The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-05-26


DROWNED LIKE RATS
A Brazilian warship Strikes ON . Rock
and Sinks-One Hundred and Twenty
/ Three Of Her Grow Perish.
Rio JANEIRo, May 23.-The iron-clad
Solimoes, one of the six war ships sent
by the brazilian government against
the rebels at Matte Crosse, was sunk
Sunday morning in the harbor of Mon
tevideo. One hundred and twenty-three
of the officers and crew were drowned.
Only four on the vessel escaoed.
The vessel was dispatched from Rio
Janeiro some days since to act as con-
voy to the fotilla which carried troops
to aid in quelling the rebellion in the
Brazilian state of Matto Crosse.
The crew of the war ship
numbered 1877 men. just as
the So]imoes was off Polonio
island, near Point Ncgra Castillos, she
struck rock violently, bows on. The
sea was very rough at the time. All
the crew were under matches except
four sailors and the pilot. Two of the
were at the wheel.
| Through the immense hole made in
her hull the water rushed so fast and
furious that the vessel sank almost
Immediately. Of all her crew only the
four sailors who were on deck saved
their lives. The pilot also escaped.
The unfortunate men did not even
get chance to gain the deck. They
were drowned like rats in hole. AS
the water poured in the victims seemed
instantly to realize their danger and
made frantic but unavailable effort
to dash open the matches. Their cries
were heartrending. The scene of the
disaster-Polonio islands, northeast
of Cape Santa Maria, which is
near the mouth of the Rio de la Plata.
The Solimoes had double bottom, but
there were few watertight compart-
ments below the water line, and when
the hole was knocked in her hull she
went down like cracked iron pot.
MELBOURNE, May 23.-An open boat
in which fifteen members of football
team were being taken across the bay
of Port Philip by two fishermen has
been found bottom up and all are sup
posed to have been drowned.
FIREWORKS EXPLOSION.
Several Lives Lost aud a Building Wrecked
IN Hartford, Conn.
HARTFORD, Conn.,, May :1.-The
factory of the Etna Pyrotechnic Com
pany on Mechanic street blew up Sat-
urday afternoon with tremendous
noise. The conclusion shook the city
and the explosion was heard for miles,
The large two-story building was in
ruins and underneath the brick and
timbers were eight human beings, the
entire force of the factory, including
Superintendent j. L. b. Sibley, of the
firm of Talcott, Frisbee & Co., who was
at the factory to pay off the help.
The first body found was that of a
woman burned and roasted out of all
later the body of a man was dug out of
the corner of the ruins. During the
next half-hour two more bodies were
found, all burned beyond identifica-
ton. The bodies were taken to the
morgue, while the search for the body
of the only missing man was continued.
It was not found at dark, and to con-
tinue the search large arc light was
suspended over the ruins.
The body of the man at the morgue
was identified as Sibley's by the gold
filing in the teeth. Til, bodies of the
women at the morgue were identified as
those of Emma Treganza, Emma Tar
box and Maggie DAILY.
A FATAL CRASH.
Trains Collide on the Cotton Belt Road
in Arlansas-Seven Persons Reported
Killed. Three of Whom Were Women.
PINE BLUFF, Ark, May 23.-Seven
persons were killed and many others
injured in collision which occurred !
Friday night at o'clock on the Cotton
Belt road. in Arkansas, between Hum
phreys and Golden. The collision was
caused by the crew of an irregular pas
senger train disobeying orders, and a.
result the engine of the passenger col.
lided' with the engine of freight. All |
the cars of the passenger train were
thrown from the track and upset. The
wires between here and the point at
which the wreck occurred are working
ceived in fragments.
One of the dead has been identified as
Mrs. Henson, wife of an employe of the
road. The bodies of two other women
have been taken from the wreck, but |
are as yet unidentified. The other
four bodies are those of men,
one young man about 10
years old. On one of the bodies was
found a check on the State national
bank of Memphis, drawn in favor of
James Morgan. The names of the
other dead men are Mr.. Oarsman,
Mr.. Jones and A. NJ. Swan, the
latter being the colored porter
of the sleeper.
Ives Still Champion.
CHICAGO, May 23.-Frank Ives, the
young Chicagoan, defeated George F.
Slosson, of New York, Saturday night
at Central music hall in the 800 points
14-inch balk line game of billiards by
score of 800 to 4SS and for the second |
time demonstrated the correctness
of his title, champion of the
world" Not only this-the youngster
smashed the worlds record so
far as it pertains to the game under
like conditions. Jake Schaefer former
~ held the record-an average of 1871.
Ives record is 262s. The contest was
for the worlds championship and the
Brunswick Bake Collender Company's
emblem, the net gate receipts and a
stake of $1,000 or $500 SIDE Ives
highest run was 124; Slosson's, 100.
Collision Near Greenville, Ill.
ST. LOUIS, Nav 23.-The Diamond |