Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-09-05

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vile special says The fury of the storm was
inconceivabe and its work was done swiftly
Three times the cables lashing the barge to
the boat were snapped, and the last time the
barge 6oated away out of reach. Then it
WAS that the boat with a lurch, too sudden to
permit the escape of her passengers, turned
over in - feet of water. The screams of
the helpless women and children in the cab
in as the boat went over rang above the fury
of the storm.
The village of Centreville. eight miles
north OF Carmi, ILL.,, was demolished by the
hurricane At Phillipstown number OF
buildings were blown down. All over the
country farmhouses aud barns were destroy
ed. A house near Centrevile toppled over
and killed one child, severely injured two
others and fatally hurt their mother.
A CIRCUS TRAIN HORROR NINE MEN ROASTED
TO DEATH.
A circus car next to the engine in a train
Of / cars containing Orton's Anglo. Ameri-
can circus, was discovered on fire last week
Thursday night near Greeley, Col, while
the train was running at the rate Of - miles
an hour The engineer Immediately stopped
the train. There were go men in the car, ar
ranged in three tiers Of hunks on either side
aud the fire started near the rear door which
was the only means Of egress except through
a small window at the front end. Two or
three men succeeded in crawling though the
window and then went to work to try aud
rescue their comrades. Owing TO the sulIo-
eating gases it was difficult to arouse the
sleepers, and some were kicked and bruised
in shocking manner The confusion was
dreadful and the bowling of the frightened
wild beasts added to the horror OF the caam-
ity. Many of the rescued in being pulled
through the small window Of the car had
. thair ht,,h hr,ka,, nd
daylight fiat car carried the charred bodies
into Greeley for interment. The county
commissioners buried the remains in a coffin
seven feet wide and 10 feet long in Greeley
cemetery. So far rs known nine men were
roasted to death. Seven or eight are in ST.
Lukes hospital at Greeley frightfully burned
or otherwise injured. The coroner impuneled
jury but was unable to learn the cause OF
the fire or any important facts, the mansg-
ers, with the remainder of the company left
Immediately for Golden to fill AL afternoon
engagement.
There ia trouble among the striking mi
uers in the Hooking Valley OHIO, which re-
suited Sunday morning in an outbreak Of
violence At Snake Hollow, IN which lives were
lost and several men were wounded The
guards on duty there were attacked ut mid
night and one guard was killed. For 10 min
utes continuous fire was kept up More
than 1000 shots were exchanged and the
strikers were driven back. II IL known that
several of the attacking party were shot
| Gov HOadley visited the scene Of the rioting
on Monday and ordered several companies of
militi on to the ground, but with strict or
ders not to interfere unless their services were
positively needed. This outbreak is tue cul-
mination OF long struggle between the men
and the employers over the question of
wages. About 10, 900 men are idle. Recent.
ly Italians aud others have been brought into
the valley to work at lower rates than the old
miners were willing to accept and there
seems to have been preconcerted and or
ganized attempt to frghten the new men
awEy.
About . o'clock last Tuesday morning
| Mrs. NJ .lvina Butler met with strange death
| At her home in East Boston. She was work
| ing about the stove in the kitchen whom n
| spent rifle ball came through the window and
struck her on the left breast, entering her
body and breaking a rib near the heart, and
| then falling to the floor. The sudden shock
| with the conclusion over the heart, caused the
womAn's death almost simultaneously The
| bullet was fired by John Q. Murray, a marine
at the Charlestown nayy-yard, who shot over
the head of a river pirate who was trying to
steal from the ship Pennsylvania. Murray
says his orders were first to warn of the
] LlltNths lutu 10 uEt over lutlT uthL1 ana u
nally, II they did not leave, to fire at them
| He was a mile across the harbor from Mrs.
Buffers house. and was shocked to learn that
the bullet had done harm to any one a mile
away. He was arrested, but will be released
Between 700 and 500 laundry employc,
! embarked on barge last Sunday morning
! for an excursion to Staten Island. few
miles beyond Elizabeth, n. j., a gang of
! rouRhs began TO clean out the lunch counter
aud when George Koph, who was in charge,
attempted to protect his wares, they struck
aim on the head with beer-glass aud killed
him. The crowd then took possession of the
bar, and, after drinking all they wished,
threw overheard i5 kegs of lager. The cap
lain headed the boat for the city, and desper-
ate fighting and rioting continued until a
landing was made. The police arrested the
! man who is believed to have killed koph.
While flying his kite from the roof of a
building in New York on Monday years
old boy stepped backward and fell. As he
! descended be grasped Il telegraph wire with
Doth hands and hung there. There seemed
| 40 chance Of his rescue until Frank Neu-
mann IL years old, who had been on the
'oof, lowered himself to a fire escape leaned
TAR over the edge and seiz- his little play
mate firmly by the coat collar The wire was
| ;utting into the little fellows hands, and he
I
! ne hung suspended in Neumanns grasp then,
! while the spectators cheered loudly, he was
lowly dragged over the railing of the fire
escape.
In Eufala, Alabama several negroes,
rho ate the flesh Of hogs that died from the
bites of mad dogs have been seized with by
irophobia,
An unknown stranger, who appeared to
re a sailor, died of yellow fever at the New
York city hospital last week He was pick
up on the street i'll aud delirious.
The steamer Rose Staudish of the Bos-
on and bingham line was sunk in Boston
,arbor last week Thursday evening shortly
,fter leaving her wharf, by collision with a
tug boat, There were l0l passengers on
BOARD the SAndish, but all were saved, al.
hough the boat sank in six minutes.
The secretary of the treasury has pro.
libited the landing of any rags in this coun-
ry from foreign ports for three months from
sept. lat.
Great excitement prevails at Fonda, N.
Y, over the arrest of j. W. f. Ruttenber, ed.
tor of the Mohawk Valley Democrat, for ar.
son. A printer in his employ has confessed
firing Ruttenber's Office under his order
The fire which resulted destroyed $40, 600
worth of property.
1t is stated that during recent tornado
near Huron, OAK, horses were lifted bodily
from the ground and carried long distance
-ScaTolding is being built around the top
of the Washington monument 500 feet in the
air. When it is finished the copper roof will
be put on,
England has ordered 25O, 900 pounds OF
canned meat from Chicago firm to take VI
the Nile on its expedition to relieve Gen
Gordon. Forty millions is appropriated fol
the expedition,
"A herd of valuable Jersey cattle affl ioteG
with pleuro- pneumonia were condemned and
killed in Illinois last week by the government
inspector, like fate will befal severa
other diseased herds. The owners are paid
the value of the animals.
Michael Kelly of No. Adams, Mass, aget
49, was accidentally shot through the hear
while standing near a target in a shooting
gallery Tuesday night Geo. X. Tanner, whC
dred the shot, gave himself up to the author
tiles
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