Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
CASUALTIES.

w. DAMON, of Wauwatosa, Wis, whilst driv-
ing into Milwaukee, on the 4th, during
thunderstorm was struck by lightning and
killed. His horse was also killed.
Two blocks in the business portion of Gsrdep,
Alabama, burned on the 4th. Loss $1OO, 900.
On the 4th Grand Street City car crossing
the Manhattan Beach Railway, Brooklyn, N.Y.,
was struck by q passing train and smashed to
atoms. Fifteen passengers were in the Car at
the time, but only one, an aged woman nsmed
Kate Kelly, was seriously injured.
H. H. LUCHBLUs: a ba'loonist, made an ascen.
sion at Scranton, Pa, on tho 4tb. At the
height of 40 feet the trapeze rope caught in a
tree, hurling him to the ground. His skull
was crushed and he received internal injuries
which will cause his death.
Two aged women-Mrs. Geitz aud Mrs.
Koons-were burned to death il the fire at the
Dauphin County aims house, on the I'd.
RUFUS P. MARSH, superintendent of stocks,
Boston, Mass. was fatally sunstruck, Oh the
4tb. Five polcem III were also overcome by the
heat.
JOHN SALsCHIEDER, living at Duck Greek,
Wisconsin, was killed by q bolt of Lightning on
the Sd.
FIRE at Astoria, Ore, did damage to tho ex-
tent of $225, ,OOJ on the I'd.
PARTS of Wisconsin were damaged by
cyclones on the I'd. but fortunately no lives
were lost. Fond du Lac County suffered by
unrCofed buildings, barns destroyed etc., to
tho extent of $50. 600. Over 2OO bulldogs we're
destroyed IN the towns of Freedonia and BEL
GUM. Necedab, Eipon, Elkhart Lake and Mus
kegon, Mich, also suffered.
CROMWELL, Conn.,, ON tho evening of the I'd,
was blown to atoms by u cyclone aud many
killed and injured.
SEVERE wind storms on the I'd. visited PORT
Jervis, and Bingh hampton, N. Y, and Williams
town, Mass, destroying buildings and running
crops.
The Dauphiu County aims bousc buildings
at Harrisburg, Pa, were destroyed by fire on
the I'd. The inmates were saved. Loss,
5000, 900. Twelve of the insane escaped.
The sold Arcade" the Dexter Yarn Com
pa"y's mill aud several other buildings burned
al Pa"tuckct, Il. l., on the LIST. Loss $115,
600.
iugton. Mass, burned on the LIST. Loss $175,-
700.
AN outgoing express train ON the Wabash
Road, collided with a street car in Chicago on
the 1st. OF thirteen persons in the car only
one escaped uninjured, and several are seli-
ously injured. Tho lamps Ill the exploded
aud set ire to the debris. misuoderetand-
| ing of the signal by the street :ar driver was
| the cause.
Ox the lat a coal train with passenger
coach attached broke in two gong up ste ep
Immediately started down grade, and, while
going 80 miles an hour, collided With the
| engine of an approaching coal train. Seven
were killed.
A FAMILY of five, father, mother and three
| children, were jrownad at Madison, Ind, by
| the upsetting of a skiff.
The steamer Bright Light, plying on the
Missouri River, colIided With The bridge al
Bonneville, a., on the 3Oth and sunk Pas.
| sengers and crew were rescued.
| A LLFAYETTE, Ind, man named Bierlejn, or
| his way to Germany, died suddenly on Il train
near st. Thomas, Ont, on the 29Ch.
MICHAEL SULLIVAN, an old Chicago fireman,
was severely injured ut fire on the 24th, from
| the effects of which he died on the 29th.
PERCY JEFFERs, a. 10-year-old daughter ol
J. S. Jeffcrs, jumped into bin of wheat a,
her fathers elevator. at Shelbyvi'lc, Ind, on
| the 29th, and suffocated.
! NEAR Malta Bend. No., on the goth, Mr.
Attic Brown was accidentally killed while pick.
ing up shotgun.
The captain of vessel arriving at Hough.
| ton, Micb., ON tho 28th, reports the death by
] EldA Va AAO NSCpSA IA N1o"6S Ao'oHN
| light house. The occupants of Tue island
we've the keeper, his vile and two Children
| Provisions ran short and the keeper took sick.
| Tho son started for Il neighboring island
several weeks ago to procure food and i doc
tor, but had not returned.
| DURING fire in tho warehouse of J. II. Ash.
down, on the 29th, a.number uf kegs of powder
exploded, lnjuring twenty pcrsonf, tome oi
l them fatally.
Ar Milan, Tenu., on the 2sth, Mrs. Pope was
stung on the nose by bee, from the effects Of
which she died in few minutes.
The boiler in the sawmill of Ives Hale, al
Whittesey, Wis, exploded Oh tho 28th. The
mill was destroyed. and Donald Garrisb, cpgi.
ncer, John Stoner and John spencer, colored
we're killed.
| Ar Wilmin gton, Delaware. on the 2Sth, the
digester in the fertilizing works of Wsltos,
Whann l. Co., exploded, injurlug two men,
one fatally.
| One OF the docks at c. H. Hackley 4 Coz
mill, at Muskcpon, Wis, on which was piled
80O. 600 feet of lumber, gave way Oh tue 28th
Twenty meu were at work on the dock at the
time: three are missing, and supposed to have
been drowned.
| On the 28th = freight train on the North
Western Road went through bridge between
Sparta and Norwalk. Tho fireman was caught
in tbs wreck and scalded to death.
TwENIY-rHREE colieries at Ashland, Penn.
were forced to suspend operations on the 28tb
owing to heavy floods.
STORMS damaged property in tho vicinity o.
Bangor, Penn, OF tho 28th, to the extent o.
Sl00,O0O.
Doc RusE drove his team into q gravel pi
ard broke his neck. near Joliet, Ill.,. Oh th
28th.
h. = = aGENERAL.
BIsHoP JOHN MCMULLEN, of Davenport, Ia,
died on tho 4tb, aged 50 years. ,ssss %g%Es*. n.
A FENIAN fleet sailed up the Hudson. a th'
I'd and oxnerimeuted with dynamite m oil
vessel loaded with Is tons of sand. Th
vessel was anchored on lEnglewocd, atorped,
i cont timing two pounds of dynamite was fasten
ed to the stern of tho vessel, and fired. TIL
i vessel was blown to sllvereens, and tn
j organizers OF tho movement express themselve
well satisfied with the experiment.. -.
THE Presidents on the "a appointed Samue
j. Krkwood, OF Iowa. Silas 3. Butcher all.
Anthony Gilkexon, Of New. York, a commission
to examine As miles of railroad in oregon
built by the Oregon and California Rai'roa'
Company. = $ = :
THE banks of Syracuse refuse to receiv
trade dollars. Tho same may be saidUf othe
banks and corporations. :s 5#EEts22. -
The effort to consolidate the match manu-
factories Of the country SOFAS to form aSglgan
ii; monopoly HIS failed, owing to the man
small coucerns refusing to sell out: .r...r