The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-16
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DISASTERS AND cAsuALTIEsl

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| three men. SA.eIsE'
George Ii. Fletcher. while standing near
| an unfiuishe elevator In New Orleans, was
killed by brick which fell from the sixth
| story.
NJ. III. Horney, while putting up an avn
| Ing in the .cond story OF n building In Bal
.imore fell to tho ground, and, striking hts
| head was killed.
Two freight trains on tho Central New
Jersey Railroad collided near Dunellen, N.
j., making bad wreck "A tramp who was
stealing ride, was killed.
Two men wero struck and killed by q
western express train at South Harrisburg,
Pa One was apparently 30 and the other
81 years OF age. paper in tho pocket OF
one bore the address OF John Keiser, Jersey
City
Sevon ycar-oid Johnnie Grecn disappeared
during picnic near Chicago, and after q
continuous search in various directions his
body was found la q cesspool on the picnic
| grounds.
Arnold Francis and young man named
! kem wero killed by the bursting OF n rap
,Iiy revolving milk and cream separator, at
hinoerton Creamery, near kimberton,
Chester county, Pa.
Joseph Larson, aged II years, was over
rome 10y the damp while cleaning a well near
Macedonia, Iowa, and j. A. Wilson who was
lowered TO rescue tho boy was also overcome.
Both died.
Frederick. Tullicr, agel ~ years. n winter
at tho Hotel Gorlach, New York, fell down
the elevator shaft from the ninth story to
tho basement, n distance Of ITO feet, and
was killed.
Three fourtecn-ycar- old boys attempting to
cross brook at Lowell, Massachusetts,, be-
came en;angled in weeds, got beyond their
depth, and two OF them, named Fortier and
GEORGE Cyr, were drowned.
passenger train ran into n freight train
near Waterloo. Virginia, crushing five
freight cars and the freight engine. The
| engineer anu conductor were Injured and n
| colorcd tramp ste, ,liug n rido was killed.
A severe storm OF wind and rain passed
over Morgan county, Illinois, doing great
aanase 70 the Srss' GSg GT: Norsss 81 r" aud Cat
tie, and severely injurins q number Of per-
| sons.
A hand car propelled by four section men,
Oh tho Western Railroad, ran into u wagon
at crossing in Saybrook, Illinois. Two
men were fatally inJured-J. B. Wells, driver
of tho wagon and ono of the section hands
/ uumcd Nelson.
| News from Ounaiaska, 10y tia steamer
Bertha, which has arrived at San Francisco.
confirms the recent reports of the loss OF
| three whaling schooucrS--James A. Ham
ilton, Otter and Annie. The vessels carriai
about ~ officers and men.
| An explosion OF gns took place in No. II
Shaft ut Port blanchard, Pa, operated by
tho Pennsylvania Coal Company. Five min
| prs, named Barrett, Harris, Daugher, Nc.
Donald, and an unknown hungarian, wero
burned, the first three it is said, fatally.
The steamer st. Nicholas, with 500 coll
ored eXcursionists on board, ran into the
closed drawbridge over st. Augustine creek,
four miles south of Savannah, dcmolshng
the for ward portion Of tha steamer, killing
two women ind iDjuring twenty-eight men
and women, some, it is feared fatally.
Charles Degnan was killed Mt Southingtou,
GHphsstSst s HFsHs a fooe aSas asaES,
step OF the caboose and he fell back wards,
his foot wcdging to ho.d him, and was
dragging in this way quarter of mile bo-
fore he was discovered.
! A freight. train frightened a horse I'm Har-
n mony, Penpn. The animal backed the wagon
4 over the railroai cmbankment, throwing
the occupants out. Miss Mana Oppenheimer
was thrown under the train and instantly
killed. tNlisS Amanda; Klee was fatally in.
jured, and Misses BelIa Woomser and Flor
helm were badly hurt.
John Myers, n carpenter, was ut work on
small building in Baltimore when a gaso-
line stoveexploded within, threatening the
dwelling with destruction. lie rushed into
! the house, graspsd the flaming stove and
carried it into tho street. Tho burning gas
olinc poured down his bnck and arms, but he
clung to the stove until no had placed it
where IT. could do no further damage Ho
was SO badly burned that there IL little hopo
OF his recovery.
A landslide has occurred on tho Northern
Pacific Railroad, near Miles, City Montana.
1t happened at point on tho Yellowstone
Division where the track skirts Yellowstone
river, with tho turbulent stream on one side
and high akali bank on the other With
out warning or apparent cause this bank
gave way, and the mass Of earth for a dis
tnnoo OF 500 feet along tho track and from
800 feet away slid down the river, ,oom pletely
burying the railroad.