away, entailing loss Of
S10, 900. Two street car stables were llown en-
tirely down and several horses and mules were
killed. A new iron bridge Of five spans be-
tween Kansas City and Armourdale was entire
y demolished, three spans being completely
blown away. The bridge cost $4,000. In
many instances houses were blown in on the
inhabitants, and though fifty are more or less
seriously bruised, only one person, q young
man named Thomas Madden, is believed to
have been killed outright. He was buried un-
der several tons Of brick, from falling build
ing by the side OF which he had taken refuge
during the storm.
At Leavenworth, KS, The main tower OF
Mount st. Mary's Academy was blown down.
crushing in the roof, killing four girls aged
from eleven to fifteen years, and injuring a
number Of others. The Kansas Central eleva.
tor valued at CSC, 600 was blown down. An un-
known man was blown into the river and
drowned. The loss by the storm in the city and
county is estimated at t5O0,000.
At st. Louis, the steamer Blue Lodge was
sunk, the Champion No. was wrecked, the
City OF Helena lost her smokestacks, and great
damage was done to the Annie p. Silver. Hun
Of trees prostrated.
A tornado swept through Central Iowa on the
18th, partially destroying the towns of Grinnell
and Malcolm. The village OF BROOKLYN also
suffered somewhat. Latest accounts place the
loss Of life at one hundred while the pecuniary
loss will foot up in the neighborbood of $780,
600. Both buildings Of the Cornell College at
Grinnell were demolished. A freight train on
the Rock Island road was badly wrecked as was
also train on the Iowa Central line. A special
train with physicians and nurses was dispatched
from Des Moines as soon as the extent OF the
calamity became known.
A cyclone struck Amsterdam. N. Y, on the
afternoon Of the nth, doing damage to the
amount Of $4,000 No loss OF life is reported.
MuFAerous Deeds.
In Chicago, ON the evening Of the 17th inst,
ct the corner of West Randolph and Jefferson
Streets, Q tramp named Cayanaugh was en-
gagged in beating woman when W. A. Ogden
interfered, and was stabbed four times, the
IA hat,. ga.
The ship Freeman Clark, which arrived al
New York from Calcutta on the 18th reported
that the captain, James Dwight, Of Springfield,
Mass., was attacked in his booth by the Chinese
steward and cook, and literally hacked TO pieces.
The crew came 10 the captains assistance and
killed both Cinnamon, finging their bodies
overheard.
The wife of Eric Lindauist, farmer near
Geneseo, Ill, killed her babe and herself with 9
razor on the nth
Officer UConnell, Of st. Paul, was murdered
in the street by = brace Of burglars whom he
was pursuing ON the 17th. Mayor Rice has Of
fered reward Of $500 for the apprehension
Of the crooks.
DR.. Jules CrevsuI and . party Of seventeen
ern tributaries Of the river Alate, were killed
by the Obah Indians in Bolivia.
Morgan Hamilton, negro, who was accused
Of numbering Miss Salina Benton, of Boone
vile, Miss., was shot dead in field by party
of eight men.
Ina free fight ut Plano, Texas, on the 18th
inst, Henry Patty WAS killed, John Caggins
mortally wounded, aud Jack Heritage, Ben
Carter and A. HarweIl wounded. The shoot
ing was done with Winchester rifles.
Mike Farrell endesvored TO force an entrance
into the house Of Widow Sullivan, at Chelsea,
Wis.,, ON the night Of the 18th. and was shot
dead by the plucky woman.
Thomas Wall and "Trinidad Charley" two
oolored desperadoes, got into the hands Of
judge Lynch, at Rico, ON the night Of the
18th, and were hoisted into eternity.
Jun Mitchell, negro who committed das-
tardly assault ON . white lady at Mt. Sterling.
Ky., was taken from Jail by armed men on the
18th and hanged.
G. @. Kehs, prominent politician at Berrein
Springs, Mich, vas shot ct Milbury, near Ben
ton HArbor, on the 18th inst, by his son, @. A.
Kent The quarrel was brought about BY tbs
marriage al the con without his father . CONSENT
The wound 10 thought 10 be fatal.
Policeman Schwimer was shot In the face at
Detroit, Mich., on the 9Th, by saloon-keeper
named Schumacher. The saloonist then shot
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