Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-07
CASUALTIES.

IHREE cars OF the Dakota tram the
Chicago and North Western Road were ditched
near Paatine, ILL.,, on the 29th ult., by broken
rail. One child was killed and about twelve
persons injured.
PARIS, Kentucky lost square OF business
buildings by fire on the 2Sth ult Loss S5O,-
900.
P. C. DWIGHT Il CO.. wool securing mill at
Windsor Locks, Conn.,. was damaged BY fire on
the 18th uli., to the extent Of $4,000; insured
A sLEtGHR1DE party of thirty-two prominent
German ladies and gentlemen near Hawley
Pa, in large open sic Ugh, slid off the road
into the empty D. & H. canal. distance OF
forty feet. All were injured, six seriously.
Reinhard Warg. merchant. died from his in
jures.
A CINCINNATI dispatch Of the 9th says:
"Speclals say that the river averages in width
five miles from Evansville to Shawneetown,
and for fifteen miles, commencing at Bald
Peak, it is fifteen miles wide. TwO-thirds of
Gallatin County is under water. Only thirty
houses at Shawneetown are out of water, and
$50 houses are wrecked or have tloated Off
At Caseyville Ky, the houses are floating like
corks All the houses in the bottoms at Hick-
man are under water, and the river is from
thirty to sixty miles wide all the way to Mem
ph1s."
MERRILL, Wis, suffered $4,000 loss by fire
Oh the Goth. The sufferers were: Fehlan,
hardware and harness; Reigleman, saloon;
Herneman, general store; King, druggist; Searl,
jewelry; the telephone office: Osborne, resi-
dence.
EARLY on the 9th. the greater part of N.Y.
ers, Osborn e. Co.'S stove works, Cleveland,
were destroyed by fire of unknown origin.
Tue loss ON the building is $4,000, stock $l5-
600, machinery 1000; insurance $4,000.
BELLOWS & MooRE's building. Albany, N. Y,
/ burned on the 9th. Loss $4,000; insured
MEYERS BROS. X Co.'s tobacco works. and
severa! adjoining buildings at Lynchburg, Va,
burned on the 9th. Loss Oh the factory
$4,000
Ten mills of the st. Joseph Lead Company.
at Bonn-terrc, st. Francois County, Mo-. were
totally destroyed by fire on the 25th, together
| with large amount of valuable machinery.
The ISIS is from 5000, 600 to $3.50. 900: insur-
| auce not known. The property was owned
| chiefly in New York. Several hundred men are
| thrown cut of employment.
| A FIRE in the business part Of Washington,
Ia, destroyed number of buildings and
stocks Of goods. LOSS $4,000 to $4,000; IL
surancc about $4,000.
| The entire town OF Vaughans, Miss, except
the Birmingham Hotel and depot, burned or
the night of the 25th. The hea west losers are
l uckcT u Nuafp, JONI hiOElaillH auO Tucker Il
| Co.; all partially insured.
| GRUMME g. KAPPENsTE1Ns furniture ware
house: and F. NJ. Prow's drug store at Elmira
n. Y, burned on the Goth. Loss $50 600; i'll
| sured.
PETER DEMO lost three of his children b,
the burning of his house in Montague. Mich
Oh the 26th. Mary Burns, the hired girl, wa.
also burned to death. -Four of Mr. Denno'
l oh lfraN md ifo In hot,
only week old and Eva, aged S. were burned
to ashes. A shawl had to be used to pick up
their remains. Nellie, aged 8. had her arms
and legs burned off. Mr.. Demo and the cid
est boy were horribly burned about the fac
and the former may lose an eye. Mrs. Denn>
rushed ont in her night-clotheS She is de
nented by her terrible bereavement.
DENNIS HENNEssY's dwelling on State,
sland, New York, was destroyed by fire on tn
26th. Mrs. Hcnnessy and Der two children
Francis, aged years, and George, aged
months, persisted in the flames. MIR. Henness
was absent at the time.
The giant-powder and nitro-glycerine hous
in the Swede pit at the Cleveland mine Ish
penning, Mich, exploded with terrific force OF
} | the night of the 25th. The attendant. Fran
Dahlquist, was blown to atoms; hardly a trac
| of him could be found. The shock was sever
| all over Ishpenning, and the windows in tn
immediate vicinity were demolished.
Il A sHAwNEErowN, ILL.,, dispatch of the 26th
says: The river is slowly falling. but the waite
! | is five feet higher than ever before Th
| high wind moved many houses from thei
| foundations. Several hundred houses wer
!. swept away. Many homeless people have los
| all and are suffering for shelter and food
, | The railroad depot has been swept away an
the estimated loss in this vicinity is 5000, 1000.
The steamship Bywell Castle, from the Blac
{ Sea with cargo Of cotton seed and beans
; bound to Boston, is thought to have foundere
) with all on board.
THE steamer Republic arrived in New Yor
; on the 9th, with passengers from the wrecke
G]amorgan, which left Liverpool for Bosto1
on February 7th. The Glamorgan was struc
by tremendous sea when few days on. an,
completely disabled. Fifty-threee person
we're rescued by the Republic and the followin
were lost: Capt Court; A. P Robillard. sec
ond officer; D. Williams and J. Jerrard, sea
men; John Barrel, second steward; Hand
Cullen, passenger, and an unknown man,
stowaway.
| On the 18th the leyee broke at Panther For
l est, fifteen miles below Arkansas Citv. IN tn