Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-20
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES,


The Young Mems Library building in At.
lanta Georgia, was badly damaged oy hre'
james Haslip, n lneman, was killed oy
IN electric current while repairing BRUSH
lamp in Baltimore.
John Olsen, OF New York, captain OF the
schooner Enterprise, was struck ny 1rain
and killed, in Now Brunswics, New Jersay.
Willim Corbett, brakeman, had ooth
legs cut of in trying to jump on locoin =.
tive at Wilkesbarre, aud 10 not e1pecteo u
recover.
During fireworks exhibition at Quincy
Illinois, the grand stand contalhg 5,?oo
people collapsed, and many persons were III
jured.
Two hundred feet of the Cornwall Canal
bank at Cornwall, Ontario, gave way. All
traffic will be stopped for three OF foul
weeks
At Hydeville, in the western part of Castle,
ton, Vermont, fire destroyed the Russell
House, the Baptist church and dwelling:
loss S22, 600.
The post-ofIico block in Winona, Minnes 01a
was damaged by fire to the extent Of 500 oooi
insurance S4j 900. or the loss $1,000 Is on
the Masonic Hall property
Two freight trains collided on the Newark
aud Paterson Railroa at Franklin, New
Jersey, causing q loss to the company OF
S10O,OO0. No person was injured
During q fire in the gun and ammunition
store of A. Steert. in Fort Worth, Texas,
several hundred thousand cartridges explod
cd. The damage is estimated at S45,OoO
Mary Griffin, 55 years OF ago died at the
Almshouse in Meriden, Connecticut, after OF
days of voluntary starvation during VINCE
she took nothing but water She was insane
An explosion of gas occurred in the Dor
rance Shaft, near Wilkcsbarre, Penn. Thos.
Benyed, David Reise and Benjamin Maskey
were burned the latter fatally.
The engine of freight train on the Ohio
and Mississippi railroad was ditched by CO"
near Washington, Indiana, Oh Sunday night.
Travel on tue road was interrupted for live
hours.
Agnus Morrison vas killed by delayed
blast in the Lithonia Granite Works, at Al
lanta, Ca lie leaned on th. spot where the
blast was, ITO sec what was the matter, ana
had his head blown off.
The steamer Robert B. Carson sank III
thirty feet of water four miles below Evans.
vile, Indiana. She had on board fifty head
of cattle and four horses, besides some freight,
which we're lost Tho crew were saved.
The barn of Charles Williams, ct White,
marsh, Montgomery county, Penna., was de'
stroyed by supposed cendiary fire with
Il quantity of hay aud grain. farming imple-
ments, etc; loss $4,000; party insured
The yandalia Railroad freight depot in
East st. Louis was burned together with 10
cars and 800 bales OF cotton. The East st.
Louis Hotel was badly damaged. The total
loss isplaced at $50, QUO.
Four men were injured by q cave-in while
digging u trench in Youngstown, Ohio. One
OF them had u hip fractured, another leg
broken, another was terribly cut, and the
fourth--Thomas Coyne-sustained fatal In
juries.
Minnie Boyd, aged seven years, was burned
to death in Mexico Missouri, her dress hav-
ins caught fire from CRATE. The smoke
sulrocated her two baby sisters. The father
was at work and the mother away from tie
house o. the time.
a passenger train ian into number oil
freight cars near Beech Creek Station, not
far from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Joseph
Cassidy, fireman, was killed. rs was also one
unknown man who was stealing ride on
the cowcatcher
a passenger train on the Old Colony Rail-
road, in Massachusetts, struck wagon, near
West Bnrnstnble, containing Henry Coweii
and wife, and Howard N. Lowell and wife,
all of Osterville. Cowell was killed and
Lowell ulortalIy IuJuieu AhS "O''oH ~
caived severe injuries.
The hog cholera continues to rage among
the swine in Warren county New Jersey. In
Knowlton township, the following losses are
reported: J. lflunrerfelt, 50 animals; Elmer
Kishprugh, 25; H. Smith, 80; "a. Blair 25;
A. Snyder, co. Mrs. Kshpaugh, Is, L. Eiles,
%; 4. Smith, 25; Mrs. Perry: ID and others
ranging from 10 to 20 head each The
scoIrge has been very severe in Warren and
Sussex counties for two years and many
farmers have aban Toned pork raising alto
-geuher.
a fire occurred on the steamer Hafis, which
was lying at the wharf of the Pennsylvania
and Scranton Coal Companies, at the foot OF
North Tenth street, Brooklyn, New York.
The fire communicated from The vessel to the
pier and from there to the shipping depart.
;nent and buildings of the Standard Oil
Works. There were about $1,000 barrels ct
oil burned, besides the destruction OF large
amount of valuable machinery. The Dutch
anrd, Ella Vose, Leopold Hall and the
steamer Hafis were all partially burned The
Standard Oil Company's loss is estimated Mt
500, 90; that of the Pennsylvania and
Scranton Coal Companies. ,00O.