The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-14
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Two little sons Of Patrick Nolan, aged re. !
spectively and years, were drowned by
breaking through the Ice on pond at Yard
ley, Penna.
A boiler exploded at the saw mill Of A. b.
Leach, in Failing Creek, WestVirginia, kill.
Ing Joseph Wright, Morgan Hoover and B.
Mullins.
A snow slide at Logansvile, California.
buried house, and two OF the inmates were
killed. Many families at Sierra City, fearing
snow slide, have left their homes and taken
refuge in the lower tunnel Of the Butte Mine.
Walter v. Morgan, aged S5 years, Local
Manager OF the Postal TelegraI b Company
at Hartford, Connecticut, was run over by
falling under the wheels Of train, and died
OF his injuries the same night.
at DsHaven s, alton. Pa, on the Pitts u-g
AMI Western Railroad, q natural gas well,
with pressure Of 500 pounds, i,nited while
FOUR drilleIs were plugging it. III, four mon
were terribly burned, but ell but one, George
nj bore, will recover.
The i.ksaA .Aoo-ts -, .,. ha...-~se..--f1sr
hfrtns fhjursr afs t Sfaso}vSssf fsaaovSsf: "fRRe gas
| company officers lay on the inspector and
| men who made the final connection with the
| gas main the responsibility for the catassro-
! phe.
| Lucia Zaretta, the Mexican midget. said
| to be the smallest human being in the world,
| was q passenger on one OF the snow Dounu
trains in California, and died at Iruckee
from gastric fever. Mrs McVeap, passen-
ger on the samo train, died OF diphtheria.
The rains in Northern California have
| melted a large amount Of snow and caused
the streams an rivers to overflow. Thou
sands OF acres of land are under water. III r,
have been a number Of washouts on the ra,i-
roads and several bridges have lean badly
damagei.
Our Consul at C,diz, Spain, has informed
the Department of Stat, that Minister Pal
mer is sick with the dengue fever, now pre-
vailng in that country. The disease is OF a
very malignant type, and the death rate has
been greater at Madrid, Barcelona and Se-
vile than during the last cholera epid mic.
William Woodhouse, a farmer ne,r Lon
don, Ohio, was called to his eoor on Tuesday
!, night by Kenny Graham, 9peighbor, and
ran to her husband as he fell, and she was
wcunded in the thigh. Graham is said Il
hav. ben drunk. He had a CRU ige agains
Woodhouse on account OF lawsuit.
. John HolYey, 40 years OF age, died in Cen
tralia, Pa, from the effects OF an overdose o
laudanum, administered hy his wie. II
came home intoxicated and in quarrelsom
mood His sister advised hrs. Hoffey TO Civ
him some laudanum to make him sleep, an
- shortly after he was given the dose he wa
}: seized with convulsions and died In fe'
" hours.
20 The afflicted city Of Johnstown, Pa, wa
20 shaken ABOUT eleven o'clock the other nigh
g by n tremendous explosion, following th
:, dumping of load Of cinders into the rive
70 near the Cambria Iron Works. A & mere
a manic ensuad but no person was injured
~ Panes OF glass were broken and building
~ -, w, re defaced and fired by flying cinders, bI
~ no serious damage was done.