The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-11-15
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.

Ny n runway accident in Marl5orouy yh,
amn iork, mrs. RobortJ. Dicscy was killed.,
Suu, Suu ner husband and mother were badly
uw Englfshman, named Neil, wore run over
and killed by an express train ut Metuchsn,
Now Jersey.
George Sabourin. nged 81 years, fell from
she spire OF tho new Congressional Church in
Newport, Vermont, a distance OF 80 feet, and
was fatally injured.
Wabash. Indiana, killing engineer Thomas
CAlahan and fireman John Maddox Low
wuter caused the Aocidest
y 4penncn being. llred ut Q political meet,
iSs y, fassiiy . ats issdsIs s
ramming down the charge.
The Department OF Agriculture is ivised
OF three moro casos Of plcuro pn,umoni, dis.
covered among cattle landed at Deptforj,
London, from New York and Boston,
Two trains colllded at Holtou, Indiana,
owing to switch being left open, and both
engines and several cars were demolished.
One passenger was slightly injured.
During an auction OF unciaim.d Grand
Trunk baggage in Montreal. aportion OF the
Moor gave way and thirty p,r:ons vers pre-
cfRitated into the cellar beneath. No ons was
fatally .njnr.d.
There was an explosion in tho gas house of
The Lockwood Cotton Mills. in Waterville,
II. Washburn, nged 81, the workman in
charge, perishcd in tho II ,mcs
Yardmaster r. l. Dcnm,rk enter,i n
freight car with a lantern ut Wilmington,
North Carolina. Almost i,nm II ,tely n bar.
rei of gasoline exploded, se,tin. lire to the
Car and Turning D,n;narii to death.
Mag ;ie Camack AMI Jessie Trutt, aged
respertfully 2. and 25 years, were killed AT
Ihur,ow station, near Chester Pa Th,y
were employed at Trainers mills anI were
returnn, to their homes, walking on the
railroad.
William Bailey, living in Baltimore, was
assisting his vito to do tn, Washing nnJ
poured u lot Of beazino into III, tub. Tn,
water was hot, an exp osion followed, tenr-
Ing out the side OF the house, and badi, ,cald-
Ing Mr. Bailey.
"A COLLATION. occurred on the cros sing OF tho
Santa Fe and electric street lilway in Wich-
ita, X tnsas, by which fifteen persons wer,
injured, one OF them mortaliy The collision
occurred on curve, grove Of trees Drc-
venting the engineer from ssting the danger.
AMI the street car WAS hurled by tho engine
distance OF sixty feet.
The captain o, tho schooner b, njamin II
Lee, at Baltimore for Charlie ton rapurts
that on the 18th instant, h, WA. SD oxen by
tbs British barken;ine William Graham. Of
Liverpool, whose mate reported that the c ~.
tain (Atkinson) was wash~i overheard anil
lost during the storm Of Cc.o3er Ii AMI l6.
A number of school children found dyna
mite bomb near school house. on tn, G,lin-
way farm, Mt Franklin, Penra. Whua. tFH--
lnrins TN cnudrsn, Two OF them, named
Fitzgerald anl 30 :es. mor.ally. The other
children are seriously injured The bomb
"a been made by some one for the purpose
Of killing fish,
A dispatch from Waterville, Minnesota
says that It is almost impossirls to state the
,sT .sysrity Tsy Of tue drousht in that region. and
All tho creeks and rivers are dry, and have
been for SONS time, and the lakes were never
so low in the history Of the country. Recent
excavations in the village show perfectly dry
earth at depth OF seven feet.
The Relief Committee of the CnamIer Of
Commerce of st. Paul, Minnesota, has pre-
scnted a report dealing with ths destitu ton
existing in the Dakotis II is said that the
suffering and dcstitution is much greater
than has yet been reported. lmlueliat, ro-
lief is needed, aud the supplies most urscntiy
required are hcots, shoes, hosiery, ,!t.ems,
uudergarments, h)ur, cornmeal, groceries
and grain for STOCK.
a north hbound freight train on the Lake
Erie aud Western Riilroal was wrecked as
kokomn, Indiana. The engine struc!; an OBJ
struction on n switch and was thrown from
the track with eEht or ton cars Twelve oil
tanks exploded in quick succession, and two
cars Of mcrchandis, anI four of coal wsvs
consumed. Engineer Mehl, Fireman Edward
Burnett AMI Head Brakeman John Spellmau
were tnrOWn un'ieT CnS OH cars anu burned
TO death. The disaster was tho work OF
wreckers, this being tn third attsmpS mad.
In that vicinity within tho last two months.
Another inclined plane accident happened
In Cincinnati. 1t was at the Mouat Adan,s
plane, where horses and wagons are carried
up as well as passengers. Henry Newmln,
driving a two horse wagon for n cracker
mandatory, drove on to the truck to as
cend. When thirty feet from the bottom tho
horses suddenly backed against the rear & ites
of tho truck, which snapped apart, AMI
horses, wagon and driver wore thrown to tn
bottom Newman escaped without serious
injury. The wagon was WI, cked and the
horses killed.