The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-27
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES,

Mr.. and Mrs. John Coming were drowned
at Baltimore by tho unset ing OF their boat
Tho boiler in the coal mine at Portsmouth,
Rhode Island, exploded, The engineer was
killed.
Bluhme were drowned in Lake Michigan
while fishing.
Two children Of David Guy sot fire to a
barn at Blue Springs Nebraska, and persisted
in the building. Tney were playing with
matches.
A train on the Pennsylvania Railroad
struck wagon and killed two boys. who
New Jersey.
J. T. Robinson, OF Long Island. and C,p.
tain William Short, Of Oceln Citw, Mary
loni, were drowned ut the latter place by
the capsizing Of surf bo,t.
The roof Of the casting house, Mt the Stow
art Iron Companys work, at Sharon, Peunn.,
fell IN, injuring four men, one Of them Aus.
fu Morford. fatally.
disease resembling cSoeerr IN tsic ccuntry
around Hackctts,own, N. j. One farmer has
lost - and has others sick.
The floods in Mexico have cause loss OF
several lives at Tetecnla, III the State of More
los. The inundation ut Tampico is increas.
ing, and many Of the people are destitute.
The town of Flocolulu in the State OF
Hidalso, Mexico, has bcen entirely destroyed
hy floods. Telegrnphic communication
throughout the State OF Hidalso is inter-
rupted.
Frank Havens. 80 years OF agc, dropped
dead I'm Councils Bluffs, Iowa post NOR
tom examination showed that his heart was
on the right side, and his death was caused
by rupture on that organ.
William Bonnett and Miss Carrie Ernest,
Of Baltimore, were run oyer an,I killed by a
ha m nj l,,tn
Baltimore Railroad, near Perrymans, Md.
Samuel G. Showalter, aged 90 years, vol.
UNFAIRLY submitted to an in j.ctiOn OF tho
elixir of life" at Dayton, OHIO, three wc.ks
ago, to obtain roief from rheumatism. B,ool
poisoning and gangrene set in, and he died
after horrible suffering.
Reports from points i'm Kons Is end Nilsson.
ri show that light frost prevailed throu gh-
out the northern prrs OF thoss States. No
Coinage TO corn crop IS reported. Teicgrams
tre feposs sgs Dodge s.Ss Cen
| crop by the frosts.
| Hugh Perry, an electric light lneman In
| Buffalo, New York, caught hold of 1.-Two
wire while working on pole. lie fell ta u
cross bar and hung there In the wires, unable
to save himself, and giving evi icnce OF ex-
trcme suffering Perry was alive when taken
down, but speechle IS. He died few minutes
after reaching the hospt
Horace A. Stratton, a member of a deer
| hunting party in Sullivan county, New York
was aoc.dently killed by Henry Fountain,
one OF his companions. 1t is thonght "a twig
caught the hammer Of Fountains gun.
A. c. Staley, President OF the Staley Wool
len Mills in South Bend, Indiana was poison
ed by morphine given him by druggist for
| quinine. He is u years of age, md all ef
| iorts to bring him out of the stupor pro-
james Cabeen was killed aud Wiuh,ld
Scott, it is feared, fatally injured by being
| kncoked from the top. OF II train which was
| d lssnH under a bridge near Ch lIicotb.
Iyanhoe, Of Athens, and were OIL their way
with the other members OF tho company to
Columbus, togive IN exhibition on the Fa r
| Grounds
A gravel train on the McKeesport and
b lie Vernon" Railroad. struck a cow near
rallied end demolished. One man named
Robert Carney was instantly killed. His
two brothers, CHARLES and samuel, were
seriously injured, tho latter thought to be
fatally. The men were all minors, and were
riding Oh the cars.
Dayain A. Henry, Superintendent Of Cor
s,ruction for the. Fast River Electric Light
Company, at New York, was killed at tn
conpany's works ty receiving a shock from
l0OO.volt current. Henry had gone t, tho
switchboard I'd mounted laloer to Ill
some wires that were out Of order. He in.
eau, ,iously placed his hand on a live wire and
fell to the ground dead. He was only 2S
years of age.
The limited train from the East was Is
minutes lato in arriving at P.ttsburg, throu IN
one Of the most singular accidents which
have happened since the vestibule train has
been started. Between Phiiadelphia and
Harrisburg the roofs Of tae two for ward
coaches caught fire through the friction,
which wore of the rubber casing and 20: th
steel plates red hot. The fire was easily OK
tinguislled at Harrisburg, but tho fact to II
being so easily originated has set the railroad
people thinking of new way to obyiate
such accidents.
Reports from North Dakota aud portion.
of Minnesota have been received telling of a
heavy storm. Grand Forks says q terrible
electrical and wind storm prevailed within
an erea of 100 miles Of that city. Telegraph
poles between there and Fargo were blow,
down and communication interrupted. The
damage in the neigbborhood is thought to b,
heavy The weather is now wintry in nature
, aud it is feared considerable damage will re
, suit.