Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-16


danger line at Cairo. and dangerous food
! will probably follow en- the Mississippi.
| Property should be renewed st once to points
above the dargsr line. Rain prevailed yes
terday in districts east Of the Mississippi and
/ IN the Northwest, and continues IN the Ohio
valley, Lake region and Middls States.
! Northeast winds are now reported from New
England and Northern New York. The
storm center N the Upper Lake region is
moving slowly toward the st. Lawrence val
| ley with increasing energy. The temperature
has risen from To- to 80 in the Lake region,
and thence southwark to the South Atlantic
coast, and fallen To- at the station in the
northeast Of New England, where the harom-
eter had risen rapidly. Rain viii prevail 10
the Aliddia States and in the 0hio valley, fol-
lowed ~ clearing weather in the Ohio valley
and tie southern portion of the Middle States
| by Thursday night
Fatal Explosion OF Fire Damp.
CINcISNATI February 10 h.-Atl o'clock
| this morning the people in the vicinity Of
Wilstaeh street, on the border Of the iDun-
dated district in the western part Of the city,
were Startled by a loud explosion, which
broke ths glsss in the windows. a three.
story brick building, occupied by four fam.
| lilies, numb ring seventeen persons was found
inluins. TIE explotion was from re-iamp,
or sewer. gas in the cellar, and oil the people
were buried in the debris. A scene of terror
! followed. The explosion was caused, it is
supposed. by the pressure of water in the
| sewer. The people thought other explosions
would follow, and many left the houses in the
utmost alarm and fed, thinly clad, to places
of safety. A fire alsrm was turned in. which
added to the CONSERVATION, and the fire de-
partment responded promptly, but finding
no fire, began the slow work of removing
the unfortunate victims. The house was
owned by Jacob Brown, who, with his
wife, two sons and two daughters,
occupied the first floor. Officer
Mackey, special policeman at Fourth and
Vine Streets, known as king William"
occupied the front room on the seclnd floor,
with bis wife. The back of the same story
was occupied by William Miller, his wife and
two children. The third floor was occupied
| by William Hanon, his vie and two twin
daughters, two years old By 5 A. NJ. all the
occupants wers taken out. Officer Msckey
and his wife and two-year.old daughter of
Mr.. Miller were dead. John aud Henry
Brown and Robert Rockamann "a neighbor
who was in the house st the time) were badly
injured, ard can hardly recover. Jacob
| Brown and wife were rescued after several
hours of labor, seriously, though not fatally,
hurt. His daughters were taken out COM
psratively unhurt Mr., Miller is badly in.
iured. All the rest of the family, except the
|
jury. Hanon and family also escaped with
slight injuries. The Brown boys and Rocka-
mann were building raft with lumber ia the
cellar, aud went for it with candle, when
the gas or fire-dsmp exploded. The adjoin-
ing house was Injured by the explosion.
Disastrous Railroad Accidents.
| CINoINNATI, February 15.h.-There was
collision last evening on the Cincinnati North
ern Railroad, q few miles from here. John
Roberts (colored) was killed, and Isaac NJ
Knight, Russell NJ. Manning and Samuel
Andrews were seriously injured. The latter
is a well-known merchant.
FLINT mich. J, February 18th The Grand
| Trunk train was ditched near here by
broken rail. Mrs. Sssmsp, of st. Vincent,
| Ontario, was instantly killed, ard man was
terribly mangled by lesping from the car
door. Twelve others were injured.
CHICAGO February 15.h.-In the Flint
railroad accident three coaches and one Pull.
man were d;tched. The enaine, mail and
baggage car passed over safely. Tie engi-
neer, with commerdable bravery and pres
ence of mind, stopped the engine immedi-
ately, got two pals of water and stop ed q
flame that had broken out in ore OF the
coaches, thus saving holocaust. Mrs. Hulda
Seaman, aged "a. was Iie3 Instantly. She
resided at st. ViaOtn Mt, Oatario AID was ga
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was iju-ed badly, and became Insane
Thomas Lindsay was i, jured fatally in TIE
ch;s5. He jumped froua the cars and vss
| thrown under The trucks. Sixteen others
wsre more or less hurt.
