Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-12
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Louisvllle-Tho vaRsea Phases of LILO
Rejected ~ the Types.
The steamer Buckeye State, bound for
St. Louis, while attempting to land at the
wharf at Louisville ON Friday afternoon,
was caught by stiff breeze and strong
current, aud ran on the dam and was
badly broken up. The stern sank to the
ladies' cabin floor. No lives were lost.
The steamer is supposed to be total loss.
There were about thirty passengers on
board the steamer. among them a number
Of ladies. The crew of the life saving sta
tion were promptly on hand with boats,
aud did vigorous and efficient work in re.
moving the passengers and baggage. All
were safely carried to the shore and the
tugs Depau and Transit went to the as
sistance of the disabled vessel. Tho Buck
eye State is stern wheeler and was built
about forty years ago at cost of $40, 900.
Premature Explosion.
Thore was another fatal accident on the
West Shore railroad, ut Plum Point, just
north of Cornwall, on tho Hudson section.
Mike Cassidy, gang boss, was arranging
4 fuse when it went oil prematurely.
Cassidy aud two Italians were injured.
One OF the latter died, aud Cassidy can
live but . few hours. The other Italian
has fractured arm.
Fight About u Wedding.
A fight occurred near tho lines of Den
ton and Dallas counties, Texas. Three
brothers, named Steel, opposed the mar
riage of their mother with i man named
Green. Two of the Greens and one Of the
Steels were mOrtally wounded in the
fracas. One of the Greens is since report
ed dead.
A1ueer Story.
A woman giving the name Uf Catlarine
Taney, and who says she is Il sister Of the
latcChief Justice Taney, applied recently
to the county superintendent of the poor
at Troy, N. Y, for aid. Sho says her
daughter writes for the Cincinnati Com
naercidl, and another daughter is tho wife
Of Colonel Hummer, Of Newport, Ky. She
was sent to the Albany almshouse.
Forest Fires IN California.
Forest fires are raging all around Shasta,
Co. Last night nearly all the citizens
were out fighting the flames to keep them
from the town. Communication between
Shasta and Redding is cut of. Several
residences on the outskirts and a number
of fine orchards and vineyards havc been
destroyed.
Contending for Garibaldi's Body.
The dispatch vessel Esploratore, with a
detachment Of ritlsmen Oh board, has
sailed from Naples for Caprera in order to
Intercept an expedition which has started
with the intention of burning the body of
Garabaldi.
KohinOOr CUliiery flooded.
BY tho bursting Of dam ut Kohinoor
colliery, Shenandoah, tho workings were
flooded, which will necessitate the suspen.
sion of mining for several days. Ii is be-
lieved all the miners got out safely.
Explosion or u Pow Icr Mil.
The Hardy powder works. located
J.! miles southeast Of Vallejo, CAL, ex-
plodcd. The mixing, glazing and drying
houses aud the magazine were blown to
atoms. The ruins took fire, and nothing
was left standing except a water tank and
the brickwork surrounding the boiler. A.
II. Hall, the engineer and superintendent,
was badly burned but, he may recover.
George Edgerman and Ferris McArdle
were killed. Fifteen tons Of powder ex-
ploted.