Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-12-19
MANY ACCIDENTS.


Fatal Wreck on the wsbash Road-A Fatal
Boarding House Fire In Michigan
Prominent Citizens of Washington
Drowned-Other Casualties
ACCIDENT ON THE WABASH.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. H.-An accident oc-
CURED last night on the Wabash rail-
road near the town of Graham, four
teen miles west of hele, in which three
men were killed and four badly injured.
The dead are: Charles Seffenbaugh,
conductor, Sandusky, O.; James Ester
brook, brakeman, st. Charles, Mo-; Ed
Kennedy, engineer, Ferguson, Mo.
The injured are: P. King, James Ken
nedy, Charles King, Charles Stout. The
men were on the engine of Wabash
Western freight, and were coming into
the town of Fer Lson. A fiat car OBJ
structed the track, and in the collision
the engine and tender were thrown
from the track and the engineer, con-
ductor and brakeman killed. The in
jured men were on the fiat car and
saved themselves by jumping.
FATAL FLAMES.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. Dec. ia special
from Hancock, Mich, says the Huron
mine Offices, large building, formerly
occupied as store, burned last night.
The second story was used as a board
ing house. OF the twelve bOarders
eleven were working on the night
shift. One man jumped, injur-
ing himself badly. Two Finlander
women and a Six-weekS-Old child
persisted in the flames. \ fireman
succeeded in getting one of them tothe
window, but on account of the dense
smoke was compelled to leave the in
sensible woman to save his own life.
Portions of the bodies of the victims
were found this morning. The books
of the mine Office were saved. The
cause of the fire is unknown. The loss
is several thousand dollars.
THREE CITIZENS DROWNED.
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 14.-There
seems to be no longer shadow OF
doubt as to the sad fate of DR.. Minor,
G. Morris Halles and Louis Cox.
Flags are displayed at half mast all
over Seattle, and the city hall is draped
in mourning A meeting was held by
the Bar Association and Chamber of
Commerce to take suitable me-
mortal action in respect to the
memory of the dead. A large party
has been organized to inst tute thor
eugh search for the bodies of the three
men. The beach will be patrOlled day
and night near the scene of the drown
ing. The bodies are expected to be
found within short distance of where
the Indian canoe was found, but they
are not expected to rise for several days
yet.
THREE CHILDREN DROWNED.
PORT HOPE, Ont, Dec. IA very
sad drowning accident occurred here
in which three children belonging to
very respectable families lost their
lives. Two little boys, sons of Joseph
Mallette, and a son of E. NJ. Mitchell,
of the Port Hope Gardens, were skat-
ing on the electric light pond, where
they were last seen. They undOubted-
" broke through the ice and were
drowned. An energetic search party
is now looking for the bodies.
BURIED IN MINE.
IsHPEMING, Mich, Dec. l4.-Three
miners were buried by fall of ground
in the Big Champion mine at Iron
Mountain, Mich. William Leech was
rescued badly burned, but alive. Au-
gust Magnusson and Gustaf Erickson
were taken out dead. At six O'Clock
last evening another fall took place in
the ''C;' shaft of the same mine, kill
ing Ed Parmenter. The body has not
been recovered.
| FATAL FIRE.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. 14.-Early
Yesterday morning the Oklahoma
House. Thirteenth and Walnut, was
discovered on fire by Policeman MOrlan
who dashed through the flames anC
smoke and aroused the sleeping in
mates. James Russell, aged twenty
two, however, was overcome anC
perished. Two others were hurt
There are suspicious of incendiarisn
and Charles Marchaunt, the cook, ha:
been placed under arrest,
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LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 14.-lsaat
George, miller of this city, was hOr
ribly mangled in the machinery of hi:
mill Yesterday morning. His leg wa:
caught in a pulley and ground to
pulp to the knee, the skin being en-
tirely torn off from that point to the
hip. He can hardly recover.
FEARFUL MINE EXPLOSION.
| MADRID, Dec. 14.-There has beer
an explosion in the Belmez mines. Eff
teen injured persons have been brough
to the mouth of the pit. The numbe
of dead is unknown, but it is though
to be large.
| Republicans Defeated at Chicago
CHICAGO, Dec. IA board o
waterways of nine members was elect
ed Thursday. The Independent "Cit