The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-08-04
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AN excursion train on the Rome, Watertown
and Ogdensburg Railroad was wrecked on the
2Sth near Carleton, n. Y. heavy storm pre-
vailed at the time, and the accident was caused
Dy an empty car on siding being blown down
and lying partly on the main track Twenty
persons were killed and about so wounded.
JOHN THOMAS, of Scranton, Pa, was killed
by the cars on the 26th. His mother was so
affected by the shock that a babe she was
nursing died in her arms with commissions.
The body of Capt Webb was found floating
in the river a short distance below Lewiston.
\. Y, on the 2Sth. A ragged cut was di.-
covered on the top of the head, about three
lnches In length, which opened sufficiently to
expose the skull. 1t had the appearance of
being cut by rcck ard is supposed TO have
Deen done at the entrance to the whirlpool,
Where the rocks IN places project above the
surface or the water and where the current is
Widest. Ihls wound was considered sufficient
IN Itself to have caused death. and it is thought
he sank immediately after receiving it.
HE Syndicate Block, Minneapolis, Mimi,
IN which are the Opera House and several
stores was damaged by fire to the amount of
100000 on the night of the 29th. brennan,
Starr 4 Everett. crockery. lose $3.50, 900; Folds
4 Grifhths carpets, $4,000; total loss about
S350,000.
SEVERAL business buildings in Lincoln, Neb.,
were destroyed by fire ON the 29th. Loss $780,
600.
A DESTRUCTIVE storm visited Norwich. Conn.,,
on the 29th. Lightning did considerable dam
age and Il land 'lIde wrecked a railroad train in
which brakeman named Avery was killed.
AT Vicksburg, Miss, on the 29th, during
storm, skif containing ten persons capsized,
and five were drowned.
A SON Of Washington Eisenhower was
thrown from reaper and had both arms cut
off, on the 26th, near Grundy Center. Ia.
On the 26th three of the city bridges of
Grand Rapids Mich. were damaged and two
railroad bridges carried away by the giving way
of log jam in Grand River. Over 100, 000,-
GOO feet of timber went down stream, some of
which lodged along the banks, and the rest
being caught by the boom at Grand Haven.
On the 26th a train on the Canadian Pacific
left the track 100 miles west of Winnipeg.
Robert Murphy. engineer. was killed. and
Fireman Campbell fatally injured.
WHILE returning from pleasure excursion
at Southeast Harbor, Me-, the kingbolt to the
blackboard broke. The horses scared and ran
and the occupants were thrown on the ground.
Miss Cox, of Baltimore. was killed. Miss Lewis
and Miss White, of Boston, seriously injured
and the driver badly bruised.
NEAR Lancaster, Pa. on the 26th, Henry
Welsh. his wife, and Miss Alice SNirtz. Of
Mount Joy, while going to market, we're struck
by train at a Penn sylvania railroad crossing
and killed.
JOHN SwEATN1AN, tugman, was found in the
river at Chicago on the 9th. 1t is supposed
he slipped while boarding the tug IN the night.
THE extensive works of the Howe Sewing
Machine Company, at Bridgeport, Conn, were
partially destroyed by fire on the 26th. Loss
S350,OO0.
AT Sanborn, Oak, Oh the 26th, during
severe thunderstorm, Z. B. Prlndle, and Mr..
C0lvi!le, engaged in lathing Prindle's house.
were struck by lightning and killed.
NEAR Brownsville, Tex. on the 18th. man
and two women, under the influence of the
ardent, lay down on the track of the Monterey
and Matamoras Railroad and were killed
BY tornado at Fort Worth, Tex, on the
26th. three men were fatally injured and a
number of buildings blown to pieces.
FIRE at Denver, Col, on the 26th, DESTROYED
the Denver Terra Gotta Works. Loss S2S. 600.
PROPERTY to the value of $4,000 was de-
stroyed by fire at Columsa, Cal, on the 9th.
