The Bottineau pioneer., 1888-08-16
The Record of Casualties.

A switch engine and six fat cars, contain.
ing about sixty laborers, left the track ut
West Superior, Wis. Owing to the slow rate
Of speed no one was injured except the con-
ductor and one brakeman, and they but
slightly.
As Northern Pacific freight train was
passing through the Bozeman tunnel, ten
miles west of Livingston, Brakeman A. w.
Hunter fell between the cars, cutting his
head and both hands off. He leaves q wife
md four children. He had been employed on
the road but q short time.
Willis c. Harris, scale repairer for the Chi
fago 4 Northwestern road at Dcs Moines
Iowa, while repairing n yard scale stepped
aside from the main track to allow an incom-
ing passenger train to pass. He stepped on
another track and was run over by Il switch
engine, the wheels passing across his right
shoulder. He resided ut Clinton.
mixed train on the Falkland branch Of
the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis &
Chicago road was thrown from the track near
Morgantown, Indiana, by broken rail. The
baggage car and the single passenger coach
rolled down a thirtyfo foot embankment, and
every person in the car, with one exception,
received injuries. No one was killed outright
but several may die. There were nineteen
persons in the car.
A family at McKinock, near Grand Forks,
Dakota, came near being poisoned through the
ignorance of q servant girl She lately ar
rived from Ireland. The family had soft soap
in the house and the girl thought it was lard
and cooked with it for q week. The victuals
tasted very peculiar, and three or four of the
family were taken sick. Investigation devel-
Oped the cause, and now Bridget is looking
for q new situation.
large portion of the business center of
Litchfeld, Conn, together with the new court
house, was entirely destroyed by fire. An at
tempt was made to check the flames by blow
ing down connecting walls with gunpowder,
but this proved unsuccessful: The losses will
reach $75 200, with $50, 500 insurance. This
is the second time in three years that Litch-
field has suffered the loss of large portion of
her business blocks.
While Fred Peterson, q miner at Michi-
CANINE, Mich, was walking home over the
railroad track, he saw O hand car coming
and stepped from one track to another,
when he was caught by a second hand car,
and injured SO that he died in a few hours.
The hand car was thrown from the track and
two other men dangerously injured by. fall
ing over an embankment. Peterson leaves
q wife and large family.
The main building at Wells college was
burned at Aurora, N. Y. with the entire con-
tents. The fire is thought to have started in
the kitchen. 1t is said there is an insurance
of $12 900, which will not cover the loss.
The foundation for the extention of the main
building was nearly done, and they expected
to have part of it ready for use when the
fall term opened. Mrs. Cleveland was edu-
Gated at this college.
Martin Dunn, ffty-six years of age, an old
resident of Sharon, LIE Sueur county, Mimi,
was Instantly killed by the passenger train on
the Omaha railroad. He was on the tracks
just south of the depot, and as the train came
in his hat blew off, lodging between the rails
OF the main track. He stepped in to pick it
up, when the cowcatcher struck him throwing
the train, killing him instantly. No blame is
attached to the train employees. He leaves
wife and seven children.
Mrs. Kneter, of Altoona, Pa., Favored three
quarts of ice cream with laudanum, not
knowing the grocer had given her the poison
for vanilla extract by mistake. The family
eat heartily of the cream without misgivings,
although james kneter, the father, said that
it tasted rather bitter. After dinner, the
daughter Matte, was taken with commissions,
and two lady visitors followed. Neighbors
discovered the situation just in time and q
stomach pump saved their lives. All are
seriously i'll from the narcotic poisoning.
During the thunder storm at Lake Reuben,
Mimi, lightning struck the residence of Mrs.
NJ Sites, passed through the roof and cell
ing, entering the room near where Mrs.
Suites ana MISS Kate Taylor were standing.
Miss Taylor received q severe shock, but
was not seriously hurt. The ladies had O
very narrow escape. The current apparent
ly filed the room. tearing through the floor
in three places. A new house few miles
southeast of town was destroyed. 1t was
not yet occupied. W. J. 10y, O farmer, was
milking when q lightning stroke killed the
COW, knocked the stool from under Mr.. 10y,
and broke the crock into which he was milk
ing into fragments. Mr.. 10y escaped un-
hurt.