The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-03-21
Minor Casualties.

/ Peter Ne, 'rshalsky. after fifty hours Of i'm
prisopment IN the Black Diamond colliery
NJ Nt CarmoI Pa. was hoisted to the sur
face He had been half buried and given up
all hope. when his rescuerS reached the
breast in which hew as sImprsoned. strange
to say his injuries. asiu . from nlS nervous
DrOStratiOn, are not SER, 'uS' Alter the NV
men were taken out alive, was suPpOseu
that NearshalSky was dead.
H. B. Shamp, superintendent 0t the Chip
pewa Falls, Wis, Water Works company,
and Thomas Orthman were burned at the
compauy's punp-house in horn Ole man
ner, and the former may not survive. " nile
repairing one Of the large boilers, lal ge OIL
can standing near exploded, setting 'oth
men on fire. The engineer saved them be Vh
from burning to death by turning u hose o u
them and eXtinguishing the flames. Mr..
Stamps face is burned in such a manner
that the skin and flesh hang down in shreds.
The too near proximity of torch to the oil
can caused the explosion.
Two freight trains telescoped at Clifton, S.
c., on the Piedmont Air Line railroad, seven
miles north of Spartansburg Two men
were instantly killed, four were injured and
an engine and three or four ears were com
p'etply wrecked. The men killed were q col
orPd train hand and tramp who was steal
ing ride Engineer q. l.. Creighton was SO
badly scaded and otherwise injured that his
life is despaired Of Conductor E. B Laird
had one OF his legs broken, his hip dislocated
and his head frightrully gashed, but will prob
ably recover. Fireman Thomas Hunter and
IL fagman we've painfully, though nottatally
injured
A battery of boilers at the West Point boil
er works of R. Monroe & Sons exploded at
Pittsburg completely wrecking the plant
and burying number of men in the ruins.
The explosion occurred Just after the noon
whistle had sounded, and many of the work.
men had left the works to get their dinners
The conclusion shook buildings for several
squares. In a few minutes large crowd had
gathered about the wreck. and the scene
vas most agonizing. Wives, mothers and
RI, ildren ran about, wringing their hands
nm, Ncrying, eagerly searching for their loved
ones Of the sixty five wOrkmen, five were
EilIed md eleven injured, a number of then
quite st r1ousiy'
In Mon tana, the new and latest erec&eC
smelter an l calcining house of the AnacOnGt
compapv at Anaconda took fire at the north
ern part of he immense structure. The
Origin of the Fl, e is o mystery. and it is stat
cd the water sill Piy in connection with the
fire hydronts, VIII. ieh were conveniently sit
mated all around he building was cut off at
the time The fire was noticed by the en- EN-
ployes OF the adjor H"g concent rator. Ih'
smelter was not con dected with the larS'
concentration, which il about one hundred
yards west, and the w nd was not Moving
its way. 1t was soon observed that th'
fire was beyond control, and the emp. 'oyel
and fire department. dev oted their ener gle,;
to protecting the adjacent buildings, VIII. >ci
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the high trpstle which runs between the two
buildings, and is used as tram railway for
the conveyance OF the copper matte of the
to the loading shutes. Instructions no
doubt will be issued for the erection of a new
building, and as the company always carries
very large supplies of lumb Der and timber the
work can be completed in six weeks.
Several railroad cars of the Union and
Northern Pacific were also destroyed. The
company carries its own insurance.