The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-30
RIVER COLLISION.
Two Steamboats, Lost From the
Effects of q Collision.
Swift's Packing House B~urned-hsrieh
Works lsurned-Child aud Horse
B~urned-Cable Accident
Etc.

B~urned-Cable Accident
Etc.
CINCINNATI. Aug. 26-At ten O'Clock last
night the COney Island steamer Common.
wealth coming down the river collided
with the little harbor steamer Lame Duck
going up the river just q quarter Of a mile
above the Newport & Cincinnati bridge
and utterly demolished the Lame Duck.
| There was q crew Of five on the Lame
Duck and four Of them were picked
up uninjured by men in a yawL
George b Alexander, the engineer-the
| fifth man on the little craft went under
the revolving paddle wheels OF the Com
monwealth which wa hacking and came
to the surface near the guard of the boat.
where q plucky passenger caught him ~
| the hair and held him up till others could
| draw him on the boat where he was oun
to be uninjursd The Lame Duck was
valued at -. 900. After the Common
| wealth had succeeded in reaching her
landing fire broke out in some unaccOunt.
| able way and she was totally destroyed.
PACKING e n
KANSAS CITY, Kan, Aug. &.-rhe large
warehouses Of Swift & Co, located in
| Armourdale on the west bank Of the Raw
| river ono mile south Of the Missouri river.
| burned yesterday morning. the total loss
| being fully $150. 900. 1t was the most de-
structive fire that . occurred in this
| vicinity since the Woodward.Faxon drug
house burned on Union venue eight years
ago The fire Of yesterday destroyed the
] smoke house and warehouses /. H and @
| and their contents. l. F. Tate. 10 Of the
employees Of the company. lost his life and
! several other men were seriously but not
fatally injured.
| KILLED By TIE CABLE
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Aug. 26-R- I.
| Hinde, recorder of deeds OF jackson Coun.
ty, who was struck by a Grand avenue
cable car at Fifteenth and Grand avenue
Saturday afternoon. dice at the resi'ience
of his mother in Independence yesterday
morning at G:3) O'Clock. The wife of the
W. fortunate man, q dau liter Of Rev. T..
c. Woods. o. the II. E Church South. left
him q few weeks ago mysteriously, giving
ris to many rumors concerning the
couples married lite. Hinde had two &C
c;dsnt insurance policies Of s. 600 each.
CHILD AND HORSES n
KANSAS CITY. Kan, Aug. GA two
story frame building at Sixth and Water
streets, this city. the lower floor
Of which was occupied as a feed
store snd the upper story as a residence |
by Gilbert NJ. Randall, was destroyed BY
fire at 1::O O'Clock this morning. Ram
dall's eight-year-old son and four horses
persisted in the flames. The loss en- build
ing and contents will amount to s. 800, on
which there is an insurance OF s.. 400.
BURSTING RESERVOIR
PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Aug. 10 The reser.
voir at Cranston. fifteen miles from here
on the Pawtucket river, burst yesterday
destroying much property. drown ming Mrs.
Greene Tew. Mrs Hawkins and Mrs
Tew's son. aged seven. People living
along the river fed, but as the water
quickly subsidized they were enabled to re-
turn. The dam was built in 1885 and held
s., 600. 900 gallons.
MI IN The CUBAN
LONDON. Aug. e6-DisPatcbes from
Egypt saw that q famine prevails at Khaf.
toum, Kassala, Tokar AMI other river
towns. The survivors are said to be feed.
ing upon the bodies Of the dead. About
twenty deaths from starvation daily are
reported at E kar.
PRESSED BRICK WORKS BURNED.
KANSAS CITY. Ram. Aug. &c THE
Whitaker pressed brick works, located at
Vance. q small station ON the Kansas
City. Wyandotte & Northwestern rail-
nine miles west OF this CITY. were
DESTROYED by fire yesterday morning.
Loss. so 600
A FIGURING MILL BIT FIRE.
MACON. NO.. Aug. 25-Yesterday the
Eagle roller Touring mills. owned BY J. T
A. Banta. was damaged by fire to the OF.
tent Of $4,000. with only g. 90 insurance.
Mr.. Banta believes the fire was incendi-
ary. The fire started in the fourth story
and destroyed the most valuable ma
chinery as 1t burned downward.
ZIG TRAIN WRECKED.
DULUTH. Mimi. Aug. Gas the result
Of q wasbed-out culverr on the Eastern
railroad, q few miles south Of
this city. q freight engine and thirty cars
were yesterday morning ditched and
smashed, and severl trainmen were badly
hurt
HURRICANE Al BCEHOS AYREAL
BUENOs AYRES, Aug. 25 "A hurricane
ragged at this port which unk many light.
ers and inflicted considerable damage
upon shipping n cargoes.