The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-19
The Casualty Calendar.

William Adrian o: Willard Lakes Minn,,
was accidently slot u huntets shooting ut
birds with . revolver The ball entered the
left eye and was taken out ut the back of the
bead. He may gel, WE'LL
Eden Mirhnei, n Greek laborer. was buried
10 the sewer trench while digging at Ashland
Wis, by the earth caving In. It took an
honr's hard work to unearth him. When he
was taken out he was dead.
Jesse Jordan. q halfbreed fisherman Of
stOckbr1dge, Wis, nnd hts two sons were
drowned in i.nke Winhebago. Their bont
tipped over VIXEN they were returning home
from Oshkosh. where they had been trading.
The new steel steamship North Wind, Of
struck the rocks at sailor's Encnmpment,
crushing q hole in her bottom. no that her
forward and amidslip's compartments filed
with water. A wrecSing expedition has gone
trom Sault Ste Marie. to her relief.
While attending an Irish wake, at Racine,
Wis, Jamcs Pavton, james Callahan md
Mrs. George Omen, were poisoned by drink
Ing embalming fluid. During the night re.
treatments were served, and lscer was poured
into tumbler which contained embalming
huid lett hy tho undertaken Payton il not
expected to recover.
The bridge on the Wisconsin si.'e of the
river opposite Winona was vet OH fire and
before the flames could he extiug,lisllcd 800
seet were destroyed, 1t is supposed tho fire
6as been caused by tramps, who built n
Ere under the bridge to cook. The lows to
1 the city will be about %, 900. A temporary
bridge will ut once be built.
sAH Charles Harris of Ramsey and Nellie
Morrill, of Minneapolis were driving in Aus.
tin, Minn., tho horse took fright and ran,
overtarning oS,r eth the buggy and injgring, the oc-
broken, and other injuries received. Mrs.. II.
Gunz and Mrs. g. SchluGes, In another buggy,
were nlsO thrown out and bruised, but not
seriously.
Members of the New York Maritime Ex.
change fear that the Norwegian bnrk. Hardi,
has tounderetl at scn. She was signalletl OF
the pclawaEe Capes, several days ago by n
Of the crew had died of yellow fever and that
the others were too Ill to leave their hunks.
He was sailing the bark single.handed. He
intended to run the ship into thebrcnkwater.
Nothing has been heard or seen of the bark
since.
What may prove fatal accident occurred
at Black River Falls, Wis: fine carriage
nnmanageable ut the depot and ran AWAY.
In their wny. was D. Barclay with his drny.
They jumped upon the dray, wrecking that
and running the carriage. Mr.. Barclay was
knocked from the dray and stepped on by
s, one 81 the horses. Nc homes are broken, but
yoke from the carriage was driven into the
breast of the horses so far that lie carried it
q mile, when he was caught aud it was re.
moved.
The north span of the Mankato, Wilmar
4 Sioux Falls railroad bridge, $50 feet in
length; over the Minnesota river ut Granite
Falls, Minn., and $50 feet of trestle work
across the island, were burned. together with
five ours loaded with ties. The lire caught
from hot box on O freight car. The train
was left standing on the bridge while the en-
gine ran up to the depot, nearly n mile dis.
tant. md during the time It was gone tho
lire started. There appears to have been
gross careleasness ON the part of some one,
rs the fire could certainly have been ensily
put ont when it first started had there been
any one there to have looked after it.
Afalnily named Richter. farmers, living f,e-
tween Geneva and Ohiowa, Nebraska, con.
sisting of the husband, wife and five children
wers alI burned to death with the exception
OF the husband who was 30 seriously burned
thnt he will die. At their home, n tramp
who vas spending tho night with them was
also burned. The origin of the fire in un-
known hut the supposition ia tllat it il an.
other tribute to wl,isky's shrine. The tramp
had been around the neighborhood for some
time and that day was drunk, Mr. Richter
had also been drinking, and 1t Ia supposed
that the tramp may have gone to sleep
while smoking md the fire thus originated
It was not discovered until the house with
Its inmates and entire contents was entirely
consumed.