Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-09-27
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.

MAN supposed to be Anthony Ryan. Of
Savannah, Georgia, was KILLED bya Train on tho
Pennsylvania Railroad, ncnr Lancaster, Pa.
THE boilerat the gin house of Hugh Royce.
near Charlotte, North Carciina. exploded KIN.
Ing william BOyce, son OF the owner, and
severely iniuring several others.
A FREIGHT train on the Cincinnati aud
Muskingum Valley Railroad was wrecked at
Reeds Station, Ohio, The enRincerwas killed
aud the fireman badly hurt
A FEMALE patient in the Southern Illinois
Hospital for the Insane az Anna, secured
case knife and stabbed and cut three attend.
ants before she was Ovcrp0wered and secured.
A DESPATCH from Portsmouth. Ohio, says
that the Sciota river flood has reached that
point The corn crop IN the bottom lands Is
under water, aud great portion viii be do
stroycd
Two daughters Of Mrs Samuel Goddert.
aged ~ and "a yrar-, were struck by q train
as they were walking on the railroad track
az Hartman, Tennessee The youngest child
was killed and the eidest badly injured.
Miss GEORGIA SMITH jumped ia front Of
a runaway team in Dubuque, Iowa The
wagon tongue was broken aud bent and part
Of II caught her dress. She was dragged
down the street. one Of the horses stepping
upon her stomach, kicking her teeth out md
cutting her head. Tho horse, ran into a shed
fifty feet away and were stopped Miss
Smiths injuries are fatal
WHILE Jane Hollihan, Winnie Cannon
and Charles Woods were walking ON the
Reading Railroad at Locust Gap. Penna.
they stepped from one track 10 another 10 let
q train pass. The noise made by the ngine
prevented them from hearing q freight train
which was rapidly approaching and was soon
upon them. Miss liollihan was found with
her foot cut Oh and otherwise badly M ngled
She died few hours later. Miss Cannon and
Woods we're badly bruised.
DURING thunder storm az Proyincctown,
Massachusetts iunnel-sbaped cloud with
rushing noise, swept directly over The Union
Wharf store. Lightning struck the build.
ing, instantly killing Solomon Stanley. aged
%, a native Of Graud Menan. unmarried aud
Captain Ralph Atwood aged W. Captain
Atwood 4 son Harry, and Fred Williams one
Of the proprictors Of the store, were pros
trated and a dozen others received slight
shocks
THE Steamship City Of Rio. arrived al
San Francisco from Hong Kong and Yoke.
hama. She brings Chinese adyiees 10 August
a. aud japanese Rdyices 80 August ~ The
, yellow River food and other foods continue
10 absorb attention IN Chiun. In the province
Of Chilli 100000 people are homeless, and
the misery In shantung is almost AZ great
Cholera is prevalent in shanghai and also ia
the Northern districts Several Europeans
have succumbed b IL.
THE schooner Sophia Sutherland arrived
at San Francisco with 1888 sealskiBs. on
March 2lst, ~ miles west Of Gray's ilaFbor.
Harry Kraetit and Lee aud August Ehlori
disappeared with boat, arms and provisions
The Sutherland afterward learned that tho
men had been picked up by ths schooner j.
H. Lewis, and later on had been landed at
Astoria. On August nth The boat contain.
ing Captain HnrriiWcu, William a. Suther-
land and George Chapman who LETT the YES
SCI To hunt seals, became lost aud has not
since been heard from.