Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-19
Breslin, . fireman, was thrown from his truck

HE new city hall at Charlton, Ia., together
with the entire fire apparatus Of the town, was
destroyed by fire on the 9th.
JOSEPH JARED was asphyxiated by foul air in
a mine near Confidence, Ia., on the 9Th. Lafay-
cite Zentz went to his rescue and met like
fate. =
AT Holland, Mich, on the 9th young farm
er named Peter Freeker was killed by being run
over by heavily-loaded wagon.
A CARPENTER named Roster fell FROM roof
at East sangatuck, Mich, on the 9Th, and
broke his neck.
FIRE on the 10th destroyed the pork house of
F. A. Smith, at Louisville, KY; together with
some adjoining property. Loss about $4,000.
AN incendiary fire destroyed ten buildings
at Ashland, O., on the 10th. Loss $4,000.
NJ. Dow1INe, commission merchant, New
Orleans, La,, lost $25,0OO by fire Oh the 25th.
AT st. Paul, Minn., on the 10th, Arrel His
Ky and Herman Pilgrim, teamsters, were killed
by lightning.
DANIEL MERRITT, q compositOr, fell down
stairs and broke his neck, on the 10th, IN Min
neapolis, Minn.
A BOILER exploded on the 10th at Heron
Island, Pa, killing one man and seriously in
juring four others.
The schooner Laura Belle went ashore off
Shot Point, Mich, on the 7th and went to
pieces. The captain and crew after terrible
suffering reached Marquette on the 9Th. Vim.
Howell. one OF the crew, was killed by flying
boom.
On the 9th at Houston, Tex, blacksmith
named Sickness was struck by lightning and
killed.
GREENS flour mill at Milford, Wis, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 9Th with about 10000
bushels Of wheat.
The body Of an unknown hunter was found
in the woods near Wooster, O., on the 7th.
The dead mans faithful dog was on guard.
A WOMAN named Seickert was burned to
death at Sheboygan, Wis, on the 9Th, while
trying to kill flies by burning straw.
On the morning of the 9Th A. P. Paine, pro-
prietor of sawmill at Mauston, Wis, was
found in the mill wound around a shaft and
crushed to death.
A BOILER exploded in canning factory at
Austin, Minn., on the 8th. killing Fred Knox,
engineer, and demolishing the building.
MRS. JULIE P. SMITH, a well-known novelist
was killed in runaway accident at Hartford,
Conn.,, on the 7th.
On the 7th at Akron, O., W. Ward was ia.
tally manglei by railway train, and VIM.
Wetmore was killed by skid in sawmil fall
ing on him.
AT Newcastle, O., on the 7th, Martha E.
johnson, aged ~, was burned to death. Her
clothing caught fire from stove around which
she was working.
BOSTON advices dated the 7th say that city
is surrounded by Gordon of flames. Not a
town within fifty miles that has not suffered.
Five thousand acres of meadow in Canton and
Norwood, Mass, are burned over with q loss
of 100000. A fire started two weeks age
and is still burning.
The car stables of the Philadelphia, Pa,
City Passenger Railway Company, burned Oh
the 7th. Loss 100000. The fire caused 8
panic in the almshouse, near by, and female
patient jumped from q window and was killed
/ The outbuildings of Long Branch hote
burned early on the morning of the 9TH. One
musician named Adoph Friedrich, was burned
to crisp. Loss 100000.
AT Marshall, Tex, on the 7th, fire destroyed
Bemiss' sawmiIl, 100000 feet of lumber, and
the railway bridge.
The house of John Everts, at Riverton. III.
was destroyed by fire 81 the 9Th, and tn
mother and two children of Mrs. Everts were
burned to death.
JAMES Dill, of Morgantown> and mai
named Connor, of Cmciunati, were killed in
railway wreck at Waldrons Station. Ind, O,
the 9th.
By an explosion of gas at mine nea
Scranton, Pa, on the 9Th. Daniel Lavermir
and D. G. Blackwood were fatally injured.
CARRIE WALDMEYER and Amelia Wea er, o
Philadelphia, were drowned at New Bruins
wick, N. j., on the 9th.
A STEAM THREsHER exploded near Lancaster
Pa, on the 9Th, killing two men.
FIRE at Minden, Ia., on the 9Th, destroyed
property to the value of $4,000.