The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-04-21
CASUALTIES.

| FIRES on the nth inst: SlXtlCn business
/ bindings were burned at CIiefelJ. Md. loss
| 9lUU,0 600; the finishing shops Of Shanz's foun-
| dry at Preston, Ont. loss $4,000; Dewar's
| tanne.y and several buildings at Pembroke.
| Oat.. loss 115, OUJ, and c. G. Blessings plumb
ing store in Philadelphia, loss S25 0G0.
| A DISASTROUS tornado at White Oak Station.
Ark, seyeled large number Of houses and
| made havoc with trees aud telegraph lines.
| Several persons were fatally injured.
HE hve-story building E79, 28t and 283
| Broadway. New York, occupied by Bradstreet's
C"mmarcIal Agency, Remington & Sous. Iif1e
manufacturers, and the Hall Safe and Lock
| Company, was Quilted by fire on the 18th inst
he los Is about $4,000, and is partially COW
| cred by Insurance. RradsiTeets Agency re-
ceaIlv had their stock insured fer 500 OOh and
| this Will probably cover their loss if The books
| are saved.
| SEVEN stores ard shops and an elevator be
| longing to White Bros, were destroyed by fire
| at Narb9na Station, on the Wabash Railroad.
| a few miles east Of Lexington, Mo. Loss not
| given.
The furniture factory of Stockhauser & Co.,
st. Louis, suffered to the extent of S35, 900 bv
| fire on the 14th inst. The building was dam
| sged TO the amount OF $4,000.
| BUTcHARD's BLOCK and John b. Smiths
| boot and shoe store were burned at Owen
| sound. I'D, on the 18th inst. Loss $50, 900.
The ice shove IN Rideau River, at Ottawa,
Ont, carried away the house of Mrs. L9fram
bois at the foot OF Botteiler Street, and a
woman was crushed to death. In five minutes
| the water rose three feet. The freshet was the
| seyerest ever known there St. PatIiek's
bridge, valued at $4,000, was swept away.
A DISPATCH from st. Hyacinthe. Quebec,
| dated the 18Th inst, says: g The Yamaskl
| River is rising. 4 dam and bridge have been
| carried away, lntllcting a damage already of
| S4U.OUO. The town Is Inundated. and the in
! habltants are leaving their dwellings in boats
| ffom the upper windows. The dam supplying
| the water-pOwe to the mills has given wav
| Over 100 houses are filed with water in the
| lower flats. and all the house goods we're de-
| suoyed. The loss cannot be estimated. Co
| teau Landing and other places are reported in
/ similar condition"
| FREIGHT train on the Norfolk and Western
| Railroad was derailed on the 18th inst and
| sevs raj cars wrecked. Fireman Gilmour and
| Engineer Michael SPilan were killed.
\ SPECIAL from Delmott Chicot County.
AK, says: Yesterday morning six colored
| children living on Peddicard's place went to
picnic in the woods, and gathering weeds for
salad, cooked them, and ID a mistake put in
| strgchmne for seasoning. All partook. and
three dled; others, II Is understood are dying.
| NEAR Crete, Neb., on the 18th inst, prairie
| fire surrounded some children who were play
| ing on a haystack, and two, named Young,
| were fatally burned
The steamer Wyie, Of the central line of
steamers struck the bridge at Fort Gaines,
| Ga. on the night Of the 1lth inst carving
| away her cabin and striking the pier. She
sank Immediately. Ten lives were lost The
| steamer had a miscellaneous cargo. The boat
| and cargo are total loss
I I
Philadelphia and Reading tram, 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
| seugers were extricated before the flames
! reached them, but thirteen received INJURIES
| PHLIP SHORT, the proprietor of sawmill at
Armada, Mich. was torn to pieces in 4 fright
ful manner yesterday. While oiling a buzz
| saw his sleeve became caught IN the ma
/ chlnerv. and he was drawn upon the saw in
such manner that both his right arm and
| right leg were cut Off almost instantly Still
held fast in the machinery. he was again drawn
| upon the saw. which ran the entire length of
his other leg. from his thigh to his fool. He
| was then thrown a distance of six feet his
bead striking on bolt aud being fractured
/ two or three inches deep. Notwithstanding
| his fearful injuries he lived three hours after
the accident. suffering intensely, but retaining
/ consciousness to the last.
THE burning of the Continental OIL and
transportation Company's works at Denver.
/ on the night Of the 11th inst. was one of the
most destructive fires in the history of the
1 city. Two hundred thousand gallons of oil
| and the extensive tankage buildings were de-
| stroyed. The fire was probably of ncendiarv
| origin. Loss 100000: insurance s25, 600.
| The gas and steam heating works which were
| threatened. were saved.
CHARLES RHoApEs. aged IS, and Beach Tin
| sley. aged 35, started into the country from
| Muucie, md, on the 11th inst, carrying a can
| OF hercules powder. Half mile from the CITY
| the powder exploded. tearing Rhoades to
atoms. His head was blown entirely from his
| body and found fifty yards from the place of
| the explosion. His legs. arms and other frag-
| ments Of his body we're scattered in all direc-
| tons. One arm cannot be found Tinsley was
fatally hurt
AT 7:l0 o'clock on the morning of the 10th
/ inst, the large building at the northwest corner
/ Of Church and State Streets, Rochester. n. Y.
| fell with 4 crash. The side wall facing Church
| Street had been erected during the winter. and
| II is supposed the mortar was frozen and the
| warm weather loosened the brek and caused