Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-21
CASUALTIES.

TEE Washington sleeper on the western ex-
press on the Pennsylvania Railroad caught fire
near Wiimore station, Allegheny Mountains, at
4 O'Clock on the morning of the 18th inst, and
vas entirely consumed. The passengers es-
capped without injury, but lost nearly all of
their clothing. When the train arrived at
Plttsburg many of the passengers we're half
naked. The Pullman Company's loss is $780,
000.,
MAYER's dry goods store at Hoopston, ILL.,,
was burned on the 18th inst, with adjoining
buildings occupied by the American and U. s.
Express Companies. Loss $4,000, insurance
$4,000.
TIE Piper Opera House at Virginia City and
several adjoining buildings we're destroyed by
fire on the 18th inst. Loss $35,00O.
The west bound passenger train on the I. b.
& W. Railroad ran into hack at q crossing
two miles west of Crawfordville, Ind, on the
18th inst, instantly killing Joseph Green,
passengers; also demolishing the hack and
killing the horses.
AN explosion on plantation in Cuba caused
the death of six negroes and one Cbinaman,
and the injury of six other negroes and four
to ruins.
The first loss of human life by the flood in
the region of Helena, Ark, occurred by the
upsetting Of a house, twelve miles south of the
city, in which there were six adults and four
children. The latter were drowned, and the
former were rescued by party of hunters, who
took them of the roof, after they had clung to
it three days.
ALABoRER in quarry at Dead Mans Hol-
low, McKeesport, Pa, handled can of frozen
dynamite in careless manner, an explosion
followed, resulting in the death of Daniel Hen
ninger and the fatal injury of two others.
A FIRE at Bellows Falls, Vt., on the 9th inst,
destroyed the building occupied by the Ver-
mont Machine Company and Osgood & Barker,
machinists. Loss on the building, owned by
the Bellows Falls Canal Company. $15, 900; no
insurance.. Osgood & Barker lost $3.50. 900; in
sured for B12,5OO. The Vermont Farm Ma
chine Company lost $4,000; insured for $25,
600.
A BUILDING at Danville, Va, tenanted by
eight firms, burned on the 9th inst. Loss
$40, 1000.
FIRE at Pocariza. in the province of Leon.
Spain. destroyed fifty-six houses. One woman
was burned to death, while several persons
were injured. The loss is GOO, 900 psetas.
The Windsor Cotton Mills, at Manchester,
England, were burned yesterday. Loss ESQ.,
600.
WELLS l. Co., of the Commercial Iron
Works, at shoreditch, England. have failed fo1
E25O, 1000.
Ex-SHER1FF PETER A. VOORHEES,, and
brother Abraham, were killed at New Bruns-
wick, N. j., on the 9th inst, while crossing the
track of the Central Railroad in q wagon. Two
I others we're seriously hurt.
AT 2:30 on the morning Of tie 9Th inst.
earch for the b0dies Of missing men in th(
debris of the Litterer drug store fire at Nash
vile was commenced. The remains of yUunf
man about 80 years old was found, and identi
fed as Thomas Womack, molder. A few
hours later the bodies Of William Miller, ,
boilermaker, and John Firth, former police
man, were taken from the ruins. The thre'
men we're crushed to death by falling wall O
the drug store, while in the act of preserving
property in an adjoining building.