The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-27
NUMBER 80.
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Coming were drowned
at Baltimore by tho unset ing OF their boat.
Tho boiler in the coal mine at Portsmouth,
Rhode Island, exploded, The engineer was
killed.
John and Edward Brocher and Charles
Bluhme wcre drowned In Lake Michigan
while fishing.
Two children Of David Guy sot fire TO
barn at Blue Springs, Nebraska, aud perished
In the building Tney were playing with
matches.
A train on tho Pennsylvania Railroad
struck a wagon and killed two boys, who
were driving across the track, near Elizabeth,
New Jersey.
J. T. Robinson, OF Long Island, and C,p.
tain William Short, OF Oceln Citw, Mary
lani, were drowned ut the latter place by
the capsizing Of q surf boat
The root OF the casting house, Mt the Stow
art Iron Company work, at Sharon, Pepna.,
fell In, injuring four men, one Of them Aus.
tn Morford. fatally.
! Large numbers OF hogs are dying of a
around Haokcttstown, N. j. One farmer has
lost % and has others sick.
The floods In Mexico havs cause q loss Of
several lives at Tetecnla, in the State Of More
los. The inundation at Tdmpico Is incrcas.
ing, aud many Of tho people are destitute.
The town Of Flocolulu. In the State OF
hy floods. Teiegraphic communication
throughout the State OF HidalSo is inter-
rupted.
Frank Hnvens. 80 years OF ngc, dropped
dead In Councils Bluffs, Iowa A post-Inor-
tom examination showed that his heart was
on the right sido, and his death was caused
by rupture on that organ.
William Bonnett and Miss Carrie Ernest,
OF Baltimore, werc run oyer anil killed by
train on the Phila lelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad, near Perrymans, Md.
Samuel c. showaiter, aged 90 years, vol.
UNFAIRLY submitted to an injection OF tho
"clixir Of life" at Dayton, Ohio, three we ks
ago, to obtain relief from rheumatism. Bool
poisoning and gaugrene set In, and he died
after horrible suffering.
Reports from points I'm Kons ,s end Nilsson.
ri show that light frost prevailed throuyl-
out the northern prrs OF thoss States. No
damage to corn crop is reported. kilograms
tre Minnesota, report sss DosSs Sen,
GRO, by the frosts.
Hugh Perry, an electric light lineman In
Buffalo, New York, caught hold OF n 1.-Two
wire while working on o pole lie fell tou
| cross bar and hung there In the wires, unabls
| to save himself, and giving evi ,cnce OF ex.
trcme suffering. Perry was alive when taken
| down, but speechl. 81. He diod few minutes
| aftcr reaching tho hosp.t l----- &c --'
! Horace A. S.-=:.cT, I, inomber or deer
hunting party in Sullivan county, New York,
wns accl,iently killed by Henry Fountain,
one OF his companions. 1t IL Thought twig
caught tho hammer Of Fountains gun.
| A. C. Staley, President OF the Stnley Wool.
,sii Miiis in South Bend, Indiana, wus poison
ed by morphine given him by druggist for
quinine. He is 70 years of ase, and all ef-
| iortS to bring him out Of the stupor pro-
.i>--i H.. si. i.. i- s. i.-.-.- ---ii
I::.os Cabeen was killed aud Wiuf,ld
| Scott, it Is feared, fatally injured by being
knocked from the top, OF train which was
r, ,ssng under u bridge near Ch.lIicotbe,
Ono. They were memhers of the knights Of
Iyanhte, OF Athens, and were OH their way
with the other members Of the company to
! Columb to'give an exhibition on the Fa r
| Grounds s'-',
A gravel train on the Mckeesport and
b lie Vernon" RailnOad. struck cow near
Weoster Station. Ph.,. Several cars were de-
rallied R4d demolished. Ono man named
two brothers, ChafIes and Samuel, wers
seriously injured, tho latter thought to 10
fatally. The men were nll minors. and were
riding OH the cars.
Dayain A. Henry. Superintendent Of Cor
struction for the East Rivor Electric Light
Comp my, at New York, Was killed at tn ,
co onpany's works by receiving n shock from
u lOOO.volt current. Henry had gono t, tho
| switchboard O I'd mounted ladder to fx
! some wires that were out OF order. Ho in
eau, iously placed his hand on a live wire and
years OF age.
The limited train from the East was IS
minutes lato in arriving at P.ttsburg, ,throu kh
one OF the most singular accident, which
have happened since the vestibule train has
been started. Between Philadelphia and
Harrisburg the roofs Of tae two orward
coaches caught fire through the friction
which wore Off the rubber casing and &c; til ,
steel plates red hot The fire was easily OK
tinguisied at Harrisburg, but tho fact to 1t
being so easily originated has set the railroad
people thinking Of new way to obviats
such accidents.
Reports from North Dakota aud portions
of Minnesota have been received telling OF a
heavy storm. Grand Forks says O terrible
electrical and wind storm prevailed within
an erea Of 100 miles Of that CITY. Telegraph
poles between there and Fargo were blow,
down and communication interrupted. The
damage In the neigbborhood Is thought to b,
heavy. The weather is now wintry in nature
aud it is feared considerable damage will re-
suit.