Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-10-31
DEATH AT SEA.
Shipwrecked Sailors Swept OF the
MaStS.
Destructive Fire at Selma, Ala.-FouR
Card Players Crushed to Death
Double Fatality at St. Paul
Etc.

| NORFOLK. Va, Oct. 2s.-The schooner
George Simmons, of Camden, n. j., was
wrecked off False Cape, thirty miles
south of Cape Henry, in the storm last
Wednesday night. When first seen,
sunk in the breakers by the life savers
Thursday morning, five men were
dashed in the rigging. Since then one
by one the doomed men have been
swept away into the sea. Saturday
night two men were left, but at sun
set last evening only one was left,
and undoubtedly he will share the fate
of his shipmates. Life saving stations
Nos. 4, ) and kept in readiness picked
men watching an opportunity TO go to
the rescue. but the surf has run too high
for the lifebOat to make an attempt at
relief. A large three-masted schooner
flying flag of distress is ashore eight
miles outside of Oregon inlet, while the
schooner Lizzie S. Hays, lumber laden
from Havana to Baltimore, has been
wrecked on Bodies island. The captain
and steward were saved but five men were
drowned. Two of their bodies have
been recovered and buried. The vessel
is total loss and the cargo Is washing
on the beach. The schooner A. E.
Brakeman rolled over two miles out at
sea. The captain, by the aid of cork
jackets was saved, the remainder of the
crew were lost.
FIRE IN ALABAMA.
SELMA. Ala, Oct 2S.-Fire broke out
in Liebold's dry goods establishment on
| Broad street in the center of the busi-
ness portion of this city about two
o'clock yesterday morning. The people
were all asleep. and the flames had
| gained great Roadway before they were
discovered. When the alarm was final
~ sounded and the engines had res
ponded the water plugs for some time
did not furnish sufficient pressure to
reach the highest point where the fire
was raging, and as brisk wind was blow
| ing the flames spread with great rapid
! ity and in a short while the entire
block was in flames. The fire was COM
municated to ellis Hotel, a large brick
structure on the corner of Broad and
| Alabama streets, which was filled with
! guests. By great eXertiOn all were
aroused while the building was in
! flames and made their escape, some
barely getting out in safety in their
| night clothes. In two hours the entire
block was consumed. Nothing was
saved from ellis Hotel or any of the
stores. Proper pressure on the water
mains was then secured. and enabled
the firemen to check the flames, and by
five o'clock the fire was under control.
The loss will foot up about 100000.
\ SOMNAMBULIST.
New York. Oct. 2S.-Mrs. Sarah Dean,
aged forty-five years, somnambulist,
was found in the court yard at 544 Hud-
! son street early yesterday morning in
| diving condition and lived but few
| hours after being removed to the hOspi-
tai. She had evidently gone to a win
| dow while asleep and fallen to the
| ground. Her husband awoke about four
o'clock and missed her from the bed,
but did not ascertain her fate until she
had been removed to the hospital. He
! found about $500 in his shoes, evidently
placed there by her before she left the
room.
CARD PLAYERS KILLED SUDDENLY.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 2S.-While
playing cards under freight car on a
siding at Irwin, thirty miles of here, on
| the Pennsylvania railroad, at five o'clock
yesterday afternoon, an engine backed
up against the train of cars, crushing
! to death James Thompson, Thomas
| Thompson, Robert Robertson and Samp-
son Emmons, and fatally injuring Ben
Stubs.
DOUBLE FATALITY.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 2S.-A lodging
| house at 1876 Edward street, West st.
Paul, was burned last night and Mrs.
Catherine Clifford, owner of the prem
! ises, was cremated. While going to the
fire Assistant Chief Engineer H. n.
Cook was thrown from his buggy in a
collision and sustained fatal injuries.
CARBON WORKS DAMAGED.
CLEVELAND, o., Oct. 2S.-The Ma
tional carbon works on Wilson avenue
at the Lake Shore crossing were dam
aged by fire yesterday to the extent of
between $780, 600 and so, 600; insurance,
S45, 900. This is the largest carbon
plant in the world, and for time it
was IedFeU tllc cnJlTc COuCCEH WOulu NC
destroyed.
! EPIDENIICS.
LAWRENCE, Mass, Oct. 2S.-Diphthe
ria and scarlet fever are alarmingly prev
alent in this city. The priests in all
the Catholic churches yesterday warned
the people not to visit from house TO
house more than necessary. tits stated
that no funerals of victims of these dis
eases will be allowed from churches.
BUSINESS HOUSES BURNED.
ERIE. Pa. Oct. 2S.-The whole bust
ness portion of Findlays Lake was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday. Citizens
saved the residence portion by destroy
ing buildings ahead of the fire. The
loss aggregates $4,000 with light insur-
| ance.
SCHOONER MISSING.
BALTIMORE. Nd, Oct. 2S.-The
schooner Martha n. Hall which sailed
from this port August %, laden with
coal for Boston, has been given up as
lost She has not been spoken since
the gale about September 10.
About forty years ago a German ped
der disappeared from this neighborhood,
and the condition of his borsa and cart