Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-10
persisted IN BED.
Four Sleeping Merchants Die In
Their Apartments.
The Iowa Prairie Fire Checked-Ga1e 00
Lake Ontarfo-Two Ladies Killed
Mansled to Death on
Saws.

| w1NoNA, Miss. Oct Fire broke out
about 2:40 O'Clock yesterday morning in
r. Lofts two-story restaurant on Main
| street, and in few minutes the flames
completely enveloped the building, the
| upper story OF which was used for Sleep
| ing apartments in which nine men were
sound asleep. Eve of the men
| to death. Ruffin Thompson, the
head clerk, and Cecil Simpson another
clerk, escaped by climbing down the
awning in front jeff Kent of Carroll
| County and A. j. Cook and w. L. Afford.
| of Webster County, jumped from the
| second story window to the brick pave
| ment below and were badly injured,
| Cooks ankle being broken SO badly that
| amputation is thought to be necessary.
Those who persisted in the flames were:
J. Thomas, a merchant of Cumberland,
| Webster County; j. w. Lontry and Lon
| Crouch, merchants of Hohenlinden. Web
| ster County, and Paul Williams. farmer
Of Sun creek, Oktibbeha County: All
| of them were prominent citizens OF
were en- route home from Mem
| phis where they went to purchase goods.
Every effort was made to save them, but
| the flames were well under Roadway be-
| fore discovered. and by the time sufficient
| help arrived the walls had fallen in. 1t
was only by the most heroic efforts that
the adjoining buildings and stocks were
| saved. AS soon as possible the debris
| was removed and the almost unrecogniz-
able bodies were recovered and will be
| sent to their homes.
THE PRAIRIE FIRE CHECKED
| SPIRIT LAKE Iowa, Oct. THE prairie
| fire that ragged for two days in the east
ern part of Dickinson County extended
| over a great part of Emmett County, run
nil 70 nov III Tt
checked by any rivers or any sloughs,
as they were nearly all dry and
| it would leap twenty rods over
sfoughs that contained water. Many
thousand tons of hay were burned
While fighting the fire the dress of Mrs.
A. n. Garde, wife of farmer living on
the northern edge Of the county, caught
| fire and before her husband coald render
any assistance her clothing was entirely
burned from her body. Owing to her in
| ability to project her head and face her
hair was all singed off and she inhaled
so much smoke and flames that she can
not recover. The fire was finally checked
by the railroad track and the changing OF
the wind from north to south.
COLLISION AT SEA.
LONDON, Oct 6.-The State Line steamer
State of Georgia, from Glasgow for New
York, has returned to the Clyde, having
been in collision with the coasting steamer
Agate. Her bows were stove in; one man
was killed. Her damage is all above the
! water line. The vessel with which she
was in collision was bound for Bowl
ing. A heavy fog prevailed at the time
of the accident. The Agate struck the
State of Georgia on the port bow with
great force, smashing five of the latter's
plates and ten of her frames. Several of
the crew who were lying in their hunks
had narrow escapes. One of them was
seriously injured. The name of the man
who was killed was Mccarthy. The
Agate's forcastle head was smashed.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
WACO, Tex, Oct 7.-Saturday while
MIR. Thomas Byrum was at work in his
gin near Aguilla, station on the Houston
q Texas Central railway sixteen miles
from Waco, he stumbled and fell forward
on the saws and was dreadfully
mangled. His arm was split full
length from shoulder down. His skull
was cut to the brain. Death was in
Simultaneous His remains We're removed
to the house Of a neighbor where the
bleeding form of the unfortunate was re-
ceived by his sister. Mrs Fleming, the
sight of which caused her to fall in a
deathly swoon, from which she did not
recover. but died soon after.
GALE ON LAKE ONTARIO.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Oct THE gale has
been very severe on Lake Ontario Sew
eral steamers which attempted to reach
Charlotte were forced to put back on ac-
count of the terrible storm and many
boats on the lake sought shelter in the
harbor. Much complaint is made by YES
sci masters of the harbor light at Char.
lotte. the port at Rochester, as they claim
it can not be seen on the lake during q
severe storm It is reported that four
men were lost from barge, but the re-
port can not be substantiated. The storm
is a severe one and it is feared much dam
age has been done.
TWO LADIES KILLED
SANDWICH, ILL.,, Oct. 7.-Saturday even
ing Mrs. P. G. Cook and Mrs. Samuel Alb
hey were crossing the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy railway track at Main street
when the buggy in which they were riding
was struck by the fast west bound ex-
press tram and thrown a considerable dis
tance. When picked up both ladies were
alive, but died in a short time.
Prohibition Upheld:
DIES MONIES. Iowa, Oct. 6-The consti- |
tutionality of the Prohibitory Liquor law |
has been reaffirmed by the Supreme Court |
in an action in replevin involving the |
right to the possession of large quantity |
of beer, all in sealed vessels bearing |
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