Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-16

Spencer, at Athens, Tex. A whole block wal
LAID in ashes Loss S7OOOD

Spencer, at Athens, Tex. A whole block was
LAID in ashes. Loss $4,000.
A FIRE at Churchill, Nd, on the 9Th, de-
stroyed carriage factory and several adjoin-
ing buildings. Loss, $15, GOO.
A RAILWAY engine and sand house at Waverly,
n. J.. were swept away by fire on the sth.
Loss 500, 900.
Moses STEEN, wife and adopted daughter,
formerly residents of Vernon, Wis, we're
killed by the caving in of their house at Mineral
Park, Mohave County, A. T., on the 9Th.
The planning mill. furniture factory, and
aaw.mill of S. 3. Anderson, at Bertamont,
Mich, were totally destroyed by fire on the
night of the 5th. Loss $4,000. ..
A FIRE in the st. George Flat, New York, on
the 7th, completely destroyed the building and
contents. Loss $3.50, 900. Three firemen and
the engineer were badly burned. -. =
AN insane man named johnson was drowned
in Fourth Lake, Madison; while attempting to
cross on the ice. He had escaped from the
keepers Of the Mendoza asylum, and was man
acled. - -.-s.s@ s>s i. - - s.@f 49,
The large brick store.room of the Wabash
Railroad machine shops, at Meberly, Mo-,
burned on the night Of the 9Th. Loss $50, 900.
CLARK's paper mill at Marseilles, ILL.,, burned
on the night of the 5th. Loss 100000; fully
insured. ~ =, +. -
JAMES GODDARD. prominent citizen of East
Dubuque, a., was precipitated into the river
at that place, by the breaking of bridge rail-
ing, and drowned, on the 7th inst. = =
The Merchants Bank and a number of stores
we're swept away by fire at Pensacola, Fla, on
the 9Th. Loss $35,00G. ,.~
The river at East Saginaw, Mich, solved q
mystery on the 7th. by, giving up the body Of
Hattie Kirke, aged IA, who disappeared last
October.
FIRE at Chatham, Va, on the 7th, destroyed
seven buildings. including the county jail.
FRE1BuRe & WoRKuM's distillery at Pittsburg,
KY, was burned on the morning of the 5th
inst. Eight hundred head Of cattle and a large
stock Of corn and whisky, in process of manu-
facture were DESTROYED together with several
dwelling houses of the workmen.
The Pelican cotton mills at Shreveport, La.,
burned on the morning of the 5th, Loss $50,
600; insured $11 800.
The furniture factory Of Chas. Fuerstenaw,
two barns and house belonging to John G.
Edelman, were burned on the 5th, at East Sag
NAV, Mich. Loss, $40, 1000. -
PAPERS found on the person of man killed
by the cars in the Town of Lake, near Milwau-
kee, show him to be Emil Haag, of Chicago.
SESEETY-sEvEN lives were lost by the sink
ing of the steamer Daniel Steinmann, off
Sambro light, at the entrance to Halifax har-
Dor, on the 4th inst.
BY the explosion of the boiler of the tug
boat Peter Smith, ou Lake Erie, near Vermill-
ion, o., on the 9Th, Capt. Smith of the schooner
Sherman and two engineers we're killed.
FIRE in st. Louis, on the 9Th, entailed q loss
Of $4,000, and in West Point, Ca, loss of
$20O,0c0.
SEVEN persons were killed and twenty-five
seriously injured by railway accident on the
Texas Pacific, near Elmdale Station, Tex, on
the 9Th. -
FOREST fire of vast dimensions was reported
from the turpentine region of North Caroline,
on the 4th. 1t endangered number of towns,
and swept away considerable farm property.
The steamer Daniel Stienmann, from Ant
werp for New York, was sunk shout twenty miles
from Halifax, on the 4th. She had ninety
passengers, mostly steerage, and crew Of
thlrty -mne Only the captain and eight others
on board were saved.
Two colts valued at 5000, belonging to J. I.
Case, we're killed by the cars at Racine, on the
4th inst. -
BRoDER1cK d BAscoMs wire rope factory, in
st. Louis, Mo-, burned on the 4th. Loss S15,-
900; insured.
BOILER explosion in ". H. Healy's -four
ing mill, at Blairsvilo, Pa, on the 4th, wrecked
the building andseriously injured Peter Stump,
fireman, and Capt. Healy, the proprietor.
EDWARD HOUSE, of North East, N. Y. while
shooting at mark on the 4th, shot his wife.
The iron railroad ferry steamers Michigan
Central and Great Western collided at Detroit,
on the evening of the I'd. Both were badly
damaged, and will be laid up week for re-
pairs.
REPORTS of a disastrous tornado, on the I'd,
come from Chattanooga, Tenn, and Hunts
vile, Ala. The death list is quite large.
A. TALoNER, of Chicago, Frank Bosailton,
James Gil]berry, and two others were killed by
= blasting accident at Port Arthur, on the
Canadian Pacific Railroad, on the I'd inst.
ANOTHER victim Of the Cincinnati riot died
on the I'd, swelling the death list to forty mine.
The wounded number 1873. ~
The steamer Rebecca Everingham burnej to
the waters edge forty miles below Columbus,
Ga, on the Sd. Nine of the passengers and
crew were lost and many of those who escaped
were badly burned.
A SERIOUS railroad accident occurred near
Belleville, ILL.,, on the Sd. John Comstock was
killed and twenty-six wounded.
OAKvnLE, Ind, was torn up by tornado,
on the evening of the 1st inst. Five persons
were killed and about fifty wounded.
The Michigan saw works, at East Saginaw,
were totally destroyed by fire, on the 3d.. Loss
100000; insurance $44,50O, distributed
among twenty-four companies.