Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-16
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

FIRES AND CASUALTIES.
A Holland, Mich, dispatch says The
flour mill of Welsh, Deroe s. Co., at
this place, was damaged by fire to the
amount of 100000
NEAR Arlington, Mass, Tuesday,
freight train was wrecked, fourteen
cars being piled on each other three
deep. A house near the track was de-
molished.
TWO Texas steers escaped Monday at
Jersey City, and upset number Of peo-
pie, three of whom were seriously in.
lured. One of the animals demolished
the window of a drug store.
AT Riverhead, l.. l., Tuesday, Roscoe
Cenklin, aged II years, was killed while
playing base ball by bat flying from
players hands. Another boys jaw
bone was broken by the ball.
NEAR Marysville, Mo-, Tuesday night,
a bridge collapsed under a freight train
laden with hogs. nearly all of which
were drowned. The engineer was kill
ed, and the brakeman and fireman badly
injured.
A FIRE Tuesday night destroyed the
warehouse of the Oshkosh Wis., Pack
nag Company, together with a large
quantity of hams and pork in barrels
stored therein.
NEAR Annapolis, Md, while class of
naval cadets were firing gun, on board
the United States training-ship Stanish,
the gun burst, destroying the rigging of
the vessel. None of the cadets were
injured.
NEAR Commerce Mills, Iowa, Monday
afternoon, a passenger and freight tram
came in collision, both being wrecked.
Two men were seriously hurt, but all
others escaped. The freight, which was
behind its schedule, was trying TO make
up lost time, and precipitated the dis
aster.
THE Glen House at Mount Washing
ton n H., burned ON Thursday. 1t
was one of the largest hotels in the
mountain region. A high wind prevail
ed, and caused the flames to spread
rapidly. All the furniture and fixtures
Of the house were destroyed. The loss
is over $225,000. The insurance is only
100000. 1t Wilde rebuilt Immediately.
A WAUsAU wis dispatch of October
says: "The high water in the Wiscon-
sin still continues, and it rains every
night Since Sept. 1 over IA inches of
water on the level has fallen. The saw
mIlls are all idle for want of logs, the
high water having swept away the di-
viding works of the boom company.
With the present prospects there will
be at least 30000000 feet of logs left
over unsawed and which might have
been sawed with an ordinary stage of
winter"
A FIRE broke out in the planing-mill
Of G. Zafford at Richmond, KY, last
Saturday and, aided by heavy wind, the
flames proved very destructive. En-
gines were sent for from Lexington, and
the fire was under control after burning
two hours. The following are losses
and insurance: G. Zatford planning
mill, S35, 900; insurance, $4,000; w. w.
Potts, flour mills, 500, 500; insurance
$4,000; City Gas Works, Sl5, goo; no
assurances w. f. Francis, marble works.
81 900; no insurance. Smaller losses
made the aggregate loss $l25, 900; total
insurance, $4,000.
A GASOLINE lamp exploded in
Oranges saw mill, at Canton, n. Y, on
Thursday, setting the mill on fire. The
fire spread very rapidly, and before the
engines could arrive had made such
Roadway that it was impossible to save
the mill. At one time 1t seemed as if
none of the buildings on the island
could be saved. But the fircmen sue
ceeded in confniag the fire to the mill,
which was totally destroyed. The mill
employed about fifty men, who viii
be thrown out of EN- ployment. The
loss is about 100000; no insurace
THE Grand Opera House at South
Bethlehem, Pa, was destroyed by fire
on the Sth, and GROW of four-story
brick buildings adjoining. In the low
/ er portion of the opera house were three
large stores, which were also burned.
One was occupied by f. ii. Fenner,
| butcher; another by G.. w. Rhodes,
who kept the Bethlehem Iron Com
pany's store. The stocks in the stores
| were valued at $40, 900. William Winds
liquor store, in the block adjoining,
was also burned. Milton LAWYERS
! hardware store was damaged to the eX-
tent OF $4,000 The opera house be
longing to L. 2. Wilbur, president Of
the Lehigh Valley railroad company.
The loss on it is $4,000 During the
progress of the Tre a number Of barrels
of liquor We're rolled into the street
Some fremen broke in the heads of the
1 barrels and drank liquor like water.
Many of them became helplessly drunk,
and one named Manser fell oil an avn
/ ing roof and broke his back.