Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-27
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

A terrible accident occurred near Muncy
Valley, Pa, last week. A family party OF
father, mother and three children we're out
driving in a two-horse sleigh when the horses
took fright and ran away. The sleigh was
overturned, throwing the occupants out and
dragging them nearly 800 feet, when the
horses fell The fathers neck was broken,
one of the children had both legs cut of by
a runner of the sleigh, the mother was seri-
ously injured, and the other children were
badly hurt.
The house of John &. King, on Pine-st.,
Philadelphia, was burned last Saturday morn
ing while the engines we're at another fire.
The occupants were aroused by flames and
smoke only to find jumping from the upper
stories their only means OF escape. Mrs.
King and her two children Jumped from a
fourth story window, and one of the children
was instantly killed. Mrs. Kings 20 years
old sister hung from back window-sill until
fairly burned of. The killed number Ave in
all.
The wife of John L. Sullivan, the Boston
bruiser, has applied for divorce on the ground
of cruelty, marital inhdelity and drunken
ness.
Frank James, the Missouri bandit, is at
large again, owing to lack of evidence to hold
him after his recent arrest.
New Britain, Conn, had q $3.50 900 FIRE
last Saturday morning. 1t started in Bailey
& Bunting's livery stable, and was extinguish-
ed only by extreme efforts after destroying
Central block,
The brick building on the corner of Will
liam and Beaver streets, New York, was burn
ed last Saturday night, and six of the inmates
persisted. The family of James Murray, the
janitor, consisting of his wife, mother, and
three small children, asleep in an upper story,
h.
patroling the first precinct, rushed into the
burning building when he found his family
was in danger, and his corpse was found next
morning on the second floor.
Three explosions of natural gas in house
at Wellsburg, W. Va, last Saturday wrecked
the building and killed its owner, his wife,
| mother aud two children. The house and an
another took fire and burned, the only water
available being taken in buckets from the
frozen river 600 yards away. Two persons
were killed and six or eight badly wounded.
The explosion was caused by leaky pipe
Natural gas Is used as fuel and light in every
house in the town.
"A passenger train drawn by two engines
collided with freight last Saturday afternoon
on the West Shore road at Canajoharie, N Y.
An engineer and fireman were killed, and the
injury to engines and track is estimated at
800, 600.
The st. Louis express on the Ohio &
Mississippi road ran through an open switch
into the rear car of a commuters train side
tracked at Delhi, o., Saturday, and injured
~ persons-neary all suburban residents of
Cincinnati.
A negro inmate has confessed that he sci
the FIRE which burned to death 20 insane in
mates of the Blockley almshouse at Philadel-
phia recently. The youth, who was commit.
ted as an imbecile, but whom the doctors hold
to be morally responsible, says he set the fire
at the instigation of an attendant who had 6
grudge against one of the physicians.
The Marvin safe companys eight-story
factory in New York was burned last Friday
morning. The loss TO the company is $3.50,
600, of which 800, 900 is on over 800 safel
stored in the building.
The Adams express company lost ovel
$3.50 600 by the recent railroad accident neal
Washington, d. O., its money safes from New
Orleans, Atlanta, and all points south, being
on the train. The company is paying all re-
ceipts where values had been declared at the
time of shipment. The heat of the burning
cars was 80 intense that 1t melted large sun
Of gold and silver which has since been sen
to the mint for re-ooinage.