The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-24
CASUALTIES.

THE Maumee River took a sudden rise on
the 18th INST, covering the middle ground at
Toledo % inches deeper than the great flood
Of 1881 The Island House. Union depot aud
buildings in the nelghb0rhOOd were deeply
flooded. several bridges were carried off. a
gorge broke on the 1S5h, releasing tie water
aud lowering the river to a point near Its
normal tzyll
Two heavy freight trains collided in Frank
lil Tunnel, near Bellaire, o., on the 18th inst,
Engineer Rutherford was killed, Fireman
Hines zas sclIicd ID death and John Graham,
q brakeman, was very badly injured.
WILLIE ME4ER, Willie Howe and Alice
Franks were killed, and Alice Mattram seri-
ously injured, at Wallingford. Conn. by "a
sleigh buIug struck by locomotive.
Max MALLAUER, Cola Gcrser and L. Cello
ea-i were frozen To death on the north shore
Cf Lake Superior Oh the 18th INST
IouH mall children Of Michael Mcdonald of
Brochett, Texas. we're burned in their beds by
the explosion of q lamp that had been left
burning by their mother for the return OF her
foar daughters from 2 bail.
HE Excelsior Furniture Co.'S Works, Rock
ford, III we're destroyed by fire on the 18th
inst. Loss $4,000; insurance 11,u00.
the Z. $. Iron and Fire Plate Works. DENIM
Ter station. Pa, were totally destroyed by fire
on the 18th inst. The loss viii reach 500, eco:
Insurance SOD, roo. Three hundred men were
thrown ont a employment.
The Providence Il. l. Norsted Company :
MILL va damaged to the extent Of $4,000 by
fire CD tAe leta INST, insured for $4,000
THE business portion o. Knights Landing.
YuoIo County Cal. burned on the 10th inst.
A man faml4 DiuHidly, who was sleeping il
the building burned &c death. The losses
1# IS 81 -
THE governor belt slipped ia tile Ningo Iron
works, near Wheeling. W. va. on the 10th
inst, causing high rate Of speed in the grind
ing department Several large stones exploded
With ,cIrhc force, doing great damage. Capt
James Penuss was killed and VIM Hell in
jured.
AN express train ou the Cleveland ana co
lumhas road va deral1ea On Tie 18th inst. one
mile north oi Gallon The locomotive re-
NAMED ou the uuck. but the baggage and ex-
press ears, the smoker. two coaches aud a psr-
lor ear were dItched. Fl. G. Guthrie, of the
Madison Square Theater Co.. New York was
instantly killed. Il. Cudell, drsughtsman OF
Cleyeaad, died soon after reaching Gslon.
II. /. Ionst, of Shelby o., was fatally injured
and 3 large number Of others badly hurt
4 WHEEL on the front car Of the Foxburg
express on tLe Fitysburg and Western Railroad
broke when the train was nearing Etua sta
ton, Pa. or the 18th INST. causing the smoker
aud locomotive to jump the track. The latter
was turned over and Engineer J. G.. Cooper
and FrCuau Edward Brady, Of Pittsbug, bur-
ied.uuaat the debris, aud before they could be
extricated were fatally sealued by escaping
steam. The passengers were considerably
shaken up and bruised but none We're serious
ly injured.
) PASSENGER train on the Grand Trunk Line
struck broken rail one mile east Of Flint.
Mich, ol Che 18th inst. detaching three
coaches. One Pullman. the engine. mau md
baEgase-car passed the break safely. The
engineer, with commeadable bravery and
presence of mind, stopped the engine i'm
mediateIy, got two paiIs OF water and stoned
the tire that had broken out in one coach. thus
averfing holocaust. Mrs Huldah Leaman.
aged "a, was killed instantly. A large number
OF passengers we're severely injured
The county court house. st BAYFIELD,. burned
with valuable papers on the 14th inst Most of
the records were saved. Loss, $4,000; insur-
anee, $4,000.
IT o'clock on the morning of the 18th inst,
people IN tie vicinity Of No. 90 Wlstach Street.
Cincinnati. on the border Of the inundated dis
trict in the western part Of the city. we're
startled By a loud explosion which broke the
glass IL the windows Of a three-stOrv brick
building occupied by four families. numbering
seventeen persons. who were found in the ruins
All the inmates were buried in the debris An
alarm vas sounded and tremeu began the
work 0f rescue. By O'Clock A. NJ All the 1c-
cupants were taken out. Officer Macke and
wife and the 2-year-old daughter Of Wm. Mil
Ter were dead. John, Henry and Robert
Brown, and R0ckmaun, q ueighbor. who were
in the house st the time, were badly injured