Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-04
ACCIDENT RECORD
FATAL EXPLOSIONS AND DTSASTROU US
FIRES.
Nine Men Killed by Boiler Explosion
Terrific Gas Blow Up at San Francisco
$4,000 Fire in Pennsylvania and Il Lum-
Der Burning in Wisconsin.

a EAO-h4NENI OEIhOII ClIiZEN DECEASED.
DETROIT. April 3.-Hon. Charles C..
Trowbridge, one of the Oldest and most
honored and beloved citizens of Detroit
and of the state, died this evening, after a
brief illness, aged eighty-three years.
He came to Detroit in 1919, from Albany,
n. Y, where he was born. On coming to
Michigan it was yet a territory, inhabited
almost wholly by Indians. He has since
occupied prominent financial positions in
banking and railroad enterprises, being
for over twenty-five years the resident
manager and director of the Detroit & Mil
waukee railroad, with whose inception and
construction he was prominently identi-
lied. He was also a member of the stand
ing committee of the diocese of Michigan
from the date of its organization and of
the Episcopal church here till the day of
his death. He leaves three married
daughters. His wife died three years
ago.
PENNSYLVANIA BLAZE
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa. April Six brick
and two frame buildings were burned
early this morning in Jersey Shore. The
loss is estimated from $4,000 to $4,000.
The principal losers are T. & j. G. Colvert,
furniture; Joseph Kloesner, iewsler; Mrs
Q, +. keyser, restaurant and dwelling:
Slower d Deuttlsr, a building; Michael
Slower, building and tailor shop; Mrs.
Durrell and Mrs. Porter, double building;
T. c. Dingler, dry goods and furniture;
Miss G. Harris, millinery; the Odd Fellows
and Masons' hall; d. I. Bengeman, billiard
room. The poStoffice was also destroyed.
THROUGH BRIDGE.
BALTIMORE, April 3.-Engine, tender and
caboose, freight train, Philadelphia, Will
mington & Baltimore railway, dropped
through the draw bridge at Bush river this
morning, aud we're badly wrecked The sig
nal that the draw was open was not seen
by the engineer until too late to stop.
Damage several thousand dollars.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Moss PoINT, Miss, April 3.-A boiler in
one of the Griffin mills exploded and nine
men were killed andwounded. jim Cooper.
of New Orleans, was instantly killed. and
Simon Lasky and William Brown, of No
bile, were scalded, and have since died.
Five other colored men were seriously
hurt, and also one white man.
LUMBER FIRE.
ELAND, Wis, April 3.-Fire in lumber
yards was got under control during the
night. Rideout's mill was saved and S.
Bryant's lumber. The heavy losers are
Badger & Gould, Oshkosh, 100000 feet of
lumber.
FOUNDRY BURNED.
HARRIsBURG, April 3.-The upper section
of Brown d Reeds foundry, containing
hundreds OF patterns of valuable char
acter, are burned. The stock was unin-
sured.
TERRIFIC GAS EXPLOSION.
SAN Francisco, April 3.-A gas explo-
sion in the cellar of the Palace hotel to-
day and second explosion of greater vio-
lence blew out the sidewalk light and Sc
Verely burned the following persons: En-
gineer Ross, of the fire department; Capt
White, of the patrol; j. III. Garry, driver;
Geo. B. Larose, G. w. Harrison, J. McCor-
mick, Eugene Drew, John Lord and r.
Chapman, members of the patrol. It is
feared the injuries of Ross and Chapman
will prove fatal. Several others were
burned seriously. The damage to the
property is light.