The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-11

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MARYLAND.
At an early hour last Tuesday morning, fire
broke out in the toy warehouse of Prior, Hill
genberg q Co.. 107 South Sharp street, Balti-
more, and before the firemen could get TO
work an explosion of fireworks wrecked the
building and caused the flames to spread with
alarming rapidity to the drug house of j. II.
iWinkilman ~ Go. and the hat house of M. S.
Levy & Co., on, the north, Scarcely had the
nremen entered the, edifce occupied by the
drug house when the inside of the building
seemed to suddenly drop in. A terrific ex-
plosion followed and the immense building
collapsed
The entire fire department had by this time
reached 1.-THE scene, andlas the attention of the
men was concentrated on the build
ing under which. their comrades were
buried, the flames had a chance to
frightful rapidity. In an incredibly short space
oftinae the entire block, running from Iom-
Dard to Plat streets, was seething mass of
flame: At the drug house the fremen worked
bravely. Holes were cut through the pave
ment and every effort made to reach the I'M
prisoned men, but they were buried under a
great mass of brick and iron and the fierce
DANES We're roaring around the spot.
Awful groans came from the pile which had
she effect to make theworlzing firemen putforth
hours work it became evident that some of
the men were alive and that they were being
goasted to death. John Kelly, of truck num-
Der 2, managed to crawl out from the rubbish
and OF the men who entered the building he
was theonly one to escape with his life. He was
horribly cut and bruised, but his injuries are
not serious.
The intense heat several times drove the
dremen from the building where the bodies of
their unfortunate comrades were lying under
tons of brick and iron, but they persisted in
she search and shortly after noon the first body,
that of DIr Wagner, was brought to the light.
No spot was on the body Of Harry Walker,
standing erect, as if packed in. Near him was
found what was left of gorge Bowers, but no
other bodies were founduntil nearly 6 CLOCK
when that of George Kerins was uncovered
iIhe bodies were terribly disfgured, the flesh
fbeing burned off in many places. The search
As being pursued tonight with the aid of cleo
Sric lights.
ALABAMA.
John Pollard, q negro switchman of Mont
gomery was run over and killed by an engine
last Tuesday night.
A special from Rome, Coyington county,
Alabama, says that the negro man,
William Martin, who recently committed a
brutal assaulto on Mrs. Mcclellan. a respecta-
BILE white lady, met with horrible fate. He
was captured by a posse of citizens, but had to
be shot down before he would surrender. He
partially recovered from his wounds, and was
FLORIDA. Before he got across the Alabama
line, the negro was taken from the officer and
his body was riddled with bullets and thrown
into an old well. He had made full confess
sion of his crime, and SAID he meant to kill the
entire Mcclellan family.
Pauline Mccoy, the young negro woman who
was recently convicted in the circuit court of
Bullock county, of tho murder Of Miss Annie
Jordan, demented young white woman who
wandered from her home in Montgomery last
spring, has made fall confession Of the crime
so the jail physician at Union springs.
The murder was committed near Three
Notch Pauline says she and Annie Jordan
had q quarrel, and that she choked tie Young
woman to death and concealed the dead body
in the bushes. The murderessis sentenced to
death on the scatfold on the 18th of October
KENTUCKY.
Sam Seaman, an eX-freman of Louisville,
shot his wife three times and himself once last
Thursday. 1t is thought both will die.
Seaman had been on a continuous spree
since his brother, Jim Seaman, the race course
sport. was killed at St. Paul, about month
ago. He was almost wild with liquor when he
returned home about II o'clock today
AS soon as he saw his wife he rushed
into The house, seized her, and with
broke away and ran. Seaman fred again,
shattering her right arm and, rs She tried to
CHAMBER over the fence, shot her third time
bringing her to the ground. He then placed
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Fearing hole through his mouth and throat
and Unfolding the ball in his brain. Seaman
was taken to the city hospital and his wife was
5eft at their home. She is shot twice in the
Body and once in the arm.
TEXAS.
Passengers and crew on the Texas Pacific
Grain from the east were considerably excited
FRIDAY morning over an attempt to wreck the
Grain near Woodlawn, this side Of Marshall.
Three miles this side of Woodlawn station
the train was brought to very abrupt stop,
which bumped several heads and shook the
passengers up considerably, but caused little
Interest until 1t became known that an attempt
had been made to wreck the train. From the
Imeans employed by the wreCkers its was gen.
terally agreed to be the work of robbers and they
twere expected every moment to sWoop down
upon the train from the surrounding jungles.
1.-Two ties were securely spiked in the center Of
She track and one fastened across these SO as
70 rest upon either rail.
The work was done by persons who under
STAND spiking, aud they must have been
numerous and strong enough to handleYery
heavy green ties. The place selected for the
wreck is a high bridge, from which the train
would have plunged into a deep, rugged
iravine, carrying many Of its passengers to de-
S6truction.
The front wheels of the engine ran unon the
obstruction before q complete halt could be
Imade. But the engineer had seen the trouble
an time to "slow up" The tiabers were re-
lulOY6Q as quickly IS possible ara TIC Tram
pulled out to avoid robbery. Most of the pas
lsengers having ,eceived the alarm, were up
land in arms, however, when the conductor
xeturned TO the train and were ready for the
,xobbers. This is the third attempt to wreck
iShis very train at the same place. This leads
to the belief that an enemy of the road or Of
tsome member of this particular crew Is the
guilty one. Every effort is being made to find
him out. The lists OF acquaintance Of the
conductor, engineer aud others have been care
}IullN ClncEp0 n Il nd frpr these
ible, some person who Aarbors a grudge against
any member Of the crew. The cattle agent Of
that division Of the roads thinks perhaps he
las the criminal on his list among the roll Of
claimants for cattle killed near Woodlawn.
sAnother theory is that there Is a crazy wrecker
at large in the thickets whose grievances are
AL imaginary, and who has undertaken de-
structiye schemes Of variousknds recently,
One being an effort 10 blow up neighboring
aw-mill with dynamite.