Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-12-12

The wholesale drug house Of Pendleton,
Thomas & Co., Nashville, Tenn, burned on
the 5th. Loss $4,000.
ATLANTA, Ca, had s40, 0G0 fire on the 5th.
The agricultural works Of ". E. Whitman,
Winthrop, Me-, burned on the 4th. LoEs $780,,
600.
ON the 4th Mrs. A. B. Ransom and daugh-
ter we're killed in a runaway accident near Eau
Claire, WIS.
FIRE at Sadega, Ala, On the 4th, destroyed
property valued at $4,000.
AT Ly nchbarg, Tenn , on the 4th, "a resi-
dences and several business places were dam
aged by fire. Loss $35, 900.
AT Lake City, Mimi, on the 18th, Rev. Rob-
inson and C. Fl. Corans, principal Of the high
school. broke through the ice and were
dlowned.
At the Youngstown Coke Works, near Greer s.
burg, Pa, on the 18th, an explosion Of fire
damp caused the death OF VIM. Ham, and the
serious injury Of six Others.
On the 81, G.. II. S1ther was caught in
belt at Ii Crosse, Wis, planning mill, and
whired arouai tbs shaft. He was almost in
stantly killed.
SIX persons attempted to cross creek near
Richmond, Va, on the I'd. The boat swamped
and four we're drowned.
A PILOT boat was run down and sunk by the
| steamship Alaska about rs miles off Fire
Island, New York, GU the Sd.
On the Sd, Johnson's sash and door factory
Menominee, Wis. burned. Loss S18 900.
THE sausage factory of Adolph Heller, MIL
| waukee, Wis, burned on the Sd. Loss about
| $4,000.
GOVERNORS BLOCK, Burlington, H., occu-
| pied by a clothing firm, was destroyed by fire
on The Sd. Loss $4,000.
DURING a severe storm on the list, large
schooner was sunk by collision in Chesapeake
| Bay and all hands we're lost. Several vessels
| lost men by being washed overheard.
| FIRE at New York, on the Sd, destroyed four
| tenements occupied by 43 families Of colored
people. Several children we're burned to death.
The mansard roof and upper story OF the
Masonic Temple, New York City, burned on the
| 1st. Loss on building and contents, including
paintings. armOr and regalia, about $100, 600.
On the list, LEVEL l. Erickson's hat factory,
| Elizabeth, N. j., burned. Loss $685. 600.
MISS Fiesta LEWIS and two little girls were
| drowned in the river at Dixon, ILL.,, On the 30th.
The sash and planning mill of Hume & Paine,
Oshkosh, Wis.,, burned on the I'd. Loss $48,
OUU.
The body Of Henry L. Essen. who mysteri'
ously disappeared several weeks ago, foated
ashore at Milwaukee. Wis, on the I'd. The
appearance Of the body and the fact that bis
watch and valuables we're found in his pockets,
points to suicide.
| The Farwell Block, Chicago, ILL.,, burned on
the LIST. Seventy five girls were in the upper
! (seventh) floor, and before they could be res.
cued two of them-Katie Hllgert and Frances
Fairwea,her-jumped from sixth story win
| dow to the pavement, and we're instantly killed
Loss $165,0o0.
The Chicago Journal Office and building
burned on the LIST. Loss $4,000
A LAD named Briggs was on the SOth, at De-
! troit, Mich, trying to see how near he could
get to moving train and escape. He got toe
| near and was killed.
WHILE cunning on the Chesapeake, on the
3Oth, James Houston, Baltimore fireman
bad the top of his head blown off by com
panion who carelessl> fred at ducks.
On the 29th near Butler, Pa, Harry Castillo
and his mo her we're driving out to speud
Thanksgiving, when the vehicle upset and bott
were killed.
The Windsor Theater. Hartman's Hotel anc
about 40 tenements in the rear, at New York
we're destroyed by fire on the night of thu
29th. Total loss about $750.009.
TIE larger part of the city of Ocala, Fla.
vas destroyed by FIRE on the 29tb. Loss 1925,
900.
IHE Salonville wooden MILF. Salonville, Mass.
burned on the 18th. Loss $4,000.