Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-20
SERIOUS HAPPENINGS.
STILL MORE REPORTS OF DISASTERS
FROM THE LATE GALE.
Several Bad observation-disclosures
road Accidents-Many Minor Casual
ties.
A FURIOUS STORM.

| ST.. JOINS, N. F Nov. 19.-St. Pierre an
nounces furious stow storm Friday and
Saturday last, attended with loss of life
and property. Ships were driven ashore
and crews persisted.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Nov. 19.-The ship
Portland, lumber laden, schooner and
two brigantines, bound to France, were
driven upon reef and wrecked. Several
vessels were driven from their anchorage
and partly wrecked. Trepassey advices
report several bodies came ashore there
and at st. Shots. No identifcations as
yet. All were mutilated, heads, arms and
legs severed from the trunk. At st. Shots
a large vessel drove by dismasted and
looked abandoned. The steamer Caspian
was detained four days by the hurricane,
unable On Saturday to face the northerly
gale. Three schooners went down in
firmly bay and one in Captain bay. The
steamer Missouri, Boston for Liverpool.
passed Cape Race on Sunday and reports
frightful stormy weather.
MONTREAL, Nov. 19.-Reports of the dis
astrous effects of the gale last week come
in daily. The following fatal accidents
are reported: Two sailors named st. Jean,
residing at Sorel, were drowned while
crossing the river in a boat from Gentilly
to Champiain; Victor Venillette, a sailor
on board the schooner Charles. was blown
overheard and drowned. It is reported
the barge Alabama was found abandoned
on Lake st. Louis, and it is feared the
crew persisted. The gale played havoc
with some light ships on Lake st. Louis.
SUNK ON THE RAGING CANAL.
UTICA, N. Y, Nov 19.-The boat A. P.
Downer, loaded with corn, sunk crosswise
in the canal near here this morning. The
boat was broken across the middle and
wrecked, and the canal is completely
blocked. 1t will probably take two days
to clear the canal.
VESSEL FoUNDERED.
BUFFALO, Nov. 19-The opinion prevails
that the schooner, James Wade, from De-
troit, Oct. 25, with the schooner, a. F.
Mervip, went ashore near Silver creek and
foundered with all hands on board. Her
crew consisted of seven mend. b.
Brown, master; Eli Brooks, steward; A. s.
Shonkey, all married, of Detroit, and two
sailors named Martin and Grenac. Tho
vessel was insured for $4,000 and loaded
with $4,000 Bushels of wheat for Buffalo.
BOILER EXPLOSION.
FAIRFAX Court House, Va, Nov. 49,
The boiler of the mill of N. o. Martin ex-
ploded on Saturday.
FIRES.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 19.-The stable
of Christopher Hare and twenty-nine
horses were burned this morning.
NEWARK, N. j., Nov. 19.-The country
residence of Geo. V. Hecker, at Orange
Mountain, burned yesterday, with furni-
ture. Loss 100000.
TUG BURNED.
DETROIT, Nov. 19.-Tug Coleman, owned
by Captain Mills, of Detroit, caught fire in
the starboard bunker while laying along
side the bar point light ship. She was
towed by the tug Oneida to Amherstberg,
where the engines set to work to extin-
gulsh the flames. The decks and every
thing above them we're burned. Damage
estimated to amount to several thousand:
insured for $4,000.
COAL GAS EXPLOSION,
STREAToR, Ill, Nov 19-As the miners were
entering the Peanut coal mine, this morn
ing, the gas that had accumulated over
Sunday exploded, killing Thomas Jones
and slightly wounding five others.
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