Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-23
THE DAYS DISASTERS.
SERIOUS EXPLOSION.


Packer colliery, No. 2 of the Lehigh Valley |
Coal company, at Lost Greek, by which |
Martin Toohey, John Murray, VIM. Nc
Adrew, Jas. Leitchman, VIM. Leitchman, |
and a Polander, unknown, were severely |
and perhaps fatally burned. Yhe two |
Leitchmans, father and son, are most |
seriously injured.
HAMILTON, o., March 22-The West |
Hamilton flour mills burned last night. |
They were owned by John Koehler and
leased to Senior & Co. Loss $4,000 to |
$4,000. Insurance only $500 on stock;
none on building.
CATTLE BURNED TO DEATH.
SH1PMAN, Ill, March pa frame barn
owned by Edward Meatyard, burned last
night, involving the death of 1876 cattle,
and the destruction of property valued at
$4,000.
WAREHOUSE BURNED.
COLUMBUS, Ga, March 22.-Early this
morning the Fontaine cotton warehouse
burned. 1t was owned by Abe Illgef and
kept by Hatcher and Brannon. Thirty
four hundred bales of cotton, forty rolls of
bagging, three hundred bundles of ties,
twenty barrels of syrup, forty-one bales of
domestics, besides other property on stor
age was destroyed. The Columbus bag
ging factory had on storage $1,000 worth
of bagging. Everything except the Office
furniture is a total loss. Loss estimated
at 100000; insurance on building and
contents, $145,O00.
GREAT DAMAGE FROM FLOODS.
HALIFAX, March 22.-Reports continue
to arrive from all sections of the damage
to property from the freshets. While the
losses have not been enormous, the aggre-
gate of damage will be most serious. In
nearly every county bridges are swept
away. telegram from Cumberland to-
day says there has been great damage and
loss of property on Wallace river. The
Leeds, Stephens and Kerr's mill bridges
are all destroyed. The Howard mill was
destroyed and the bridge damaged. T. Ia
mer, Bender & Woods saw mill was carried
down the river two miles, Mccain bridge
on the Spring Hill & Paris Borough rail
way, was washed out and in consequence
the traffic is suspended. The Eastern Ex-
tension railway suffered severely and about
100 feet of track is washed out. The trestle
bridge crossing to Antagonishe, 500
feet long, is considerably damaged. A
washout is reported at Poquet, Tracidie
and Alton, and great damage has been
done to fences, small bridges etc.
COTTON MILLS BURNED.
RALEIGH, N. c., March 22.-The Eureka
cotton mills at Mount Airy, n c., were
burned this morning. The loss is estimated
at 100000, and insured for $4,000. One
hundred people are thrown out of employ
ment.
FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE.
PoRT HOPE, Ont, March 22.-Two freight
trains, on the Grand Trunk railway came
in collision near Port Britain. One engine
and two cars of valuable merchandise
were burned. Loss $4,000. No person
injured.
GRAIN ELEVATOR BURNED.
DALLAS, Tex, March 22.-Rainwater's
grain elevator is burned with a loss of
$4,000. The insurance is $4,000.
AN OLD MAN KILLED.
COLUMBUS, O., March 22.-John Wood,
aged about seventy, and who said he was a
sufferer from the Ohio floods, was thrown
from wagon and killed to-day. A coro-
ner took charge of the remains, which are
awaiting advices.
DESTRUCTIVE ICE DAM.
ST. JOINS, n. B., March 22.-Long
Nerepis bridge at the mouth of the river,
was carried away by ice, sections of the
bridge standing on end and the ice piled
so high at one point that it is impossible
to see across the river. The cost of
the bridge was $4,000. The ice in
Kennebacis was broken up above Bloom
field by the flood Of Tuesday and ran out
into the basin, jamming up against the
Bloomfield bridge. The water is now fall
ing, however, aud no damage to the bridge
is anticipated. Yesterday morning, in the
vicinity of the Sussex, Dutch Valley, road,
the water was from one to four feet deep.
The country in the vicinity of the Norton
d Bloomfield is almost entirely under
water, but the food is now subsiding.
DEPOT BURNED.
BUEYRUs, Ohio, March 22.-The depot OF
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago road
was burned to-day.
CRACKED SAFE,
Willow HILL, ILL.,, March 22.-Burglars
blew open the safe of W. I. Mason and
secured $1,000, the most of which was fol
county taxes. They missed a package OF
5000.
PRISONERS ESCAPED.
BOISE CITY, Idaho, March 22.-Foul
prisoners confined in the territorial peni
Tertiary overpowered two guards this at
ternoon while at work at the stone quarry
and made their escape. They took with
them the weapons of the guards.
THE RAGING WATERS.
HALIFAX, March 22.-Latest reports
from throughout the country give state
ments of widespread inundation and dis
aster by the freshets. The Halifax & Cape
Breton railway is seriously washed near
Antagonist. Bridges at West River and
other parts of Picton county are gone
The western shore stage, due here at
o'clock last evening arrived at IL this
, morning. Sherbrook is flooded and fami-
lies have moved to the upper stories OF
their dwellings,. All mining has ceased
and all the small bridges have been carried
away.
LOSSES BY THE GEORGIA FIRE.
COLUMBUS, March 22.-The loss by the
burning of the Fontaine warehouse exceed: