The Dickinson press., 1883-09-29
The Casualties OF the Week.

The Casualties OF the Week.
Cap. Alfred Gasst.n, of the bark Britain.
Mig, which was wrecked of the coast nea,
Halifax, on the 18th inst, tells a story q
fearful suffering. They were on the wreck
for 26 hours during which time u gale was
blowing and all hands were compelled to
storm. They finally took to a small raft
and hardly had the people got or this when
a heavy sea washed off every soul, and the
captain and eight men were the only ones
who regained it. During the night and
the following morning five others were
washed Oft in a similar manner, leaving on
~ four survivors, WHO were rescued by s
bsat from there. Thirteen persisted. in.
Guiding the wife and four children Of Capt
CASTOR. All were natives of England. Two
ofthe captains children were picked ur
but died in a few minutes, either from frigh'
or es haustion. The following is n full lis
of the lost; First officer, George Foge; sec.
ond officer, Arthur Holmes; steward, nam
unknown; John Johnson, Lewis Smith
Fred Aenderion, Arthur Penthouse, Ernest
Melton, Mrs. CASTOR and four children.
Capt. Miller, of the steamer d. J.F
arrived from Kingston, via Port Antonio,
Jamaica, reports Jacmel and Jeremi com
pletely in the hsnds of the insurgents. A
large cargo of provisions was purchased in
Kingston by agents OF the rebels, AND
shipped to lacmel in sailing vessels. The
iron steamer called the Elder was purchased
from the English line running in the is
lands, to guard Jaomel against all vessels
attempting to land or assist the govern.
menu forces. President Salmon is reported
| onvin11o tn tyO IN poyti hit 30 nrov,rto1 H.
his party, who claim that he has $500, COG
deposited in London and Paris Which be-
longs to the government. His family is IN
Europe, and the money is deposited IN
their name. 1t is also reported the the
Elder will intercept the new steamer Des.
s%alines, which is put under Haytien colors.
The Elder is a small steamer ard fast, and
adapted for shore. water service.
Early ON the morning of the 2lst inst.
fire destroyed the principal business por.
ton Of Brownwood, Tex, consisting oi
nine substantial buildings and twelve wood.
en- structures. Loss Unknown. Supposed
incendiary. Tie chief losers are Lawrence
d Mcfarland, drugs, and n. A. Altman,
grocers. The town has no water works OF
hire extingulshing apparatus. Mrs. Mary
Hall. aged seventy five, was so wrausht up
by the sight of the coaf1si ration that SIZE
dropped dead.
The new postofice building now being
erected in Moorhead, Mimi, crumbled on
the 18th inst, through the great weight OF
the material On top, and two men were
buried in the debris. After fifteen minutes
lively digging the men were exhumed. One
Q. w. Hyer, is supposed to he but slightly
injured; but the other, ]. NJ. Nelson. is
badly Injured. He has a RI broken, and ii
is feared will die. The damage 10 the build
ing is considerable.
a large fire in New York on the 18th inst.
entailed u loss of nearly ~three-quarters Of O
million dollars, Several frem n were
overcome by the heat end smoke and were
taken to the hospital. The building be-
longs to Gilsey u Beckman. 1t stands on
was burned down. The building was
valued at $500, 600. 1t was put up fifteen
years ago.
o. B. Ward and Charles Johnson were
accidently poisoned at Camp Point, near
Quincy. H., recently. They procured
what was supposed to be a quart bottle of
bitters at q drug store, to be drank as a bev-
erage. Drinking freely of it, they both
dropped dead in a short time. One May,
who drank with them, Was seizsa wit
~spssa,s, but will ,ecover.
Dearduf g. Morris's livery stable. at Ga
lena, eight miles from Deadwood, Dakota,
turned on the 23d inst, with contents, in
Guiding Eve hoises harness, saddles and a
la &c quantity Of hay and grain. The fire
started in the hay loft, from a cause that
CAN only be conjectured. The loss was to-.
tai; insurance So, O00.
On the 22d. inst, John Mcdonald, while
at work in the new mill at Saltwater, STUN.
bled and fell upon a belt which drew him
under a machine cutting him upon the
head, face and neck in a very severe man
ner. .
The Pillsbury & Hurlburt grain elevator,
with 1000 bushels of wheat in store, and
three cars were .burned at Angus, Manitoba,
recently. Fire escaped from the fire box of
the e;gine. Theie was some insurance.
Three men were precipitated Into twenty
feet of water in the Woodward shat of the
Delaware, L~ackawana d Western Coal
company, at Kingston on the 22l inst, and
were drowned.
AT Peotone, ILL.,, a few days ago, ttetown
hall, Collins grain elevator, hotel and th1ee
business houses burned. Loss, $335. 900; in
sured for Sc, 600.
At Cannon Falls, MIMI, a four-year.old
lad named Nels Thoreen was so badly
crushed in q railway turn table that he died
soon after.
fIelson Lyons furniture factory at AL
bany, N. Y, burned on the 10th inst. Loss,
$50, 600 to $75,0 900; insurance, $35, 900.
Oster Torgenson, of Wastedo, Mimi, was
killed by a runaway team recently his
neck being broken.
A fire destroyed the hub factory of Van
SICKLE at Burlington, Iowa, on the 18th
inst. Loss $7O.0
A fire at Benson, Arizona, on the 10th
list, reduced the town to a pile of ashes IN
| a few hours.
Personal News Paragraphs.
Mis-. B. Churchill of Montgomery, Ala,
has the original copy of the constitution of
the confederate states, the first commu-
! nication ever addressed to the congress by