The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-27
Record of Casualties.

Peter Doornbos was killed and two Italians
and W Poles injured by O fall Of q scafold
at the Yerkes cable power house, Chicago.
Walter Bearly and Henry McCauley were
killed and nearly 100 injured in O railway
wreck at Pratts mines, near birmingham,
Ala.
Benjamin Foster and Robert Smiley, while
rowing in q boat in New York har.
Dor, were capsized and drowned.
George Reyer of Indianapolis, secretary OF
the Western Shooting league, was instantly
killed by the accidental discharge OF his
| gun while out hunting.
Walter L.arelace of Verndale, Mimi, was
drowned in the Mississippi at Little Falls
while bathing. He was intoxicated and
went down to the river with companions. He
Immediately went into deep water where the
current was swift and sank He was twenty
four years OF age and unmarried.
Dispatches from Southeastern Kansas say
the Neosho river is at food height, is out Of
it's banks in numerous places, and that many
thousand acres of wheat and other grain ore
submerged and destroyed. In Neosho
county alone the damage to crops IL estima-
ted at over $500, Zoo.
The body of William Abbey, a bachelor liv-
ing a short distance from Deloraine. Mani
toba. was found alongside his horse, a rope
being wound tightly around two fingers OF
the right hand. The poor fellow had evil
IDENTIFY been kicked by the horse and dragged
to death. All his clothing was torn from his
body and not a particle of skin left on.
A heavy storm of wind and rain struck
Vermillion, 8. D.. 1t lasted about half an
hour. but nearly two inches OF water fell and
did considerable damage to buildings, fences
and trees. The Catholic church and Col.
Kimball's residence were completely demol-
fences at the fair grounds were shattered and
blown away. The grand stand was blown
from it's foundation, the city hall, university,
D. M. Inman's residence. Baptist church, all
lost their towers. The Central house front
was thrown out into the steet, windows,
door and show fronts were blown in, the
glass in Helgeson's drug store windows was
broken, and oil fell in the street. Hardly u
treein town but shows the effect Of the storm
by broken branches or trunks. The damage
to buildings is estimated at $1,000. Re.
ports from the county tell Of little or no
winds.
Five thousand men are now at work
clearingu up the wreck at Johnstown. Deafen-
ing blasts of dynamite are heard at intervals
and q noticeable impression is being made
on the debris above the stone bridge. The
four Philadelphia fire engines are pumping
out ponds and foundations. The engines
are manned by a strong force and they are
doing much valuable work. A number OF
newspaper correspondents who have been on
| duty since the disaster rave been taken
| sick and have been compelled to go
home. Arrangement are now being made
for the erection of lookup. which Burgess
Howell says will be filed az soon as COM
pleted with people who have been filing
their houses with valuables from the wreck
age. Many citizens who lave hitherto been
considered honest are known to have entered
wrecked houses and carried off valuables by
the arm,ul1. As soon as the burgess can
get his affairs Strengthened out he says he
will issue search warrants and every house
that is suspected of containing booty will be
turned wrong side out. Seventeen bodies
were dug from the %wreckage on Sunday
| Among them was the body of Mrs. Annie
Bates of Racine, Wis. She was a passenger
on the day express lost on the fatal day.
She was buried promptly, as were all the
other bodies found.