Huntsville gazette., 1889-06-08
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES,

NAshhA-o AMI SaCCAL
OK the I'd Neill S. O'Brien, Jr., of Nash
vile, Tenn, for many years reading
clerk of the Lower House of Congress,
was run over while crossing the track of
the Louisville & Nashville railroad in
Nashville and instantly killed. His body
was ground almost beyond recognition.
On the first, at Tanevtown, Nd, Mrs.
Charles McFadden and Miss Maggie
Moore were drowned while attempting to
ford stream during the food.
THE greatest disaster of the century in
a civilized country, and the most appaii-
ing that has ever visited this continent,
occurred on the 31st in the valley of the
Conemaugh river in Pennsylvania when
the already swollen stream was REIN
forced by the waters of a reservoir, one
mile wide, three miles long and in some
places one hundred feet deep, which, burst
ing its bounds, rushed down the river like
a tidal wave mountains high, and almost
completely obliterated the city of Johns
town and the towns of Conemaugh,
Woodvale, Kernville, Cambria City and
others, entailing loss OF many millions
of dollars, and sacrifice of human lives
variously estimated at from eight to fif
teen thousand. From one to two thou
sand bodies, living and dead, were burned
on q pyre of drift wood, consisting of
houses, cars, logs, ETC., covering many
acres and held in place by stone bridge
below Johnstown.
THE twelve-year- old daughter of Mrs.
J. H. Bell, who lives near Columbus, Ind,
was fatally hooked by a vicious COW on
the %. One of the animals horns pene-
trated the child's abdomen and the other
the chest.
MRS. CATHERINE COBLENTZ was arrest
ed at West Point, Huntington County,
Ind, on the ID, on the charge Of bigamy,
the complaining witness being Louis Rus
| sell, her former husband, whom she had
| left some months ago. She left Wabash,
| Ind, and went to West Point where she
married Jacob CobleatZ.
To add to the horrors Of the situation in
| the devastated district in Pennsylvania.
| ghouls in human form set about robbing
the dead of jewelry, etc. The fact coming
to public knowledge vigilance committees
were formed. and summary punishment
was meted out to a number of the mis-
creants.
THE silver miners in the Ural mount
aims of Russia struck, recently, and set
on fire the houses of the managers in
Ekaterinburg. The factories adjoining
were also set on fire, and seven persons,
who were in the building, were burned to
death.
OK the 14th achristobaa Fernandez, the
Cuban kidnaper, was executed at Jovel-
lanos.
NEAR White Point, n. s., the steamer
Bessie Morris, from Montreal for Sydney,
C. B.. went ashore on the morning of the
Sd, and is supposed to be total loss.
The crew were saved.
1T is said that two Hungarians found
the body Of lady which had valuable
necklace on, between Woodvale and
Conemaugh, Pa. The devils dragged her
out of the water and severed the head
from the body to get the necklace.
AT Cambria City Sheriff Dick and a
posse got into fight, on the 3d. with
gang of looting Huns. The Huns got the
better of him, and he called on a squad
of Battery B boys, who charged with
drawn sabers, and soon had the crowd on
the run.
AT Kerinyille, Pa, on the Sd, Sheriff
Dick drove seven Hungarians into the
Conemaugh river and kept them there
until all were drowned. They had been
caught stealing from the dead bodies ana
looting private buildings. Sheriff DICK
said he would shoot hang or drown every
Hun in Cambria County if necessary to
put a step to their fendish lawlessness.
IT has been ascertained that thirty per-
sons lost their lives at Williamsport, Pa,
by the collapse Of q bridge while they
were watching another bridge being car
ried away by the food.