JAMES RAND aud three horses were killed by
lightning near Rich Hill, Mo-, on the 25th.
The schooner McClennan foundered on
Lake Huron during the gale on the 10th, and
the crew Of four men we're drowned.
LEONARD & BLAcKIEs' twine factory at
Piqua, O., was destroyed by fire on the 25th.
Loss S35. .000 Four iremen were seriously in
iuIed by a falling wall.
A FIRE supposed to be incsndiary DESTROYED
$4,000 worth of property IN Miles City, Mon
tana. on the 25th.
A DISPATCH dated the 25th from Galveston.
Texas, says rusty and weather-beaten car
riage containing five human skeletons was
found under 4 tree in Llauo County. and the
supposition Is that the victims were slain by
thunderbolt many months ago. small trunk
addressed james G. Chamberlain, London,
England, was found near by.
OS the 24th a mixed train on the Wabash
Railway ran off the track near Lawsen. Mo.
There were seven passengers in the coach. one
Of whom was killed, and the others were serl
ously injured.
A PASSENGER train came IN collision with
freight Oh the Saratoga Road near Schenectady.
\. Y, on the oath. Selman Ryan was fatally.
and SIX others severely injured. Both engines
were wrecked, setting fire to and burning one
passenger car, the baggage car and four freight
cars.
NELLIE ROSENBERG, of Philadelphia. was
drowned while bathing at Atlantic City, n. j.,
on the 24th.
Or the 23d the press of George Miller's
powder mill at Sumnertown, Pa, containing
1,500 pounds of powder exploded. John Smith.
aged 50 years, an employe. was blown to
atoms.
A TERRIFIC rain storm on the ..23d, raised
Fox River to an unusual height at Ottawa. Ill.
Near Marseilles. d., the house of a family
named Hale, was washed away and Hale. his
wife and child drowned.
CAPT. WEBB. a noted English swimmer, under
took TO swim the rapids in Niagara River on
the oath. and was drowned. Very few persons
believed he would attempt the feat, and there
were only few spectators on the bank. Ar
I P. II he appeared at the foot of the bank on
the Canadian side and took seat in a skiff In
charge of Jack Conway. the veteran guide At
30 he entered the water near the landing of
the . Maid of the Mist" He was entirely nude
| save for small breechclout. A few vigorous
strokes and he was IN the rapids. Here he
went ike an arrow shot from a bow. and his
efforts to swim were useless. He passed through
the upper rapids safely. then tried to cross the
| river, was seen being whirled around in the
| lower rapids and finally caught in the grin of
| the malstron where he passed from view. His
body had not been recovered on the 25th. and
| the probability Is never will be. He was AZ
| years Of age.
| OVER sixty lives were lost at North Point
TIvoli, a resort on the Petspsco, near Balti-
more. on the evening of the 23d. The baroe
| Cockade City was brought up to the wharf
| about 10 P NJ. for the last trip, and about zoo
excursionists rushed on the dock The weiobt
was too much for the fraIl support of the dock
and fully 200 of them we're precipitated into
| the water.
TIE Gibson House and stables at Ports
mouth, y. H, burned on the 18th. Loss a20.
| 00e.
| THE seow Sea Bird, of Chicago, was diseov-
| cred on the morning of the 21st about thirty
| miles of Milwaukee, capsized. The crew. sixx
| in number, are undoubtedly lost.
| SEVERAL large stores were burned out st
/ Memphis on the 25th. causing loss of about
| $500, O9O.
| PBISTER named keyes was beheaded bv s
railroad train Of Chicago on the Path.
/ THREE-YEAR-oLD child named Casey was
/ fatally burned while playing With matches at
/ Providence, r. L, on the oath.
| CYCLONE swept Asbury Park and Ocean
/ Grove, Ii New Jersey. on the oath. One life
I waS lOst-that of a waiter named Milan Kr1i,rb+
/ who was blown out to sea.