Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-27
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.

A COLLISION occurred at Balcony Falls,
Va, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
Engineer Clements was killed
WILLIAM CARMAN and Burrel Ross were
drowned by the capsizing of boat on the lake,
at Troost Park, near Kansas City.
A BRICKLAYER's scafod at the Pratt ano
Whitney Company's shop, in Hartford, Conn,
fell with eight men, all of whom were Seri
ously injured.
THE bark Campanero arrived at Baltimore
from Turks Island. She lost two men at Rio
Janeiro-one, George Nelson, of Buffalo, n.
Y, from yellow fever.
SINCE the flood in the Red river last week
thousands of carcases of cattle and other ami
mails and large quantities of household furni-
ture have been found strewn along the river
bottoms near Belcher, forty miles west of
Gainesville, Texas.
DURING thunder storm at st. Louis, an
clubhouse in Forest Park, in which about %
pienickers sought shelter from the rain, was
struck by lightning Sadie Arthur, aged u
years, was killed, and all the others were in.
jured, three severely.
THE Port Huron end of the tunnel at Port
Huron, Mich, cayed III, carrying the engine
house down with it. The accident is similar
to that which happened on the Canadian side.
1t will take two months to remove the earth
which cayed in.
FIRE occurred in tenement house in
New York few days since. The occupants
of the fifth or top floor were Philip Brady.
aged 50 years, his wife Catherine, aged 40
years, and his son Philip, aged Is years. They
persisted in the flames. Some of the other
tenants had narrow escapes. The cause of the
fire is unknown.
A DESPATCH from the city of Mexico says
that waterspout fell in the mountains in
,-b;ob 80 - 10
in the State of San Luis Potosi. Several per-
sons were killed and large number wounded
Much property was destroyed and the mine
was badly damaged. Many mules were killed.
An alarming increase of the grip is reported
along the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
coasts. In many instances whole families are
down with the disease, and whole crews of
fishing vessels have been Frustrated The
people are not able to make enough for their
present needs, not TO speak of the supplies for
next winter. The Dominion Government is
considering project OF relief.
A PASSENGER train on the Chicago and
Milwaukee Railroad broke through a trestle
bridge near Coon Rapids, Iowa, in consequence
of striking an obstruction which had been
placed on the track. The engine, baggage car
and three coaches fell 40 feet. Two persons
were killed, Express Messenger Olderverd and
u pass niger named Henry Carbon. Twenty
one others We're injured, one, John McCarty,
of Dunkirk, n Y, fatally.
WHILE four laborcrs were at work on an
excavation i'll Yonkers, N Y, one of them
Thos. Mcany, who was partially intoxicated
dropped a large stone on the gas main, which
was exposed, and the pipe was broken The
escaping gas was ignited by lamp the men
we're using, and Michael Quinlan and Jere
Malone were severely burned. The force of
the explosion put out all the gas lights in the
police station near by, and when an officer
went to the cells some time after, five prisoners
We're found TO be unconscious from the effects
OF the gas. They were resuseitated and sent
to u hospital.