The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-05
MINOR ACCIDENTS

The list ofvictims of the Wilkrsbarrc pa.)
:yclone now numbers sixteen.
Fire has swept the Soukas forest in Al
Eeirs. Two villages were destroyed by the
cOntiagration.
A fire broke out Mt Tokay. Austrn, tho
enterpot for the noted Tokay wine, and tlc
whole town, with the exception ui thirteen
houses was destroyed.
William Higgins, IL contractor was parti.
ally d!scmbowcel while loading logs on IL
rnrat Groundlouse, Mimi, aud will probably
die.
An epidemic of,lisastrous fires has occnr-
red in the frontier towns ofPrussian p Polanl.
In all these fires have rendered 100 families
homeless.
At Sundridgc. Ont, the Queens hotel, to-
gether with its contents, was burned. Two
mcn-'Thomus Powers and Herbert Dayton
were burned to death, and two others wclnr
badly burned.
Six persons were recently hitten hy IL mad
vol! hear Moscow. Three of the victims
three are under treatment hy Pastcur of
Paris, and will probably Recover.
The boiler ui Il locomotive on a fright
train on the New York. Pennsylvania II ohio
exploded near Mansfield Ohio Engineer
Albert Graham ;l,u Fireman tosrrh Muir
ply were instantly killed and fifteen c;rs
of oil burned.
BY the mistake of Il druggist Mt Knoxviilr,
Tenn, John r. Smith, the eleven .yrur.old
son Of State Superintendent OF Public In.
sriction +. NJ. Smith, AMI II hoy named
1iutchins jied from dose o morphine taxi
@n for uuininc.
Wilhelm Schmidt of Bloom"r, Wis, was
found n"ar hat pinrr. havin. been run over
by II train ut night. H. was still alive, al
though having laid there all night with one
le. smashed to &, elcy. lie expired the nrxt
morning.
The hail stones tina; fell in recent thunder
storms in Conn:rtiaut were cytrnosl innrily
large. and cut like lying shot. In one tenn
pest along the sound they were simply mis-
hnprM clmncks oi ice They tore corn into
tattrrs, and pierced the hide of cattle 40
that blood followed the impact OF fcurli ice
ball.
Afnrmcr named If. A. Smiii, WAS killed ON
his pla"c nc'r Muivancy, Kansas. by :; mad
horse. Smith was tying up tine brur when
il tturnel on him, srl2nl him by tn, shout der
and threw him down. lust then the barn
door closed, shifting niI ull means ui escape
aimGi til" hnrs.. viriously aitncknl the man.
E,iting, pnwing aud kicking. unlil Smith
E..s2cd n c!ui, and with it killed his horse. He
WIS so titiliy rNuHlSttil. however,, IlIlI no
dice! shortly after hring discovered when he
had just strength enough To tell ot the fight
While IL Wisconsin Ccnier;t engine with Il
tr',St, Of ten ears loaded with coal and eight
emstieS. was engaged in switching on the
docks o! he Ohio Coal company Mt Ashland
Wis, il ran of m open switch on to the ties
Tic dock extends out into C!,clnamegon bay
for n considerable distance and the Tics are
on piles. The engine ran oil the ties and into
the bay. being completely submerged. Tile
engineer and fireman iumped and we're not
hurt. except the former sustained Il slight
-sprln OF an ankle. Owing to the break in
;th" dock wrecking trains cannot get nj the
wreck and the engine will probably have to
hr AIKEN 10 pieces 10 lr recovered.
While Frank Robers was hunting for his
CALVES about IL ,uiic and Il half west OF Ban.
croft Iowa. he was attacked by II Wild and
frrorio,s animal. according to h, ircoun;
the animal bore Il resemblance to n pant her
The animal spr,ng upon him rom bunch
of weeds on the edge of an nd dining slough,
clearing ten feet mt the first bound knocking
him down and covering his Who'll. face with
it's cnor,,olis mouth. displaying at the same
time n i,ii., sci Of blunt yellow teeth. lie
SAWS the ANIMAL w.is about six rct long.
having short legs. built heavy III front, hut
slim through he flank. once hr Thought.
the ani.rai had him du.rn or the nst tim e..
but Fortunately lie caught ii ly the la N"r
Jaw with one hand and by q desperate ci, rt
pushed him oil and got on Ills feet n"ain aid
escaped.