Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
CASUALTIES.

SPR1NGHURST, t0e summer r63IO6nc6 OF
Thomas W. Pearsall, the New York. banker.
near bridgeport, Conn.,, was destroyed by fire
on the 10th. Lose $125, 900.
Mrs. THOMAS CoocH. wife OF wealthy re-
tired powder manufacturer, died at Pottsville,
Pa, on the 10th from burns received week
previous.
AN engineer and fireman were probably fa-
tally scalded by the explosion of switch en-
gine at Augusta, Ga, on the 10th.
While eight men, belonging to threshing
crew, were asleep in granary near Moorhead.
Minn., on the night of the 9th, the floor gave
wap. burning them under q large pile of oats.
Four of the men were smothered before they
could be rescued.
SIX children Of John Stouffer, of Ligonier,
Pa, were poisoned on the 10th by eating weeds
in the woods. Two of them will die.
The body Of an aged Jew, name unknown.
was taken from Chicago River on the 9Th.
A fire on Courtland Street, New York on the
9th, caused loss of about $4,000.
JOHN R1Es, aged "a, was crushed to death
by q tree near Madison, Ind. He had been
missing for some time and his body was found
on the 9Th inst.
The corn canning establishment of Newton
Phelps, at Utica, N. Y, burned on the 9th inst.
Loss $3.50, 1000.
TREMPEALEAU COUNTY, Wis.,. was struck by a
tornado on the 9th iust., doing great damage
to fences, trees and small buildings.
THROUGH the breaking OF an axle three pas.
senger trains we're thrown from the track and
burned near Deux Rivieres. Canada, on the 9th
A number of passengers were seriously hurt.
FERDINAND REHBE1N, q teamster, was rnn
over and killed at Milwaukee, Wis, on the 9Th
inst, by his own team.
The little village Of Mishicott, near Two
Rivers, Wis.,, was visited by a serious fire on
the 7th. Fourteen buildings were destroyed
and several others partially burned. Loss
about 10000. with only $4,000 insurance.
PRATT's HOTEL, Rosseau, Ontario, burned OF
the 7th. Loss $4,000.
FIRE at Memphis, Tenn, on the 9Th, de-
stroyed block of buildings $50 by 18O feet ir
the business part of the city. The losses are
estimated at $130,0OO.
MRS. KALDENBuRaH, living near New Phil
adelphia, Ohio, while suffering from delirium
on the 9TH, fell from window and broke hel
neck.
PATRICK R1oRDEN, living at Chiffon, Wis.
was thrown from his buggy. on the 7th, by
runaway horse, sustaining injuries from
which he will dio. He was an old man.
EIGHT residences at New Orleans were burned
on the 9Th. Loss $4,000.
DURING thunder storm at Minneapolis
Minn., on the 9Th, lightning struck the sasf
and blind factory of Frager d Shepherd, set
ting it on fire. The destruction was complete
Loss $1,000.
The business portion Of Passumpsic, vt.
burned on the 9TH. Loss $60, 900.
FIRE destroyed the dry goods house of B
Lowenstein & Bros, at Memphis, Tenn, on th'
7th. Loss $19O,00O.
An elevator, Sinker, Davis & Co., machiner.
supplies, Henry Loebe. groceries, several othel
buildings and large quantity of cotton, wer'
Loss about $5OO.O00.
A BE1L.BoY in the Brunswick Hotel, Indian
apolis, named Frank Patterson, fell over bal
uatrade to the basement, distance OF sixt!
feet, and was killed.
A GROCER of Connellsville, Pa, laid poison
for rats, they carried it into sack of flour
and the -four came near killing family Of fiv'
persons. - 49,.
On the morning Of the 5th North Pennsyl
vania Railroad train ran into street car Ut
crossing, owing to the driver not being able t.
collect fares and look out for trains at the sam,
time. Six have died, and ten were seriousl!
injured.
The village of Sandy Lake, near Pittsburg
Pa, lost the greater part of its business por
ton by fire on the 5th. Loss $4,000.
At Minneapolis, Minn., on the 5th, Johl
French was caught in the betting of flou
mill and whirled to death. .Gs-l
On the 9Th the disappearance of five-year
| old child named Nellie Ferguson, was solves
nv finf7ino her nOf1v in an nnr1aa6 vo1l int
which she no doubt Lad accidentally fallen.
The sash and blind factory Of o. d. Peck 1
Co., Oshkosh, Wis, burned on the 4th. Los
100000. - :ssE.@z. ~
AT small fire after = freman's parade i
Troy. N. Y, on the 4th. a fireman named +
W. Lawrence, was killed by falling ladder.
APAPER mill belonging to J. "A. Decker. q
Lee, Mass, burned on the 4th. Loss ts5, ,0O(
A SUMMER hotel at Owenett Springs, N. 4
burned on the 4th. Loss $2t, 900,