The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-10-04
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CHIMES AND CASUALTIES.
CHICAGO, Oct. IA dispatch from
Iahpeming, Michigan, says: "A heavy
snow has been falling Tor the past six
hours. Reports from q number of points
in the upper peninsula show that the
storm is general. This is the first snow
of the season."
COLUMBIA, s. O., September 28.-
Richard Coleman, prominent farmer of
Edgefeld county, has recently been very
Respondent over the damages to the crops
by the freshets. Yesterday he arose from
the family dinner table, went into an
adjoining room and took his guD, seated
himselfin window, placed the muzze
of the gun against his heart, and pushed
off the trigger with yard stick, killing
him Instantly. He was ffty.three years
old.
CHATTANOOGA, PENN, Sept. 30.-The
south bond freight train on the Cincinnati
Southern road ran over q COW near Shelf.
field, Tennessee, forty miles north Of this
city this morning. and ditched the loco
motive and ten cars. A brakeman was
INSTANTLY killed. Engineer Martin Quig-
ley so badly hurt that he will die, and
the fireman seriously injured. The
wreck blocked the road for several hours.
Engineer Quigley was brought to his
home in this city and his death is ex.
pected at any moment.
SpARTANBURG, September 25.-Jim
Blackstock; colored brakeman on the
Spartanburg and Union Road, was killed
yesterday afternoon between Union and
Shelton: His head was nearly severed
from his body by the wheels of the trucks.
It is stated here that he was on top of the
train and while passing from one car to
the other, they became uucoupled and he
fell between them. He was an indus.
trious, we'll behaved man and leaves
large and dependent family.
COLUMBUS, GA, September 30.-A
! freight train on the Columbus and Wes.
tern Railroad fell sixty.three feet through
Wild Cat Creek trestle near here this
morning, killing one white man and
wounding q number of others. Sixteen
cars and an engine were smashed. a
surgical corps went down with wreck.
ing train at 8 o'clock this morning and
returned to night bringing the dead and
wounded. One train hand died tonight.
The trestle was 9 frame structure and
could not support the weight of the
engine and train. s.as5 -sz.
RALEIGH, N. O.; October LA very
strange suicide, ifsuch it may be termed,
occurred in Y Yadkin county last Thursday
night. a. white man named Rufus
Reavis forced his way into 8 room of
Allgood's whisky distillery, hiding him.
self under 8 shelf. He put one end of
q syphon into q barrel of whisky and the
other into his mouth; He suffered the
LIQUOR to run into his stomach until that
and his throat were filed, and thus he
was found, dead, With whisky pouring
from the end of the syphon in his mouth.
He had literally his ill of liquor for once.
His appearance was horrible in the ex.
tren1e.
OTTowA, Orr, Sept GA shocking
affair occurred at the exhibition grounds
this afternoon. a young butcher named
Tom Winsley was dashed to pieces by
falling from balloon at q height of over
1000; feet. "A balloon ascension aud par
acute drop were advertised as the drawing
card Of the day. Among the volunteers
| to hold down the balloon was Winsley,
who, with others, grasped the stout rope
running round the base of the balloon.
When The order to let go was given, all
released their hold with the exception of
Wi1sley, who, retaining his hold, was
swiftly borne upwards. The aeronaut
was unable to help him. At the height
of 8 Thousand feet he lot go, and WAS
dashed to pieces on the ground.
VALPARAISO, CHILE, September 27.-
a fearful calamity occurred here on the
11th mat. An artificial pond 800 feet
above the level of the city burat, flooding
the valley of Yungai and several streets.
The flood came down in an irresistible
torrent, sweeping everything before it
and bringing down rocks and trunks of
trees with it. The stream came rushing
through the street Of San Juan de Dios
lin wave twelve feet high. Shops were
deluged and contents destroyed. Houses
were swept away and their7inhabitants
drowned or bruised to death. Seventy-fve
bodies had been buried yesterday of per.
sons killed by this disaster. The sum of
$1,000 has been voted by Congress in
Santiago to relieve the sufferers. New
hospital wards have opened to shelter the
homeless. A,tailor named Torris lost his
house, shops and contents, his wife and
four children. The loss of property will
be probably million dollars.
CALHOUN, GA, September 2o.-Mr.
Robert King, the owner and operator of
saw mill, four miles northeast of this
place, met q most horrible death yester-
day. While the saw was running, Mr..
King discovered that it was running
loose, and not running true, aud taking
8 wrench. sat down and began trying to
tighten it up. By some means his hand
came in contact with the saw, which
struck his hand between the forefnger
and thumb, and ripping up his arm, drew
him forward, causing him to fall face
foremost on the saw; and his head was
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