St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-24
SAD ACCIDENT.
Chas. L. Sullivan, a Prominent
Citizen of Eau Claire, In
stantly Killed.
Andrew Tracy and Others Seriously
Injured in the Same
Accident.
The Juggling of a Judge--KilIed by Lightning
miscellaneous Casualty
Items.
KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. |

Special Telegram to the Globe.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Sept. 23.-This even
ing about p. M, fire broke out in small
brick building in the rear of Cass & Tracy's
drug store, of this city. The building was
used as receptacle for storing powder, gaso-
line and other explosives. While Andrew
Tracy, Jr., proprietor OF the store, and
Charles L. Sullivan, young attorney who
had just been admitted to the bar this after
noon, were trying to close the door of the
magazine from the outside, hoping to confine
the fire to narrow limits, an explosion occur
red inside, throwing the walls outward.
! Sullivan was completely buried, and killed
| instantly. Tracy was covered to the chest,
and was extracted in few moments. His
right leg was broken below the knee, two
ribs were broken and he suffered dangerous
internal injuries. Chas. Spaulding, John
! Rooney and Ed. Bartlett were burned about
the hands and face by the explosion. The
! fire did no further damage.
A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE GONE WRONG.
| MONTREAL, Sept. 23.-Thos. S. Judah,
| justice of the peace, has been arrested and
| placed under bail to answer to the charge of
obtaining S25, 600 from G. B. Burland under
false pretenses, by giving mortgage on
property which he represented was owned by
! him individually, but of which he was only
! ive-eights owner The arrest caused a SEN
sation, as both Judah and Burland are mem
bers of prominent and respected families of
Montreal.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
| DOVER, n. Y, Sept. 23.-Theodore Rou-
leau, aged eighteen, and Hortenz Paro, aged
sixteen, both hFrench-Canadians, while walk
ing home from ball in Rochester last night,
were both struck by lightning. Rouleau was
instantly killed. Miss ParO's hair, one arm
, and hand were badly burned, and she lost
her reason, which is feared will not be re-
/ stored.
TWO MISSOURI MURDERS.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 23.-Henry H. Dunlap,
formerlp of Sangamon county, H., and a
man Of considerable property, was assassi-
mated near his home, Beaver Point, Ark,
Sunday, by unknown persons.
In drunken row Sunday between Chas.
Tracy and a man named Dogson, at Sey-
mour, Webster county, Mo-, the latter
struck the former with piece Of scantling,
fracturing his skull and killing him. The
men were personal friends and business
partners.
JUMPED FROM THE THIRD STORY.
INDIAN APoLIs, Sept. 23.-Jim Bosey, we'll
known in sporting circles in the Ohio valley,
threw himself from the window of the third
floor of the Occidental hotel at noon to-day.
receiving fatal injuries. He went TO bed
drunk last night. No cause known for the
act.
THE PONTIAC TRAIN WRECK.
ST. LOUIS, Sept 23.-Passengers who ar
rived here this afternoon on the train, part
of which was wrecked last night near Pom
tiac, ILL.,, on the Chicago 81 Alton road, say
the piston rod of the engine broke just north
Of Pontiac, and while the train men were re-
pairing the damages the freight train came
down the grade, dashed into the rear sleeper
1 turning it over on the side, and four freight
cars then piled up on the wreck, and a few
minutes later fire started among them, and
there was scene of great excitement and
confusion. Each entrance to the sleeper
was blocked up, but axes were obtained and
a large hole cut in the roof. The passengers
were rescued with no harm to them except a
few slight bruises. The passengers in the
| forward ears were well shaken up, but none
of them were seriously hurt. j. Z. Zoublin, of
the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph company,
badly sprained his ankle; Conductor Carson,
of the sleeper, bruised about the hips: Rob-
ert Jackson, porter of the sleeper, cut and
bruised. Both these men we're sent back to
Chicago. Brakeman Clifford, OF the freight
train, was hurled from the car, and picked
up in au insensible condition and taken TO
Bloomington for medical treatment. Dr.
! Warner, of Philadelphia, and Dr. Whetbank,
passengers. cared for the wounded. A little
boy of J. G.. Brandt, st. Louis, was badly
hurt about the hips while in the sleeper
Shortly after the passenger train came to a
halt and the men were repairing the engine,
Conductor Kent sent two men back TO signal
the freight train, but they were too late.
The train being on a down grade and the
rails wet from a heavy rain, it
could not be stopped in time, and
plunged nearly full tilt into the sleeper.
Engineer Waters and fireman Jones, of the
freight. jumped from their engine after re-
versing and putting on the brakes, and when
] but few feet from the passenger train, and
were badly cut about the head and face
DEATH or GLLIE LEIGH.
FoRT MCKINNER, Wy, Sept 23.-The
mangled and lifeless body of GilEe Leigh, a
member Of the British parliament, was
found at the base of a prccipitous elf in the
Big Horn mountains. Leigh was out here
with small English pleasure party He
left camp the 18th inst. for q stroll and was
not heard OF afterwards till an eight days'
search revealed the dead body. The remains
viii be shipped to England.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CuIcAGo, Sept. 23.-The south bound
1 passenger train on the Alton railroad collided
with a freight train going the same direction,
near Pontiac, this morning, causing wreck.
but it is believed 40 one was seriously hurt.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, Sept. GA dis
patch received in this city states that the
mill and salt block of VI. z. Hale, at Towas
City, was burned last night. Loss about
$40 600. PARTIALLY in psurpd