Daily globe., 1883-06-28
CASUALT ES.
FIRE AT BENSON.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. |

Ing. Al ABOUT Z:0C O'CLOCK the alarm of
fire was heard, and our citizens awoke to
discover that the hardware store of Farrell
& Colby, on Pacific avenue, was on fire, and
in short time the building was burned
to the ground; not, however, until the
general merchandise store of j. CroonCuist
Joining on the east, had caught, and the
drug store of H. L. Greaves, on the west.
which set fire to the millinery store of Mrs
Richardson. The four buildings burned
to the ground. Croonquist saved the
greater portion of his stock. Building in
sured for $1,000; stock, $1,000. Loss about
$1,000. Farrell Il Colby building and
stock suffer loss of about $2,500 over and
above insurance. II. L. Greaves' building
and stock valued at $4,000; insurance,
$4,000. Mrs. Richardson's loss on mil
linery goods was light, most of them being
removed, but the building owned by Mrs.
Clint was loss of about $1,S00; no in
surance. Swift Co. bank and the Pacific
house were saved only by the greatest
effort of fire department and citizens.
Mr.. Colby barely escaped from the up
per story of the store with his life, as he
jumped from the window to the lightning
rod and slid down, and had on only his
night shirt.
| c. L. Sherwood, who with his family oc-
cupied rooms over Greaves' drug store
we're nearly suffocated before they could
get out, and lost nearly all of their clothing
and household goods. The family of Mr..
| B1ddle who lived over the millinery store
saved most of their goods. It is under
stood that most of the firms will rebuild,
but Benson cali i'll afford to be visited with
such calamity often.
THE RAGE OF WATERS
ST. LOUIS, June 27.-Word comes from
East st. Louis this morning that the river
continues to fall slowly, and in all that
section of country west of the Chicago &
Alton roads track at Newport, Nameoki
and Mitchell, the water has fell nearly if
not quite foot, but in that part of the
! bottom east of the above named railroad,
| into which a steady stream is still pouring
| through the crevasse near Newport, the
water is rising and will continue TO creep
| up uIFil the common level Is reached. Ca
| hoka creek also continues TO run, and its
water has reached the tracks running north
| from Relay depot, and between that point
and Bridge Junction. This can be quickly
remedied, however, by building levee
| along the eastern side of the tracks. which
no doubt will be done at once as these
tracks are important for the passage of the
repair trains at work still further north
| The work progresses rapidly and well at
the break in the Chicago u Alton track,
near Newport, and Superintendent Bates is
| still confident he will have the trestle ready
for trains to cross this evening. A compu-
tation based upon information derived
from well informed sources makes the
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three townships il Madison county 1000.
The land is covered with wheat, corn, oats
and potatoes, which, reckoned at $50 per
acre, rather low estimate, makes the
actual loss to crops alone $21O, 900. In that
section of st. Clair county, east and south
of East Carondolet, so far as at present
known 5, 400 acres of wheat, corn and pota-
| toes are under water. The crops are esti-
mated to be worth $40 per acre, giving an
aggregate loss of $21G,00O. These losses
| are in four townships and comprise only
| small part of the damage done in the
American bottom.
NILKEsBARRE, Pa, June 27.-Heavy rains
the past few days and the bursting of a
dam cause an extensive cave IN at Balti-
more mines. Residents in the neighbor-
hood are alarmed.
LANCASTER, Pa, June ga disastrous
storm has occurred in this county. In
many cases the tobacco and corn crops
are ruined. Trains on the Pennsylvania
road are detained owing to entertainments
caving in.
THE CHINESE SLAUGHTER.
PORTLAND, Or. June 27.-Oregonia
special advices last night give particulars
of the collision on the Northern Pacific at
Heron station. A gravel train of 10 cars
was run into by construction train. Geo.
Pike, engineer of the gravel train, and %
Cinnamon were killed, and Is wounded.
The accident was the result Of gross care
lessness.
MINE CAVE.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa. June 27-At one
o'clock great excitement prevailed at the
scene of the cave in. 1t has extended a
considerable distance and already engulfed
one house. This building was carried
down with its contents to depth of IS
feet and completely buried. large por-
tion of the branch of the Delaware & Hud-
son railroad is now endangered and may
disappear at any moment. Several houses
are in peril and the Inhabitants are seek
ing safer quarters. Up to this time there
is no loss of life. 1t is feared there will
be further loss of property.
FIRES.
NASHVILLE, June 81 "A fire this morn
ing at a. m, destroyed the building cor
ner of Clark and Front streets, occupied
by Direll & Lord, beer bottlers, and by
Valentine & Co., chewing gum and prize
package manufacturers, and also par
TALLY destroyed the Woodward building
adjoining, which was occupied by Phillips,
Butterfeld & Co., wooden and stone ware,
and Handy, White & Co., drugs, whose
stocks were partially destroyed and dam
aged by water and fire. The fire was under
control by 8 O'Clock.
WAUKEeAN, ILL.,, June 27.-The Glenfara
hotel, frame structure, never completed,
was burned here last night. Loss $1,000
and incendary.
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