The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-02-27

mn all the bed clothes in her efforts 20
hee dionified. And then the "wee mon
proceeded with his evening d~evotlons'
|. Ball of Fire..
ST.. PAUL, Feb. s1.-The Pioneer
Press has a thrilling account of q mon
ster meteor which struck the earth near
Hamilton, Missoula county, Mont. The
meteor drove itself 200 feet into the
ground and 100 feet of the still hot mass
nrotrudes from the earth, spnttering and
sizzling at q furious rate. Much excite
ment has been caused by the meteor
and crowds have gone to see it. A u
cburous smell from the meteor can DE
noticed for miles around.
The heavenly visitor arrived early IN
the morning and brought death n de-
struotion in it's path. 1t struck the
earth on the ranch of Henry Chambers, a
short distance from the ranch OF Marcus
Daly. the king turfman. Two China
men, in charge of about forty COWS,
we're in the cattle shed when the meteor
struck it, and the shed and it's contents
disappeared under the burning mass.
The earth trembled for miles in every
direction, and the buildings were greatly
shaken. Great excitement Is
reported all through Bitter
Boot valley. and ,o tas1if1;n :
scene.
The meteor is said to be still molten
hot on the outside and q q OF lava
runs down the hillside, while flames
shoot upward from the hot mass, The
story is located close by where the petri'
fed sea serpent was said to have been
recently found and near by the cave
wherein a band of alternating Indians
was discovered q few weeks ago.
WERE ON DEATHS BRINK.
P1rrsBuRe, Feb. 21.-The Wheeling
express on the Wheeling division Of the
Baltimore & Ohio with 100 passengers
on board, had q narrow escape from an
awful accident near whitehall, twelve
miles south of this city city, last night.
Near Whitehall and just around q steer
curve is q temporary t~restle, 800 feel
long and forty feet high. The train was
running at the rate of thirty-fve miles
an hour and when it rounded the curve
the engine struck q huge rock which
had been loosened by the frost and
had rolled from the en-
bankment above the railroad. Ar
awful crash followed. The engine broke
from the tender and left the track. The
tender partly broke from the train and
the separated parts rushed in a mac
race for the trestle. When the engine
reached the trestle proper it seemed tx
stop suddenly and plunged down the
embankment. The train, grinding on
flashes of fire from the railway, swept by
it safely, being stopped by air brakes a
the other end of the trestle. As the
engine toppled over Engineer Mahar
was thrown out. He was found some
forty feet away from the engine in {
deep ravine. He was UNCONSCIOUS anG
is fatally injured. The engine wa!
crushed into q of warped
and shattered iron. When the engine
stopped before its plunge into the "a
vine it threw Lindsey, the fireman
high into the air. through the cab roof
He alighted on the embankment. Hi
shoulder was dislocated and he wa
otherwise Injured. The tender lett tn
track. when the train stopped on thu
trestle, and plunged into the chasm be
low without taking any of the oars with
it making a second miraculous escape.
The passengers were badly frightened,
bnt beyond q shaking up were unin
jured. They were brought to this city
at l O'Clock this morning. The accident
is pronounced by railway men and trav
elers to be n of the most miraculous
known to them.
WRECK OF A VESSEL.
LONDON, Feb. 21.-What is likely tt
prove the gravest maritime disaster
which has occurred since the tempes-
tous weather ofthe past week set in, il
reported from the Cornish coast. A
large vessel whose name is unknown
but which is supposed to be a Spanish
steamer has been wrecked off Penzance,
and it is feared all hands are lost. AL
ready brief dispatches telling of the
tragic and horrifying scenes which at.
tended the disaster have been received,
It is learned tie. q boat containing
six men who had set off from the vesse.
tor shore, was capsized almost immedi-