The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-01-12

i DOT. .1o--scycral hundred people severely,
Quincy, ni.... Nearly sixty persons killed and ni
4 over forty others seriously Injured In railroad
wrcck n. near GO Penn Haven Pa. Several persons
| silon, O.
Oct. IA wagon-load OF seven people strucl,
by locomotive on railroad crossing near Hoop
or, Neb., three being Instantly Killed and two
| fatally hurt
Nov, a--Five men killed and a number of 9th.
| ers injured by explosion of boiler OF threshing
machine near Reading, Pa
Nov 3.-Fifteen persons killed and others in
jured in mine explosion near Lock- Haven, Pa.
steam gauge and lantern works at Rochester,
N. ". Eighty lives lost by explosion In coal
mine near Pittsburg, Kan.
Nov. 10-Four persons fatally burned by
| nfter-damp mine explosion near Boston, Pa.
-. Man, wife and daughter perish in burning
| dwelling ut Vernon Center, N. Y.
| Nov. PA crazy woman named Berthune
Mt I'ittsburg, Kan, and her four children per-
ish In their burning dwelling which she had set
| on fire.
Nov. 15--Three little girls struck by engine
and killed on railway bridge at Croioville, o.
| .... Seven men killed in railroud collision ut
| Valley Falls, w. Vu.
| Nov. 2o-Forty passengers injured many
seriously, in railroad accident near Harrison,
o.. House Of Jack Grigg, Bowling Green,
| persons), except Gregg who was absent from
| homo. burned to death.
Nov. es-Two little children of Carl woeb-
| beking, near Waterloo, H., suffocated to death
| in q burning dwelling.
Nov. .G-Three men killed by boiler explosion
ut Cochran Ind. Three men killed by bo Ter
explosion at Centervlle, Pa, and George Pal
| mer and his. 10-ycar old daughter killed by
powder explosion at Scrufftown, Pa.
Nov. 3O-Several miners perish in fire in cop
per minc at Calumet, Mich 80. Four men killed
and several others dangerously injured by dy-
Mantle amt explosion ,le, near Lexlngton, Ky.
burned by molten steel from an overturned
1adle In pittsburgh. Pa Three colored chill
dreni ds,;n Locked Ted up at home perish in burning
Dec 5-Concuctor aud three other men
fatally hurt in railroad collision near Youngs-
the year 4s boats were lost, valued ut sa39, ,4o5,
against 20 boats, valued ut s177,700 in 1887; l6
lives lost, against 1iG the previous year.
mill In Chicago, destroying that and adjoining
buildings and killing three men.
Dec. l3-Threc men lost their lives In q burn
ing mattress factory ut Providence, II. l.
Dec. 14-F'our men killed by the falling of q
trestlo At Stevens Point Wis.
Dec. 19--A mother and two children perish in
burning dwelling near Huntington, w. Va.
Doc 21-Engincer killed and two men fatally
injured by boiler explosion at Frankfort, Ind.
;;;;;. Two persons perished in burning hotel at
Dec. as-Three nitro glycerino magazines
at Buchanan Hollow. Pa, blew up. killing two
Dec. '2}-Mississippi steamer Kate Adams
burned near Commerce, Miss. 25 lives lost.
Mt Dec Ssor G men rs Killed ey boiler explosion
dnu9hter burned to death in house at Forest
CITY, Pa: Seven lives lost in burning steamer
Dec. 25-Over 25 persons persbed In burning
OF steamer John H. Hnnna ut Plaquomine, La.
CRIME.
Jan. G-Burglars in Cumberland Mills No.
bent Mrs. Stock so that she died.
Jan. "A man named Murray, Sioux Falls,
ID. T., fatally shot his wife and then him mself..
ArNew Orleans N l.. Edwards fatally shot his
wife and another nan....At Camden, N. j.,
Isaac Merriclt shot and killed his young daugh-
ter and thcn himself.
JAN 11-A man in Beauford, Co., s. c., threw
his wife into u fire and she was fatally burned.
Jan. 1C-A Swode near Princeton, Mlnn.,
killed his wife aud seven children.
Jan. lS-In Pike Co.. Ky., the Hatfield gang
shot and killed Mrs. Mccoy and her two eldest
children, ana burned 10 death her husband and
Two youngest children Frank Touckner,
South Brooklyn. n. Y, killed his wife and then
fatally beat MS wife with u hatchet and then
killel himself
l., Tom White struck Billy Dempsey in the
stomach, and the latter died in u few minutes.
