The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-01

FIRE at Manitowoc, Wis. on the 25th de-
stroyed property of the Lake Shore and
Western Railroad Company To the value of
Sl5O.0OO. Three engines, one tender and one
combined baggage and express car, together
with several buildings were partially burned.
WILLIAM PFAFF was fatally crushed in
thresher at Burr Oak, La Crosse County, Wis.
on the 22d.
IRoW d Co.'S elevator at Madison, Ind, in |
which was stored lOO,O 600 bushels of wheat, |
burned on the oath. Loss, S125,000.
DoLLARvILLE, a new town of 500 inhabit- |
ants, tifty-four miles from st. Ignace. Mich, |
was almost wiped out by fire on the 22d.
A PAXTON, H., farmer named W. L. Morris, |
feared burglars. and being awakened in the |
night on the 23d, seized his gun and killed his |
nephew, aged II years, mistaking him for a |
robber.
On the 24th at Oqumquil Beach, Me-, fifteen |
bathers were caught in the undertow and for- |
of them drowned. OF those rescued four are |
IN precarous condition.
NEAR Lexington, KY, on the 23d Mrs. John |
Laws was struck by bolt of lightning and |
killed.
HENRY POWERS, employed in a sawmill at |
Cave Springs, Ga, was on the 23d oiling the |
gudgeon, when he was caught by the band of |
the wheel, and crushed to death.
On the Path Lottie and Emily Little, inmates |
of the GAINESVILLE, o., County Infirmary, at |
tempted to escape by means OF bedding tied
together. The improvised rope broke. and the |
two girls were found next morning on the |
ground below. Lottie was dead and Emily |
fatally injured.
FIRE was reported raging on the oath in the
mountains of Feather River, California. Thir-
ty Mules of valuable timber has already been
destroyed.
TIE Wilson grain elevator at Gibson. H.,
was destroyed by fire on the oath, with 5000
bushels corn and 1000 bushels oats Loss
100000.
The building occupied by the Whtehll
Sewing Machine Company, and known as the
Singer Block, in Milwaukee, Wis, was dam
aged by fire on the 24th. Loss $4,000
TWENTY houses at Milladore, Wood County,
Wis, were blown down by tornado which
struck the village at midnight on the 9th. No
lives were lost.
Mrs. JARBEN, sixty years old, died from
fright at witnessing fire at Cincinnati o., on
the 23d.
DAVID WOODS and bis team were stung to
death by swarm of bees at Nation. ILL.,, on
the 23d.
On the 2lst $50, 900 worth of lumber was de-
stroyed by fire in the camp Of Foster Black
man Co., Big Rapids, Mich.
DURING a violent storm 1T Cleveland, O., on
the 23d, lightning struck the barn of James
Quick. which was consumed with contenst, in
cluding six horses.
THREE stores and carpenter shop at Bras
bear, Mo-, fell a prey TO fire on the 23d. Loss
S25,000.
TIE st. James Hotel and nine adjoining
buildings at Middleport, o., burned on the 23d.
Loss SIS, 900.
Two young lady picnickeIs at Silver Lake,
n. Y, were drowned by the overturning of a
kiff on the Goth.
Two Italian railway laborers were run down
and killed by an engine at Milford, Mass, on
the goth.
Miss MARY BARTON was instantly killed in a
runaway accident near Worthington, Ind, ON
the Goth.
AT La Sale, H., on the 21st, child of Thos.
Cassidy, drank some concentrated I've, aud
after intense suffering, died the same day
On tho oed. at Milwaukee, VIE, old man
named John label, received fatal injuries by
being crushed under several huge pieces of
ice.
TIE Empire Oil Works. at Long Island City,
n Y, were destroyed by fire on the 22d. Loss
S500000.
APAPER mill owned by j. Howard Lewis,
near Chicago, Ill.,, burned on the 22l. The
boiler exploded killing one man and severely
iniuring three others. Loss $50, 600.
The building in which is located the offices
of the Western Union Telegraph Company at
Chicago, Ill, was damaged by fire on the
morning of the 21st. The fire was confined to
the fourth and fifth floors, and was caused by
electricity firing the switch board. storm
was raging at the time. Loss $4,000.
IyER PATTERSON was drowned at Stoughton,
Wis, on the 18th, by the capsizing of a boat.
By the burning of dwelling at Athol, Ia
kota, on the 21st, Fred Zerlow, his wife al a
child were fatally burned.
A HEAVY storm visited Winnipeg on the 18th
A church spire and several buildings were
wrecked and crops severely injured. Two
| inches of rain fell in two hours.
ALFRED A. WARREN, while bathing near st.
| Joseph No., on the Goth, was drowned.
A FoURTEEN-YEAR- OLD daughter of G. W.
Bird was killed by bolt of lightning during
the prevalence of thunder storm at Doyles-
town, o., on the Goth.
| NEAR Rising Fawn, Ga, on the 18th. by the
| premature explosion of blast, quarryman
named Kilgore was fatally injured.
ANNIE KANE, IA years old, was caught be-
tween an ascending elevator and the side of
the shaft and crushed to death at Chicago,
| Ill.,, on the 21st.
| A CYCLONE visited Kasson, Minn., on the
| 21st. Buildings were blown down and two
| persons were killed. Hail stones of large size
covered the ground.
| THE boiler of Fl. Buford's thr eshing machine
exploded on the 18th near Rockwell, Ind. ia.
| tally scaldipg Tom Overman and Joseph
Slosson. Two others were slightly injured
| THos. FERN, aged 49, was drowned while
bathing on the goth at Janesville, Wis.
NEAR Elkhart, Ind, on the 18th. Albert
Rsmsdell, a farmer, slid from grain stack.
| He fell astride fork and received fatal in
| juries.
THE Eclipse lubricating works at Franklin,i
Pa, we're destroyed by fire on the goth. Fivtl
| 1,100-barrel tanks, number of stills anel
| valuable machinery was lost. /
THE planning mill of Williamson, Labbey |
Co., at Oshkosh, Wis, burned on the cot. |
Loss $4,000.
A PASSENGER train was ditched by a washut |
between Endlcott and Red Cloud, Neb,. On |
the 18th. Fifteen persons were injured, oe. |
| a Chicago travelling man named Smal.ev e. |
riously.
An entire block of buildings was swept aVv |
by fire at Keene, N. H., on the 20th. Lks |
| $23, 900.
ROBERT ALLEN of Oshkosh, while huntig |
near Kaukauna, Wis, on the 18th, accidentdy |
| shot and killed himself.
Mcdowell & Sons paper mill at Lambet- |
vile, \. j., suffered seriously by fire on ne |
18th. Loss $4,000. |
DANIEL BURRIs, veterinary surgeon. Ns |
kicked TO death by horse at Monroeyih. |
| Ind, on the 18th.
Oh the 18th, Henry Searle, carpentr
working on building near Dubuque Ia., lot |
his balance and fell backward to the o-roud |
a distance of nine feet, breaking his neck ad |
dislocating his hip joints.
GENERAL.