Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-10

thirJ shock " the earthquake destroyed
tirco small habitatiOns VI colonists aud
cracked others. No human life was
losi, but q large number Of live stock
were killed.
GAS EXPLOSION.
POrTviiLE, Pa, August @. 49,
blast fred In the York colliery today
liberated a large volume VI gas, which
was ignitod by the naked lamps Of the
men when they entered the place. The
eNploalon which followed burned tilr.
teen men, one 81 them, John COfbors,
fatally.
a sEvENrY.FtvE riiouBAND DOLLARS
fIgT.
COOpERsr0wS, y. y, August S.
The well known Cooper mouse, at
Jooperstown, was burned today.
Everybody got out Ia time, hut some
lost their baggage. The loss Is $50.
900.
STEAMER nuRNED.
WiNstEg, August s.--Tho steamer
"Gltndenin" was burned 1, Tie
waters cdg. on Lake Winnipeg.
charles Masters, Of B,rrieh. ont, one
OF the crow, was burned 10 death.
WIND AND RAIN.
WARRfN, MINI, August s. -Ysstet-
Jay evening the worst storm of the
season OF wind aud rain prevailed
here, laying the grain Hat. Lightning
struck several places anu many heads
VI livestock were KILLED.
4 giERcE FRE.
SONoNA, Cal, August s.-A fierce
IRE broke out this morning near III
Nemno, spread over the town and con-
sumrd number Of houses. This oven.
ingit Il sweeping everything on En-
gleF aud Sear's ranch. Every man ia
town has gone out 70 fight the Are.
a EAILnOADsDtsAsrER
ST. PETERSBURG. August Son the
Finland Railway today military
train aud passenger train coilidri.
Two soldiers were killed aud forty.
eight injured.
AN AERONAuT KILLED.
LONDON, August Sat Leeds, TO.
day, u baloOnist named Higgins was
Killed, aud Miss Dewey, who accom-.
panied him IN the ascension, narrowly
escaped death. The couple intended
10 give trapcLe Performance while
ascending, nDi afterwards descend by
means OF "A parachute. Ia the asccn-
sion the balloon WIS caught 10y cur.
rent ~ nir ami blown sideways, Ftrik.
log the telegraph poles. Tho couple
were sitting on the bar, which began
10 sway In a frlghtfll manner.
Miss Dewey, thinking Il safer 10 irop
from the bar before being thrown
therefrum, lowered herself by her
hands, hung for n moment auu
dropped, landing on tho ground I'M
hurt. Released from her weight, the
balloon shot upwafd, aud Higgins,
getting eutanglod Ia tho telegraph
poles, was swept or tho bar anu fell,
striking on his tack aud received Ia.
Juriea which resulted fatally Ia few
moments.
4 DISASTROUS STORM.
ASHLAND, Wis., August s.-This
afternoon disastrous wind and rain
storm occurred here. Tho swedish
Baptist church was torn from IT, fouu.
dalton. The roof was blown OH n
block. Many small buildings were
blown from their foundations and hall
dozen yacht. moorcd Ia the bay were
torn FROM their faatcnings and wrecked
upon the -hOtv.
At Washburn, on the opposite side
OF the bay, circus tent collapsed, aud
In the panic which ensued among this
spectators Of the performance IN the
tent, two small boys were crushed 10
death and number ofpeople seriously
injured.
This posioiilcn building also collapsed,
two women icing Injured, Onc serious.
~. The roof u the Omaha Elevator
was torn from tho building and
deposited In the bay, many thousand
feet Of lumber were blown into tho
water. The derrick and hoisting en-.
glnes Mt the coal docks were blown
over. An estimate OF tho damage ut
Wafhburn places II at $50, 900.