The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-24
Tho Record of Casualties.

r. switch engine aud six nat cars, contain.
sns ~ aSnnt sixty laborcrs. left the track ut
west Superior, Wis. Owing to the slow rate
dnctnr and ono brakeman, andAthcy i}at
slightly. ''',. '' IVY
Az Northern Pacific freight train wns
pass'rS through tho Bozelnmn tunnel, ten
ssnfHee west of Livingston, Brakeman A, W.
siuntor fell between tho curs, cutting his
hcad and both hands off. He leaves u wife
ma four chiidrcn. lIo had been employed on
the ron,l hut short tiino.
cago Northwestern roui at Des Moines,
IOWA, while irI'nir:agn u yard scalo stopped
sisi'e from the muin truck to allow an incom.
shs passenger train to pass. Ha stepped ON
nnn.her truck and was run over by n switch
engine, the wheels passing across his right
Shoulder. Tie resided mt Clinton.
80 mixsl train on the Fairland branch of
sme tsnci',nati, indianapolis, st. Louis &
ShlraRo roa,i was thrownfrom the track near
MnrEantown, lndinla, by a broken rail Tho
inIgnge ear and tho sinSlu passenger couch
rolled down thirty foot embankment, and
every person in the tur, with one exception,
re'rtvcd 'njuric. No ono was killed outright,
persons IN the eur.
iainily nt Mrksnock, near Grand Forks
Dnkota,ts,.te near rbcingpoisone,l through the
.!slioran'N of IL servant girl. She lately ar
ryss, frolu Ireland. The family hud soft SOM
tn ti'e house and tho girl thought it was lard
hn'i cooked with il for week.. The victuals
lasted very PECULIAR n,d three or four OF tho
family were taken sick. Investigation devcl-
uped the cnusr, md now Bridget IL looking
Tor q nrw situtatiun
\ !nrge portion Of tho business center of
i!hchfield, Conn, together with thoncw court
ls''tisr, w,s entirely destroyed by fire. An at
tempt w'is made to clleck tho flames by blow
ing down connecting walls witt, s,lnrow,lcr,
lut this proved unsuccessful. The losses will
i the second time in thrre ycnrs thut I.itcll-
s'cta has suffered tho loss of large portion of
dcr business blucIs
Whiic Fred Peterson, q miner at Michi.
Eamns", Mich, was walking home over tho
rnIrnnd track. hc saw hnnd cur coming
anu stepped from ono truck to another,
When ne was caught by a second hand car,
The hand eur was thrown from the truck and
Two other men dangerously injured by full
ing over nn emGinkment. Peterson leaves
wife and large fnmily.
The lnnin building at Wells college wns
burned ut Aurora, N. Y. with the entire con.
tents Tho fire il thought to ll,lvo starte,l in
the kitchen. It is said there il an insurance
of$12O0O, which will not cover tho loss.
The foundation for the cxtention of tho main
building was nearly done, and they expected
to have part of 1t ronly for uso when tho
tall term opened. Mrs. Cleveland was ctlu-
catcd ut this college.
Martin Dunn, flfty-six yoars of aps, an old
residont of Sharon. 10 Sneur county. Mimi.
was Instantly killed by the passenger tran on
the Omah,. railroad. llo wus OH tho tracks
Just south Of the depot, and as the train cnmo
In his hat blew oil, lodging l,etwecn tho rails
OF the main truck. He stepped in to nick IL
!np, when the cowcatcler struck him throwing
him several feet into the air and nway from
the train, killing him instantly. No blame ia
attached to tho train employees. He leavUs a
wiic and seven children.
Mrs.. kneter, of Altoona, Pn., Favored three
gunrta of leo cream with luutlanum, not
knowing the grocer had given her tho poison
tor vanilla extract by mistakp Tho f,mily
eat heartily Of tho cream without misgivings,
nithouEh Juincs kncter, the father, said that
it tasted rather bitter. After dinner, tho
daughter Muttic. wns tnkcn with convul.ions,
and two lady visitors followed NeirhbOrs
discovered the situation just in time and a
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
Stitcs md Miss knte Taylor were standing.
Miss Taylor received q severe shock, but
was not seriously hurt. Tho ladies lind u
very narrow escape. Tho current apparent
" filled the room, tearing through tho floor
IN three placcs. new ho,lse few miles
southeast of town wns destroyed 1t was
not yet occupied. WI. 10y, u farmer, wns
milking when II lightning stroke killed tho
rnw. knocked the stool from under Mr.. 10y,
anI broke the crock into which he was milk.
ing into Fragments. Mr.. 10y escaped un.
burt.