The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-11
DISASTERS AND

Merritt Wright, n CONTRACTORS \, = ~
Penna., was killed by the caving I'M
bank.
Corporal Landgrave, OF Battery b, IN
Artillery, was drowned at Fort Monroe, VII
ginia by a sail boat capsizing.
Frank Haussen and an unknown man who
was In the carriage with him were killed in
Chicago by being struck by train.
Mr. Matthews. a wealthy railroad contrac-
tor, died in opium joint IN Butte, Montana,
after having smoked ten pipes.
Hugh Rob,rts and Anthony Marchetty,
Moaut Carmel, Pa, were killed by a fall or
rock.
Thereoent we. and W dy weather has done
great damage to tho la} peach crop In New
Jersey. In HunterdoHs 'upty alone the loss
Is estimated Mt $lO0,OOO.
Theulpsr story OF new two-story brick
building IN tue outskirts OF Chicago was
blown down, dangerously, IL not fatally, ina.
Juring Johu RcSelal and Johu HohL
A freight train on the Mexican Central
Railroad was derniled near LhEos. Ten men
were killed and three injured. 1t Is supp ,sed
that tho train was wrecked by robbers.
Twofrcisht trains on the Boston aud Maine;
Railroad were wrecked by u collision near
Lancaster, Massachusetts,. "A fireman naIned
Warren was killed and two other trainmen
were I'M njured. S
During Sunday school services I'm a small.
frame church near Columbia City, lndianas
lightning struck the building, ki,iing two,
girls. each about IL years OF aS. len otheis
were stunned
a waterspout burst over Cerro Gordo, Mex
leo, causing several deaths. Live stock wusi
swept away and hou, rs destroyed. The exact
number Of deaths aud the extent Of tho dam.
age douo arc not known. 81
During n supper in celebration Of tho OPEN
ing of new urmory in Birmington, Ala
,hnS -
bcr, were made violently Sex by the icS
cream, which contained some poisonous sub
stance. a
While some laborcrs in tho stono quarrIes
near Vancouver, British Columbia, were
| opening cans OF powder with chissls, q terri
BIO explosion occurred, killing Patrick Nor
gun aud Patrick Delaney. Four otuer mon
wore iearfully burned.
An explosion of gas In NELSON'S shaft, Tat
| Shamokm, Penna,, burned Alexander Crow,
John Tocas, john Murphy aud William Cal
win, tho first two named fatally. The explo-
sion was caused by Tooas, who was ignorant
| or the presence OF tho gas
| A passenger train was derailcd near Leon,
Butler county, Kansas, by the spreading o the
| rails ThIce coaches rolled down q fftesn-
foot emil ankment IL. NJ. BemiS was killed.
and Isaac Dean, Mrs. Malseka aud Mrs. Il.
| a. Hodges were fatally injured. A number
Of others we're badly hurt
jonn Huinthnl and his ten children left
Boone, Iowa, in wagon about Septemoe Der
Is for Milwaukee. They were ten days ON
the road and on arriving In Milwaukee, nine
of the children were takeu with diptheria,
SIX dying within six days They contract I'd
tho ,sis.use on the road.
4 tra!a 0s seven cars going south ssuu ~
mira, Now Y ork, ran into an engine at T.
Junction, Pcnna., causing bad wreck.
Isrs MEssk ea%Sss l!.e and tho injured pas ~
persons were injured, none fatally.
While loaded wagon containing party
OF five was crossing ford near .Purcellsville,
Virginia, the stream being swollen, the hos 80:
became uiuanagcable, md the wsgou was
Georgetown, District Of Colupbia, and Miss
Eta Atwell, OF Alexandria, j0nped into The
water and were" drowned. The rest OF tile
party repcbsd shore.