Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-11-21
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES,

BOILER at Nendora, Ohio, exploited,
killing two lumbermen, named William and
Henry Thomas
HOG cholera is reported 10 have broken out
ut Burtord, Ontario, and at the penitentiary
piggery al Kingston.
FRANK JAMES, aged II years. of Lincoln,
MASSACHUSETTS, was accidentally shot and
killed BY his brother George, while the boys
were out cunning.
BY an explosion of six boxes If blasting
caps at the Last Chance mine, Warder. Idaho
Daniel Sullivan, Daniel Mclean and William
Parks were futally injured.
WRECK occurred on the Illinois Central
Railroad, near Medina Tenn, a south bound
passenger train running into north bound
freight. -Four trainmen were killed.
MATTHIAS PIcBowsKI was asphyxiated
and tour others were probably fatally injured
by the breaking of n gas mqiu at the Illinois
steel Company's mills, at South Chicago.
DAVID ALLEN,a hunter and Trainer ip N,
Magnetic Wan Di>frie., ontario, was found
dead IN bear trap. The trap had closed up
IN his wrists and he ha died Of starvation.
GEORGE S. waldo New York lawyer, was
shot in Brook YIN and probably fatally wound
ed by George =. Thomas, % years o. a-e,
while trying to disarm the old man, who is
1emented.
hydrophobia at his home in Trenton, New
jersey. He was bitten by dog on August
18th last. Two Of his brothers. who were bit
ten at the same time, are il.
Az Erie passenger train was wrecked FIVE
miles from Canisteo, New York. the entire
train leaving the track. Engineer james
Stickney was killed and several passengers
were Injured, but not seriously.
A DESPATCH from Vancouver British
Columbia saws that the Chinese lepers who
had been kept in an old Canadian Pacific
shed have been turned loose, and that great
aneasiness is felt there as 10 the result,
OWING 10 the fact that smallpox patient
rode from Trenton TO Point Pleasant, New
jersey, few evenings since, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company had all of its EN-.
| ployes on the Belyidere Division yaccnated.
The house of Charles Warren, in Bradford,
1 Pa, was destroyed by an explosion Of natural
| gas. Five OF the inmates were injured but
not dangerously Warren went into the eel.
lar with lamp TO locate leak, and the cx.
/ plosion followed.
| A COLLISION occurred in the yards of the
I Great y rthern Railroad at st. Cloud. Min
neso;a, Letween the shop train, 4" having near.
| ly 200 men on board, and freight train Con.
/ siderable property was destroyed, but Albert
! flaming was the only person seriously in.
! jured.
ii. SIBERT and John Brinkman. who were
duck shooting at Nerm;llion, South Dakota,
and who were too drunk to pr1pe.ly navigate
their boat which was sunk in the mud, died
FROM exposure soon after being taken from The
water.
JOSEPH NAYLoR agel II years, of Cruu
! Lynn, Penna., was shot aud killed by A bert
Longbottom aged years,a playmate. The
boys were playing with 10y rife at the time
/ and 1t was in L0ngbottom's hands when tn,
fatal shot was fired. lie said he did not know
the rifle was loade /.
THE giant powder works at Clipper Gap
California, blew up a few days ago, and jane
Hamilton, Josephus Pepper and An Han.
Chinamap. were killed, and Bert II cks. I
boy, who was seriously injured. Its elaimet
tha The explosion was predicted by !
spirituaiist, who had been threaten ID with TAI
and feathers if he did not leave the town.