The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-07
FIRES AND ACCIDENTS.

Tie most disastrous forest fire on rec
otd in Atlantic County. New Jersey. has
been raging in the vicinity of Convcrtown
and Port Republic. and the heavens were
illuminated during The night like monday.
The pines took fire from a spark from an
engine. The heavy westerly wind famed
the blaze. and the flames soon spread
10 the large pines. ana in short time
the whole forest south of Pomona was
like raging furnace. The air was flied
with smoke and flying sparks. and amid the
roar of the flames could lie heard the thun-
der of TIC ia ling pines an oaks.
A large port ion of tire village of For
e,'rCrt. y. V. burned. The lo>> Ill prob
ably be about S1h,0G
Near Dayton. o.. a south bound freight
train the Dayton & Michigan railway
WAS wrecked By the explosion of "A locomo-
tive boiler. Jack Foley, fireman. was
fatally Sraldel.
The roof OF the Troy. Ala. opera house
fell while a party Of young people were re-
hear-!ng an amateur performance. About
twenty pcrs were buried in the ruins
The dead are: Miss Annie Foster. of East
| man. Ga: Miss Fannie Lou S.arke. only
child Of judge y. w. Starke. of Troy. The
! seriously injured are: Mis-, Maggie Burnett
lately of cambridge. Ga: Miss Eula Down
in-. Others were hurt but not seriously.
A kokomo t1nd.l dispatch says d sec-
ton Of "A through stock train on the Toledo,
, 81. Louis and Kansas City Railroad was
wrecked at Greentown. ten miles east of
| there. Tho train struck low. and the en-
| gint, and tender were thrown over. wreck
| in, them and eight cars Engineer Isaac
: kconcrne caught in the wreck and
was crushed to pieces.
| AT GTeenviiie. Ohio. fire engine was
pumping water TO put out fire. 4 match
, was lit by Il bystander. {. F.. Hagis. to look
into the ristern TO see II the water was low
No >ooncr had the match been held over the
mouth of the cis,ern than an explosion &C.
! CURED from natural gas that had accumu-
| lated. The explosion carried the engine
| FIVE feet in the air. 1t falling sideways down
; into the cistcrn. The dome of the ciStern.
twenty-five feet across. was lifted up and
scattered sixty feet away. Several persons
| were hurt
George G. Goodwin & Co. wholesale
, druggists. were burned out at Rost IN. The
| loss Is about $4,000
! -Ly'e. Mimi. a thrifty town Of 1. 900 in
ha bitants. is in ruins. In / $ than three
lolrs fire wiped out property valued al
S1+n. 900 The city was entirely without fire
pro,cc titn. and the flames spread rapid
| ~ that before assistance from neighborne
| cities could reach there the fire had done
| most of It's work. TIE burned district
| covers four blocks. There is strong sus-
prion that it was the work Of an incen.
diary. A special dispatch ftom Oakland
| Md, says: Forest fires are raging in al
| most every direction. and cloud, OF smoke
| ascend from every mountain and hilltop o.
Garrett County. Everything is 50 extreme
| ly dry that il is next to impossible to rhccl
| the fires. ana much valuable proper
| is being destroyed. Extensive forest fire.
| have been raging on the east end of Ions
| Island for several days. Fully 5000 acre
Of fine timber land have been burned over
Fire started in the saw-mill of II. :. South
ard. at White Gravel, Pa. The mill ant
general store were soon consumed. with
| loss of S3o.0)0. The fire then spread tn tn,
s,idded logs and 100000 feet burned.
great section OF Southern New Jersey ha
tccn made desc ate b = fire. The rranberr,
boys havo been ruined The fire has beer
| the mos disastr Jus in many years.