The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-08-30
CASUALTIES.

A TORNADO swept over Grant County,
Wis, on the oath, destroying e number
Of houses and doing other damage.
THE little town of Sarahsville. O.,
was almost destroyed by fire on the
23d. The losses Will aggregate nearly
$4,000.
By fire which started in the saw
mill of Little & Peck, at Duluth, Mimi,
on the 23d, buildings and lumber were
destroyed to the value of about $780,
600.
OVER twenty race horses lost their
lives by the burning of the Abdallah
Stables, at Cynthiana, O., on the 24th.
Aggregate loss 100000.
THE elevator in a grain warehouse at
Pittsburg fell on the 23d, fatally iniur-
ing two men.
WHILE in a somnolent state on the
night of the odd, Prof. W. r. Kingman.
of Charleston, S. c., walked out of a
window and was killed.
FIRE at Colorado, Tex, on the 22d,
destroyed thirty buildings. Loss $780,
coo.
CLAY MCCLANAHAN was killed by
lightning near st. Louis, Mo-, on the
23d. His team was also killed.
EIGHT business houses and large
canning establishment at Boonesboro,
La, were leveled by flames on the 22d.
BY a collision with another train on
the Pennsylvania Road at Columbia,
Pa, on the 22d, cattle train was set
on fire and 500 animals were roasted.
DESTRUCTIVE forest fires are reported
in the vicinity of East Tawas, Mich. on
the 22d inst.
FowLE's sash factory, New Bedford,
Mass, burned on the 22d inst. Loss
$50, 900.
THE saddlery hardware factory of
Wilson & Sons, Cincinnati, was de
stroyed by fire on the 22d. Loss
$4,000.
SEVERAL people were killed in the
vicinity of Troy, n. Y, by the elements
during storm on the ODD.
WHILE engaged in boring tunnel in
the Breckridge mine, at Shamokin, Pa,
which took fire on the 20th inst, for the
purpose of flooding the mine the fol-
lowing day, seven men were suffocated
by escaping gas.
ONE person was killed and a dozen
injured at Streator, ILL.,, on the Dist. bv
the collision of two Trains on the Kan
kakee road,
A FARMER named Burns, living near
Winona, Mimi, was stung by bee on
the Goth, and died in a few hours.
THREE persons were fatally poisoned
at Shelbyville, Ind, on the Dist inst, by
eating biscuits in which arsenic had
been put in mistake for baking powder
On the Goth Johns Cook, while driv-
ing across Fox River at Brookfeld
Wis, was dashed to the bottom and
probably fatally hurt by the collapsing
of the bridge.
JOHN G. HARTMAN, near Chattanooga
Tenn, cleaned a pistol on the 2lst
Loaded. Funeral.
THE boiler of the government launch
Dafney, exploded at Memphis, Tenn.
on the 21st. Paymaster Golden was
killed and three other men hurt.
JOHN t. LITTLE, living near Abba, Ia.
was struck by an engine on the 21st
inst and instantly killed.
THE shoe store of John J. Loverin
together with several other buildings al
Alvinston. Ont, burned on the 20th
Loss S25,000.
EARLY on the morning of the 2Sth
inst. the boiler of the tug Ritchie blew
up at the dock at Ashland, Wis, com.
pletely wrecking the boat and killing
the engineer, Frank Duchow.
OK farm near Cambridge, Mich, on
the 10th inst, the boiler of threshine
machine exploded, instantly killing
Frank Kinney and man named John.
son.
Two boys named Beard played with
matches at Springfield, o., on the 2Ott
inst. The building caught fire and one
of the boys, five years OIL, was sufto
Gated.
BY the burning of shaft in a mine
owned by Philadelphia & Reading Goa
and Iron Company, at Shamokin, Pa.
on the Goth inst, 700m are made idle