St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A Boston and Maine Wreck.

A serious accident took place on
the Boston and Maine railroad Sat
urdav afternoon about two miles
east of Conway, N. H. The express
which leaves Boston at $50 a. m.
collided with working train, badly
wrecking both engines, the baggage
car, and throwing one Pullman car
partially from the track and badly
damaging one end of it. The other
Pullman and three passenger cars
which composed the train kept the
track. Both engineers and fremen
jumped from their engines which
probably saved their lives. The bag
gage-master, ]. w. Babb, and a
young man named Lancy, who was
in the baggage car were injured, but
not dangerously. A 1O-year-old boy
named Fellows, who was on the
work train, had a leg broken, but
none of the passengers was injured.
Spokane Falls Wiped Out.
The entire business portion of Spo-
kane Falls, w. T., was wiped out
by fire Sunday night. Twenty-Five
blocks were burned to ashes, and the
estimated loss is SIS, 100000. The
fire department was pOwerless to
control the flames, and the strong
wind rendered all their efforts futile
Large brick blocks were burned in
rapid succession, and the only bust
ness block left standing in the city is
the Crescent building which was saw
ed by tearing down intervening
buildings. Owing to the rapidity
with which the fire spread, scarcely
anything was saved. Provisions are
scarce and will last only short time.
The city council met Monday morn
ing and appointed a committee on
relief. 1t was decided that provi-
sions should be sent for and the needy
supplied free. The militia is out in
force and all persons without passes
are forbidden to enter the burnt dis
trict. Five out of the seven banks
destroyed were again doing business
Monday. Notwithstanding the ex-
tent of the calamity the people are
cheerful, and bear their losses bra We
lv. Many business men have al
ready signified their intention to re-
build
Col. Evaristo Carazo, President of
Nicaragua, died last Thursday
Martin Burke, the alleged murder
err of DR.. Cronin, has been extradited
from Manitoba and will be tried in
Chicago for murder.
Rev. Robert Maurice Berkeley, for
eight years rector of St. Thomas
Episcopal church at Hanover, n. H.,
has been called to Greenburg, N. Y.
William T. Harris of Massachu-
sets, one of the promoters of the
Concord school of philosophy, has
been appointed commissioner of edu-
cation by President Harrison.
A bill will be introduced into the
New Hampshire legislature to re-
move the Grafton county buildings
from Haverhill Corner to WoodSville
and to appropriate $4,000 to erect
new court house and county offices
there; also to appropriate $4,000
for the erection of a new court house
at Plymouth, the old one being be-
yond dispute unsuitable.
Friday night when the train from
Quebec on the Grand Trunk railway
had passed St. Lambert's after going
through the Victoria bridge, an ex-
plosion took place in the express car,
by which the messenger, named Rog-
ers, was killed The car was COM
pletely wrecked and the express mat
ter destroyed. Wild rumors are
af1oat that 1t was an attempt to
blow up the Victoria bridge, and was
delayed too long.
A well-dressed man rode up to Alt
mans jewelry store in Kansas City
Friday, dismounted, letting the horse
stand without hitching, and went
into the store. He asked to look at
some diamonds which had been
shown him the day before The tray
was handed to him, when he grabbed
a handful and made a dash for the
door. He sprang for his horse, but
the animal became frightened and
ran off down the street The robber
then jumped into a hack and drove
rapidly away, pursued by the police.
He has not been been captured. The
diamonds are valued at SIS 900.