The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-19
NUMBER 20.
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES:

Clark's grain elevator at Pspellion, Neb.,
was burned. Loss $4,000
During a flood near Clinton, Arkansas, a
man named Emerson lost his wife and seven
children.
-Four children OF Thomas Dunn, of Belle
Vile, New Jersey, have died Of diphtheria
within ten days.
Thirty one persons. mt Findlay. Ohio, wer,
poisoned by eating cornell beef, and it is
thought some OF the cases will terminate
fatally.
Two mon named Bertrand and La Blonde.
were drowned while fishing in the St Law.
renee river, at st. Henri, by the upsettiDg Of
their canoe.
Landslide occurred on the Columbia aud
Fort Deposit Railroad near Haines Station,
Pa, covering tho tracks to a depth Of five
| feet for distance OF sixty feet.
George Dix was crushed to death between
! two cars ut kohinoor Colliery, and Patrick
Gaugham was killed by a fall OF coal at
Packer Shaft No 8, at Shenandoah. Pa.
Kate Rynback tried to pour gasoline into
| the tank Of lighted oil stove at tho Gross
Hotel, st. Louis with tho result that she
| burned.
! The schooner Jennie w. Knight was sunk
| of Sharp's Island. in the Chesapeake, by the
freight steamer VIM r. McCabe, Captain
Fisher, his wife and a seaman named Barber
| were drowned.
Neil Burgess, the actor, wns severely
| though not fatally burned, at his residence
! at Highlands. N. D., by m explosion OF gas.
oline. His life was saved by the heroic ef-
! forts Of his wife.
A boiler in the brewery Of George Renner.
Jr., in Youngstown, Ohio exploited, killing
Charles Richter, the engineer, and severely
| injuring Carl Staeter, Michael Welsh and
Thomas Reynolds a fire followed the ex-
ploslon. Loss about G15,O00.
tory, swept away nearly four blocks in tho
business part of the town, including the
city Jail, from which two prisoners were
| removed after great difficulty. The Are was
started after threo attempts by inccndiarles.
Loss $4,000.
Nashville Railroad ran OF the track near
Blodsoe, Tennessee, and the passenger aud
baggage cars went down q sixty foot en-
| bankment. Ten persons were severely in
|! jured at least one OF whom Is not likely to
recover.
triple collision of freight trains occur
| red near Lotrote, Pa, by which a number
| Of cars were thrown down n 50 foot embank-
| ment The wreck caught fire from carload
Of lime, and burned for several hours A
number of laborers returuing from Johns
town were on the wrecked cars, and it is
believed that II or Is of them were killed.
Ten are known to have been injured.
A two-story vacant frame house in South
| the ruins. Annie Mullen, aged 10, and
Thomas Flaherty, aged II, were taken out
dead, and several others were in jured more
or less seriously. The building had been
condemned, and the residents Of the vicinity
had taken much OF It away for firewood.
A bateau carrying passengers and freight
| on the Saint Maurice river, Quebec, became
| unmauageable near Grande Piles owing to
| the swiftness of the current and was carried
| over the falls near that place. Joseph Ri
ward and two children, George Hameln, of
St Etienne; b. B.llerive and Miss Bellerivs
| were drownded
While several laborers were at work at the
| now race track at Van Nest, Wes.chester
| county, New York, au embaukment caved
in, burying Gebano DsreiE, 60 years of age;
Joseph Uarinta, aged 3S; Nichola Ganag-
nina, aged 81, and Francisco Degared, aged
| 55, oil OF New York City. All the men were
removed to the Harlem Hospital where
Degared died soon after his admission.
A boating party consisting Of John Matt.
more, Edward and Joseph Cody, Maud and
Maggie opverS, and two other young ladies.
/! cousihs'of the Hoover girls, from Hudson
| N ", while rowing the river opposite
the Knickerbocker Ice houses at Bath, N. Y,
the boat upset. Before assistance could
| reach them oil were drowned excepting
| Joseph Cody, who escaped, but was almost
completely exhausted by his efforts to sayo
his companions.
A severe wind storm passed over portions
| of Illinois and Indiana, and did considerable
| damage At Atwood, ILL.,, the streets were
Hooded by the bursting OF a water spout.
| and q section of track on the indianapolis,
Decatur aud Western Railroad was washed
| out. At Dauville several houses were struck
by lightning and burned, ami in the Godfrey
| reserve, lniiana, several orchards, $4,000
worth of timber and other property were
| DESTROYED.