Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-23
CASUALTIES.
a Long List OF Fatalities Re.
ported.
Thirty or Forty Persons Drowned by
Floods in Bohemia-Nine of q Boats
Party DrOwned-Five Drowned
in Connecticut.

Oh the Cu06fQ 1n0 came In TO
port at an early hour yesterday. bringing
nine men of pilot boat No. 8. run down by
the Normandie on Saturday. The boat
keeper and an old pilot were drowned.
The Normandie proceeded on to sea- A
collision occurred Saturday night between
the Old Dominion ste Gamer Guyandotte and
the Mallory line steamer Cowal. They
were going to sea together, and in the
dense fog the accident happened off Sandy
Hook. The Cowal was towed back to her
dock and the Guyandotte continued her
voyage. The Servia. which ran into the
mud beside Gedney's channel, got of at
ten a. m. Saturday and went on to sea-
LOSS OF LIFE IN BOHEMIA.
LONDON, May 20.-The severe storms
which have prevailed in certain parts of
Bohemia have wrought great damage to
property and caused serious loss of life.
At Zinc seven houses were blown down
and thirty-two people were killed. At
Prichowitz two rows of houses were de-
molished, many Of which were occupied
by pilgrims. Many of the houses were
washed away and nine children were
drowned.
NINE OF BoAT's PARTY DROWNED.
VICKsBURG, Miss, May 20-Near the
foot of West Pass late Saturday evening
q party Of negroes were returning in two
skifs from the Louisiana shore. The
wind and waves were high and the people
in one of the boats became frightened and
capsized the boat and nine out of tn ten
passengers were drowned-a little girl
being the only one that reached the bank
in safety.
sUFFocArED BY GAS.
NEW YORK May 20-Last evening q
young man entered Barrows's Hotel, at
159 Bleecker street, with a young woman.
He registered as Thomas F. Connor and
wife. At eleven p. m. the clerk of the
hotel found the gas turned on and unlit.
Connor was dead and the girl uncon-
scious. She was taken to st. Vincent's
Hospital Her name was learned to be
Mary Fallon.
BROKERS' MIsHAP.
PHILADELPHIA. May 2O.-E. W. Paul, a
broker who lives in Germantown, was
hurled from the platform of an express
train on the Delaware, Lackawauna &
Western road while trying to pass from
one coach to another. He was serious
ly injured that it is feared he will die. He
was brought to his home on special train,
but has not yet recovered consciousness.
STRUCK By LIGHTNING.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May ga special
from Oil City, Pa, says: A heavy storm,
accompanied by thunder and lightning
passed over this place at 1:50 this morn
ing. A tank of oil on the Hancock farm.
near Norway, was struck by lightning and
totally destroyed. At Rouseville. the
Methodist Church was struck by lightning
and burned. Loss. 50, 600.
FIVE MEN DROWNED.
NEW BEDFORD, Conn, May 20-It is
supposed that the vessel which was run
into and sunk by the steamer Nashua,
Beaver Tail and Point Judith, was the
schooner Nelson Harvey of this port.
There were five men on board and all were
lost.
OTHER DROwNINGS.
TORONTO, Ont, May 20-Many drown
ing accidents are reported in Ontario.
Miss Myrtle Hanna, of Oswego, N. Y,
while bathing at Wingham; Major j. r.
Cunningham drowned while boating at
Amherstburg, and Fred Mulligan, aged
nine, drowned here.
FIRE IN CAR STABLE.
TRENTON. N. j., May 20.-The Trenton
horse stables were partially destroyed by
fire yesterday. John L. Hanley. driver.
who was sleeping in the stable, was SO
badly burned that his life is despaired of.
The horses were all saved, but twenty
seven cars were burned. Loss, $50, 900.
ACCIDENTAL
BALTIMORE, Md, May 20.-The jury Of
inquest summoned in the case of William
Lauren, oiler on the steamship Alle-
gheny, whose body was found floating in
the harbor on Friday and who was sup
posed to have been murdered, met and
rendered a verdict of accidental drowning.
A DISASTROUS STORM.
TIFFIN, O., May 20.-A disastrous wind
storm swept over this county Saturday,
doing thousands of dollars damage to
buildings and fences. Freight cars were
blown from the track at New Riegel
Crops were badly cut by the hail