Jan. :7-Threc negro prisoners shot to death
by masked men at Plymouth, d. G.
Feb. IA Aten-ycar-old coored boy near Long
View, Ga. made drunk by u party Of men,
killed three OF his brother-in-law's children -.
A colored farmer nenr Macon, Co., murdered
his wife, his boy and his sister-in-law, and then
killed himself.
shot young woman who refused TO marry him.
and then killed himself.
Feb. S-A. j. Sncn, prominent citizen OF Chi.
cago,' murdered In his residence by burglars.
FEB: GA farmer named Janauschek, near
New Prague, Mimi. in quarrel over money,
killed his wife, his daughter and then himself.
Feb. l0-John Buttery, Mechanicsburg, Iud..
shot his step sister, with whom he was III loyo,
her allanced and then killed himself.
Feb. l4-At Berlin, Wis, II. w. Hacker In
fit OF jealousy, killed his sweetheart and then
himself. AT Altoona, Pa, Chester Evey, while
drunk; killed h l'-year-oid daughter and then
Feb. 30. p. Truett, York, Pa, shot his
wife and then killed himself; cause, jealousy.
Feb. 23-Exprcss Car robbed by masked men
in Arizona.
Feb. 2s--Because of land suit decided in their
favor. n CABIN containing negroes at Spanish |
Camp, Tex, was set ON fire by whites, and five
of them shot and killed us they sought TO es-
cape, one other severely. wounded, two burned
to death in the cabin and one other was caught |
and hanged TO II Tree.
Mar. l1-Near Polo, ILL.,, Samuel whitmeyer |
fatally shot George Albrgh; and sistor, and then
h, mself because the young lady rejected him.
arrest for iderIng his wtfe. when taken into |
the presence OF his two daughters fatally shot |
them both and then killed himself.
Mar IA Mr.. Mason and wife, near Ithaca |
n. Y, murdered by farm hand.
Mar 3J-J. l.. Gillespie and wife, Chillicothe, |
Mo-, fought with knives and fatally wounded |
each other Near Efinghnm, H., Henry Lane |
killed his wife and tnen himself
Apr. l0-Fve men killed In Il fight between |
railroad employees and strikers at Cumberland
Gap, Tenn.
Apr. 14-In quarrel C. +. Teits, Akron, O.,
killed his wife and then drowned himself.
Apr. 2l-While in Il frenzy u man named
LiKins, Cabool, Mo-, Killed his little boy and
girl and then himself .... Fred Held, Le Mars,
la., killed his mother IN quarrel about land.
Apr. 23-AtCooper, Tex, III. f. Boydstou shot
his funcee and tncn himself because OF post
ponement OF their marriage by the young lady.
Apr. .4-.Iamcs Smalley, / clSing. Mo, though
OWN throat because OF ears of the poor-house.
Apr. 25-W. Bullock. Newark N j., shot his
VIE and then h mself because OF jealousy.
May 2-John Il. Rand, Helena. M. r., killed
ais wife and child and thon himself.
May 7-Jumes n xon, Greentown, Ind, killed
lis wife and then himself.
May l0-Charles Turner, Pittsburgh, Pa, In a
IL OF jealousy killed his wIfo and then himself.
May <0-Edward Wilman, near st. Charles,
Mich, fatally shot his wife and then himself
because she had joined church contrary To his
wishes.
May 2l-Geo Thomas, Cincinnati, killed Mag
Iie Wise and then himself Jealousy.
May 23-W. j. Mcfarland, Cleveland o. |
himself. Mrs. George Reed, Nappanee, Ind,
eaped Into uwell with her cbld in her arms;
10Th drowned.
May 25-Reuben Drake, his wife and two
murdered N their home IN KicK-
poo WIS.,. WIN am Miller, Brunsw swiol1. Mo-,
hot and killed his wife ana q man named Nor.
an.
May 2G-Joseph Sherer Albany, NJ Y. shot
nd Killed Lizzie Mccarthy and thea himself
'ecause she would not marry him.
Jun. &C. G. Herltimer, Fairchild. Wis, shot
is wife and then himself domestic troubles.
Jun 11-Peter Summon, Portland Ore, killed
is wife and then himself; Jealousy. -, John
dunohthaler, Detroit, fatally shot his wife and
Jun. H-Elisha Prince, Emanuel Co., Ca,
illed his W .fe because she refused to live with