Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

FIRES AND CASUALTIES.
A Holland, Mich, dispatch says the
flour mill of Welsh, Deroe & Co., at
this place, Was damaged by fire to the
amount of $4,000.
NEAR Arlington, Mass, Tuesday, a
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 a number OF peo-
pie, three of whom were seriously in.
jured. 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 hw-
bone was broken by the ball.
NEAR MarysvilIe, Mo-, Tuesday night,
bridge collapsed under 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.) Fack-
Tag Company, together with hrge
quantity of hams and pork in barrels
stored therein.
NEAR Annapolis, Nd, while class of
naval cadets were firing gun, on bsard
the United States trainipg-ship Stalish
the gun burst, destroying the rigging of
the vessel. None of the cadets we're
injured.
NEAR Commerce Mills, Iowa, Merday
afternoon, a passenger and freight train
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 Oh 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 wilr5e rebuilt Immediately.
A WAUsAU wis J dispatch of October
6 says: 'The high water in the Wiscon-
sin still continues, and it rains every
night. Since Sept. 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 100000 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-mil
Of @. Zafford at Richmond, KY, last
Saturday and, aided by a 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. Zafford, planning
mill, $4,000; insurance, $4,000; W. w.
Potts, flour mills, 500, 500 insurance
$4,000; City Gas Works, $15, 600; no
insurance; w. F. Francis, marble works,
$4,000; no insurance. Smaller losses
made the aggregate loss 1926, 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 it seemed as if
none of the buildings on the island
could be saved. But the firemen sue
ceeded in combining the fire to the mill,
which was totally destroyed. The mill
employed about fifty man, who will
be thrown out of EN- ployment The
loss is about $4,000; 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 We're three
large stores, which were also burned.
One was occupied by F. II. Fenner,
butcher; another by @. w. Rhodes,
who kept the Bethlehem Iron Conn
pany's store. The stocks in the stores
were valued at $4,000. 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 E. P. Wilbur, president of
the Lehigh Valley railroad company.
The loss on it is $4,000. During the
progress of the fire number of barrels
of liquor were rolled into the street.
Some firemen broke in the heads of the
barrels and drank liquor like water.
Many of them became helplessly drunk,
and one named Manser fell off an avn
ing roof and broke his back.