St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-17
CASUALTY RECORD.

HARRISBURG, Penn, Oct. 16.-A shock
ing accident occurred here to-day. Miss
Lizzie Wallace, in getting off the railroad
train, stepped in front of another train that
was moving. Harvey Foster. checkman,
promptly sprang to her rescue, but both
were run down instantly. Miss Wallace was
cut to pieces and died instantly. Foster had
both legs mangled and almost torn off. He
cannot recover. Miss Wallace was a dele
gate to the women's temperance convention
now in session here, and re-
sided at MELVILLE, Cumb erland comfy.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING. JsIs %
JOLIET, H., Oct. 16.-During a severe
thunderstorm, which passed over the city
early this morning, Mrs. VIM. Grace and an
unknown man were killed by lightning. The
former was killed while waiting under a
large tree, and the latter while out alone on
piece of bare prairie.
KILLED IN RAILROAD WRECK.
ST. THOMAS, Ont, Oct. 16. An acciden
occurred last night at Tilbury Centre, on the
Canada Southern. No. 2 express going east
ran into gravel train, which was pulling
out of Sidney to the main line. The express
train consisted OF the baggage, express, smok-
ing, two first class and two pullmans. The
smoking car was turned upside down, thrown
into the ditch and broken into fragments.
The express engineer, Danbox, was instantly
killed; his fireman, F. Brym. miraculously
escaped unhurt. The injured are, Samuel
Weeds, of Fletcher, head seriously cut; a
OF John Callaghan's, hands badly burned bv
being thrown on the stove: baggageman of
the Detroit, badly burned about the legs and
body. wrecking train, accompanied by a
surgeon, was dispatched from this city at
once.
SCHOONER LOST WITH ALL HANDS.
HALIFAX, Oct. 16.-The schooner Chris
Valentine, from this port for Sydney, was
totally wrecked at Day Breaker near Louis
burg last night. No trace Of the crew can be
found, and it is believed all were drowned.
Their names were John Ormistown, master,
aged seventy-fve years; Allan Mcdonald,
mate; Nelson Stacey, John Henry, Gillies
and Philip Cam. Except Gillies, ali the
above were married men and leave families
in Cape Bretan.
THE FIRE RECORD.
CRIsFIELD, Md, Oct. 16.-A fire broke out
this morning at 2 O'Clock in the negro huts
near Goonsell's oyster house. The following
is list of the houses burned:
Goolselrs oyster house, Billiards. dwell
ing and Opera house, Hemingway's oyster
house, Long, Coulbourn & Co.'s oyster house
and lumber yard, Strib's oyster house, Thos.
Coulters oyster house aud dwelling, Chase's
oyster house, Lawson & Woodlands store,
dwelling and thirty or forty colored peoples
dwellings.
The fire has not reached the railroad. A
railroad engine is standing on the track ready
for an emergency. The fire is still
raging but the wind has hauled eastward and
the fire is not likely to reach the railroad
track. Long, Coulboum & Co. are the heavi-
est losers. All that section of the town COM
mencing at Billiards. and running to the
extreme northwest point is burned.
HAMMoNToS, n. j., Oct. 16.-The forest
fires in Big Egg harbOr swamp have already
destroyed seventy acres OF valuable cedar
timber belon ging to e as Russell, causing q
loss of several thousand dollars. The exten-
sive cranberry bog OF tie Atlantic company
will DC totally destroyed.