The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-09-20
CASUALTIES.

lanu N. H., burned Oh Une loGn. LOSS
$4,000.
r. F. ROBERTS, mill proprietor, was
killed by an engine at Alexandria, Va,
on the 18th.
THE explosion of lantern in the
Montgomery Oil Works, at Norristowu,
Pa, on the night of the 18th, set fire to
the two main buildings, which were de-
stroyed Loss $4,000.
A PLANNING mill and lot of lumber,
at Keokuk, Ia, burned on the 18th,
causing loss of 100000.
MCLANE's sawmill and twenty dwell
ing houses, at White Cloud, Mich,
burned early on the morning of the 18th.
Loss $25, 900.
The boiler of the steam tug Frank
Somers, expladed near Richmond, Va,
on tie 18th. The crew sought salty in
the water, and Capt. Cavenaugh and a
boy were drowned.
LoGANsPORT, Ind, reports three fatal
accidents on the 18th. Harry Chaffen,
brakeman, was killed by the cars.
Barney Dean was kicked by horse and
Tim. Flynn was struck by an engine.
The Mexican steamer Dan Hermanss,
from Philadelphia for Mexico, sunk off
Carolina coast, on the night of the 18th.
The captain and four men were lost.
FIRE at Quincy, Ill, on the 18th de-
stroyed Young Bros. paint shop, caus-
ing loss of $4,000; insurance $4,000.
F. l.. SALT & Co.'S wooden mill
Portsmouth. O., burned on the night
of the 11th. Loss 100000; fully in
sured.
A BLOCK of buildings at Midland,
Ont, was destroyed by fire on the 18th.
Loss $4,000.
FIRE at Pierre, D. T., on the 18th,
swept away property to the amount of
$4,000.
THERE was $4,000 fire II Pine
Brook mines, near Scranton, Pa, on
the 18th.
THE Eagle Furniture Works at South
Baltimore, burned on the 18th, causing
a loss of 100000.
SEVENTEEN persons were poisoned by
dishes partaken of at wedding supper,
at Burnside, ILL.,, on the night of the
10th. Two of the party cannot recover.
A STORM on the 18th unroofed the
Touring mill of Lieberling Bros, at
Akron, o., causing loss of $4,000.
FRANK GRIGG fell from raft at La
Crosse, Wis, on the 18th and was
drowned.
A MAN named Griffin was killed by
rod of iron at white heat passing
through his body, at the Chattanooga
(Tenn.) Iron Works on the 11th.
THE town of Clear Lake, Wis, was
partially wrecked by a storm on the
evening of the 9th inst. Three persons
are reported killed.
THE jeans mills of Charles Roberts,
at Chester, Pa, burned o1 the 10th.
Loss $4,000.
The destruction by fire on the 10th
of Stocks & Co.'S Leather Works, at
| Leeds, Eng, caused loss of eS0,000.
AN explosion in the Enterprise dis
tillery, at Pekin, ILL.,, on the 10th inst
wrecked the building and killed three
men.
DURING a fire in Cragin's Japan
Works, Brooklyn, on the 10th, a large
kettle of varnish exploded, fatally scald
| ing five workmen.
OVER 10000 feet of lumber at
Athena, Mich, was blown into the lake
| by a storm which struck the town on
| the 10th.
MITCHELL, D. T., had $125,000 fire
on the 10th inst
FIRE on the 10th destroyed $4,000
worth of lumber at Nashville, Tenn.
A YOUNG man and woman, whose
names are not given, were killed by
| the cars at Delavan on the 9th.
LIGHTNING on the 9th inst, killed a
| 9-year-old daughter of G. J. Tufts, of
Middleton, n. Fl.
DIR. G.. I. LEwELLING, while intoxi-
Gated, fell from ferry boat at Jeffer-
sonville, Ind, on the Sth, and was
| drowned.
JOHN HOLLHUNER, laborer, belong
| ing at Elgin, H., was run over and
fatally hurt on the tracks of the ST.
Paul road at Milwaukee, on the Sth
| inst.
An incendiary fire at Arkansas CITY.
Ark, on the morning of the Sth, de
stroyed property to the value of S42,-
600