The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-17
EASsTAEEEES.

IHE steam planning mill Of Thos. Monford
and the lumber yard Of Fields & MOrrows, at
Eadhanl, \. j., burned on the 10th INST. Loss
$4,000.
IHE six story building No. IS Spence Street.
New York, was damaged by fire on the 11th
ius.. to tno extent Of 525.OOU. The loss on
stocks Of occupants amounts to 100000.
IIhE at 1G and Is South Canal Street Chi
cage. broke out second time On the 18th inst
bringing the total loss mp to $4,000.
nine stock ears were wrecked on the Lchigh
YaIeg Railroad. on TIE 1lth inst. by a broken
wLegi. Twenty head Of cattle we've killed
FIRE starting III II. Weinert's barber-shor.
on Ferry Street, Rouldout, N Y. on the 1lth
inst, spread ID tue building occupied by tie
Cornell Steamboat Company. the Rhinebeck d
Kingston Ferry Company, the Stony Cove &
Catskli Mountain Railroad Company and the
Kingston City Railroad Company as Offices. and
by Geor,e Icller & Bro. leather merchants,
Crosby. SahICE IL Co.. hardware dealers. as an
extra store house. The ice house Of the Cor
nett Steamboat Company Oh Boudout Greek
also burned, and =, BUN tons of ice were lost.
The steamboat City Of Catskill, in the creek.
burned to the waters edge She was owned
by the New York, Catshil i Athens Steamboat
Comnany. and yaued at S159,000; insured.
Tee loss nf the Cornell Steamboat Company is
$4,000; insured Tor / 900.
\ BOILER in the file factory at TaylorviHa.
ILL.,. zploded.vithterrifc force on the 9Th INST,
killing John Jones. engineer, Samual Lanam.
Peter New, John McCoIo and Wm. DlsteI, and
fatally lnjurng young man named New and
man named fandy Van Diver.
IHE Gamer Gem was burned off Port
Madison, Puget Sound on the sth inst. Five
persons were drowned in attempting to escape.
II. IoRILEARD's stables at Johnstown. n. j.,
used for draft horses. and also for a carpenter
gEs. q. 1-r
Twenty four draft horses and six mules were
burned.
TIE Royal Opera House, Toronto burned
OH tha STA inst. Loss 775, ,009; insured for
$4,000.
A STAGE coach vas showed in near Pacific
Springs. Wyoming and was abandoned by its
occupants, who started on foot for the station
The driver, Ut. j. Stewart. was found frozen to
death, standing ia the snow, and Thomas
Scott was found standing straight Up in the
snaE frozen SO lie could not move He viii
lose his hands and feet. ". Y. Stark. a pas
aeager, nus mot been found. The unfortunate
men were out three days and nights.
TIE friranunc Finger from Cardifr, for ST.
Johns, u. b., was lost with all hands.
ROLLER exploded at Boone, Ia, killing
Geo. Fleming, engineer. and Joseph james,
ard fatally njuling John Johnson. Two
horses were killed.
eE. w IAllD- store 1T Duu tSLalQ. hlDlIss
burned ON the sth inst A family living over
the store narrowly escaped with their lives.
Loss $50, N3a: Insurance $4,000.
DIXON & IoUNG's Pottery Works, ST. Louis,
burned on tha 9th inst. Loss $4,000; insur-
ance 130,Uuo,
AT , O'Clock on the afternoon of the 5th
inst, So, 5o0-barrel tank belonging to the
United Pipe Lines. containing 80, 900 barrels of
oil, on the Cooper track. at TItusylle Pa.
burst ana was set on fire by the boilers at the
Hipe-iiEN station. Two men, one woman and
enc child were burned to death.
Two boys, aged and 10 years, one the son
and the other the brother of Mr.. Platchford.
broke through the ice at Boston. on the 9th
last, and were drowned.
THE schooner /. J. Carney was lost on the
coast 81 Newfoundland. With all hands.
rHREE men were killed by fall Of earth and
raek in Esmcrelda Niue. Deadwood, d. L.,
on the 9Th inst.
NM. kEDpERa's stable at Havana and
large lumber yard adjoining burned on the
night Of the 4th inst Nine valuable horses
were burned and large number of firemen
injured.
\ PASSENGER train on the Buffalo. New York
aud Philadelphia Railroad from Olean for
Buffalo. plunged into the creek near Ischua on
the 5th inst. Engineer Hall aud Fireman
Briggs were killed, Conductor Love vas
seriously injured, and a number Of passengers
slightly hurt.
A TRIGHrFUL railroad accident occurred
twenty-five miles north Of Dayton, O., on the
sta inst. The south-bound passenger coIHded
with freight near Piquay, while both were
running at full speed. The engineers and
tiremen az both trains were instantly killed
0ne of the fremen was literally boiled to
dea.a and the body Of one of the engineers
was roasted az gainsJ the boiler of his engine
John Wheeler, baggagemRn, was instantly
Killed. The list Of passengers killed and
pgnde had not been asceTtaIned at last &C
cunts, but it Is believed there were six killed.
DURING The freshet at Ttusyille. on the 4th
inst an non bridge went down drowning John
Pierce. aged -, Ephraim Robinson, aged l6.
and VIII Bartholomew. aged y.
SEWN business establishments al JERSEY
City, \. =, We're burned out on the 81 INST.
Los, S128011.
TIE Burdeu building at Troy. y Y. burned
en- tie 3d inst. On the following dav q wall
fell upon an adj ining store, firing it. Total
loss S160, 001.
SPRINGFIELD III, suffered severely from
ram and slee: storm on the 4Jh inst The
damage to shade trees is estimated at @I00. 0OO
The roads we're blockaded by fallen trees and
telegraph poies. Lincoln, H., had 3 like ex-
perieace.