Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-05
WESTERN.

A frightful accident is reported from
East Saginaw Mich, the particulars of
which are contained in the following dis
patch from that city: Fire broke out on the
tug c. c. Mcdonald, lying at the dock about
two hundred feet south OF Genesee avenue
bridge and large number OF persons rushed
upon the bridge to witness the fire. The draw
was open to let the fire tugs through, and
a moment later a portion OF tbs foot-walk
OF the bridge gave away with crash, pre-
cipitatlng forty to sixty people into the
swift current of the river, which is fifteen
feet deep. The night was dark and no
lights near, while people struggling and
shouting in the water amid the troken debris
of the bridge made UP a scene that battles
description. AS quickly MS possible
help was obtained, row-boats manned,
boards and planks thrown out, and
the work of picking up commenced,
Only one grappling-iron was on the
bridge, but a supply sent down from the
Tittabawasse booms was put into use as soon
as possible. The current is very strong, and
many of those picked up had drifted some
distance down stream. A number of those
bodies have been recovered, and a halfdozen
others are still missing. One person, who
was rescued at the time of the mshap will
die from injuries sustained"
Mormon missionaries continue to
make their appearance in Central Illinois.
They travel in pairs, and appeal to the char
liable for subsistence.
1;o,Notah frAr,, NUol1;no, kn,,
says: The "boomers" have begun oper-
ations with even more determination and
vigor than were manifested a year ago.
Yesterday morning, the day announced for
the beginning of the campaign, which prom
ises so much in the near future, covered
wagons and covered buggles, carriages, and
"schooners," filled with the families of the
eager yet itinerant boomers could be seen
in droves and numbered by the score.
To-day the crowd has been supplement-
cd by hundreds more, all with sails set for
the happy, cherished spot called Oklahoma.
From the earnestness of the boomers and
their equipments one would imagine they are
determined to flight 1t out on this line IL it
takes all summer" This, in short, is the
spirit displayed by several men who were in
terviewed while passing through the city.
Treasurer Abbott, of the Wisconsin
Central Road, announces that the Great
Western terminal scheme at Chicago will be
carried out at an expense of about $6,-
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A Chicago drummer" named Max
well, while'eating oysters at Lafayette, Ind,
discovered pearl of the alleged value of 5000.
A sand-scow operating at Milwaukee
found the anchor chains of the steamer Sebas-
topol, which was sunk in hurricane thirty
years ago.
A snake of prodigious size was seen
in Round Lake, near Laketon, Ind, by two
gentlemen, whose trustworthiness is undoubt-
ed The presence of the monster reptile in the
lake has for long time been asserted, but re-
ceived as little credit as do sea-serpent stories
George Miller, the first murderer
legally executed in Dakota, was hanged at
Grand Forks, life not being pronounced extinct
until after the expiration of 231l minutes
William Harper was hanged at Para
gould, Ark, for the murder of John Sellers
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