Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-15
RAILWAY COLLISION.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, Oct. 13.-At IL a. m, as
train on the Southwest road was az
preaching Lamont station it was run into
by an engine with terrible effect The
regular engineer was not on duty on the
lone engine and his place was taken by a
young man who seems to have known
nothing about the business and was run
ming at rapid rate towards the crossing
when he saw collision was inevitable IN
less he checked up. Instead of staying at
his post and stopping the engine, as pas
sengers say he could have done, he revers-
ed the brakes and leaped of, letting
the engine go crashing brosdside into the
middle of the passenger train. There were
eighteen persons in the car, and the scene
was frightful. Men, women and children
were knocked out of their seats in every
direction, and few escaped being msngled,
bruised or scalded. The car took fire in
stantly and was wrapped in flames almost
before the passengers could be gotten out.
It was entirely consumed. Most of the
passengers were despatched with blood
and SCOT, Tut, miraculous as it may seem,
no one was killed. The worst injuries
were sustained by Mrs. Knox and two lit
tie children, of Cornellsville. She
is badly bruised, cut and
scalded, but the extent of her injuries is
not yet known. One of her children had a
leg broken and both were scalded about
the face. j. K. Ritenour and wife were
bruised and burned, but their children es-
capped serious injuries. James Lepper, of
Pittsburg, had his shoulder hurt. Mr..
and Mrs. West, of Brownsville, were
bruised and cut. j. L. Woods, of Union
town, was cut on the head and hand. About
dozen others were slightly injured. The
marvel is that nearly all the passengers in
the middle car were not killed. State
Treasurer Bailey was in the front car and
escaped unhurt: The cause of the aooi-
dent is not satisfactorily explained.
FIRES.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-The Lyceum theatre
on Desplaines street, built Immediately
following the great fire in 1871, and then
known as the Globe theatre, was partially
burned at 4 o'clock this morning. The
stage and roof were completely destroyed.
The loss on stage furniture will be almost
total. 1.-THE variety people also lose
their wardrobes. In the second story on
Desplains street we're a number of Sleep
ing apartments occupied by Thos. Gre
vier, lessee of the theatre, and family of
six personsll.. "A escaped with the exception
of Harry Berry, twenty seven years, an
employee of HGrevier's, who was forgot
ten IN the excitemeet and suffocated. The
body was recovered by the firemen. The
owners of the theatre place the loss at.
$4,000; insurance $4,000. Grevier. who
owned the saloon in the basement, loss
$4,000; insurance $500.
GREAT DISASTER AvFRTED.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-The insurance patrol
was summoned to Haverly's theatre at 2:15
this afternoon owing to small blaze in
one of the offices fronting on Dearborn
street, and the fact that a performance was
in progress, with large house present.
occasioned some excitement on the street
which did not extend to those in the thea
tire. Very few of the audience were made
aware of the incident until after the patrol
had driven away.
LAKE SUPERIOR STEAMER SUNK.
Port HURON, Ont, Oct. 13.-The pro-
peller Ontario is ashore on North Point,
near Southampton, and full of water. She
was bound up, with cargo of supplies for
the north shore of Lake Superior. Her
passengers, $50 in number, were landed
safely.
CROUCH ON RATS"
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flee, ants, bed
bugs, skunks, cAipmunks, gophers. l5c. Drug