Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-25

train, on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad got stuck in large snow
drift near Milford, extiHguishing the fire
and causing an explosion, which blew out
the furnace door. Engineer s. E. Ross
| was badly scalded; the fireman, j. Lynch,
badly burned, and Conductor Searles, who
| was assisting the fireman at the time, was
| blown from the engine into the drift. He
lost few teeth and received several
bruises. Later reports say the engineer
and fireman are killed.
ATTEMPTED MURDKE AND SUICIDE.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24.---Heary Deu-
ten, failing to kill his wife and father-in-
Law, cut his own throat and is probably
fatally injured.
PoRTLAss, Me-. Dec. 24.-At Summit
station the Grand Trunk railway has a
crossing for freight and passenger trains
On Saturday night a freight train passed
the station and was dashed into Montreal
passenger train, smashing ten loaded
reight cars, and injuring the baggage
MAJ or, engineer and fireman of the pas
senger train. Loss S38, 900
CuQR6 GlllsOu duO CullGI6h W6fO Oduly
bruised, A. w. Fisher, West Unity, O., had
several ribs broken AID one foot crushed,
]. A. Gifin, Union city, was badly bruised.
Mrs. N. E. Eldred, Fit. Wayne, arm broken
and badly. bruised. The wounded are all
cared for by the company. Engin eer
Skidmore of the switching engine, has not
been seen since the accident.
BUcYRUs, o., Dec. 24.---There was bad
wreck last night on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago line, eight miles west
of Bucyrua. Two freights were in COLI
sion caused by the fog. The engines and
twelve cas- were wrecked. No one was
hurt.
BEL1A1RE,. O., Dec. pa trestle on the
Bellaire, GAINESVILLE & Cincinnati road,
near Woodsfeld, gave way this morning
with a locomotive on it. The fireman was
badly scalded.
FosroR1A, O., Dec. PA freight train
was wrecked at lonely station on the
Columbus, Hooking Valley & Toledo road
by failure to flag when the rails were taken
up. Conductor Fleming and brakeman
are wounded.
MARROW ESCAPE,
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 24.-The steam
barge, Marshall F. Buffers, was brought
in by the tug Welcome to-night,sfter drift
ing hslplessly for two days with broken
stearing gear, having lost the shoe in the
gale of Sunday. She leaked badly, but
the vessel was kept afloat by the efforts
of the crew by bailing with pals. The
thermometer was below zero and the waves
we're high. She jettisoned $4,000 feet of
lumber. The propeller Wisconsin was
caught in gale and carried down the lake
to Two Rivers before it was learned where
she was.
FIVE DROWNED.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 24.-Private advices
from Paris, Ark, say that while a family
named Gray, consisting of man, wife,
child and two middle aged ladies from
Illinois were crossing Pettet Jean creek
near Paris, last Thursday, they were swept
away by the swollen stream and all
drowned.
MET ON BRIDGE.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 24.-Two trains OF
the Indianapolis & ST. Louis met on a
bridge near Avon last night. Robt. Mad
ris, brakeman, was fatally injured and
Conductor Brown slightly hurt. All trains
delayed.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
FoRT WAYNE, Ind, Dec. 24-The north
bound accommodation train on the Grand
Rapid & Indiana railroad, was backed into
by switch engine on the Nickel Plate at
the Nickel Plate junction, suburb of the
city at this morning. The rear coach
was thrown from the track and seven per
sons were seriously injured. Among the
number was Mrs. Thos. Ellison, wife of
Judge Ellison of this city. The accident
as alleged happened by the carelessness
Of the engineer of the switch engine.
MINING ACCIDENT.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. =, Dec. "a While cage
containing twenty convict lsborers was de-
scending shaft at the Pratt mines the
engine running the cage became unman-
ageable, when the cage went rapidly to the
bottom, two hundred feet, rebounding
sixty feet. Most of the men fell out.
Joseph Phelan, colored, was killed, and
two whites and eleven negroes were in
jured.
DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.
GAINESVILLE, Mimi, Dec. 24-At this
place tonight misplaced switch threw an
engine and one passenger coach down an
enbanknent twenty feet. -Four or five
persons were injured, none fatally.