Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-21
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.

/ Two gravel trains on the Sante Fe Railroad
collided near Millsdale, Illinois. Engineer
Helms was killed and severalothers were In
iured.
/ Two small boys named Hanson and Lundell
were killed in Sioux Falls South Dakota,
while stealing a ride under heavy loaded
lumber wagon.
I MAGGIE BAKER, aged 10 years, Lola, Al,
fred and Charles Leib,aged respectfully, and
years, were drowned ut Rapids City, Illinois.
/ Their boat was capsized.
| A sAILBoAT containing eight young men
I bent on fishing trip was capsized by squall
/ in Dorchester Bay, Massachusetts, and seven
/ of them were drowned.
CHARLES FRAZIER, an employee in a saloon
/ in Baltimore, went into the cellar to get Eeg
of beer In his work he caught am electric
/ light wire and was instantly killed.
! LEON HEATLEY, IA years of age, believing
/ himself pursued by policeman for playing
ball in the street in New York, attempted to
escape by sccond-story veranda, and fell to
1 the ground, fraeturing his skull.
| Two men were drowned by being swept
! over Grand Falls, i'll the St John river New
/ Brunswick, n few days ago. They attempted to
row across the river above the falls, and were
drawn into the rapids.
ANexplosion Unnatural gas in dwelling
in Allegheny City, Pa. Mrs. kipp, aged 70
years, and her granddaughter, Lizzie, aged IL,
were fatally burned. The gas as leaky and
the explosion was caused by the women going
into the cellar with lighted lamp.
Six students in Oberlin College, in Oberlin,
Ohio, who insisted upon drawing the Oberlin
College base ball team about the city in pa
rade, fell to the ground and were run over by
a band wagon containing about 80 people,
which was following after the carriage in which
the base ball players were riding.
A PASSENGER train on the Northern Pacific
Railroad was robbed by two masked men near
New Salem, North Dakota. They rihed mum.
Der of registered letters, but failed to get any
thing in the express car, as the agent had been
alarmed and fled, after hiding the money in
his possession. The passengers were not
touched.
YOUNG girl by the name of Clemmons
while fishing in the Little Miami river, at
South Lebanon, Ohio fell into the water. Her
mother plunged in and succeeded in bringing
her daughter TO the shore. The daughter was
beyond resuscitation. The sudden excitement
and deep grief was too much for the mother.
and she too died shortly afterward.
THREE French boys, aged 6, Sand IS years.
were drowned at Biddleford, Maine -Four
boys were out in boat, and the youngest,
while reaching out to grasp a floating stick
fell overheard. His brother, the oldest boy in
the company, jumped in after him, and in SC
doing Knocked the other boy into the water
All three went to the bottom. The remaining
boy padded the boat ashore.
THOMAS SUTTON, who died in Dubuque
Iowa, few days ago had lived for 96 days
without solid food During all his fast his only
susteuancc was soda water. Previous to the
death of the boy council of physicians was
held and all united in pronOuncing it ease
of paralysis of the stomach and bowels Some
years ago the lad suffered fall and was never
in perfect health thereafter. Ninety-six day,
ago his stomach refused all solid foods and
Doda water was the only liquid he could re
tain.