Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-07
CASUALTIES.

THREE cars of the Dakota train on the
Chicago and North Western Road were ditched
near Palatine, ILL.,, on the 2Sth ult., by broken
rail. One child was killed and about twelve
persons injured.
PARIS, Kentucky lost square of business
buildings by fire on the 2Sth ult. Loss $780,
600.
P. C. DWIGHT & Co. S wool securing mill at
Windsor Locks, Conn.,, was damaged by fire on
tile 18th ult., to the extent Of 1000; insured.
A sLEIaH-R1DE party of thirty-two prominent
German ladies and gentlemen near Hawley,
Pa, in large open sic Ugh, slid off the road
into the empty d. & h. canal, distance of
forty feet. All were injured, six seriously.
jur1es.
A CINCINNATI dispatch of the 9th says:
"Speclals say that the river averages in width
five miles from Evansville to Shawneetown,
and for fifteen miles, commencing at Bald
Peak, it is fifteen miles wide. TwO-thirds of
Gallatin County is under water. Only thirty
houses at Shawneetown are out Of water, and
$50 houses are wrecked or have hoated off.
At Caseyville, KY, the houses are floating like
corks. All the houses in the bottoms at Hick-
man are under water, and the river is from
thirty to sixty miles wide all the way to Men,
phls."
MERRILL, Wis, suffered $50, 900 loss by fire
on the 26th. The sufferers were: Fehlan,
hardware and harness; Reigleman, saloon;
Herneman general store; King, druggist; Searl,
jewelry; the telephone office; Osborne, resi-
dence.
EARLY on the 9th. the greater part of N.Y.
ers, Osborn & Co.'s stove works, Cleveland,
were destroyed by fire of unknown origin.
600, machinery SIC, ,0Q0;, insurance $72, 1000.
BELLOWS 4 MooRE's building. Albany, N. T.,
burned on the 9th. Loss 800, 900; insured.
MEYERS BROS. X Co.'s tobacco works, and
several adjoining buildings at Lynchburg, Va,
burned on the 9th. Loss ON the factory
$4,000.
Ten mills of the st. Joseph Lead Company,
at Bonneterre, st. Francois County, No., were
totally destroyed by fire on the 25th, together
with large amount of valuable machinery.
The lJss is from $200,0 to $3.50. 900; insur-
auce not known. The property was owned
chiefly in New York. Several hundred men are
thrown out of employment.
FIRE in the business part of Washington,
Ia, destroyed number of buildings and
stocks Of goods. Loss $3.50 to 5000; IN
| s1lrance about 1913, 900.
The entire town Of Vaughans, Miss, except
| the Birmingham Hotel and depot, burned on
| the night of the 25th. The heaviest losers are
Tucker T. Sharp, John Moriarity aud Tucker &
Co.; all partially insured.
GRUMME g. KAPPENsTE1N's furniture ware
house. and F. N. Rrow's drug store at Elmira,
/ N. Y, burned on the Goth. Loss $4,000: iu-
| sured.
PETER DENNo lost three of his children By
the burning of his house in Montague. Mich,
on the 26th. Mary Burns, the hired girl, was
also burned to death. -Four of Mr.. Demos
children and his wife were saved. A little baby
only week old and Eva, aged 5. were burned
their remains. Nellie, aged 8, had her arms
aud legs burned off. Mr.. Denno and the eld
est boy were horribly burned about the face
and the former may lose an eye. Mrs. Denne
rushed out in her night-clothss. She is de-
mented by her terrible bereavement. ~
DENNIS HENNEssY's dwelling on Slater
sland, New York, was destroyed by fire on tn.
26th. Mrs. Hennessy and her two children
Francis, aged years, and George, aged Il
was absent at the time.
The giant-powder and nitro-glycerine hous'
in the Swede pit at the Cleveland mine Ish
penning, Mich, exploded with terrific force OF
the night of the 25th. The attendant. Fran]
OF him could be found. The shock was sever,
oil over Iehpenning, ana the windows in tn
immediate vicinity were demolished.
A SHAwNEETowN, ILL.,, dispatch of the 26th
says: The river is slowly falling, but the waite
is five feet higher than ever before. Th
high wind moved many houses from thei
foundations. Several hundred houses wer
swept away. Many homeless people have los
all and are suffering for shelter and food
} The railroad depot has been swept away an,
the estimated loss in this vicinity is $2OO, O,0OO.
The steamship Bywell Castle, from tue Blac
!: Sea with cargo Of cotton seed and beans
bound to Boston, is thought to have 'foundere,
with all on board.
The steamer Republic arrived in New Yorl
on the 9th, with passengers from the wrecke,
G]amorgan, which left Liverpool for Bosto]
on February 7th. The Glamorgan was struc]
by tremendous sea when few days out an,
completely disabled. Fifty-threee. person
we're rescued by the Republic and the follovini
were lost: Capt. Court; A. P. Robillard, ssec:
fond officer; D. Williams and J. Jerrard, sea
men; John Barrel, second steward; Hand
Cullen, passenger, and an unknown man,
fstowaway. ~
On the 24th the levee broke at Panther For
est, fifteen miles below Arksnsas City, on th