The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-12-15
CASUALTIES.

The packing establishment Of T. O. Sinclair
Co., Cedar Rapids, Ia, was partially de-
| stroyed by fire on the 7th. Loss about $780,
0C0.
A BUSINESS block at Marlboro, Mass, burned
on the 7th. Loss $50, O0O.
STOVE in the house of a Mrs. sWarren
| Fuller, Castleton, n. Y. exploded on the 7th.
The contents Of the room were demolished
and Mrs. Fuller severely injured. 1t is believed
| a dynamite cartridge was IN the Goals
The Salem wooden mills burned on the 9Th.
Loss $4,000.
The Presbyterian Church, Kalamazoo. Mich,
burned on the 9Th. Loss $4,000.
a SNOW and wind storm at Denver Co... on
the 9th, clogged telegraph aud telephone wires
end 800 poles we're prostrated In the business
portion of the city. Che loss TO the telephone
company is about SIS, 900.
The fishing schooners Sultan, with Ii men,
the Ruth Grover, with II men, and the Maud
F. Leighton with II men. all of Gloucester.
Mass, have been given up as lost.
THE wholesale drug house Of Psndleton.
Thomas q Co., Nashville, Tenn, burned on
the 5th. Loss S75 00D.
ATLANTA, Ga, had a $40, ,000 fire on the 5th.
THE agricultural works of ". f. Whitman,
Winthrop, Me-. burned on the 4th. Loss $780,
600.
ON the 4th Mrs. A. b. Ransom and daugh-
ter were killed in a runaway accident near Eau
Claire, Wis.
FIRE at Sadega. Ala, On the 4th, destroyed
property valued at S75, 600.
AT LynchbHrg, Tenn on tue 4th, % resi-
dences and several busiuess places were dam
aged By fine. Loss $4,000.
Ar Lake City, Mimi, on the 4th, Rev. Rob
inson and G. Fl. Corans, principal of the high
school, broke through the ice and were
drowned.
AT the Youngstown Coke Works, near Greer
burg, Pa, on the 4th. an explosion of fire.
damp caused the death of Wm. Ham. and the
serious injury of six Others.
OS the 81. G. II. ither was caught in
belt at La Crosse, Wis, planning mill, and
whirled around the shaft, He was almost in
staptly killed.
SIX persons attempted to cross creek near
Richmond, Va, on the I'd. The boat swamped
and four were drowned.
A PILOT boat was run down aud sunk by the
steamship Alaska about IS miles off Fire
Island, New York, on the 80.
OK the Sd, Johnson's sash and door factory,
Menominee, Wis, burned. Loss SIS, 600.
TIE sausage factory of Adolph Heller, Mil
Yankee, Wis, burned on the 3d. Loss about
$4,000.
GOVERNORS BLOCK, Burlington, Ia, occu-
pied by clothing firm. was destroyed BY FIRE
on the Sd. Loss $50, 600.
DURING a severe storm on the 1st. a large
schooner was sunk by a collision in Chesapeake
Bay and all hands were 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 were burned to death
THE manssrd roof and upper story of the
Masonic Temple. New York City, burned on the
1st. Loss on building and contents, including
paintings, armor and regalls, about 100000
On the LIST, Lewell d Ericksons hat factory,
Elizabeth, \. j., burned. Loss $65, coo.
Miss EIEsTA LEWIS and two little girls were
drowned in the river at Dixon, H., on the 30th.
THE sash and planning mill Of Hume & Paine,
Oshkosh, Wis, burned on The I'd. Loss $40
600.
The body OF Henry l., Eisen. who mysteri-
ously disappeared several weeks ago. fl1ated
ashore at Milwaukee Wis, on the I'd. The
appearance of the body snd the fact that his
watch and valu4bles we're found in his pockets.
points to suicide.
The Flrwell Block, Chicago. H., burned on
the 1st. Seventy five girls were in the upper
(seyenth) floor, and before they could be res
cued two of them-Katie Hllgert and Frances
wealher-jumped from a sixth story win
dow to the pavement. snd we're instantly killed
Loss Sl65 600