The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-08-02

MINNIE LEWIS and Otto Mulhart. two young
Chicago people, were drowned on the 9th
while out sailing
FIRE at Charles City, Ia, on the 25th. de-
stroyed two carriage shops and lumber yard.
Loss $4,000
THRrY-rwo buildings at Tacoma, W. T.,
burned on the 25th. Loss $4,000.
B. GooDwIN's store and contents, at Novaso
Ia, Mo-, burned on the 25th. Loss, $4,000.
FIRE at Galveston, Tex, on the 25th; de-
stroyed property to the value of S38, 900.
FIVE men were killed on the 25th inst, by the
explosion of switch engine on the Lehigh
Valley railroad near Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The wife and two SONS of Capt. A. J. Sur
rey, farmer near lola, Kas., were killed by
the fall of a barn which was blown down
during a storm on the 25th
A PAVILION was blown'down upon about $50
picnickers during storm near Indianapolis on
the 25th INST, and about dozen persons were
hurt.
RACINE, Wis, was visited by violent electric
storm on the morning of the Oath. number
of houses were struck by lightning and wom-
an so badly shocked that her life Is despaired
of.
THREE children of Joseph Ashley aged 8,
and 5 years, respectively, were drowned while
playing i'll the river at Suamico, Wis, on the
ALL inst.
A BOILER explosion at Rushville, Ind, on the
oath inst, killed Eugene Stowaine, David
Henderson and Ney Innis. Six others were in
jured
OvERHoLr's distillery and 1000 barrels of
whisky were consumed by fire at Connellsville,
Pa, on the 24th. Loss, S6l5, 600.
Two children of John Rtnsdale were burned
to death by an oil-can explosion at Plano,
Tex. on the oath.
VIM. CARPENTER was cut in two by the
machinery in Clark's sawmill, at stevensl Point.
on the 23d
AN explosion Of gas in the vault Of the Ger
man Bank, at Wheeling, West Va, on the 23d,
wrecked the front of the building and badly
burned John He'll. the chief clerk.
LAKE CATHOLIC CHURCH, large stone
structure near Port Washington, Wis, was
struck by lightning aud entirely consumed on
the 22d
EMERSON SMITH & Cos. extensive saw manu-
factory at Beaver Falls, Pa, was destroyed by
fire on the 23d. Loss $50, 900.
r. C. MARKS and George Davis peanut fac,
tories at Petersburg, Va, burned on the 23d.
Loss $50, 900.
JOSEPH BoRILLARD was drowned in the Chip
pewa River, at Eau Claire Wis. on the 23d,
while attempting to ride logs.
BLANCHARD's shoe factory at Boston, was
damaged to the extent of $4,000 by fire on
the 23d.
EIGHT fatalities are reported by the storm
in Minnehaha County, Dakota, on the 2lst.
OTTo PHEIsE, aged II years, was drowned at
Racine on the morning of the 23d.
TwENTY-oNE persons were injured by the
blowing down of Barnum's circus at Cortland,
n. Y, on the 23d.
FIRE at Eagle Bay, Mimi. on the 23d., de-
stroyed seven saloons. Loss $4,000; no IN
sursnce.
CHARLES Dixon, aged 13, was drowned
while bathing at Elroy, Wis, on the 21st.
FIRE which started in the clock factory of
Harvey & Tarr of Gloucester, Mass, on the
22d, caused loss of $500 900.
THE works of the Bell Guano Company at
Locust Point, near Baltimore, burned on the
22d. Loss $500, 900.
Six dwellings aud 100000 feet Of lumber
burned at Duboistown, Pa, on the 21st. Loss
$780, 900.
SEVERAL large dwellings, and 5000 acres of
grain were destroyed by fire near Oakdale,
Cal, on the 21st. Loss $50, 900.
The moulding and planlng mill of NJ. W.
Duprees. Brooklyn, burned on the 21st. Loss
$4,000.
JOSEPH HORNE, aged years, for stealing a
ride, WAS thrown from a street car at Pitts
burg on the morning of the 21st, by Conduc-
tor Lapham, and fatally injured. Lapham
was arrested.
JOHN A. MILLER, section boss on the Mar
quette, Houghton & Ontonagon Kailroad fell
asleep the track at Morgan, Wis, On the
2lst inst, and was killed by an train.