Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-10-18
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Inman company's crack steamship
and ocean racer ran on to mud bar while
making her way up to New York last week,
but was floated with aid Of tugs after hay.
ing her cargo taken out, and sustained no
injury.
Milet's picture, L'Angelus, recently
bought for the American Art association
for a large price, arrived in New York last
Sunday on one Of the French line steam.
ships.
Boston's new theatre, the fremont,
one Of the finest in the city, was formally
opened last Monday evening.
The corner stone of the New York
Worlds new building was laid last week
Mr. Pulitzers four years-old son perform.
ing the formal act. Chauncey NJ Depew
made the principal speech ON the occasion.
Barnum's show is OIL to London this
week.
A terrible accident took place at Cincin-
natl, o., yesterday noon on the Mount Au-
burn inclined plane railway, resulting in
the death of five people and injury to three
others The inclined plane runs up "A steep
hill 300 feet high at the head Of Main street.
Two cars are employed, one on each track
They are drawn by two steel wire cables,
wound up on drum on the top Of the hill
bv an engine located there Nine passen-
gers had entered the car at the foot of the
plane and number were on the other ear
at the top The passage of the ascending
ear was all right until it reached the top,
when the engineer found that the machine
ry would not respond, and that he could
not stop the engine. Only one result was
possible. The car was arrested 10y the
| strong bumper at the top, and as the en-
CINE continued, all its force was expended
on the two cables, and they snapped like
| thread under its enormous power Then
the car with its nine inmates locked within
dashed down the steep descent with "a
frightful crash and wreck at the foot
A soldiers monument was dedicated at
! Nashua, y. H.. on Tuesday and one at
Winchemdon, Mass. ON Wednesday
\ steam radiator exploded in the office
of Theodore Pinkham at Boston, Tuesday
and two teamsters in the basement were
thrown violently to the floor, and one wa,
| badly injured. Steam was used from the
street system.
The fast Philadelphia express ON the
Pennsylvania railroad had very narrow
escape from frightfu accident last sun
day morning The train Of five cars pass
ed the main depot at Railway four minute.
late, running at the rate of 80 miles an
hour The engine, Ust as it reached the
east end Of the long bridge east of Main
street jumped the track and was followeo
by the cars The crash as the whole tran
left the track was terrific The train ran
along the ties for POO feet, when the coup
ings broke between the cars and each cal
took shoot in different direction. tear
ing up the rails and ties and digging int,
the stone ballast road bed There are foul
tracks at this point and the ears wer,
twisted around in such a way as to com
pletely wreck the road bed and the car
themselves. All the passengers received {
severe shaking mp, though none were scri
ously hurt.
woman named O'Brien fell or wa
thrown from the sixth story of New Norl
tenement house Tuesday evening, with he
l3-months old baby in her arms and both
were killed 10y striking the pavement il
the court ward of the building Mrs
O'Brien had recently quarreled with he
husband, and O'Bren was found drink i'm
with two men in his apartments after tn,
bodies of his wife ani child were pickle.
up The three were arrested.
Two passenger trains ON the Burlington
* Missouri road collided near Omaha, Neh
Tuesday evening Both engines, cha
car and IA combination car were demoishe
and ~ persons injured, several fatally
During severe gale which prevaile
over Cape Cod Tuesday a large whale D
feet long came ashore on the beach hetwce
Sandwich and Sycamore. lie had bee
harpooned, aud line was attached 10 him
He was probably the property of Province
| town " halemeu