River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-16
Record of Casualties.

Eau Claire was burned. Loss $4,000
George Dolling, miner of Honesdale, Pa,
died from the effects of a bite of rat
The thirteen. year-o old son of Hendrick Alma
at Cokato, Mimi, shot himself while hunting,
dyingshortly after
Patrick Daley, aged Is, an old citizen of
Corcoran, Hennepin county, Mimi, was re-
Gently killed by kick from his horse.
At Alma Neb., fire originated in livery
stable, recently, and burned half of the town,
including four stores, the bank and several
dwellings, Loss unknown
By an accident on the Union Pacific, George
Chamberlain, engineer, andG. W. Sheldon fire.
man of the freight train, were killed, and Rich
ard Morris, fireman of the light engine, had
both legs cut of.
Near Bridgewater, Oak, Mr.. Mann and wife
were getting ready to take ride, and the coun-
try being alive with wild ducks, he concluded
TO take his fowling piece along. While in the
act of placing cap ON it the gun was dis
charged, the shot striking Mrs Mann on the side
of the head. She fingered two hours, when she
expired
The Holton powder mills at Cummingsville,
Ont, were blown up, and four men were killed
and two wounded The names of the killed are
William Murray, Henry Sibbles, George Wat
thews and William Heatherington. The in
jured are Albert Cup, badly burned about the
head and legs and Daniel Doherty, badly
burned and had limbs broken. Neither are
expected to live
NJ J. Johnson station agent of the Northern
Pacific railroad at East St Cloud MINI, was
found shot in his Office a few days ago, lying
near the money drawer, which was open; He
was shot with revolver, and the ball ente red
his left eve. He had a pipe in his mouth. The
shooting was probably accidental His wife Is
in New York. Johnson was formerly station
agent at Clear Lake.
Augusta M. Huntington, the wife Of H. ID
Huntington of Cincinnati, going to Colorado
for her health, met with a carriage accident
which terminated her life Her will went to
probate few days ago After the usual in
PRODUCTION it reads: 81 give and bequeath to
the Rev Henry B. Wmpple d. d., bishop of
Minnesota and to his Successors in his Office,
the sum Of s300,00O, to be paid in five years
after my death IN trust, for educational IN
stitutions at Faribault, founding of scholar
ships, etc
According to the record kept by the New
York Commercial Bulletin, last months fire
loss exceeded that of any September for at
least nine years. The average fire waste dur
ing the period lo15-lSS3 has Deen SO,0UU,VOO
Last months fires involving loss of S1O,OOO
and upward were POI in number in the United
States and Canada, the losses aggregating 81,
500, 0O0-to which must be added for fires of
less than $4,000 and such others as escaped
newspaper record not less than 81, 400, COO
making total of $4,000, 600 as September's
contribution to the ash-heap.
The most terrific gale of the season swept
over the lakes Wednesday of last week causing
considerable damage to shipping. The storm
was widespread, extending from the western
confines of Lake Michigan to the Atlantic 1t
came without warn ing and caught vessels I'M
prepared The schooner Early Bird capsized
of Michigan City, and the tug Campbell went
out and rescued three men in the rigging. The
schooner Bertha Cromwell and NJ. O'Key are
breaking to pieces at Marblehead, Lake Erie.
The schooner, Douglas is beached at Sauga-
luck, and the propeller Wisconsin was forced to
run lack forty miles to grand Haven