Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02
ACCIDENTS.

. Portsmouth, Ohio, E. j. Salt & Co. s
WOODEN mills burned. Loss $50, 900; in
sured.
THE Middlesex Bleachery and Dye
Works at Somerville, near Boston, burn
ed. Loss, $3.50, 1000.
The incendiary fires in the lumber dis
trict Of Cleveland, Ohio, destroyed prop
erty valued at $685. 600
TWO freight trains on the Hannibal
and st. Joseph Railroad collided and
Monday morning. Three men were
killed.
6 GURLER BROTHERS butter and cheese
factory, at DeKalb, ILL.,, was destroyed
by fire Thursday evening" The loss is
$4,000; insured for one-half.
NJ. E. HALE's mill aud salt block at
Tawas City, Mich. were burned Monday
night, the loss approximatjng S $1,000.
The daily product of the work was 80,
600 feet of lumber and and 260 barrels
of salt.
A SPECIAL to the Chronicle Telegraph
from Greensburg, Pa, says: ''By a
runaway accident Monday, George Sin
dOrf, his wife and two children were
seriously injured and 6-months-oId
babe was instantly killed. The horse,
which took fright from the hosting of
an umbrella, was seriously injured and
the wagon was completely demolish-
ed"
Two sleeping cars and fifteen freight
cars were destroyed by fire after the
collision between a passenger train and
d freight train, on the Chicago and AL
ton railroad, near Paducah junction.
Several persons were more or less in
jured. The loss to the railroad company
is estimated at $50, 600.
THE Golden Eagle Clothing House at
st. Louis, was burned Saturday morn
ing, resulting in loss of $4,000, with
100000 insurance w. D. Rodgers &
Co.'s carriage factory at Philadelphia,
was damaged $4,000. The Merchants
Wooden Mill at Dedham, Mass, was de-
stroyed the loss reaching $75, 200. Fire
| in a carriage works, grist mill, and lum-
! Der yard at Mcdonald, Pa, did damage
estimated at $25, 900.
THE large new silver vault under the
| cash room of the Treasury Department
! is finished, and the transfer of silver to
it will begin next Monday. It has a
storage capacity of $4,000, 600 silver dol
! lars. Silver now stored in the Treasury
amounting to $5,000000, will be trans
ferred to the new vault, where will also
be stored the surplus coinage of the
different mints accommodating every
month.
AN accident to the engine of Chicago
and Alton passenger train compelled il
to stop early Tuesday morning between
Paducah Junction and Cayuga. H., and
man was sent back to flag freight
following after, but did not go faI
enough. The freight crushed into the
stationary passenger, throwing two
sleepers off the track and setting them
on fire, they being consumed with the
engine, baggage, and fifteen freight cars.
a heavy rain and thunderstorm prevail
ed at the time, but the passengers mir
aculously escaped.
| a PIERRE, d. T., dispatch of the 10th,
says a fire started at 10 o'clock this
morning in SNYDER Bros store, and
spread north TO Dakota avenue and
south 10 Missouri avenue, sweeping the
| entire block, including the First Nation
al Bank building, the stores of PheIan
| & Co., Goodies & Co., and Shurthtf and
| the Palace Theater. The fire is still I'M
controlled. The BRICK bank building is
in danger, but the chances are that it
Will be saved. The damage is estimated
! at $75, 600, with insurance to cover half
the amount. There is no fire depart
ment in the city.
A JERSEY CITY dispatch of the Goth,
says a tank containing between five
! thousand and six thousand barrels of
oil took fire this afternoon, at the works
| of the Standard Oil company. The fire
| department prevented the spread Of the
| flames to prop rty beyond the tank
! The greater portien of the oil was saved
| by being pumped out from the bottom.
Three employees wero Sc verely burned
about the legs, being caught by the rap
! idly flowing and blazing oil as it escap-
ed from the burning tank.
| A TORONTO dispatch OF the Goth states
| that, three Pullman coaches and the
private car of Chief Engineer Hanna
! ford, Of the Grand Trunk express for
Montreal and Boston, left the track near
| Pickering station, "Wednesday evening,
owing to a broken frog, went over an
embankment2 % feet high. At the time
! of the accident it was very dark. and
! the rain was pouring down in torrents.
| The crash of the rolling cars, the
screams of women and the groans, and
shrieks Of the wounded emanating from
the intense darkness was terrible to
| listen to. The horrors multiplied when
| Chief Engineer Hannaford's car took
fire. The flames burned fercely, des,
pite the pouring rain and quickly com
municated to the Pullman coach that
came next, though there the flames were
| staid A large number of towns peo-
pie soon gathered and assisted in rescu-
ing the passengers from the burning