Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-28
CASUALTIES.

The house owned by Mrs. Hannah Rudolph,
at Newport, R. l., burned on the 21st INST, and
Mary Barry, domestic, perished in the
flames. LOSS $11 900; insured for $1,000.
The rope sustaining swinging scaffo]d, on
which three men were engaged in painting the
side of large elevator at Peoria, ILL.,, broke on
the 22dinst. Jacob Wattenschwaler was killed
and Joseph Vail fatally hurt. r. C. Schupp,
the third man, caught rope and escaped in
jury.
TAE vegetable hair factory of James Lowery
& Co.. Brooklyn, was damaged by fire on the
21st inst, to the extent of 5000.
The polishing ehed of Ketcham, Rotchild &
Co.'s factory, on West Madison Street, Chi
cago. was destroyed by fire on the 21st inst.
The Dime Museum was crowded, but no panic
occurred. Loss $4,000.
On the night of the 18th inst, the oyster
pungies Jasper and Industry oollided on Ches-
apeake Bay. The Jasper sank and the night
was so dark that no assistance could be given.
In the morning the captain and two men were
found lashed in the rigging; one was frozen to
death. -Four others not lashed were drowned.
An old couple named Metal were eunocated
by coal gas at Manlena, III. Three young men
sleeping in room above, were resuscitated
with difficulty.
"A F1hG OECUI1CU OA lAO xCSu 1kl6Us, III lk0
building Nos. 381 to 987 Washington Street,
Boston. 1t originated in the basement of 381,
occupied: by D. P. N. nlsley l. Co., hatters,
whose loss on stock and fxtures will reach
$50, 900; insurance $50, 900. Richards Il Gertz,
shirts, lost $500; insured. George H. Richard
| son, Jr., jeweler, had stock valued at $50,
600, mostly locked in safes. His loss cannot
be estimated. Loss on building $10, 900; in
sured.
FIRE at Sheridan, Montealm County, Mich,
| destroyed an entire block, including Davis
Hotel, ,Stebbins' tewelry store and Pitchers
saloon. Loss $& 200; insured for 90, 600.
MILNE Il Sons cotton mill, Philadelphia, was
damaged by fire on the 18th inst, to the extent
of $60, 900; insured.
FIVE cars Of freight train on the Canadian
| Pacific Railway, left the rails on the Rouge
bridge. near Calumet Station, Ontario, and fell
| sixty-6ve feet to the river below, breaking the
! ice and going to the bottom. The train hands
escaped. Loss 430, 900, ." -.
FIRES on the 18th inst: A wooden mill at
Mexico, NO.; loss e50, 900; freight and pas.
| seuger depot at Eliot, Me-: the Wabash round
house and two engines ut Detroit, Mich; loss
~, 900; tile factory at st. Johns, Que; loss
q. Zoo; and : large grocery house ;t ouee9c; eee
600; IN entire square at jacksonville, Texas;
| loss 41O0, 600.
TIE steamer Grand Isle, the Bayou. Macon
and Tensas packet burned at Wilson's Landing,
La. Loss about 1000; insured.
An Erie County, Ohio, farmer left some tar
boiling on the stove. It boiled over, and hia
wife, in attempting to remove Il, dropped the
kettle, igniting the clothing Of herself and
child. The latter died, and the death Of the
former is inevitable.
MRs. ANN ROLAND, Of Bridgeport, Conn, VA
kneeling at prayer in front Of . stove when q
coal ignited her clothing, causing her death.
Tine wall Of burned building 1t Blooming.
ton, d, on tbe nth inst, burying beneath i