The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-15
The Casualty Calendar.

While four young men, James Hayes, Hen
fy Gormley, William s. Ellen and Charles
Cogan, were sailing IN Dorchester bay near
Boston, their boat capsized and the three
first named were drowned.
Mrs. Barney Fielder, wife of the foreman at
the iron furnace at Black River Falls, Wis.,,
took a dose OF What she supposed was head
ache medicine, but what proved to be Rough
on Rats" The mistake was a fatal one, Mrs.
Feidler dying IN a few hours.
Alt Fcbus, o farm hand, met with q peculiar
accident at William Meyers's ranch, six miles
below Sturgis, Oak. Meyers was threshing
and Febus attempted to cross over the mac
hine from one stack to another. He missing
bis footing and fell into the cylinder, tearing
his left leg into shreds.
The steamship Sorrento, which arrived in
New York. passed through @ school of
whales and nearly foundered in a heavy
ftorm at mid ocean. The storm lasted for 10
hours. The deck houses and ratings were
swept away. During the last four hours of
the gale oil was constantly poured into the
fea with such quieting effect that the pas
bengers were able to walk the vessels deck.
A cyclone struck La Porte, Iowa, from the
an extent of $50 200. Many houses were I'M
rooted The house of s, w. Walker was COM
pleteIy wrecked. No one is reported injured.
1T was the worst storm ever experienced in
that section of the country. Wires were
blown down. both at that place and Mount
Auburn. Heavy rains prevailed generally in
that section.
A fatal boiler explosion occurred near State
Hall, Berks county, Pa. Attraction engine
used for threshing on the farm of Jonas
Spayd exploded it's boiler. Five persons. were
instantly killed and three others were prob
ably fatally injured. The killed are: William
Reber, aged sixteen years.; Joseph Machemer,
aged fourteen; John Marberger, aged sixteen;
Joseph Spayd, aged thirty-fve, and / Dun
George Hinnerschitzer and several others
whose names were not learned. Young Mache-
mer was blown through the weather board
ing OF the barn and crushed beyond recogni-
ton. George Hinnerschitzer was thrown 100
yards by the force of the explosion and can
not live. The explosion was heard for miles.
The cause is not definitely known. George
Hinnerschitz was the owner of the engine.
Minnie Raer, aged ten years, had her head
crushed and will probably die.
The Monticello. ILL.,. Ladies' seminary
caught fire Sunday morning Nov. 4th, and
by daylight was destroyed. The fire origin
ated in q frame building adjoining the main
edifice, used rs a kitchen and servants quar-
tiers, who aroused the inmates of the main
building. Miss Haskell ordered the pupils to
dress and secure what effects they could and
then leave the house. There was no panic,
and pupils and teachers escaped without in
jury. Some were frightened and neglected to
cIothe themselves sufficiently for comfort.
The villagers FASTENED to the scene, and every
endeavor was made to confne the fire to the
frame addition, but the cornice soon caught
fire, the flames spread to the roof, and there
being no fire apparatus at hand the fight
was given up, and attention paid to saving
life and property. Two pianos and three
organ were saved. Nineteen pianos and a
vast amount of property accumulated in the
half century the school was in operation were
burned.