The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-07-12
The CASUALTY Record.

Two Harbors, Fairbault and Clearwater,
Minn-, were three towns that suffered great
loss from fourth of July fires.
Three steers were killed near Clearwater
MINI. bylghtning. They We're the property
ofThomas Murphy, and were lying in field
under tree
Brainerd, Minnesota, had dlsatrous fire.
Twenty-Five buildings were wiped out. 4
fierce wind blew from the start and the water
works trouble of high water in the river at
times entirely cut off the pressure.
George Smart, while assisting drayman
to remove an unfinished marble tom bstone at
Grand Forks, fell from the dray, the slab,
weighing about 600 pounds. falling upon
him. A fractured collar bone and serious in
ternal injuries resulted.
At Saltwater Mimi. as Will Hursey was
preparing TO pump ont the contents of big
tank containing over 5000 gallons of kero-
sene, something went wrong with the valve
and. before the difficulty could be remedied
over 5000 gallons of oil ran out and swept
down the railroad track. Of course the loss
is complete. i.
nine-year-old daughter of Amos Giles of
Little Falls, Mimi, found a railroad torpedo
near the Northern Pacific track and exploded
it by pounding it with a piece of iron. The
base of the torpedo entered her forehead,
making fearful cash and cutting her brain
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near by. The child cannot recover.
New Jersey was visited by severe wind
and rain storm. Great damage was done to
crops and buildings. The Pennsylvania rail-
road round house at Milestone Junction was
blown down. James Barry, Hugh Garrigan
and John White, three bali players who were
taking shelter from the storm, were buried in
the ruins and badly crushed. A barn on
George Plumleys farm near Middleburgh was
also blown down. Plumley is reported killed
While n train was moving up hill from
Butte. Montana. the ears became uncoupled
from the engine and dashed down the grade,
jumping the track and killing two boys,
named respectively Greene and Burns of Cen
terville, and injuring two brakemen whose
names are not known, but who are not seri-
ously hurt. The whole force of the company
has been engaged cleaning the debris off the
track.
Three well known persons were drowned at
Lake Johanna. d small body of water about
seven miles from st. Paul. The victims were
Harry NJ. Tucker the popular night clerk of
the Hotel Ryan, his aged father from New
York, and Mrs. Mary Dysinger, wife OF Stephen
Dysinger. who is employed as bookkeeper by
L L. May & Co. 1t was at a picnic party,
and the eapsizing of a boat was the cause OF
the melancholy accident.
devastating cyclone swept upon a num-
Der of towns along the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul road. 1t is impossible to estimate
the amount of damage done. The extent of
the territory over which the storm swept was
about 100 miles in length and nearly a mile
in width. Many horses and cattle were eth
er killed by lightning or from the effect of
the wind. At Ruthven an agricultural imple-
ment house was wrecked. Trapp Bros. livery
barn, the Kirkwood hotel, the Methodist
Episcopal church and Tom Gifts dwelling
were all leveled to the ground. Many resi-
dences were damaged and barns and out
buildings are scattered over the prairies. The
farming country around Whitemore and
Ruthven looks desolate. The corn which
looked promising, is shorn to the ground
and other grain is badly damaged.
A grip car beyond control and running at
the rate of eight miles per hour through the
business part of Chicago caused lively scene.
The result was three badly wrecked cars,
many badly frightened women and children
and some severe contusions, but no fatilities.
As Clark street car came out OF the tunnel
on La Sale going south the driver made an
attempt to apply the brakes. but without eff
feet as strand of cable had wound itself
around the grip and the car was moving at
a dangerous speed. just ahead of this was a
Wells street train filled with passengers. At
Monroe street the Wells street train was
struck and thrown in heap into the gutter.
Two Blocks further on the flying train struck
the curve at Dearborn street The car be-
came disengag ged from the strand and ended
it's career byjumping the track. Loss about
$4,000.