Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23

Two serious railroad accidents occurred neal
Acworth, Ga, on the 18th, owing to washouts.
A passenger train went through weakened
tressne, killing and woundip9 number Of
trainmen, and freight tram ran into q wash
ont, killing the engineer and fireman.
An 8-year.old hoy named Thoe. Monks at-
tempted to steal . railroad ride at Chicago, on
the 18th inst. and was run over and killed.
a FERRY boat ct New York ran down :. yawl
containing six sailors, on the 18th, two Of
whom were drowned. ag zE
TIE factory Of the Celluloid Brush Com.
pany, at Newark, n. J., WAS destroyed by fire
on the 14th inst. Loss 32O0, 900.
| Mrs. r. L. HALLocK, Of Racine, Wis.,, died
on the 18th, from burns received through the
overturning Of lamp.
Stewart estate, ut New York, on the 18th.
damaged the building e19, 900.
M1ss1ssnl1 and Georgia were visited by q
| much damage to property and some loss Of
| life.
FIRE destroyed ton frame buildings at
Marshall, Mo-, on the 14th. Loss gao, 900.
AT Carlisle, Ind, on the 18th, fire destroyed
the Eugene Ice Company's houses, four in
number. Loss $4,000.
JAMES MAHER, aged 35 years, and his
daughter Maggie, aged s, were struck by a
and Instantly killed.
| TIE steamer Reliance, Of the New York and
! Brazil line, is reported lost, with her cargo.
Her passengers and crew were saved.
FIRE at Salem, N. J., on the 18th, destroyed
| Gaynor's glass works aud Morris oil cloth
factory. Loss $4,000. -
Two brothers, named Spencer, were killed BY
a boiler explosion at Ford Station, Ia, on the
| 14th inst.
Two men were killed and q number wounded
by an explosion of fire-damp in Woods colliery,
near Elizabeth, Pa., on the 18th.
A RAILROAD switchman named Albert Alden.
was decapitated by tho cars at Chicago, on the
18th.
FIRE in schuttes l. Co.'s box factory, Pitts
burg, Pa, on the 18th, caused loss of $75,-
900.
FIRE at Tacoma, W. T., on the 14tb,
destroyed nine buildings forming the principal
| SGT, 1000.
FIRE on Green Street, New York, on the
10000.
The Baptist Church at Beloit, Wis, was de-
| stroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss $40, 1000; in
| surance 81, ,OOO. Anincendiary's work.
A CAvE-1N at Excelsior colIiery, Shamokin.
Pa, on the 18th, killed Thomas Harper and
fatally injured Frank Gillisch.
A COLLISION between freight trains at Allen
town, Pa, on the 11th inst. killed Jacob Det-
| ter, fireman.
TUE premature explosion of blast in the
Calumet and Hecla copper mine, Lake Superb
| or. ON the nth. killed Thomas Tremberth and
blinded Nicholas Johns.
| SAMUEL, REELN, aged 81 and VIM. Shearod,
| aged 19. were killed at Pittsburg, on the 11th,
by caving sand bank.
FIRE at Northampton, Mass, on the 10th,
destroyed the Elisha Graves house, structure
over 200 years old.
FIRE at Pensacola, Fla, on the 10th inst,
destroyed the Louisville l. Nashville freight de-
pot and other buildings. Loss. $65, 600 49,.
A DYNAMITE explosion at Franklinton, N. c.,
on the 10th, killed two men and wounded four
Others, all colored.
! ENGINEER THOMAS was killed and several
others severely injured in collision on the
Pan Handle road near Dayton, O., on the 10th.
The Gloucester fishing schooner Nelson Y.
! Mcfarland, with a crew Of five men, was lost at
sea ON the 9th.