Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-29
CASUALTIES.

Two yOuuS !AOy pIcolCkoI6 u 01lV0r 1oke,
N. Y, were drowned by the overturning of =
kin on the Goth.
Two Italian railway laborers were run down
and killed by an engine 1t Milford, Mass, on
the 20th.
Miss MARY BARTON was instantly killed in Z
runaway accident near Worthington, Ind, ON
the 20th.
ATLa Sale, ILL.,, on the 2lst, child Of Thos.
Cassidy, drank some concentrated lye, aud
after intense suffering, died the same day. :
On the 22d. at Milwaukee, Wis.,, an old mar,
named John ZabeL received fatal injuries by
being crushed under several huge pieces Of
ice. . ~
TuE Empire Oil Works. at Long Island City,
n: Y, were destroyed by fire on the 22d. Loss
B500,00O.
ARAPER mill owned by J. Howard Lewis,
near Chicago, ILL.,, burned on the 22d. The
boiler exploded, killing one man and severely
iniuring three others. Loss e80,000.
The building in which is located the Offices
Of the Western Union Telegraph Company at
Chicago, H., was damaged by fire on the
morning of the 2lst. The fire was confined to
the fourth and fifth floors, and was caused by
was raging ut the time. Loss p75.000.
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Wis.,, on the 18th, by the capsizing Of boat.
By the burning of dwelling at Athol, Da.
kota, on the 2lst, Fred Zerlow, bis wife and a
child were fatally burned.
A HEAVY storm visited Winnipeg on the 18th.
A church spire and several buildings were
wrecked aud crops severely injured. Two
inches Of RAIN fell in two hours.
ALFRED A. WARREN, while bathing near St.
Joseph, No., on the 20th, was drowned.
A ToURTEEN.YEAR-oLD daughter Of G. W.
Brd was. killed by bolt of lightning during
the prevalence of thunder storm at Doyles-
town, O., on the Goth.
NEAR Rising Fawn, Ga, on the 18th, by the
premature explosion of blast, = quarrymar
Damed KiIgore was fatally injured.
ANNIE KANE, IA years old, was caught be-
tween an ascending elevator and the side oi
the shaft and crushed to death at Chicago
ILL.,, on the 21st.
A CYCLONE viCited Kasson, Minn.. on tht
21st. Buildings were blown down and two
persons were killed. Hail stones Of largo sizt
covered the ground.
The boiler of d. Buford's thr eshing machine
exploded on the 18th near Rockwell, Ind, IA
tally scalding Tom Overman and JOSEPH
slosson. Two others were slightly injured.
THos. FERN, aged 18. was drowned Will,
bathing on the Goth at Janesville, Wis.
NEAR Elkhart Ind, on the 18th, Alber
Ramsdell, farmer, slid from grain stack
He fell astride . fork and received fatal in
juries.
The Eclipse lubricating works at Franklin
Pa, we're destroyed by fire on the 10th. Fiv'
1,100-barrel tanks, . number Of stills ani
valuable machinery was lost.
TIE planning mill Of Williamson, Labbey 4
Co., at Oshkosh, Wis.,, burned on the 20th
Loss S30, 200.
A PASSENGER train was ditched by waehou
between Endlcott and Red Cloud, Neb., OF
the 18th. Fifteen persons were injured, one
. Chicago travelling man named Smalley, sc
riously.
An entire block Of buildings was swept AVA.
by fire at Keene, N. H., on the 20th. Los
S23,OO0.
ROBERT ALLEN, Of Oshkosh, while hunting
near Kaukauna, Wis.,, on the 18th, accidental!
shot and killed himself.
MCDOWELL l. soNs' paper mill At Lambert
vile, N. j., suffered seriously by fire on tn
18th. Loss e50,000.
DANIEL BuRR1s, veterinary surgeon, wa
Kicked to death by . horse at Monroeville
l0Oss On LOo 4otHs
On the 18th, Henry Searle, carpente
working on building near Dubuque, Is.. los
his balance and fell backward to the ground
distance Of nine feet, breaking lns neck an,
dislocating his hip joints.
NEAR Garden City, N. j., on the 18th, dur
ing heavy thunder storm, lightnin killed A
sheep and injured 20.
A DESTRUCTIVE wind and rain storm visite.
Racine, Wis.,, about 8 p. N. On tbs 18th. /
large lumber pile was scattered and portion
of buildings on the lake shore were blown int,
the lake.
A SCHOONER, name unknown. of about 800
ton burthen. s&nk about five miles of At
lsntic City, N. J., on the 18th. All on boar
persisted. ...a.
FRANK DILL, . brakeman, WAS killed on th
18th by striking low bridge near Milwaukee
Wis. -.,.... g.
FIRE at wellington, H., on the 18th, de
stroyed tho mills Of J. c. Fisher 4 Go. an
N. D. Keanly, and the carriage shop Of Joh1
Atkinson. Aggregate loss e86, 900. ..y.
VIZ JEsoP's mill at Princeton, Ind, burne
on the 18th. Loss e20, 900.
MosEs JAMES fell upon saw in . mill il
Newberry County. 8. c., recently and had th
top Of his head cut OF. ~. =A~4.s
TWENTY SEVEN hogs and two cows, whic
sought shelter under tree ct Blue Springs
Tenn, were killed BY lightning on tho 18th.
TORNADO swept through Chattapoogs
Tenn. on the 18th, with the usual result. Or
man was killed. .z & .az.t i.s s