Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-01-26
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

THE Conestoga bark-works at Lancas-
ter, Pa, valued at $45,0 900, were swept
away by fire.
Ex-Governor BULLOCK, of Massachu-
setts, dropped dead on the sidewalk at
Worcester, from a stroke of apopleXy.
A BROKEN wheel caused a st. Paul train
TO go over an embankment near Lansing,
Iowa, iniuring twenty persons to light
degree.
THE Alton road has suffered loss of
$25, ,000 by the fall of an iron bridge near
Mexico, Mo-, on which six cars went
down.
On the Virginia avenue crossing, at In
dianapolis, a Wabash freight train
crashed into a street-car A Sister of
Providence was killed, and DIR. James II.
Bozell had both feet badly crushed. The
car-driver was arrested for criminal neg
ligence.
THE flood in the Cumberland river at
| Nashville has rendered 800 families home
less, the water is pouring into the cellars
Of wholesale houses on Front and Broad
streets. Saw-mills having on hand Ium-
Der valued at IS 100000 are pretty nearly
submerged.
The steamships City of London and
! Henry Edye sailed from Europe for Amer
! lean ports in November, and all hope of
their safety has been abandoned. Their
cargoes were valued at 5000 900 each.
SAMUEL ALEXANDER, a colored man of
Indianapolis. was awarded $3.50 damages
for an accident Tor which his employer was
held responsible by the Jury. He bios
somed into maniac in FIVE minutes, and
will be sent to the asylum.
FLAMES broke out in the Circus Krem-
sier at Bucharest. and spread with such
rapidity that many men and horses were
burned to death. Some wild beasts in a
menagerie opposite the inclosure made
desperate efforts to escape, and were ter
ribly scorched by the heat.
THE limited express on the Fort Wayne
road struck some freight cars being
switched across the track at Englewood,
! H., Engineer Graham and Fireman
Wertz were badly cut, and eight passen-
gers were seriously injured. Two freight
cars were demolished. and the passenger
engine was disabled.
courthouse blocks at Abilene, Kan, and
ragged furiously for hours. The loss is
placed at $4,000, besides a large portion
Of the public records. Several stores at
Terrell, Tex, valued at $27, 800, were
swept away, as was also Chambers opera
house at Mankato, MINI. The oil ware
house of Emory & Co., at Pittsburg, was
damaged to the amount of $4,000.
A SERIOUS accident occurred on the New
York Central & Hudson River railroad,
Saturday, near Fox Bridge, between Lyons
and Syracuse, resulting in the wrecking of
a heavy west-bound freight train, com
posed of thirty loaded cars, and the seri-
Gus, if not fatal. injury of engineer
Charles Chapman. The occasion of the
accident was a misplaced switch by neg
ligent employe. and the train was precipi-
tated while at full speed.
Two young men, Andrew Gunderson, a
Scandinavian, end Fred Matter. a Ger
man, IL and p years old respectively,
while skating across the head of Lake
Pepin, fell into an air-hole and were
drowned. Two small boys who saw them
state that they had hold of each others
hands while going through the ice. They
were found at a depth of twenty feet,
about forty yards from the shore. There
home is in Isabella, Pierce county, Wis.