Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-05-23
CASUAhTlES.

The business portion of the town of Alto,
La, was burned on the 18th inst. Loss $780,
600.
HAMBURG, Iowa, had $4,000 fire on the
10Th inst.
W. J. K1TsoN, son of Commodore Kitson. of
st. Paul, was prostrated with smallpox at Win
nipeg, Manitoba, on the 18th inst, and was
placed in the hospital at that place. During
the night in q fit of delirium he escaped and
wandered of. His body was found on the
prairie the next day.
The stable Of Edward White and adjoining
property, at Albany, New York, burned on the
18th inst. Loss $4,000. Thirty-seven horses
were burned.
By the slipping of rope on the drum q car
in mire shaft at Scranton, Pa, fell distance
OF forty feet, seriously injuring five men.
MRS. SToDDARD, wife Of the rector of st..
James Episcopal Church, Jersey City, N. j.,
Was accidentally shot on tho 18th inst, while
cleaning out closet by arevolver falling from
shelf.
EUGENE HARNo1s, yardmaster OF the Omaha
road at Minneapolis, fatally shot. himself on
the 14th inst, while showing his wife's revolver
to some friends.
Six hundred feet of the track Of the Dakota
division of the st. Paul road was carried into
VuO VA1o6OuIA 1slttE ASdE 0lOuA Ilty on CO0 I4tO
inst, by landslide. The slide covered four
acres.
Two children of John Martin, living near
Stanford, KY, lost their lives in tho burning Of
their home on the 18th inst. The oldest was 4
years old.
FIRE at Quapple, Wyo., on the 14th inst,
destroyed the entire place. Loss 5000, 600.
ALMOST the entire village Of bennington,
Ont b,1vpo1> |t,n 1A%l,-;,,4 n....:.. I...g
FouR business blocks and residences at
Elizabeth, n. J., burned on the 18th inst,
Loss $50, 1000. ),
A FIRE at Harrodsburg, KY, on the 18th
inst, destroyed $50, 1000 worth Of property.
DURING trial trip of the new yacht Gray
ling in New York harbor on the 18th inst, she
was capsized in squall. No lives lost.
The furnace of the ia kson Iron Company.
at Fayette. Mich, was. burned to the ground
on the night of the 18th inst. Loss $500, 900.
The Anderson pressed brick works, at Chi
cago, suffered from $40, ,0C0 fire on the 18th.
The Hancock building at Austin, Texas, was
burned on the 18th inst. The building .was
valued at $780, It was occupied by q num-
Der Of bank and insurance ::offices the lower
floor being used as q wholesale grocery. The
total loss is about $225, 900.
LIGHTNING struck the works Of the Standard
OH Company, at Communipaw, n j., on the
10th inst. exploding one of the tanks and
scattering the burning oil in all directions.
The fire then communicated with the other
tanks. and became uncomfortable. Engines
we're sent from Jersey City, but all that could
be done was to protect some Of the more DIS
tant tanks and buildings. One after another
the oil tanks caught fire and exploded, until,
after hnrn!n0 AhOut three. h0r1rc kho Aop
we're brought under control. Six lives were
lost. Twelve large tanks, eighteen cars, six
barges, dredge, three docks and five brick
buildings were consumed. Although the
amount of oil consumed cannot be correctly
estimated, the loss will probably not be less
thae $600, ,000. e. ..t
The sash and blind factory of Bradley l.
Courier, in New York; was struck by lightning
and consumed on the 10th inst. Loss $4,000
Two men we're killed in q mine at Wilkes
barre, Pa, on the 10th inst, by = fall Of rock.