The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-24
CASUALTIES.
A Long List Of Fatalities Re.
ported.
Thirty or Forty Persons Drowned by
Floods I'm BOhemia-Sine of n Boats
Party Drowned-Five Drowned
i'm Connecticut.

New York, Nav 20.-The steamer
Etruria, of the Cunard line, came into
port at an early hour yesterday, bringing
nine men of pilot boat No. D. run down by
the Normandie on Saturday. The boat
keeper and an old pilot were drowned.
The Normandie proceeded on to sea. A
collision occurred Saturday night between
the Old Dominion st amer Guyandotte and
the Mallory line steamer Cowal. They
were going to sea together, and In the
dense fog the accident happened off Sandy
Hook. The Cowal was towed back to her
dock and the Guyandotte continued her
voyage. The Servia. which ran into the
mud beside Gedney's channel, got off at
ten a. m. Saturday and went on to sea
LOSS OF LIFE IN BOHEMIA.
LONDON, May 2O-The severe storms
| which have prevailed in certain parts of
Bohemia have wrought great damage to
property and caused serious loss OF life.
At Zinc seven houses were blown down
and thirty-two people were killed. AT
Prichowitz two rows of houses were de-
molished. many of which were occupied
by pilgrims. Many Of the houses were
washed away and nine children were
drowned.
NINE OF BOATS PARTY DROWNED.
NICKsBURG Miss, May 20.-Near the
| foot of West Pass late Saturday evening
a party of negroes were returning in two
skiffs from the Louisiana shore. The
wind and waves were high and the people
| in one of the boats became frightened and
capsized the boat and nine out of the ten
! passengers were drowned-a little girl
being the only one that reached the bank
in safety.
SCFFOCATED BY GAS.
NEW YORK. Nav 2l-Last evening a
Young man entered Barrows's Hotel, at
159 Blocker street, with a young woman.
| He registered as Thomas F. Conner and
wife. At eleven p. m. the clerk of the
| hotel found the gas turned on and unlit.
| Conner was dead and the girl uncon-
scous. She was taken to st. Vncents
| Hospital. Her name was learned 10 be
Mary Fallon.
BROKERS' TusHAR.
| PHILADELPHIA Nav 2O.-E. W. Paul, a
/ broker who lives in Germantown, was
hurled from the platform of an express
| train on the Delaware, Lackawauna &
Western road while trying to pass from
| one coach TO another He was so serious
" injured that it is feared he will die. He
| was brought to his home on special train,
| but has not vet recovered Consciousness.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
PITTSBURGH Pa, May GA special
from Oil City, Pa. SAYS: a heavy storm
| accompanied by thunder and lightning
| passed over this place at 1:SO this morn
| ing. A tank Of oil on the Hancock farm
near Norway, was struck by lightning and
totally destroyed. At Housewife. the
| Methodist Church was struck by lightning
| and burned Loss, 5000.
FIVE MEN DROWNED.
NEW BEDFORD, Conn. May cot is
| supposed that the vessel which was run
| into and sunk by the steamer Nashua,
! from Providence to New York, between
| Beaver Tail and Point Judith, was the
| schooner Nelson Harvey of this port
| There were five men on board and all were
| lost.
OTHER DRowNINGS.
TORONTO. Ont, May 2L-Many DROWN
| ing accidents are reported in Ontario.
| Miss Myrtle Hanna, of OSwego, n V,
! drowned at Ottawa; A. Long drowned
while bathing at Wingham; Major j. +.
| Cunningham drowned while boating at
| Amherstburg, and Fred Mulligar, aged
| nine, drowned here.
FIRE IN A CAR STABLE
TRENTON n. j., May 20.-Tne Trenton
horse stables We're partially destroyed by
fire yesterday. John L. Hanley, driver,
who was sleeping in the stable, was so
badly burned that his life is despaired Of.
| The horses were all saved. but twenty
seven cars were burned. Loss, $4,000
ACCIDENTAL
| BALTIMORE, Md. MAY 20-The Sury of
! inquest summoned i'm the case of William
| Lauren, oiler on the steamship Alle-
gheny. whose body was found floating in
the harbor on Friday and who was sup
posed to have been murdered. met and
rendered Il verdict of accidental drowning
DISASTROUS STORM.
TIFF1N O., May pa disastrous wind
storm swept over this county Saturday,
doing thousands of dollars damage to
| buildings ami fences. Freight cars were
blown from the track ut New Riegel.
Crops were badly cut ly the hail.