Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-04
FATALITIES.
A List of Disasters Fatal to
Life.
THREE PERSONS DROWNED At 4 FORD

Four Men Blown to Pieces in . MIne-Fatsl
Trestle Aocident-Maiden Ladies SUMO
cAted-Awful Hurricane In
Russfa-Eto.
PLArrsBURG, Mo-, June LA. E.
Meininger, one of the oldest merchants
of this city, was returning from a visit
yesterday to his brother-in-law, living
north of here, accompanied by his two
daughters, Misses Ella and Rosa, and
when crossing Smiths fork at what is
known as the Parvin ford, the buggy
was upset and all three were drowned
The young ladies were aged 10 and
16 years and were beloved by all who
knew them.
Mr.. Meininger's only remaining child
is the wife of Rev. j. A. d. Hughes, a
nephew of the late Judge Sawyer. of
independence.
BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS
GEORGETOWN, Col, June 1--Early
yesterday morning at the east end of
the Atlantic 6 Pacific tunnel on Valso
mountain. about eight miles from Sill
yer Plains, Harry Taylor, William
Coughler, J. Richardson and John Null
holland, employed at the breast Of the
tunnel in loading holes carried into the
tunnel seventy-five pounds Of dynamite
or giant powder to complete the load
ing.
From the breast of the tunnel is a
| drift on one of the lodeS, in which
Moritz Farrton was working. It was
customary for the boys on the shaft to
warn Farrton of coming blast, but
| sudden and unusual explosion threw
him off his feet, stunning him badly.
| After he recovered he started to the
mouth of the tunnel and at the engine
room he told the engineer that the boys
had set off the blast without telling
| him and he was hurt and wanted to
know why they were so careless. ask
ing where they were. The engineer
| said they had not come out
| A search party was organized and
found that all four men had been liter
ally blown to fragments by the prema-
| ture explosion of the charge. The ac-
| cident was about $500 feet from the
| mouth of the tunnel The force of the
| explosion tore a great hole in the wall
| of the tunnel and great quantity of
rock blocked the way of the rescuing
| party for a time.
| TRAINS GO THROUGH 4 TRESTLE.
BALTIMORE, Md, June AT 4
! o'clock yesterday morning on the Shen-
andoah Valley division of the Norfolk
& Western railroad near Luray, Va, a
freight train, running at twenty five
miles an hour, dashed upon a weak
| bridge and into the caboose of live
stock train. The trestle gave way, pre-
| cipitating to the bottom of the ravine.
| the caboOse and two cars Of the first
| train, and of the second train the en-
| CINE and twenty cars. James z. Strick
| Ter was killed and John Reese, of Har-
risburg, a brakeman. fatally injured
cHLoRoFORM ENDS A BOYS LIFE.
NEW YORK, June 1.-The upper lip of
Willis P. Canda, aged is, living in
Brooklyn, had grown to abnormal size
through his habit of continually sucking
it and an operation was decided upon
by physicians to remove some of the ex-
cess growth. Chloroform was admins
tered yesterday and while in an IN
conscious state the boy showed signs of
heart failure. The doctors made every
effort to save his life, but he gradually
grew weaker and in an hour was dead.
FATAL MIsHAP-
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, June 1.-The wife
of A. E. Rose, prominent citizen, and
Mrs ]. G. Newbill and little boy were
| 1IOfu Inc funeral Oh d. d
Cunningham yesterday afternoon when
the pony they were driving ran away
and threw all three out Mrs. Roses
neck was broken by the fall The
other two escaped with slight bruises.
TWO LADIES AsPHYxIATED.
NORTH AMHURsT, O., June 1.-Misses
Harriet aud Emily Bryant, aged maiden
ladies, were found dead in bed. They
were last seen alive one week ago by
their brother George, of Elyria- The
coroner came to the conclusion that
death was caused by gas escaping from
the coal stove last Sunday week. Their
money, bank book and everything
about the house was intact
KILLED AT DECORATION CEREMONY.
i MARIONvILLE, Mo-, June Edith,
the six-year-old daughter of A. II. Gro
yer was instantly killed Saturday at
the cemetery by the fall of the grand
stand where she and forty-three other
little children were representing the
states in the memorial exercises The
dead girl represented Missouri Some
of the other children were hurt
NINETEEN CREWS DROWNED.
ST. PETERSBURG. June Lake IL
men. in the government Of Novgorod.
has been the scene of a terrible hurri.
| cane. Nineteen vessels were wrecked
and all their crews were drowned.
i Have an Idea of Frank View.