The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-08-11

JOHN RILEY, farmer near Stockbridge, Wis,
while loading hay at his barn, fell from the
wagon and broke his neck on the Sd.
The northern part of Monroe County, n. Y,
was swept by tornado on the I'd, and crops,
etc, badly damaged.
LITTLE daughter Of G. " Judd. of Water
loo. Ia, strayed from home on the 3D. got on
the track OF the FarIIngton Road. and was run
over and killed.
FIRE IN a series Of summer gardens along
the beach at Galveston, Tex, on the ID, dam
aged property about S45. 0OO
The Cooper FIGURING Mills at Erie Pa, were
destroyed by fire on the Cd. Loss S25, 600.
A BUSINESS block at Macon, Ga, burned on
the I'd. Loss about $50. .000
The Commercial Mills at Detroit, Mich.
burned on the ID Loss about SIS, 900.
OK the ID, at Erie, Pa, Miss Merue Peck en-
gagged IN a ten-mile race with Nine. Martha.
AT the end of the eighth mile In changing
horses she was thrown and received fatal in
jGrles.
A TEAM, frightened by a passing train,
plunged into the river at Polk Street draw
bridge, Chicago l., Jn the ID. The occu-
pants Of the ,arriage, James, Josephine and
Christina Bezey, were drowned.
FIRE in the Lind Block, Chicago, on the
I'd, damaged building and contents $50, 600.
An express train was derailed near Newport,
Vt, on the 1st Two parlor cars, one baggage
and one passenger car were wrecked. There
were fifty passengers aboard, fifteen of whom
were more or less injured, one, a lady named
Derby, fatally.
A NISE-YEAR-oLD son of Henry Siebel, Of
Taycheedah, was drowned in Lake Winnebago,
on the 31st.
THIRTY persons were poisoned by eating
almond favored ice cream at Columbus, 5. c.,
on the 1st. Twelve became seriously sick.
MYRoN ToPLIFF, nine years old. was bitten
in the foot by rattlesnake, near Eaton Rap
ids, Mich, and died IN few hours.
AUGUST STRANGER, Of Milwaukee, was killed
by jumping from hotel window at Galveston,
Texas, on the 1st.
JAMES z. BAILEY, foundry employe, dropped
dead from heart disease on the sidewalk in Chi
cage, on the 1st-
FREDERICK HALL. & diver, while at the bot
tom of Lake Erie, near Ontario, on the 3lst
examining a suction pipe, had the misfortune
to lose part OI his diving apparatus, and was
drowned.
BLOCK of buildings burned ut McGregor,
Ia. on the 1st- The losses aggregate S36, GOO |
DExTER's hat factory at Danbury, Conn,
burned on the 1st. Loss 500, 600.
On the 1st two freight trains collided at
Pownal, VI. SIX train hands we're killed. |
The wreck caught fire, and before it could 30
extinguished several Of the killed were horribly
burned. The accident was caused by tie
neglect Of the telegraph operator 10 flag the
trains; the operator ls young man II years Of
age, and had been on duty 16 hours.
The steamer Butte burned above Ft Peck
Oak, on the 30th. The passengers were
saved. Loss on vessel 100000.
Tue oiI-cIoth factory of John Walters, at
Allany, n. Y, burned on the 31st. Loss 375,-
GOO.
FIRE at Tulare. Cal. on the 3lst DESTROYED
property valued at 100000.
TIE Bitish birk Newark arrived at San
Francisco on the 3tst, and reported passing
vessel bottom up.
Plains Mass. filed with livestock. was de
stroyed by fire together with its contents, on
the 31st.
TEE hide mill of ]. D. & J. C, King. at
Johnstown, y Y. burned on the 31st. Loss
SD, COO.
FRED STARR, brakeman on the VI. & y. r.
f., was killed by jumping from train at La
Crosse, Wis, on the 3lst.
The Oscoda Salt and Lumber Companys
mill at Oscoda, Mich, burned on the 31st.
Loss $50, ,0e0.
IRE COMMISSION and butter packing house OF
E. s. Todd, Des Moines. IA, turned on the
31st. Loss $4,000.
OS the 31st Ed. Scott, Mrs. 3. \. Berry and
daughter Cora, of Mattoon. H., were driving
into the country. and in making a sudden turn
to avoid a collision with a freight train the
wagon was upset The girls neck was broken
and Mrs. Berry fatally injured.
WILLIE HINES, II years old, was drowned at
JanesylIIe on the 3fst
THE Allegheny River was converted into a
roaring torrent on the 29th BY heavy rains,
and carried away RATS and damaged wharf
properly in Pittsburg to the amount Of $780,
600. One man was drowned in the food.
AT the Loomis coal mine, near Carlinville,
H., on the 2sth. Henry Stats and George
Keiser we're killed by portion Of the roof of
tunnel eaving II.
AT Arcolo, Ind, on the 2sth, James Ander-
son took his fathers gun ard blew into the
muzzle TO see if it was loaded. Accidental
death was the verdict of the coronors jury.
Mrs. D. KELLY was run over and killed at
Waukesha, Wis, on the 30th by a Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul train.
A SwEDE named George Nelson choked to
death IN Chicago, on the 29th, N an attempt to
swallow piece Of beefstesk.