Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-19
MANY ACCIDENTS.

MANY ACCIDENTS.
Fatal wreck ON the wabash Road-AF.sal
Boarding. House Fire In MichiE.n-
Prominent Citizens of Washington
Drowned-Other Casualties.
ACCIDENT ON THE WABASH.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. H.-An accident oc-
CURED last night on the Wabash rail-
road near the town of Graham, four
teen miles west of hele, in which three
men were killed and four badly injured.
The dead are: Charles Seffenbaugh,
conductor, Sandusky, O.; James Ester
brook, brakeman, st. Charles, Mo-; Ed
Kennedy, engineer, Ferguson, Mo.
The injured are: P. King, James Ken
nedy, Charles King, Charles Stout. The
men were ON the engine of Wabash
Western freight, and were coming into
the town of Ferguson. A fiat car OBJ
structed the track, and in the collision
the engine and tender. were thrown
from the track and the engineer, con-
ductor and brakeman killed. The in
jured men were on the fiat car and
saved themselves by jumping.
FATAL FLAMES.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. Dec. ia special
from Hancock, Mich, SAYS the Huron
mine offices. large building, formerly
occupied as a store, burned last night.
The second story was used as board
ing house. Of the twelve boarders
eleven were working on the night
shift. One man jumped, injur-
ing himself badly. Two Finlander
| women and a six-weeks-old child
| persisted in the flames. A fireman
succeeded in getting one of them to the
| window, but on account of the dense
! smoke was compelled to leave the in
| sensible woman to save his own life.
| Portions of the bodies of the victims
were found this morning. The books
| of the mine Office were saved. The
| cause of the fire is unknown. The loss
| is several thousand dollars.
THREE CITIZENS DROWNED.
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 14.-There
seems to be no longer a shadow of
doubt as to the sad fate of DR.. Minor,
G. Morris Halles and Louis Cox.
| Flags are displayed at half mast all
over Seattle, and the city hall is draped
| in mourning. A meeting was held by
the Bar Association and Chamber of
Commerce to take suitable me-
mortal action in respect to the
memory Of the dead. A large party
has been organized to institute thor
| Ough search for the bodies of the three
men. The beach will be patrolled day
and night near the scene of the drown
| ing. The bodies are expected to be
| found within short distance of where
the Indian canoe was found, but they
are not expected to rise for several days
yet.
THREE CHILDREN DROWNED.
PORT HOPE, Ont, Dec. IA very
sad drowning accident occurred here
| in which three children belonging to
| very respectable families lost their
lives. Two little boys, sons of Joseph
Mallette, and son of E. M. Mitchell,
of the Port Hope Gardens, were skat-
ing on the electric light pond, where
they were last seen. They undoubted-
ly broke through the ice and were
drowned. An energetic search party
is now looking for the bodies.
BURIED IN A NINE.
ISHPEMING, Mich, Dec. 14.-T'hree
| miners were buried by fall of ground
in the Big Champion mine at Iron
Mountain, Mich. William Leech was
rescued badly burned, but alive. Au-
gust MagnusSon and GuStaf Erickson
were taken out dead. AT six o'clock
last evening another fall took place in
, the SCI Shaft of the same mine, kill
: ing Ed Parmenter. The body has not
been recovered.
FATAL FIRE.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 14.-Eariy
yesterday morning the Oklahoma
House, Thirteenth and Walnut, was
discovered on fire by Policeman Morlan,
| who dashed through the flames and
| smoke and aroused the sleeping in
mates. James Russell, aged twenty
| two, however, was overcome and
persisted. Two others were hurt.
There are suspicious of incendiarism
and Charles Marchaunt, the cook, has
been placed under arrest,
| CAUGHT IN THE MACHINERY.
LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. 14.-Isaac
George, miller of this city, was hor-
ribly mangled in the machinery of his
mill yesterday morning. His leg was
caught in pulley and ground to
pulp to the knee, the skin being en-
| tirely torn off from that point to the
| hip. He can hardly recover.
FEARFUL MINE EXPLOSION.
MADRID, Dec. 14.-There has been
an explosion in the BelmeZ mines. Fiji
teen injured persons have been brought
to the mouth of the pit. The number
| of dead is unknown, but it is thought
| to be large.
Republicans Defeated at Chicago.
CHICAGO, Dec. IA board OF
waterways of nine members was elect
| ed Thursday. The Independent cit
| iZenS''' ticket, consisting of Judge