The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-01-05
CASUALTIES.

The Eagle Woolen Mil, at West Chelmsford,
Mass, burned On the 27th. Loss 100000.
AT jersey City, on tie 27th, James McCann
and Jennie Smith inbibed too much of the
ardent, took ride IN peddler's wagon, and
the next morning were found dead under the
wagon box.
FIRE at Eau Claire, Wis, on the 28th, de
stroyed S35. 900 worth of property.
On the oath Gen. Grant fell on an icy side
walk in front of his house, New York city. and
injured his thigh bone in such manner as to
paralyze bis left leg.
The oil store of Ward & Co., New York city,
was damaged by fire on the 9th. Loss $780,
600.
THREE men digging coal near GirardvilIe,
Pa, were buried by falling earth. on the 9th.
One of them was killed.
A sAw-MILL at Jackson, La, burned on the
9th. Loss S35, ,000
AN old man named Nm. Dutton perished in
26th.
THE meat market, Hammond, Ind. was de-
stroyed By fire on the 9th. Loss S45, OO0
THREE little daughters of John Kilgore mys.
teriouslv disappeared from his home near Mis-
souri, Valley, Ia, on the oath The woods were
searched without success, and it is feared they
have perished.
A MATCH factory at Utica, n. Y, burned on
the 26th. Loss $4,000.
AT Elizabeth, n. j.. on the 26th, freight
train was wrecked; the engineer was killed.
A SLID containing John Amstutz and his two
daughters was struck by railroad train near
Lima, o., on the 25th; the daughters were
fatally injured.
AT the Nederinghares FIRE. St Louis, Mo-. on
TIE 25ih, Michael Kehoe and John Conway
4 y,r,1N H., r,Ef,
and roasted to death.
C. NJ. LEES shoe factory, Athol. Mass.
| burned on the 26th. Loss $4,000
| OK the Goth J. Fl. Diehl was asphvxiated bv
| coal gas al Delanco, n. J.
| OK the 23d, Hardy Creek rose suddenly and a
| family OF five persons pamed Boss living on
ITS banks near Madison. Ind, were drowned.
The shaft house OF the Mendoza Mine near
| Telloride, Colo, was carried down the moup.
tain by a snow-slide on the oath. Fourteen
men were in the building, eight of whom were
| killed.
FIRES on the 25th: Touring mill at Chippewa
Falls, Wis, loss $4,000; several business
| bouses on Elm Street, st. Louis. Mo loss
| $3.50, 600; furniture establishment of II. r.
Nedringhaus, st. Louis, Mo, loss s1O5, ,OOO
Touring mill OF q. {. Ihleleness, Cape Girar-
| deu, Mo-, loss $50, 900.
|
| 24th. near Milford. Ct. caused the death n,
| Engineer Z. Ross and j. LYNCH
A SNOW slide near Ouray, Colorado. carried
away boarding house on the 23d. Eleven
persons were in the building at the time. six
/ of whom were killed.
THE damage IN Cincinnati on the oath. bv
| the storm is estimated at $4,000
| DURING the celebration of mass on the 25tb
| the decorations OF st. Pauls Church, New
| York. caught fire. Two Thousand persons
were In the ediice. but by the efforts of the
| priests 8 panic was averted the decorations
| torn from their fastenings snd thrown out of
| the windows.
FAMILY Of five persons named GRAY. en-
route by wagon from Logan County. Mo-, for
Arkansas, in fording Peut Jean Creek. near
| Paris, were drowned
THE American ship Minnie NJ. Watts, from
! New York for Portland Ore. is ninety days
| overdue. and is supposed TO be lost with all on
| board. She was last spoken off Cape Horn
| May 18th.
| PASSENGER train was ditched near Salem,
Ind, on the gath. Five passengers were killed
! and many wounded.
| An explosion of gas wrecked livery stable
| sad billed ssTsrs! valuable horses st Pitts
1 ensa, ss. "a tRa sita.