Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-08-23
CASUALTIES.
THh GREAT EMPIRE OIL WORKS FIRE.

men and boys were employed in the shop,
and the widest excitement prevailed
among them. The flames spread rapidly
and the shop was soon seething mass of
flames with which the local fire depart
ment were wholly unable to cope. The
tin shop building, IT'S by $50 feet, next
caught which was followed by the barrel
shop of about the same size. The flames
next spread to one of the largest agitators
IN the yard containing $4,000 barrels of
oil. The Brookly fire department were
called on for aid and several engines
quickly responded, but, although they
worked hard the flames spread in every
direction. At this hour the Lard Oil
works are in great danger The damage
already done is estimated at 100000.
Patrick Cooney, a workman is very badly
burned, and three other workmen are also
injured severely. James Clare was badly
injured by falling wall. The fire is be-
lieved to have beenlcaused by workman
accidentally dropping hot soldering iron
in key of lard oil.
The loss by the Long Island oil fire is
set down at 100000. 1t was confined to
the company's works.
BIG SAW MILL BURNED
WINNIPEG, Aug. 22-The extensive saw
mill belonging to the Rainy Lake lumber
company at Rat Portage was burned yes
terday; loss $350,OOO. The excitement of
the occasion of the fire was greatly in
creased by rumor that it was occasioned
by boundary troubles now existing between
Manitoba and Ontario.
THE ''MYsTERY'' UNDOUBTEDLY LOST.
New HAVEN, Conn, Aug. 22.-The fact
that the bodies washed ashore at West
Falmouth, Mass, were dressed in yachting
suits and that on one body was life pre-
server marked G. II. Nathan, leads to the
conclusion here that the drowned were two
of the crew of the missing yacht Mystery.
The yachtmen borrowed four life preserv-
ers from the steamer G. II. Nathan
BosToN, Aug. 22.-The yacht My stery
which sailed from New London for Nan
tucket, August II, and not since heard
from, had on board Leicester Sargent, of
New Haven, Rupert Sargent, of New
York, Mr.. Bartlett, of New York and Mr..
Hawkins, of New Haven. Leicester Sar
gent is son-in-law OF Mr.. Glenn who
| belongs to Cincinnati. Mr.. Glenn and
| Leicester Sargent's wife were spending
the summer at Nantucket. Sargent left
home with the party above named to join
them. Mr.. Glenn thinks it possible the
yacht may have been blown off the coast
and the passengers might have been
| picked up by an outward bound vessel.
Mrs. Sargent and mother have returned to
| New Haven. The three bodies recently
picked up are clad in yachting suits and
wearing life preservers and are supposed
to be of the missing party.
TWO DROWNED YACHTMEN WASHED ON SHORE.
FREMONT, Mass, Aug. 22.-Yesterday the
dead body Of a man dressed in q yacht
mans shirt with life preserver on was
found at West Falmouth, and this morning
another body was found near the same
place. The remains were buried above
high water mark so that they may be in a
position to be taken up for Identification
| If necessary.
| FATAL FIRE AND BOILER EXPLOSION.
CHICAGO, aug 22--The large paper mill
of Howard Lewis in Springfield township
| was burned this morning. While the fire
was burning the boiler in the mill explod-
| ed, killing John Morrison and seriously
| injuring two or three others, including
| Lewis, the proprietor. The loss is about
| $50, 900, nearly covered by insurance
| been spontaneous combustion of rags.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 22.-The west bound pas
senger train on the Memphis & Little Rock
| railroad which left here at 5 o'clock yes
| terday afternoon met with an accident last
night four miles west of Forest City, Ar
kansas. While crossing g short trestle
broken rail caused two second class pas-
senger coaches and the baggage and ex-
press cars to go through the trestle, killing
]. B. Salinger. Harry F. Oldberg, mer-
chants of Cotton Plant, Arkansas, and
John Adair, formerly formerly foreman of
pile drivers of Little Rock. James White
stock, claim agent of the Memphis &
Charleston railroad had leg broken and
several other passengers received injuries.
but not of very serious nature. The
east bound train due here last night at 10
o'clock did not arrive until II this morn
ing.
The persons killed by last nights acct
dent on the Memphis & Little Rock rail
| road are H. Goldberg, Goodwin, Ark;
Sol Solenger, Bunkley, Ark; John Adair,
Memphis. Among the injured, fifteen in
all, is Captain White, of the Memphis &
Charleston railroad.
TUESDAYS STORM IN WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 22.-Dispatches from
the northern and central part of the state
report great damage from the wind storm
of last night. at Stevens Point and in
Wood county the crops, fences, buildings
| and mill dams were torn to pieces. An
old man in Wood county was seriously but
| not fatally injured by flying debris. The
| towns of Stockton and New Hope were
visited by terrible hail storm, and crops
were badly damaged. Live stock were
killed at several points by flying rails. Iu
Brown county the wind and hail did SINH
lar damage, but no loss of life is reported.
FIGHTING FOREST FIRES.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 22.--An Ashland dis
patch says that forest fires have been rag
ing about the city all day and the place
has had narrow escape from destruction.
The mills shut down and the men turned
out in gangs to fight the flames. The
Omaha depot caught frs several times but
was saved. A hundred men were sent on
the Omaha gravel train and were dis
tributed along the borders of tive towns
with citizens At 8 p. N. shower came