Telegram-herald., 1890-04-22
A SAD CHAPTER.
Dispatches Which Tel - We
Brought - Many hearts
ruREg ILLINOIS liners EALEa.
A F.lIiaE hridse "a srrl.s heia "a t-'
lsEss 0rs=t A@ay FeeF4s-A - e..'-
Faads = Nasaast - victims
tp Alabama.

S. A.-fT 81 ~ a 80
srKgSs VAIArf. IA. AsE.l 81 TIE
sity Is Ia mourning ever "a accident
that oocQrfea al one - the sea- scans
sunday morning bs which ,erse 'rra
iost their lives a IRE stsr.se en- ca
entry a. the botlom about ctlcc4
IA and sexersi unsucoessful eferls ao.e
maze 70 put it oot Al lV ecl4c4
gohs Eustice, Nho las casFrs tfs
nine. went dean VIII f0uE etAeEA
Seen Alter reaching ths oot.om sesf
sent word - shat &c the sir. Which W.
done In twenty minutes three mea
we're overcome ~ the smoke ard
suffocated TIE tWo survivors So
nailed fer sssis saaoe, which xas al oncs
rendered snd tas bodies 81 tue upiorto'
nate mou quickly hoisteo - tae ssT
PHYSICIANS were summoned and
possible means used 10 restore tacn.
but in vain. The dead are John Es--
tice, n p Akeyson and JGcob Miiliam-
son. and each leaves . large family.
MANY eADLK nuhT
srfnN0FKLD o. April el.-A frigAu
accident occurred SUNDAY sfternoon 20
the Limestone bridge over Buck cree
by which over fifty people we're injuries.
Eve OF whom are not expected g
survive Tie announcement thst
bsptismai services woulo b.
held by the Thlrd Baptist Church
leoleredi. near tat bridge, attracted
probably 2 ooo peef.e 10 the banks -
the stream. The as .ortyo of those pres
ent were white people. Tho llmestnne
street bridge, Whlon Tor four cg I've
years has not been considered safe. vss
packed with people probably co. Ia q
El1er II. Green. amid the singing of
songs q praise. took his star ar
marched into the water lie hEd just
found = suitable plsce for observing the
rite OF baptism w8en . cry Of horror
went up from the assembled hunc-
reds There was loud crash hno
splash and I0l people were suue-
CLING in the vats- and on the banks
below The bridge runs over q race in
addition 20 the creek. About 100 feet
Of the footwslk over The race had fallen.
but fortunately the iron guard railing
did not break u ,Als had broken probs-
bly, tfty people would have been KILLED
outright
The authorities are severely oensured
on account o. tho rotten condition of TIE
bridge. An attempt was m a6e 20 repair
IL last summer, bl. nothing was done
The footway WAS braced by two-inch
plsnks and some braces set into tie
stone wall. These braces pulled cot o.
the wall ike Ia Is when Tie strain
came 4 large nun Der Of damage suits
against the city are expected 70 result
DEATHS HY DROWNING.
LONDON. April sI-The steamer b.
boa, from Grimsby April {. FOR London.
has been Lost in TIE North Sea III
teen persons were drowned.
PBILADELFHIA. April 2l.-pSnlel
Mitchell. aged -. and Joseph CAM, ~
years. started with three companions
FROM Gloucester. y J.. sunday morning
IN small boat 10 spend The day fishing
The boat capsized and Mitchell and
Kant were drowned
WAsHINGT0N. April 2L-A fstsl Sc-
cioent occurred on the river front sun
day afternoon a party Of Young men
wero out IN boat when George Mason
and Joseph Hsneero. who we're IN one
boat. roved too near the dam a the
city mill and The froil craft vas drawn
violently against the rocks. The boat
was stove in and Mason and HAnsord
were sucked under. Hanserd failed 70
resppear. but Mason rose 70 tue surface
and vas rescued.
VICTIMs OF A TORNADO.
OZARK. Ala. April 2l.--1he upper
portion OF Geneva County vas visited
by destructive tornado lste Saturday
afternoon Houses barns and fences
were torn 10 pieces Tho country 10
thinly populated No towns we're
struck One report places the nun ber
a persons killed OF fatally injured at
nine and another a. hfteen-
FATAL ExPLosIONE abroad.
BERLIN, April 2L A terrible eEplo-
sion occurred in powder mill situated
on the outskirts 81 Linden, Hanover.
Saturday The building In which the
power ignited WAS blown 20 atoms snd
two men were torn 90 pieces Upwards
q dozen employees were injured. some
Of thCm. 81 Is thought fatally
A packing case purpcrtinF 20 contain
TOYS and consigned 20 an unknown sd-
dress ia Berlin exploded in the railway
station at Mannheim. Saturday. killing
one man and iniurinc several othe1s