The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-19
NUMBER 20.
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES:

Clark's grain elevator at Papellion, Nsb..
was burned. Loss $4,000 s7-
During flood near Clinton, Arkansas, a
man named Emerson lost his wife aud seven
children.
Four children OF Thomas Dunn, Of Belle
vile, New Jersey, have died OF diphtheria
within ten days.
Thirty one persons, at Findlay. Ohio, wera
poisoned by eating cornell beef, and 1t is
thought some Of the cases will terminate
fatally.
were drowned while fishing in the St Law.
renee river, at st. Henri, by the upsettipg OF
! their canoe
! A Landslide occurred on tho Columbia and
Port Deposit Railroad near Haines Station,
| Pa, covering the tracks to a depth Of five
| feet for distance OF sixty fect.
George Dix was crushed to death between
! two cars ut Kohiuoor Colliery, and Patrick
| Gaugham was killed by n fall OF coal at
Packer Shaft No 5, at Shenandoah. Pa.
Kato Rynback tried to pour gasoline into
the tank Of q lighted oil stove at tho Gross
| Hotel, st. Louis, with tho result that she
and Kate Rynsoza were probably fatally
| burned.
The schooner Jennie w. Knight was sunk
Off Sharp's Island. In the Chesapeake, by the
freight steamer VIM. r. McCabe. Captain
Fisher, his wife and seaman named Barber
were drowned.
Neil. Burgess, the actor, was severely
though not fatally burned, at his residences
at Highlands, N. d., by nh explosion OF gas
oline. His life was saved 10y the heroic ef-
! forts Of his vito.
! A boiler In the brewery Of George Renner,
Jr., in Youngstown, Ohio exploded, killing
| Charles Richter. the engineer, and severely
injuring Carl Staeter, Michael Welsh and
Thomas Reynolds. a fire followed the ex-
plosion. Loss about E15,OOI.
A fire at Vancouver, Washington Terri
tory, swept away nearly four blocks in tho
business part of the town, including tho
| city Jail, from which two prisoners wero
removed after groat difficulty. The fire was
started after threo attempts by inccndiaries
Loss $70,OOn
| a passenger train on the Chesapeake and
Nashville railroad ran OF the track near
Blodsoe, Tennessae, nnd the passenger aud
| baggage cars went down a sixty foot en-
bankment. Ten persons we're severely in
jurpd at least one Of whom Is not likely to
| recover.
| A triple collision Of freight trains occur
| red near Lotrobe, ia, by which a number
| Of cars were thrown down a 50 foot embauk-
| ment The wreck caught fire from carload
| Of lime and burned for several hours A
number OF laborers returning from Johns
! town ."0ro the wrecked cars, and It IL
believed that II or Is Of them were killed.
Ten are known to have been injured.
/ two-story vacant frame house i'm South
Boston collapsed ouryinS ssVerni people III
tho ruins. Annie Mullen, aged 10, and
| Thomas Flaherty, aged ~, we're taken out
/ dead, and several others were injured moro
o. less seriously. Tho building had been
| condemned, and tho residents OF the vicinity
had taken much OF it away for iirewood.
| A bateau carrying passengers and freight
| OH tho Saint Maurice river, Quebec, became
| unmauageable near Grande Piles owing to
the swiitness of the current and was carried
| over the falls near that place, Joseph RI
! ward. aud two children, George Hnmein, of
st. Etienne; B. B.lerive and Miss Belerlvo
| were drownded.
While several laborers were at work at the
| now race track at Van Nest, Wsstotester
| county, New York. an embaukment caved
| i'm, burying GeDano DsreiE. GO years of age;
Joseph Uarinta. aged SO; Nichola Ganag-
| nina, aged ~. aud Francisco Degared, aged
removed to the Harlem Hospital, where
| Dsgored died soon after his admission.
| A boating party consisting OF John Matti-
more, Edward and Joseph Cody Maud and
| Maggie 'HopVer, and two other young ladies'.
! c0usiiisof the Hoover girls, from Hudson,
N. ", while rowing on the river opposite
| the knickerbocker ice houses at Bath, N. Y,
| were run down by the tug Eyangeline and
| tho boat upset. Before assistance could
reach them oil were drowned excepting
Joseph Cody, who escaped, but was almost
| conn pletely exhausted by his efforts to savo
| his companions.
| A severe wind storm passed over portions
! of Illinois and Indiana, and did considerable
damage. At Atwood, ILL.,, the streets were
| Hooded by the bursting Of water spout
| and section Of track on the indianapolis,
| Decatur aud Western Railroad was washed
out. AT Danville several houses we're struck
by lightning and burned, AMI in tho Godfrey
| reserve, lmiiana, several orchards, $4,000
| worth of timber and other property were
| destroyed.