Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-03-29
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES

All tie live stock in the Lower Rio Grande
d str CT in Texas ere r-port d to &c suffering
from iacS OF water, aud there NE fears OF
heavy loss should the drought continue.
Thsr. is no lack of grass.
Henry rur"y, accompanied by S wife anu
daughter, was driving across tue Lra.kS o.
this Michigan Central Rold, in Jackson,
NJ chigau, when the wagon was struck ny al.
en-. zine, au al! three were killed.
An epidemic OF diphtheria IS raging in por-
tuls Vi Luzarne county, IA. is centre Is ne
district around l. 'inian township. ten III lei
from W irsharre, and many deaths have &C.
Cured. the disels. being OF u malignant typ.
Whiie dssc,n lin, q m,E-wAy OF the Phia'
delphia Coal C3mp,nl's Collic!y, at Lost
Greek. Pa, Foreman Heaton Attempted 70
light his lamp. an explosion followed, which
xii e | Fre.!er;cx j. Fauz aud Cnariss LINK,
m:u:rs, and, tits feared, tata " hurned Hsa-
ton.
There is danger o; another land slide in
Troy. Nex YORK. 4 new opening in War
renis Hid has been discovered. Tie bank is
2JU feet high and is cracked for l3J feet IN
myth a!oiis the cresi Should it fall it woull
90 great damage. Residents in the vicinity
have BEEN warned to move. Some have gone,
ba. others remain.
TIL. D.nverand Grlnde Southern Rlil
road, in Colorado, was o 'ened over the Cum.
brcs Mountain the other night after several
week. effort. The snow along the track Tor
mil IS is ten 10 thirty etdtep. Tne ore ing
OF the real will bring relief 10 the people OF
soa.e OF the inter or towns, who wore Legln-
ming to get short OF provis ors
S cretary Proctor has autae riz III the Mis-
s;ssipp Klv, Commission to expand SlU0,U0)
Tor tue projection of levees Mo g tho Missis-
sipp river in the fourth is:rct, which OK.
tend from Warrenton, Mis-. to the head OF
the Passes, distance Of .S4 mics. This is
in addition to tn. $50, 010 al.olel to the Mo-
gens.a leyee.
A telegra y from Tal:ulah, Louisiana, says
that all west Of there is vas. sheet OF water
to the h'is of Bayou Macon The water in
the owe, fl ,wel section Is not rising SO rapid
~, as it is fading its natural outlets. The
road be OF The V.cHsburg. Shreveport and
Pacific r ,iiroad has several feet to spare, AMI
tn re is but little DANCE: OF through traffic
being suspended.
Near Hot Springs, in Madison county, N.
c., few days ago, II twelvs-year old son Of
S. d. Chamb .rs, ncci lentaly shot anil killed
his mother. The father l:ai just returned
from Hot Springs with va.ise confirming
some articles for the family. He put down
the vaise and stepped out when the hoy
looked into it 10 see what his faith had
brought him. He fouad pistol and said to
his mother, "Sae what pa brought home."
The pistol was discharged, tie ball striking
bis mother in the breast.
A collision occurred between two passsn-
ger trains on th. Northwestern Railroad, at
Iavlile, Wisconsin. These passengers were
iii fred: a. lVelachka, Minn-np bis, back
hurt; John S,nquest, Minneapolis, faca cut
bldly; Aaron Anderson, Minneapolis, spine
hurt; EricS Jar line, Rochester, Mimi, .
Years old, skull fractured and rib broken,
Martin Markham, Rochester, Mimi, injured
internally. On,l,dy, named unknown. was
also internally injured. Sanquest and the
Jardme boy will probably die