Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-11-07
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES

Slight earthquake shocks we're fell, NJ
Columbia aud ut Charleston, south Carolina.
ALPHEus Hunt, nn elderly resident If
taunton, Massachusetts, was burned 10 II nth
by a IRE which partially destroyed his house.
WILLIAM CAswEII, secretaryof the i.cnior
City Land Company, was thrown FROM his
horse, at Knoxville Tennessee, sud instantly
killed.
Lucy JEwErrand Sarah Proctor of Paris.
Illinois, were found dead In their room, At a
hotel ut Terre Ilaute, Indiana They had
blown out the gas.
WHILE hremen we're practieing with fire
ladder In Cleveland, Ohio, Lieutenant Rettger
Tell from the fourth story Of the City Hall and
was tntaliy iniurct.
JAMES y. GgAyls, aged % years. vas acci.
gently locked In a steam closet nc the stand,
ara Staye CooperRge Company factory NJ Bus-
ton, and WIS fatally ses4dcd.
SKELETON Of Thomas Garroi, who disap.
peareq two years ago was found Ia the woods
heer Dallas, Luzerne county, Pcnna. II was
Unidentified by pass book in the coat.
THE boiler al John Quigley saw mill, New
biasg0w, keniucky, exploded. Quig ey, a
man named Euiback and another we're fatally
hurt. One child was killed aud two badly
hurt
By the fall Of a scalold on a now building
at ldstowel, Ontario. Thomas Bailey and a
young mao named Little were thrown 10 the
ground, distance Of 80 feet. and instantly
Killed.
FRED HgSyES and william Fitzpatrick
we're struck aud killed by locomotive on tho
ran Handle kaiiro d, at Ianesyiile, Ohio, and
the men in charge Of the train we're arrested
for negligence.
HEAD end collision between freight
and passenger train on the Burlington Road
near Murray, Nebraska, resulted IN the kill.
ing Of Engineer Pager. Two others we're
severely injured.
CYCLONE struck Conneaui, Ohio, destroy
ing about 20 houses, including the large but
ter tab factory Of G.. J. Il cord and toe plan.
ing mill Of u. h. Pond. The total loaa - csii.
meted to amount 70 $4,000.
THE Pearson Greek bridge, on the Kansas
City Springfield and Memphis Railroad, gave
way while freight train was passing over
ana hiteen cars we're derailed and completely
dsmolhhed. A passenger named ColtDn was
seriously injured No one was killed.
PAssESGgE tain on the'Fermyille and
Powhaitan Railroad, rsn into disabled en-
ginP, near Povhaltan Court House, Virginia.
when Conductor q liam was fatally Injured,
ana three others Of tho trainmen severely In
jured.
A DEsPATcH from Eris, Penna., says that
u has been discovered that George Heidecker
Of Green townsh p, who was supposed 10 have
died two weeks ago, was buried alive. When
bis egfiin was opened the evidence OfRterrible
struggle were revealed.
THE factory Of the United staies Mine Sup
ply Co. OF Cleveland. was completely de-
stroyed BY explosions, followed By FIRE. The
dead bodies Of John Fink, IA years, Alfred
Seha' fer, IL years. and Paul Pfannkuche
were taken from the ruins.
LOUIS DUFFY who was a fireman on the
steam wbaler Gfumpus, and who has Just ar
rived from Onansiaska on the Mohican, brings
continuation the news that the crew Of the
Grumpns Nhs nisssacrrd by natives Al thu
mouth Of The Mackenzie RI yer, because Of
their bad caiment Of native women.
4 DKsPATcn from Great Fails. Nontans,
Gays that word hasreached there q the killng
u four laborers on the Pacific extension Of tbs
Great Northern, twelve miles west Of the sum.
NIT OF the 10 kics, b. the accidental explosion
Of - gotten charge Of powder In one 81 iib
blast holes. Several other men we're injured.