Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-30
CASUALTIES.

Relics from the Great Fire at Fall River
Fssat Il sifrnad Observation-Disclosures Of the
bail cad Commissioners Oh tho North
AID ans Disaster.
THE FALL RIVER FIRE.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Oct. 29-The ruins
of the Flint mill are still burning. OF the
main mill only the lower sides and part OF
the south end remain, and portions OF
these will fall. OF the Decker house in the
rear the upper two stories are gone. The
lower story with engine and boiler-room is
comparatively uninjured. All machinery
in the main mill in the basement is in the
mass of burning debris. The loss is
100000, with 100000 insurance. Be-
sides the insurance on the mill there is
$4,000 on the profits. The mill will re-
ceive 500 for each day of stoppage. The
directors meet tomorrow, when the ques-
ton of rebuilding will prob
ably be acted upon. The
present outlook, considering the heavy IL
surance, is that the companies will under
take TO rebuild the mill instead of paying
the policies, as it could be replaced at pres
ent at less than S6OO,000. The capital
stock was $5SO,000, held by 275 sharehold-
ers, 1872 of whom are non-residents. The
defective water supply was caused by the
smallness of the service pipes in this COM
paratiyely new part of the city, being in
adequate to feed the 24-inch main at the
mill. In one mill was tank containing
twenty barrels of oil, and at the other a
reservoir filled with a large quantity of
naptha. 1t is singular that neither ex-
ploded, although exposed for hours to the
most intense heat.
Dover, N. H., Oct. 29.-The sash, window
and blind factory Of Washington Phillips
& Son burned. Loss, $4,000; insured.
$4,000. Fifty men are thrown out of en-
ployment.
WINNIPEG, Oct. 29.-The three-story
brick building of the bank of Montreal,
also occupied by the general Office of the
Canadian Pacific railway, was damaged by
fire $4,000. The railway company lose
$4,000.
TIE NORTH ADAMS ACCIDENT.
Boston, Oct. e9.-The board of railroad
commissioners have given a decision on
the Troy & Greenfield railroad collision al
North adams, Oct. 81, by which seven per.
sons lost their lives. The board is of the
opinion that the weight of testimony
shows that Engineer Watson was proceed
ing II an improper and dangerous manner
and that there was no excuse FOR this neg
ligence. So far as the management
of the road is concerned
the board says a loose system
has prevailed; that trains too often have
been permitted to run in the wrong di-
rectiOn without proper precaution, ano
that it mas been done so often that it ought
to have been known and prevented. A
railway which can not be operated with
reasonable safety should not be operated
at all, and no exception should be made in
| favor OF q road owned by the common.
wealth. The manner of making up the
construction train with the caboose ahead
OF the train is condemned.
ACCIDENT ToA STEAMER.
VICTORIA, B. c., Oct. 29.-Yesterday the
mail steamer Enterprise, while on the way
to Westminster with forty passengers and
full freight, broke her walking beam and
blew out her cylinder head. No one hurt,
though the engineer had very narrow
escape from instant death. Damage to
steamer $4,000.
The WRECK OF THE MELVILLE.
VICTORIA, B. c., Oct. oh. IL. King-
fisher returned from the wreck of the
Melville at o'clock this morning. The
wreck had entirely disappeared when she
reached them. The Indians who found
the dead body of a lady say she was ele-
gantly dressed, and wore wedding ring
Probably about fifteen others were on
board the barque when she sailed from
Shanghai. A photograph of the dead wo-
man, another of an elderly lady and an
other Of German military officer was
found on the wreck. The ships clock had
stopped at l o'clock. The first sign of a
wreck was the coming ashore of the bodies
and wreckage.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
WHITEHALL, N. Y, Oct. pa freight
train bound south on the Delaware & Hud-
son railroad, left the track on short tres
tie near Putnam station last night. Eigh-
teen cars were burned, and the fireman
named Charles Wheeler, and a brakeman
named George Near; were killed.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Oct. ga south bound
train on the Texas narrow gauge near
Maiden, Mo-, yesterday morning ran
through bridge, and several passengers
We're hurt but none killed.