The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-24
CASUALTIES.
A Long List OF Fatalities Re.
ported.
Thirty or Forty PersOas Drowned BY
Floods In BOhemla-Ninc Of u Boats
Party DrOwned-Five Drowned
In COunecticut.

NEW YORK, May @.-Ths steamer
Etruria, Of the Cunard line. came into
port ct an early hour yesterday. bringing
nine men Of pilot boat No. 5. run dow by
the Normandie on Saturday. The boat
keeper and an old pilot were drowned.
The Normandie proceeded OH to sea. A
collision occurred Saturday night between
the Old Dominion st, amer GUY andOtte 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 lowed baak to her
dock and the Guyandotte continued her
voyage. The Servia. which ran into the
mud beside Gedney's channel, got OF at
ten q. m. Saturday and went on to sea.
LOSS OF LIFE IN II
LONDON. Nav aO-The sever 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-:wo 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 A EOAT's Party DROWNED.
VICKsBURG. Miss, May 1-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 aud 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 n that reached the bank
in safety.
SUFFOCAfED BY GAS.
NEW YORK. Nav 2a-Last evening q
young man entered BarrOws's Hotel. at
1a9 Blocker street. with a young m
He registered as Thomas F. COnnOr and
wife. At lever p. H. the clerk Of the
hotel found the gas turned on and unlit.
Conner was dead and the girl uncOn-
,ciOus. She was taken to st. Vincent's
Hospital H.r name was learned to be
Mary Fallon.
A BROKERS'
PHILADELPHIA. May e0.-E W. Paul, q
broker who lives in Germantown. was
hurled from IN pla form of an express
train ON the Delaware. Lackawanna &
Western road while irving 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 a special train,
but has not vet recovered consciousness.
Struck BY LIGHTNING.
PITTSBURGH. Pa. May ga special
from Oi, City, Pa. says: A heavy storm,
accompanied by thunder and lightning
passed over this place at 1:3D this morn.
ing. A tank If oil OF the Hancock farm.
near Norway, was strucs by lightning and
xo$.Ivv l- DalA the
Methodist Church was struck by lightning
and burned. L,sS. s., OO0.
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.
OTHCH DHOwSINGS.
TORONTO OnL, Nay 2.-Nany DROWN
ing accidents are reported in Ontario.
Miss Mvrt'e Hanna. of O.wego, n. Y,
drowned at lava; A. Long drowned
while ba'hing at Wingham; Major J. R
Cunningham drowned while loating at
Amherstburg, and Fred Mulligan, aged
line, drOw ned here.
FIRE IN A CAR STABLE.
TEExrox. N. j.. May 2a-rhe Trenton
horse stables were partially destroyed by
fire yesterday. John l. Hanley. a driver.
who was sleeping in the stable. was so
badly burned that his life is d-spaired Of
The horses were all saved. hut twenty.
seven cars were burned. Loss. $4,000.
ACCIDENTAL
BALTIMORE, Md. MAY : -The jury of
summoned in the case of William
oiler on the steamship Ale.
gheny. whose body was found iioatin. in
the harbor on Friday and who was sup
posed to have been murdered. met and
rendered a verdic: o. accidental drowning. !
a DISASTROUS STORM.
TIFFIN, o., May ga disastrous wind
storm swept over tbs county Saturday,
doing thousands Of dollars damage to
buildings and fences Freight cars were
blown from the track at NV Riegel
Crops were badly cut ! y the hail