Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-01-15
Later-CasuaIties Resulting from the
storm and Cold Weather.


Reports received by the general superin-
endent of the life.taving service show that
10 vessels were wrecked wthin the scope of
the operations of the service during the
storms of Friday night and Saturday morn
ing, and that the crews Of II of them were
rescued while the crew of only one were
lost-the schooner Mary G.. Farr, which went
ashore in flames in the nighttime at Spring
Lake, N. j.
The scho oner Sea Bird Of Ellsworth,
Me-, which cleared from New York for Prov
idence, X. l., Jan. with cargo of pig IRON
went ashore Sunday Six miles from River
head, l.. l. The captain and crew were saved
by d. Il. Corwin, a farmer. He saw a sig
nal of distress flying from the vessel and lost
no time in getting out his boat and rowing to
the vessel, which was covered with ice from
keel to topmast. the sails frozen stld aud i'm
mense icicles hanging from the rigging.
When he reached the vessel he found Capt.
| Haskell and his crew of four men lying ex-
hausted and almost frozen to death in the
cabin. He assisted them into bis boat and
| took them home, where the half frozen and
starving men we're thawed out and given
| good meal.
The three-masted schooner T. b. Wither-
spoon of Rockport, Me, bound for Boston,
struck a rock on the south side of Nantucket
| Monday morning, and only two of the crew
we're saved. Capt. Anderson, the wife and
child of the mate, Burdick Berry and five
others were all drowned or frozen to death in
the boats rigging.
The British steamer Hylton Castle Capt
OolviD, from New York Jan. 9th for Rouen,
France, foundered Is miles south of Fire
Island light Sunday morning. One boat in
charge of the first mate, with crew of nine
men, effected landing in safety five miles
| Of ha taiauraT,h rf1i at Eira nd
The second boat, with crew Of IL men, un.
der the command of the captain, were picked
up near Fire Island Monday night by a fish
ing smack. All the men were more or less
frost bitten, and two of them will have to 20
to the hospital.
CHURCH BLOWN TO PIECES AT FORT WAYNE
"A terrific explosion took place Wednes
day at 80 P. NJ in the boiler room Of St
Mary's Catholic church In Fort Wayne, Ind
A moment later flames dsrted out from the
debris of the wrecked church. 1t took al
hour for the FIRE department to quench the
fire. The church, which was one of the larg
est and finest in the city, is a complete wreck
The loss will not be less than 500, 900. Abou
lis Anthony Evans, the janitor, who LIVED
across the street from the church, left to lool
after the boiler. Twenty minutes later re
port was heard which shook the windows il
the buildings for a mile around. The air wa
filed with flying bricks, stones and othe
portions of the building, while the larg
brick chimneys on the building toppled ant
fell. The side walls we're bulged out but die
not fall. The roof of Rev. Father Ochtering'
residence was entirely demolished, while tn
Catholic school building Immediately soutl
OF the church, which was filled with children
at the time, was terribly shaken up, thougl
none of the inmates we're badly injured. Al
haNk 81 .
school, was passing the i'll fated church at tn
moment of the explosion. One of the larg
doors suspended just above the main entranc
gave way and fell, crushing her dead beneat
its weight After the fire was gotten unde
control, men set to work to explore the ruin
for dead or wounded. After half an hour
search they came across the blaokened, mar
gled body of the engineer The top of bi
head was blown OFF, the brains scattered
| arms and legs we're broken in half doze
places, and the entire body was burned an
scalded until it resembled little that is human
The shock of the explosion was heard a
over the city. Many people rushed froI
D their homes thinking there was an earthquake
1 "A railway train was backing into the sta
D ton at Wilmington, Del, last Friday mori
ing just before the time to start when it wa
. run into in the binding snow by couple
shifting engines with snow-sweepers thl
were clearing the track. The sweeping ell
t gines drove the pilot engine of the train int
( the baggage car, which was telescoped fC
q third of its length and torn to fragment
q The cab Of the engine was broken in piece
The passenger car took fire from the eugir
> furnace, and half dozen employees wei
d buried under the burning timbers, torture
Is by scalding steam. They were not rescu.
II until nearly . O'clock when it was found tn
a three men were dead and that the others we
: horribly crushed and burned.
The residence of the German naturalis
Charles Buettner, containing the finest &C
: lection Of birds, insects and animals west
New York, was burned at Burlington, Ia ,Su