The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-03-10
CASUALTIES.

W. II. PRATT, president of the Bank of
Mobile, Ala, and vice president of the Mobile
and Montgomery Railroad, was killed on the
4th inst, at Birmingham, while endeavoring to
pass between the cars of freight train.
The latest news from the oyeriowed countrv
aloag the Lower Mississippi River is that what
are known as the ''Sunk Lands " in the St.
Francis region, are entirely submerged, and
nearly as far down 2s the Helena there are but
few places above water. People are living in
the upper stories of their houses OF are flo ting
around on RATS and boats. Most of them have
however, deserted the country and GONE To
higher land, back from the river
TIE steamer Yazoo was snagg9d and sunk %
miles from New Orleans on the Sd inst. Fifteen
persons foated four miles on the wreck of tn,
ca5ln and we're picked up by the steamer st.
John. Twelve lives were lost. including Mrs.
Lewis, Of Chicago.
The Vulcan Forge Works, Pittsburg. were
partially destroyed by fire on the 4th inst.
Loss S35,0OO. fully covered BY insurance.
r. c. WILLARD, superintendent of the con-
straction Of the New York and Pennsylvania Tel
egraph and Telephone Company and Frank
Smith, general superintendent, both of EInlira,
were probably fatally injured BY train al
e-a-.-ahr-A sroa fa.-r,- uJJfreu.
EAsTPoRT. Me-, had a leaky gas main and
woEkmen attempted to fix it on the I'd inst
The ground being frozen, fire was built TO
thaw 1t out. An explosion resulted, tearing up
the street its entire width, for a distance of
twenty feet. The large wooden cover of a res
ervoIr IN the middle of the street was blown
sixty feet into the air and carried over several
buildings when it finally crashed through the
roof Of shed over 100 feet away. All the
glass and ashes were torn from the south side
Of the custom house and the custom house
steps and sidewalk were blown away. The gill
ded ball on the pole of the custom house.
about 100 feet from the ground. was knocked
off. Windows were broken IN the pogtofica
and other places. Large pieces Of frozen earth
weighing twenty tons were lifted feet IN the
air. Two boys and man were knocked down.
but beyond few bruises escaped injury.
Two men, McIneily and Brown, with Their
wives, attempted to drive across the New
Brunswick Railroad at CantonbHy, y. B., on
the 1st inst. in front Of an advancing train.
The tram struck the pung, killing both ladies'
almost instantly and seriously InjUrng Nc
Inelly.
AT Youngstown, o., on the night of the 28th
ult-, supposed incendiary fire damaged Alon.
u Williams planning mill, and the adjacent
lumber yard Of George Dinglebv on one side
and NJ. Clemens rag and paper warehouse on
the other. The total loss is estimated at go
600; insurance S1S, 900.
The engine in o. A. Hatton's box factory at
Westfeld, Ind, exploded on the 1st inst. kill
ing Mr.. Hatton and his engineer. Henry Hilton:
also severely wounding Arthur Reynolds and
James Hilton, and damaging the building
DISPATCH from Shawneetown, IL.
dated the 1st inst, reported the stu
atIon there as terrible There are be
tween five aud six hundred bouses in the town.
every one Of them is under water Onlv thirty
are habltsble, and those only in the upper
stories.
THREE cars Of the Dakota train on the
Chicago and North Western Road were ditched
near Palatine, H., on the 28th ult., by broken
rail One child was killed and about twelve
persons injured
PARIS, Kentucky lost a square Of business
buildings by fire on the 2sth ult. Loss $50
600.
P. c. DWIGHT & Co.'S wool securing mill at
Windsor Locks, Conn, was damaged by fire on
the 28th ult., to the extent of $40 600: insured
SLEIGH RIDE party Of thirty-two prominent
German ladies and gentlemen near Hawley,
| Pa, il larga open sic Ugh. slid off the road
| into the empty D. & II. canal. a distance of
| forty feet. All were injured. six seriously.
| Relnhard Narg, merchant, died from his in
| jurles.
A CINCINNATI dispatch Of the 27th SAYS:
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| FIVE miles from Evansville TO Shawneetown.
| and for fifteen miles, commencing st Bald
| Peak. It Is fifteen miles wide. Two-thirds Of
CIallatIn County Is under water Only thirty
| houses at Shawneetown are out of water. and
l $50 houses are wrecked or have foated off
| At Caseyyille, KY, the houses are floating like
1 eOrks. All the houses IN the bottoms at Hick-
| man are under water, and the river is from
| thirty 70 sixty miles wide all the way TO Mem
| phls-
| MERRILL, Wis, suffered $50. 900 loss bv fire
| on the 26th. The sufferers were: Fehlan,
| hardware and harness: Reigleman. saloon.
| Herneuan, general store; King, druggist: Scarf.
| jewelry; the telephone Office; Osborne. resi-
| denee.
EARLY on the 27th, the greater part Of Nv
| ers. Osborn Il Co.'S stove works. Cleveland.
were destroyed by 3 FIRE Of unknown origin.
| The loss on the building Is s., coo, stock Sl5-
! 600, machinery $4,000; insurance $4,000.
METERS BRos. & Co.'S tobacco works. and
several adjoining buildings ST Lynchburg. Va.
| burned on the 27th. Loss On the factory
| SO, ,00o.
GEUMaEE & KAPPESsTEN's furniture ware
house, and F. NJ. ProR's drug store at Elnaira,
! \. T., burned on the 18th. Loss 81. 600: IN
sared.
PETER DESSo lost three of his children BIZ
the burning Of his hoHse in Montague. Mich,
o. the 26th. Mary Burns, the hired girl, vas
/ also burned to death. -Four OF Mr. Demos
| children and his wife were saved 4 little baby
/ only week old and Eva. aged 5. were burned
| to ashes. shawl had TO be used TO pick ND
! their remains. Nellie. aged s, had her arms
| and legs burned of. Mr.. DennO and the ED
| est boy were horribly burned about the face