St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-05-12
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.

A passenger train on the AtchiSon,
Topeka and Santa Fe road wrecked near
Medill, Mo-; the accident was caused by
the washing away of bridge by high
water; the train plunged into the flood,
engineer and fireman and FIVE passengers
being killed outright and over a score of
passengers badly hurt.-A large number
of republican state conventions held East,
West and South, most of which declare
for HarriSon.-A father and son perish by
the capsizing of their boat, off Rockland,
Me.-A Philadelphia census taker arrest
ed for making false returns of industries.
The western country flooded by heavy
rains, and business seriously interfered
with.
Friday.
Harvard college has received $50, 900
from the sale of real estate under the will
of Edwin Conant of Worcester.-An i'm
rnenSe slaughter house in New York city
burned at a loss of $500, OOO.-An Eng
lish dressmaker outraged and throw
from a railway car.-Burglars enter a
Catholic bishops house at Hartford,
Conn, to get $40, 900 worth of silver
ware, and are pursued and one of them
caught by the Washington, D.
c., visited by severe storm which ruined
several houses.-The Methodist General
conference now in session at Omaha,
Neb
Saturday.
An unconhrmed rumor that the Chinese
now in the United States will return
home and a general policy liberalization be
adodpted by China.-Five towns in Hi
nois practically under water; great
damage to crops and railway commune
cation by the foods.-Collapse of rub
Der factory at Manchester England, and
the ruins.-A waterspout strikes San
Angelo, Texas, and does much damage.
Sunday.
The Philadelphia and Reading freight
station at Philadelphia burned at a loss
of $50, OOO-Extensive devastation by a
rise of the waters of the St. Joseph, Maui
NEE and St. Mary's rivers 500 farms on
the lowlands submerged.-A fierce fire at
Fairville, n. B., burns out the main por-
ton of the town and renders 100 fami-
lies homeless.
Monday.
Some crank attempted to burn the
state house at Boston, but it was saved
by the timely discovery of the ire.-Fiye
men killed in a German colliery by the
breaking of the elevator chain.-Two
ladies Of Salt Lake City robbed of $4,000
worth of diamonds by three masked
men who entered their room just after
their return from a ball.-Six Young
students narrowly escape drowning on
| Long Island Sound.-Snow in Wyoming
renders roads impossible and the food
supply is running short in some places
A BROOKLYN man kills his wife in a quar-
rel and then throws himself in front of a
moving train.-Forest fires raging at
Winsted, Conn, and many acres of
valuable timber land burned over.-The
Mississippi river rising rapidly, and
MANY thousand acres of land submerged
Death of the 10Th victim OF the Central
theatre fire in Philadelphia.
Tuesday.
Brutal attack upon Jews in Poland
A Mountain Home lark woman goes
raving crazy by reason of the death of
two of her children, who were killed by a
bear while she looked helplessly on
Twenty horses burned to death in New
York livery stable fire.-Fifteen buildings
damaged by fire at Portsmouth, N. H
| A terrible explosion occurred in the coal
| mines at Roslyn, Wash, in which AZ
miners were killed.
Wednesday.
A terrific tornado near Colliersville,
Tenn, does great amount of damage,
and a cloudburst and flood in Ohio
result IN the destruction of much property
and the loss of two liyes.-The Methodist
general conference protests against Sun
day openings of the Worlds fair.-Great
Britain has accepted the invitation of
the United States to bi-meta1lic con-
ference. state convention at
Concord, n. H., and delegates favorable
10 Cleveland.