Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-04-18

}. NJ. Gladstone Il Sons, at Liverpool, COM
mitted suicide there by taking strychnine. He
was cousin of Prime Minister Gladstone.
CASUALTIES.
The steamer Wylie, of the central line of
steamers struck the bridge at Fort Gaines,
Ga. on the night Of the 11th inst, carry ing
away her cabin and striking the pier. She
sank imme ediately. Ten lives were lost. The
steamer had miscellane ous cargo. The boat
and cargo are total loss.
LEH1aH VALLEY train collided with a
Philadelphia and Reading train, at the cross
ing of the former road on the 18th inst. The
rear coach of the Philadelphia train was over
turned and at once caught fire. All the pas.
sengers were extlicatt1 before the flames
reached them, but thirteen received injuries.
PHILIP SHORT, the proprietor of sawmiIl at
Armada, Mich, was torn to pieces in fright
full manner yesterday. While oiling buzz
saw his sleeve be ;ame caught iu the ma
ch'nery, and he was drawn upon the saw in
such q naruer that both his light slm and
right leg were cut off almost instantly. Stj'!
held fast in the machinel !, be was again drawn
upon the saw, which ran tue entire length of
BIS other leg, from bis thigh to his foot. He
was then thrown distance of six feet. his
bead striking on bolt and being fro ctuyed
two or three inches deep. NotW Outstanding
his fearful injuries he lived thee hours after
the a: cdent. suffering intensely, but retaining
consciousness to the last.
The burcing of the Continental Oil and
Transportation Company's works at Denver,
onthe right of the nth inst. was one Of the
most destructive fires in the history of the
city. Two hundred thousand gallons of OF,
and the extensive tarkage buildings were de-
stroyed. The fire was probably Of incendiary
origin. Loss $100, 1000; insurance $25, coo.
TIE gas and steam heating works which we're
threatened, were saved.
The Bercher Basket Manufactory, at Flem-
insson N. j., burned ON the 18th inst. Loss
I$25,O0O. Thirty-eight thousand peach bas-
kets were destroyed. for which orders had
been re celved from peach growers. One hun
dred and twenty persons were thrown out of
employment.
The extensive works and storehouse of the
Knickerbocker Ic, Company, at Booth, Me-,
were discovered to he on fire on the 18th inst.
Eleven large houses, the engine house and all
the extensive 1uns and shops, the wharves and
10000 tons of ice were destroyed. Boats load
ing at the whatves were hauled into the stream.
The loss is estimated at $15O, 1000; insurance
$33, 900.
TIE roundhouse aud machine shop of the
Winona and St. Peter Division of the North.
Western Railroad burned on the morning of the
18th inst. Eleven locomotives were badly
damaged. Loss $35, 900; no insurance.
ELEVATOR No. 2, of the Northern Central
llilway at Canton. Nd, costing $4,000, and
insured for $4,000, burned on the night of
the 18th inst. Two barks we're badly damaged
and canal barge with grain destroyed.
CHARLES RHoADEs, aged l8, and Beach Tin
slcy. aged 35, started into the country from
Muncie, ind, on the 18th inst, carrying can
of hercules powder. Half mile from the city
the powder exploded. tearing Rhoades to
atoms. His head was blown entirely from bis
body and found fifty yards from the place of
the explosion. His legs, aims and other frag-
ments OF bis body were scattered in all direc-
tions. One arm cannot be found. Tinsley was
fatally hurt.
AT 7:1O O'Clock on the morning of the 1Otl
inst, the large building at the northwest corner
of Church and State Streets, Rochester, N. Y,
fell with crash. The side wall facing Church
Street had been erected during the winter, and
1t is supposed the mortar was frozen and the
warm weather loosened the BRICK and caused
the fall. There we're seventeen men at work
in the building. An alarm was sounded which
brought out the 6remen and policemen, who
worked hard to clear away the debris and final
" succeeded in taking out all of the unfOrtuu-
atcs. Mathew Peard was dead and Wesley Ash
baugh and r. L. Wooden fatally injured. A
number of others were quite badly hurt The
owner Of the building, J. F. Carter, WAS on the
roof at the time the building fell, and was
severely injured. The structure had been con.
demned by the fire marshal. and much indig-
nation is felt toward Carter. The loss is $685.
600.
HENRY ". Co1BuRN and Bernard Ashley,
keepers of the fog signal at Point New Year,
San Mateo County, California, attempted to
row ashore in skiff with two friends, Clayton
A; and Frank Pratt: The boat capsized and
all were drowned. The wives Of the keepers
were witnesses of the accident.
The Logan H ouse, the oldest hotel in MUIR
physboro, ILL.,, owned by Mrs. Rogers, sister
Of Gen. Logan, burned on the night of the
Sth inst. Mrs. Rogers and two little girls mar
roWIy escaping with their lives. X. w. Swope,
travelling salesman for Adams & Alathene. st.
Louis, and resident of Chicago, was burned
to death.
The barn Of H. B. Monaghan, at Gary Da.
kota, burned on the 9Th inst, and his wife. in
attempting to save the STOCK, was burned to
death.
NINE buildings at Fast Liverpool, O., were
destroyed by fire on the 9th inst. Six horses
were cremated; two of them were trotters
Loss $12, 600; fully insured.
FIRE at Hamilton, no., on the 9Th inst, de.
stroyed six buildings o., Main Street, including
the Hamilton Savings Bank and Western
House. Loss 427, 200. - n.
CLEVELAND had . e50, 900 fire on the 9Th inst.
The Ironclad Paint Co.'s works and TAYLOR 1
Baggis' foundry were involved.
An open boat, in which Cyril P. Whimaker,
son of wealthy iron master Of Principle
Lewis Jeffers, and VIM. Hopkins (oolored),
sailed from Havre de Grace, Nd, has beer
found bottom up, with no trace Of the occu.
pants. The weather had been threatening,
and high wind prevailed ct the time The
party started, 90 it is supposed the boat cap.
sized and the occupants were drowned.
The American schooner Estella and thu
Mexican pilot-boat Theodorita we're lost on tht
bar at Tucpam during : norther. All handl
wire drowned. s.-1 ,3 ..,.s=--.s s= r
The loss by the fire in the Hotel Berkely;
Boston, Aggregates 8170, 900; Of which $780,.
COG is on personal property and e20, 900 on The
uilding. -. E., y: ~.
"A. G. MowBRAY's Touring mill at Stockton
twelve miles from Winona, Minn., burned on
the 9th inst. Loss between 900 and $50.
GOO: insurance GAO O0O ~ s45S -.