The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-02-15
Calendar OF Casualties.

a serious accident occurred ut North Denver,
COL, on the Bcrkley motor line. The car
started down the long and high grade. but
before going any distauce, fDecnme uumnnuge.
able and dashed down the hill iorty miles ut,
hour. When naar the bottom tile cur jumped
the track and was smashed to atoms. The
car was Hcnrly filled with people, all of whom
wore more or less wounded.
The tow boat Two Brothers. lying ut the
Allegheny wharf ut the foot of Eleventh
street. Pittsburg burst her boilers completely
demolishing the vessel and badly wrecking
the tow boat Return. which was lying by the
side of the Two Brothers. When the boilers
burst the debris and scalding steam were
scattered in all directions. Two persons
we're killed outright mud two Others dnngcr-
ously injured. The killed we're George Wilson,
engineer OF the Rcturn, and Robert Cospran,
fireman Of the Two Brothers. The cause Of
the explosion is not known. The bonts were
owned hy Hul!ings Brothers. and were en-
gagged principally in hnrbor towing. They
were valued at about S6,OOO each, William
Tar was blown into the river, and honted
several hundred yards down the st ream, when
he was rescued. The injured were John
Breening md William Carr. The condition
OF the former is very serious.
Tho steamer Ncmid collled with the British
ship killochan, Capt. Manson, from Lyttle.
ton win Queenstown, and both vessels went
persons were drowned, including the captuin
Of tho killochan. Nine members of the crews
were rescued, one OF whom afterwartl died,
The weather was clear at the time of the col.
lisiop. Both vessels sank within three min.
utes of the collision, and those who were not
carried down with them found themselves in
water Ro cold as to belumb them in very
short time. Many Of those rescued were un-
conscious when picked up. and were will,
g,eat difficulty revived while Others were
past resuscitation. Tho unfortunatcs taken
on board the tug Red Rose were Immediately
stripped and rubbed. and upon their arrival
ut Dover were rolled in blankets and con-
veyed to the hospital. 4 number OF those
rescued will lose their fingers or toes from the
effect Of frost bite.
News wes received ut Cheyenne. Wyoming, of
a most singulur fatality, by which four China
men lost their lives. Tltiy were in Canyon
City, near the Yellowstone Park, and Yet
Sing had established n wash house in tent
directly over boiling spring. lie hud hot
water constantly aud was doing good
business in the new mining town. Jan. 30 he
and three other Mon yolians who came from
adjoining camps ce ebratcd the Chinese new
year They burned firecrackcrs un offerings
to joss. and wound ur by getting drunk
Yet Sing had been cautioned about the boil
ing spring and told that it might be n slum-
herring geyser. For this reason his wash
GuDte WERE kept oH tuc other sue OF tne tent
10 that no soap might disturb the quiet of
the boiling water. No one knows just how
Yet Sings box of laundry soap got over
turned into the boiling spring, and it is more
than probable that some mschievous miner
emptied the soap in The slumberng gcyse...
That night there was sudden sp0uting Of
boiling water, u tent flying through the air
and some piercing yells. The miners rushed
mp and found the geyser pouring water to
height Of over q hundred feet. The bodies of
the four Cinnamon scaldcd to tlenth were
fOuGd lutcr ut some distance from the scene.
The geyser spouteti for three hours and then
subsided