Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-17
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

THE disastrous floods alopg the Upper
Mississippi river and its tributaries con-
tInue.
CUTTERS organ, show case and billiard
manutactory OF Baltimore was burned
Friday night; loss, $4,000.
A CONGREGATION in the village OF Hon
ey Grove, lex, consumed twelve bust
ness houses, including the opera house.
SEVERAL bindings on the principal
business street of Blunt, D. T., were de-
stroyed Saturday morning; lOss, $50 coo.
A BUILDING occupied by several stores
and shops was destroyed in Bedford ave
nue., Brooklyn, Sunday; total loss, $3.50,
900.
Two MEN we're killed and five others
probably fatally il jured by the blowing
up of powder house at the Colby mine
in Michigan.
TIE Kenosha (Wis.) Flax-mill Com
pany's mill and warehouses, incluoIpg
$4,000 bushels of barley owned by ". FL
Pettitt d Co., were burned Tuesday night.
FREsHEr in the Red river, in Aiken
sas, has overf1wed the cOntig uous cOun
try to width OF thirty mics.
A CYCLONE passed over northern Ohio
very recently Considerable damage
was done to farm buildings, fences aud
orchards, but no loss of lite is reported
THIRTY sores and dwellings, and the
city gas-works at Hot Springs, Ark, have
been destroyed by fire. Loss, $150,0O0.
THREE mercantile firms were burnt out
in Kansas City, Mo-, Saturday morning +;
loss, $65,0O0.
The extensive fruit and vegetables
ming house of j. Ausk & Co, San Fran
cisco, has failed; liabilities about $780,
O00s
The extensive coffin factory Of L. E.
Woodland, at Owasso, Mich.-three large
buildings, containing over seven thousand
caskets-has been destroyed by fire.
The wholesale commission house of
William T. Coleman & Co., at San Fran
cisco, have made an assignment. The
assests are placed at between four and
four and a half million dollars.
FIRE in the barrel and case factory of
Lombard & Ayres, on Shooters Island,
between Staten Island and New Jersey,
caused a loss of 100000. The machin
cry alone was worth $5O0,0O0. The Sea-
board Lumber Company lost 100000.
MUCH destruction and damage was done
to farm and other properly in portions
of Northern Onio, Wednesday afternoon
by violent wind storm, which in some
localities assumed the force of a tornado.
THERE were number Of natural gas
explosions in the city of Buffalo, causing
great excitement. The most disastrous
Incident of the series of attendant results
was the burning of ST. Paul's Cathedral,
the finest church edifce III the city.
LIGHTNING struck a country school
house IN Delaware county Saturday after
noon. John Bowers, aged u, was il
srantly killed. The teacher and twenty
scholars were thrown from their chairs
and benches to the floor, remaining I'M
conscious for half an hour.
SEVERAL persons were killed and others
seriously injured Saturday night, at
Locust Gap, Pa, by the explosion of two
carloads OF dynamite and giant powder.
Twenty -one buildings in the vicinity of
the explosion were demolished.
DURING heavy rain and thunder storm
at New Orleans, Monday afternoon, the
tow boat Future City and three barges
from St. Louis came in collision with
three United States war vessels at anchor
in front OF the city. Two barges were
sunk and the third badly damaged. Loss
$4,000.