CHICAGO, February 15th.-Three men wera
probably mortslly injured by collision yes
terday ia .ths southwestern suburbs between
the Cbielgo, BURLINGTON and @ lincy aud the
Milwaukee and ST. Paul trains. B.xter. the
engineer White, the fireman, and Brown,
brakeman, ara the unforiunatas. All are
thought to be dying. A fog prevailed, and
carelessneas of the Milwaukee train men
caused the smash up.
ST. LOUIS, February 15sh.-The st. Louis
express traia which left Kansas City last
night, when about twenty miles south Of
| MOberly, No., at 6 o'clock this morning, en-
coultered broken rail, and five of the six
cars were ditched. The engineer, ohm Les.
ter, was scaldsd TO death, ard the fireman,
John Murphy, was cut into four pieces. No
passengers were injured.
LANCASTER (Pa.) February 15;h.-There is
great detention of traffic on the Pennsylvania
Railroad by various accidents. No lives were
lost, but much property was destroyed.
The Fire Record-Daring and Nerve.
CHICAGO, February 15sh. = New York
specials chronicle four cases of great nerve
|
was that of ths msnsger Of weaving estab-
lishment, who saved dozan girls by getting
| them started down q fire escape, and finding
himself cut off sat on the window Of the fifth
story, while the fines and smoke surged
about him, and calmly advised the framen to
keep cool and hurry up. He was saved by
heightened ladder just III time. His name is
T. II. Letter.
Another case was that of Mrs. Guent fool
oredl, widow of the late Minister to Liberia,
who when the alarm of fire was given, coolly
stopped $50 pinic-stricken pupils, although
wresths Of smoke were filling the room from
d faulty A1e.
The third case was that of policemen Keu-
nedy and Munger, who, seeing house on fire
on TWenty.sixth street, broke into il and
| found handsome little girl sleeping, with
the flames juaslicBing tie bed-cIotaes. They
CROPPED their way out through The smoke.
The last was at the Richmond Taeater.
wiere clock on the stage caught fire, aud
the audience rose to go out. The &C ors then
on the stage coolly continued playing until
the part of the scene containing the clock
was pulled down and the fire putIous. Then
the applause stopped the play for soma time.
STAMFORD (Conr.). February 18th COLLEEN
der's seven-story billiard factory was burned
last night. The loss is estimated at S225. 600.
Caused by spontaneous combustion.
CHICAGO, Eeorusry l5th.-A large part of
the village of Swartz Creek Michigan, was
burned Tuesday. Loss, sl20. GOO; insurance,
$4,000.
BAYFIELD, wis J, February 18Th. The
county Courthouse was burned, with valua-
BILE papers, yesterday. Most CT the records
are ssfe. Loss, $4,000; insurance, So coo
Energetic Attemp: to Brighten Children.
OMAHA, February 15th.-Lsra Hsrbaugh
pointed neeile.guu at a party of children in
front of school house at Florence, six miles
north of this city, merely to frighten them,
and this gun was accidentally discharged,
wouudipg three OF the children, one Danger.
ously, but none fatally. He is in Jail to
await ON investigation.
| Interesting Hallway Statistics.
CHICAGO, February 15sh.-The Raiyway
Age has tables showing that the number Of
passengers carried during the year ending
| June. 1SS0-according to the cersus-was
go, 900 600, aud of employees AIS, 900. OF the
passengers. only 81 were killed without their
| own carelessness, or one to every 4, AIS, 900,
while of the employees 260 were killed, or one
in every !, Gil. One passenger to every 8l4,-
AL received injuries. and one employe to
every All. One passenger in every 32S, 500