Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-18
Big FIRE IN FLORIDA.
More Details Of the Railroad
Disaster.
THE CHICAGO MARKET QUlETER.
England Crops, Berlin Market
Storm in California, A Grocery
Failure, Crushed in a CabOOse,
A New Metal Discovery, State
and Foreign News, Etc.
FIRE IN FLORIDA.

FIRE IN FLORIDA.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, ADg. 1S.-A
terrible fire is raging here. Sixty
6ve hous . are Turned, and the fire
is not under control.
The flameq were finally Exhausted
for want of material. The space Of
two blocks wide and six blocks long
were totally destroyed. Loss about
a million, partially insured.
MORE DETAILS OF RAILROAD Dis
AsTER.
BsENE, Aug. 1S.-A terrible acci-
dent r, sulling IN the instaRt death
of twelve persons and serious injury
of many others, some Of whom will
probably die. occurred on the Jura-
Simplan railway, near this city. A
special excursion train conveying
hundreds of villagers from the sur
rounding country to witness the
fetcs In connection with the 700th
anniversary of the foundatiod of the
city of Berne, was stopped at a sid
ing short distance from it's destina-
ton, in order TO allow the regular
Paris express to pass. The engineer
of the express, as nearly as can now
be ascertaiDed, bad not been mott
fed of the that an excursion trail
wns or the track ahead Of him, and
he conductor of the excursion train
4 ms 10 have neglected to send D
signal man back to protect the rear
Df his train while the shunt was
being arranged. The express, run
ning at high speed, came upon the
excursion train so suddenly that the
engineers efforts to check its speed
and avoid disaster were unavailing.
rhe heavy express dashed into the
rear of the excursion train, demollsh-
ing the hindmOst coach and forcing
its way partly through the next one.
The rear coJch happened to be
an empty one, which was intended
for paa9engers to be taken on at
another STATEN. The guards in
charge of it were killed, but the
presence Of this car doubtless saved
the lives of many occupants Of the
other coaches. AS II WIS, the passen-
80, 90. "a, tho aanonI ona nI, xg.pa ., ar ria,
all killed or injured. Trainmen,
assisted by the pac3engers who had
eacaI ID injury, set to work lmmedl-
ately to re cue the unfortunates who
were imprisoned in the wreck.
He-rtrending cri of agony nerv.
ed them to almost superhuman
efforts, but in spite of their opera
tions they were forced TO witness the
death before their eyes of several
who had not been killed outright,
but We're crushed by broken timbers
or expo to escaping 81 am from
the locomotive. Twelve corpses
were taken out of the debris, and
the injured were finally extricated
and cared for IS we'll as the condi-
tions of the place permitted, pend
ing the arrival Of special train
from Berne, which had been tele-
graphed for Immediately after the
collision, and which conveyed ply
sicians and surgeons to the scene
Mos. of the victims of the disaster
were residentq of towns in the vi
clnity of this CITY, and the news of
the calamity caused great excite
ment and mourning all through the
region. The sad event marred the
festivities incident to the celebration
in which Berne had so joyously en-
gagged, and the remaining features
on the programme will doubtless be
abandoned in consequence.
BERNE, Aug. lS.-The total num-
Der of deaths thus far reported Ia
thirteen. Eighteen persons are
seriously injured, the majority of
them requiring surgical treatment,
and some OF these are likely to die.
Thirty Others are less seriously hurt.
Several Of the dead are 90 mangled
rs to be beyond recognition.
UNUSUAL STORMS IN CAL.
SAN BERNARDINa, Aug. 49,
storms are raging daily in the
mountains esst of this city. IL rain
ed several hours at Cue mongo, but
not hprd. Ye'terday afternoon
heavy storms with thunder aud |
lightning were noticed In the noun
talns coming down into the valley.
Al $3.50 llrge body of water me
down Mil orc ,k and through Rcd.
lands, washing out Redlands' motor
road In several places, and doing |
some other damage, II is now
generally believed that these con-
tlpued storms aud sultry weather
which hes lasted ever since July lst,
with one short Interval, have been |
the result OF flooding the Colorado !
desert, II this continues permanent
iy 1t will result In more water In the
mountains for irriga'iug purpos- Q,
but the summer climate will be less
pleasant.
CRUSHED IL A CABoOsE.
DENVER, Aug. lS.-The Union
Pacific railroad had one Of the worst
wrecks Il has had for years Sunday
near Brighton, Colo, few mlles
from thls place. Freight train No.
"a, bound toward Denver, was run.
Mug In two sections. The engine
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