Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-15
FATALITIES.
Loss Of Life at the Burning Of a
Methodist University in
Dakota
Forty Killed by an Explosion on q
Pleasure BOat-One Hundred Thou
sand Drowned
And Nearly Two Million Homeless in China
Twelve Drowned in the English
Channel

MITCHELL, Oak, March 10-Fire broke
out in the Methodist University at three
o'clock yesterday morning from the spon-
taneous combustion Of oily rags In the art
rooms There were forty inmates, lnclud-
ing the faculty, students and servants, but
. all but ten escaped without trouble -Four
young men jumped from the second story
windows four others and professor
jumped from the third story, and another
professor descended from the roof by
clothes line. Horton Pitcher, OF Worthwhile,
received internal injuries and died in two
hours: Hattie Taylor, elocution teacher OF
Canton had her spine injured; Miss Bab-
cock, OF Salem, was internally hurt; Miss
Strong, of MITCHELL had her back injured;
Prof. Duncan suffers with lacerated hands
and face and frozen feet; Prof. r. II. Tay-
lor had his skull fractured and arm broken
and received internal injuries, and Will
probably die; Will Smith, of Bridgewater,
had leg broken and was internally in
jured; H Parker, of England, had broken
ankle; Ezra Jones, Of Parkston had his
spine injured and was hurt internally, and
William Stiilweil burned his feet and
hands seriously in saving young lady.
The building was completely destroyed,
causing loss of $50, coo; insurance, $75, OOO
1t will be rebuilt.
FORTY KILLED.
NEW YORK, March 10.-Purser Darienis OF
the steamship ALhos, which reached quar-
antine yesterday from the East Indies and
arrived at her pier in this city this morn
ing, said in reference to the explosion on
the steamer Rafael Raves In the harbor Of
Carthagena just as the Athos was leaving
the harbor: 1.-THE Rafael Raves was lit
tie excursion boat and with a pleasure
party had gone up the river Digue. Nearly
all of the passengers. about forty in all,
were killed. A Mr.. Grau, father of tho
editor of the ISthnluS, was among the num-
Q Der. The owner of the vessel is a brother
of the President of the Republic and doubt
less on this account the true facts of the
catastrophe will never be known"
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DROWNED.
SAN Francisco, March lO.-Advices re-
ceived by the steamer City of Sidney. which
arrived last night from Hong Kong and
Yokohama say: ''rhe imperial commission
er, who was appointed to Investigate the
loss of life in the Yellow river foundations,
sends an official report to the Emperor OF
China that the total number of persons
drowned is over one hundred thousand and
the number destitute is 1.SOOOO0, apart
from those whom the floods have driv zen
into other districts"
SEVERAL KILLED AND WOUNDED.
DENVER, Col, March lot is reported
that the west bound express on the Union
Pacific, due here at seven o'clock yester-
day morning, was wrecked near LaSeII,
seventy five miles east of here, by broken
rail. Several were killed and wounded.
A special train lett here at ten o'clock this
morning, carrying physicians, stretchers.
etc. AS the telegraph line is controlled by
the railroad company it is impossible to get
the particulars.
TWO MANGLED.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, March 10-A premature
explosion of a blast occurred in a stone
quarry operated by the Lehigh Valley hail
road Company here last night, frightfully
mangling Foreman George Stuber and his
seventeen-year-oldn nephew. Both died in
few hours in terrible agony.
TWO BLRNEp.
OCoNTo, Wis, March 10-J. H. Mugrey
was burned to death in a lumber camp on
ReshtIgo brook last night George Nc
Cartney, his partner, escaped from the
shanty and made his way through the
snow to camp three miles away. He is
badly burned, and will die from exposure.
TWELVE DROWNED.
LONDON, March 10.-The British bark
Lanoma, from Launceston, Australia, for
London, with a cargo of wool, has been
wrecked near Weymouth The captain
and eleven of the crew were drowned.