The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-02
Record Of Casualties.

Mmts hunting geese near Coorcrstow:l.
Isk,, Melvin Miller, ngetl sixteen, accidentally
enot his seven-ycar.old brother Edward in
Sne stomach The boy ran TO him saying,
shoot me. did yon Mel!" He then exp;ted in In
mis- brothers arms
- II seveFe s6utf,cast kals prevailed On Lake
e1Ghigan, accompanied hy thunder, lightning
< and rnin On the lake sailors stated that It
:. was the most severe in ten years. and much
damage to shipping resulted in this vicinity
A small sloop was lost six miles south of
Racine, and Dan Sullivan, a lake cook. anti
James Cline. stcvedore, were drowned.
Thomas Rowan, a government cmployc on
the river work for several years, went to
st Paul from Hastings ond while walking
down the track TO the quarter boat was
struck by Burlington switch engine and died
n iew minutes He had been a resident of
Hastings for over thirty years. He was
forty.nine years of age and leaves q wife and
eight children.
-, Henry Shaffer, farmer living near Hooper.
Nebraska, was returning home accompnu;ci
Ky his sons Henry, Daniel and Percival
shafier, David Minnik. step son, and two
nelghbors named Roe and Lenig. the wagon
the Fremont, Elkhorn { Missouri Valley.
ihe old gentleman, David Minnik and Per-
.Gaval Shatter were killed and Roe and Lenir
,seeeivcd probably fatal injuries.
A singular accident occurred at the funeral
Of David D: Gludden, of Brooklyn. N. Y.
The deceased belonged to the Masonic order,
Odd Fellows, Red Men and National Provi.
uence Union. and representatives of these or
EastIations and more than a score of rela.
tsses followed tho remains to the grave in
:jreenwood cemetery. Adjoining the grave
intended for Mr.. GLADDEN. there were three
other open graves. Long planks had been
stretched over them, and on these the widow
M Mr. (1IOd6on bio fotb
other relatives stood. Just US the minister
was bringing the service to n close the planks
gave way. and nearly all the relatives, in
clnding tho widow and several children fell
into the grave. Mrs. GLADDEN. tainted. and
.Gn,,I was ited ts unconscious from the grave in
dren screamed with fright. The incident
caused much excitement among the mourn.
ing throng.
q. j. kissner. proprietor Of the Columbia,
the new hotel recently opened Mt Fargo, was
caught III the elevatoras it was going nm and
SO badly crushed that it is considered doubt
lui i he Gun live. The bones of his right leg,
Ooth above and below the knee, are broken
and the ribs thought to he crushed in, and
though the physrians have not yet made a
thorough examination ofhim he himselfsays
his spine is broken. lie is splitting ,nouthfils
OF blood. which Indicates. that his Internal
injuries are Ola very serious character. The
seva.or oI tne hotei hnd not been working
We'll, the machinery being out of order. Mr..
Mlssner had placed one foot on the elevator
floor. and wus in the net of pulling hims elf in
when it suddenly started up of its own ac-
cord. The transom bar over the doorway
strusk his back just below the shoulder blade,
crushing him down. and he was caught be
tween the bur and the floor of the elevator,
his body passing through II space four and a
h9if inches wide. Latcr.-G. j. Kissner,
who was caught and crushed in the
elevator Of the Columbia house, died of
his injuries. He was conscious and talked
with those around when his eyes closed he re-
manned speecl,lcss and unconscious until ho
died: He was in his forteith year. Hclcavcs
wife in this city, but no children, and a
mother and two sisters in Dayton, Ohio.
His remains will be buried in st. Paul, where
he formerly resided.