The Red Cloud chief., 1889-10-11
Persisted In BED
Four Sleeping Merchants Die In
Their Apartments.
The Iowa Prairie FIRE Checked-Gale on
Lake OntAriO-1wO Ladies' Killed
ManSled to- Death ON
Saws.

Lake IDntArsO-I WO u.NOlrS hllAe0-
Mansled to Death ON
Saws.
WIxOSA, Miss. Oct Fire broke ont
about e:4D O'Clock yesterday morning in
l. Lofts twO-story restaurant on Main
street and in q few minutes the flames
completely developed the building. the
upper story OF which was led for sleep.
ing apartments, in which nine men were
sound asleep. re- of the men
escaped. but four were burned
to death. Rufin Thompson. the
read clerk, and Cecil Simpson another
clerk. escaped by Climbing down the
County ard A. j.. Cook and w. 1. Afford.
OF Webster County, jumped from tie
second story win.low to the brick pave
ment below AMI were badly injured,
Cooks ankle being broken so badly :hat
a~mputation is thought to be necessary.
Those who p .rished in the flames Were:
J. Thomas, "a merchant Of Cumberland,
Webster County: J. W.. Lontry and Lon
Crouch, merchants of Hohenlinden. W eb-
ster County, and Paul Williams, a farmer
Of Sun creek. Ostibbeha County. All
of them were prominent 'itizsns Of
their respective communities and
were en- route home from Mem
phis where they ven to purchase goods.
Every Effort was made to ave them. but
the flames were we'll under headwav be-
fore discovered. and by the time sUfi ciens
help arrived the walls had fallen in. 1t
was only by the most heroic Efforts that
the adjoining buildings and stocks were
saved. As soon as possible the debris
was removed and the almost unrecogniz.
able bodies were recovered and will BE-
sent to their homes
The RAIRIE FIRE CHECKED
SPIRIT LAKE. Iowa, Oct. Tho prairie
fire that ragged for two days in the east
ern part of Dickinson County extended
over q great part of Emmett County. rum
ming to the Des NJ, ines river. 1t was not
checked by any rivers or any slOughs.
as they were nearly all dry and
it would leap twenty rods over
sloughs that contained water. Many
thousand tons Of hay were burned.
While fighting the fire the dress Of Mrs
A. N. Garde, wife Of q farmer living On
the northern edge Of The county. caught
fire and before her husband co aid render
any assistance her clothing was entirely
burned from her body. Owing to her in.
abilitJ to protect her head and face her
hair was all singed off and she inhaled
Sd much smoke and flames that she can
by the railroad track and tho changing Of
the wind from north to south.
COLLISION AT SEA
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State Of Georgia, from Glasgow for New
York, has returned to the Clyde, having
been in collision with the coasting steamer
Agate. Her bows were stove in; one man
WIS killed. Her damage is all above the
water line. The vessel with which she
was in collision was bound for Bowl
ing. A heavy fog prevailed at the time
of the accident The Agate struck the
State of Georgia on the port bow with
great force, smashing five Of the latter's
plates and ten Of her frames. 8 ,veral Of
the crew who were lying in their hunks
had narrow escapes I'M of them was
seriously injured. The name Of the man
who was killed was McGaIrity. The
Agate's forcastle head was smashed.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
Waco, Tex, Oct 1.-Saturday while
Dir. Thomas Byrum was at work in hi.
gin e Asuilla, q station on the Houston
& Texas Central railway sixteen miles
from Waco, he stumbled and fell forward
on the saws and vas dreadfully
mangled. His arm was split fuil
length from shoulder down. His skull
was cut to the brain. Death was in.
stantaneou4 HIS remains were removed
to the house OF . neighbor where the
bleeding form Of the unfortunate was re.
ceived by his sister, Mrs Fleming, the
OF which caused her to fall in q
deathly swoon, from which she did not
recover, but died soon after.
GALE on LAKE ONTARIO
ROCHESTER, N. Y. Oct The gale has
eral steamers which attempted I reach
count Of the terrible storm and many
On tn, lake sought shelter in the
Much complaint is made by ves-
sci masters Of the harbOr light at Char
lotte. the port at Rochester, as they claim
it can not lie seen on the lake during q
ssvere storm 1t is reported that four
men were lost from . Large, hut the re-
port can not be substantiated. The storm
IS q severe one and it is feared much dam |
age has been done |
TwO LADIES KILLED.
SANDWICH, ILL, Oct 1.-Saturday even. |
ing Mr.. T. C. Cook and Mrs Samuel All. |
bey were crossing the Chicago. Burlington
& Quincy railway track at Main street
when the buggy in which they were riding |
vas struck by the fast west bound ex- !
PRESS tram and thrown a considerable dis
ance. When picked up both ladies were
live, but died in a short time.
Prohibition Upheld: |
DEs MONIES. Iowa, Oci. G-The consti.
of the Probibitory Liquor law
las been reafiTmed by the Supreme Court
n an action in replevin involving the
light to the possession of a large quantity
4 beer, all in sealed vessels bearing
United States internal revenue stamps
yer the plugs. The goods were shipped