River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 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 postoffice and three business houses
were destroyed by an incendiary fire at
Assumption. Ill, recently.
A FIRE originated in warehouse on
the pier at Oakland, Cal. burned the bark
Great Western and cargo. and damaged
the Norma, the loss aggregating $68,OOO.
THE United States snagboat Woodruff
burst boiler at Cincinnati June %. One
employee was mortally injured, two slight
ly wounded. and the boat damaged 10000.
THE American schooner Massasoit, un-
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.
THE window-glass factory of Phillips &
Brothers, in Pittsburgh, valued at $l0,-
600. was destroyed by fire jane 23. as was
j. 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 OF
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 in
his official robes and presented petition
by the corporation of that city against he
repression bill.
SEVENTY residents of Adrian, Mich,
have been poisoned to dangerous degree
hy eating cheese. The life of John l..
Smith was only saved by vigorous treat
ment. The cheese was sold by several
grocers, but is known TO have been made
at one factory last month. Minute para
sites were revea led by the microscope.
THE Iowa tornado was seen to form
over Des Moines about dusk GU Saturday
About 8 o'clock it struck Grinnell, kill
ing thirty-three persons, wounding one
hundred, and destroying 6ftv-hve resi-
Malcolm, nine miles eastward. eight hui
man lives were taken, and at Dresden
many more persons were killed. The
track of the storm varied in width from
forty feet to a mile. For twenty-one
miles not house was left standing So
heavy was the rain that the water was
knee-deep on the prairies. Search for
the victims at Grinnell was kept up all
night, and thirty-three corpses were laid
out in the Rock Island engine house.
Special trains took surgeons from Dea
Moines and Marshalltown. Two long
freight trains were thrown from the track
near Grinnell, two brakemen being killed
Three students of Iowa college lost their
their lives. Some sprang from third
story windows and rode the gale to the
ground in safety, and two were sucked
from the dormitory and crushed to death.
The latest reports indicate loss of one
hundred lives and the destruction of
property valued at $500. 900. A relief
committee has been orga nized at Mar
shalltown.
ANOTHER fearful hurricane visited Iowa
on June %. AT $50 in the evening, il
grew ominously dark when within tea
miles Of Independence, so that lamps
were used in houses and on the cars, and
IL wss Impossible TO see car-iength ahead
Of the train. At Independence, the ind
blew furiously, demoralizing number Of
houses, blowing down the smoke stacks of
the insane asylum, and causing great des-
truction AT Sells Bros circus ii blew
down the tent-pole, killing thre employees.
The storm was seen several minutes be-
fore it struck this sity, and the people
were we'll prepared to protect themselves
by going into the cellars. School build
ings were umoofed. lumber piles were
scattered, trees were blown out by the
roots, in some instances, and much other
damage was done thai it could not be par
tic ularized by the passengers. 1t was not
whirling tornado at Independence. bat
straight wind-storm. At Waterloo, the
top of the Illinois Central Railway bridge
was blown away. and other damage re-
ported.