Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-01
STORM IN INDIANA.
Considerable Damage Done-A
Bursting Waterproof Floods
the Track.
Destructive Confiagration in Pitts
burgh-FloOds in Pennsylvania
Accidental Poisoning.
Suffering at Mount Vernon-Railroad Fa-
talities-A Sinking Bark-Sawmin
Boiler Explodes.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 25.-About fvo
o'clock last evening a storm visited Haub-
stadt sixteen miles north OF this city In
Gibson County on the Evansville & Terre
Haute railroad, doing considerable damage
to property. Barns were blown down, 1--we
stock killed, dwellings unroofed ana trees
blown across the railroad track. Telegraph
wires are down and the extent OF the loss
can not be learned, but no persons were
killed or injured so far as known.
At Midtown. q station on the Air Line
between Louisvil and Huntingburg,
water-spout burst and flooded the track,
making it very dangerous for the running
Of trains. Considerable damage is also re-
ported.
FIRE AT PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. pa fire started
on New Granite street about O'Clock
last evening in a three story, ironclad
building owned by Peel & Co, and occupied
by number of grain and comm ssion mer-
chants, and had already gained consider
able Roadway by the time the engines
arrived, and the building together
with two three-story structures
adjoining were ablaze and in less
than half an hour were IN ashes. The Sec
ond Presbyterian Church, Oak Alley
Church and Panhandle railroad shed In the
vicinity caught fire several times, but were
saved with little damage. The loss was
GlStflDQu6u as IOllOWS: y. M Gel O. SO.s
grain dealers, s31, 600; Walter Hornung e
Go, grain dealers, $1,000; Scomaker & Co.,
grain dealers, $1,000; Henry Kemmler &
Co., coffee roasters, $4,000; Richard Pre-
serving Company, S25, 900; Panhandle Rail-
road Company, $50. The Pennsylvania
building was insured for $4,000.
GRAVE FLOODS.
LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. 25.-Great fears are
entertained that the great Pennsylvania
at Columbia will be carried away. The
water is now up to the bridge floor and the
river is still rising. Another flood Is an
nounced to be coming from up the river,
and when this arrives it is feared the
bridge, which is mile and a quarter long,
will not be able to withstand it.
POISONED JELLY.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, Feb. 25.-Thc
bridge crew on the Atlantic & Pacific
road, numbering twenty men, working
near Holbrook, AriZ, were poisoned yes
terday by eating canned currant jelly and
several are in such bad condition that
their lives are in danger. The physician
attending them found that they were suf-
fering from the effects of acetate Of zinc
and tin poisoning. He claims that they
will pull through all right.
AFFAIRS AT MOUNT VERNON.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-Mayor Roche re-
ceived a telegram yesterday from a mem
Der of the Mount Vernon relief committee
saying the suffering is indescribable, a
severe rain storm raging and the people
being huddled in barns and in need of i'm
mediate assistance. The mayor received
additional subscriptions amounting to about
800.
FATAL VERTIGO.
BISMARCK, Oak, Feb. 25.-H. c. Sinclair,
of this city, while returning home in COM
pany with his WIFI from an Eastern trip,
was standing on. the platform of the tram
near Brainerd, Mimi, last night when
he became dlZzy, fell between the cars and
was crushed to death He was an old
resident here. He had farm in the coun-
try.
BETWEEN THE CARS.
Fort WORTH, Tx, Feb. 25.-Martin Beh-
rens, a car repaIrer for the Texas & Pacific
railway. working in the yards here, was
caught between two cars and crushed yes
terday afternoon, death resulting in a few
minutes He camc here from New Orleans
and had been married IA few weeks.
SUNK AT HER WHARF.
NEW ORLEANS Feb 25.-The French bark
lille Martha yesterday sunk at her wharf,
taking the wharf along with her to the bot
tom. Loss, about $4,000 The dock was
the largest in the city The crew of the
vessel had to plunge into the river to save
being crushed.
BLEW UP.
GOLDEN, Mich, Feb. 25.-The boiler OF
Hyde's sawmill blew up yesterday, killing
Fireman Lamb and severely iniuring
another man. The mill is a complete
wreck.