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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-17

The last OF the new courthouse bonds
have been disposed Of by the sale OF
100000 10 the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance company OF Milwaukee,
Wis. The bonds could not have boon
placed to better advantage, either us
respects the price received or the
hands into which they have fallen.
Treasurer Collins received par for
the securities. and they We're taken by
y corporation now holding $40. S65 OF
harrant county bonds. and which has
IN the last purchase demonstrated its
confidence In the county.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-17

Solid oak
RofrlgcrUtOrs
only on sale at
Maddox. Ellison & Cos
on easy payments.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-17

A fine line new guns at Lewis Bros.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-17

Baby BuEFies
or all kinds
on easy payments
At Maddox, Ellison & Co.'S
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-17

The friends OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome
y. Hale OF the Union stoclsyards hotel
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-17

Is the finest lawn mower made. For
lale at Lewis Bros.
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
TIE FIFE RFCORD
FLAMES IN A WESTERN TOWN.

FLAMES ~ WESTERN l'N.N'
O,tu,nwa Iowa June 3-Ff,een business houses
o,d ,wen,v dwei.ings IN mis- city were Destroyer 10y
Gro ,odov Five blocks a mass of bachene1 runs
Hut the worst result Of the confiasratlon was 'he
dootb Of a boy the fatal injury by smoke OF one
man and the serious injury Of three others James
seymour a dwarf was burned to death. bert
patterson was suTocated and will die John Nc
cuIlom a fireman. burned; 'Nlck Renner
had his leg broken and Jerry Seymour was over
corne bv heat and injured by falling timbers
The fire was discovered at ] o'clock IN Jerry
Sovmour's cooper shop. II quickly spread 10 the
adjoining business blocks OF brick and the dwell
ings The packing house district was threateheu'
hut the nremen from that section checked the
esres holding them within bounds until the "ind
died out Among the families who were compelled
IA leave th..r homes were -. l., stewart SSPyl'"
,endent OF the Chicago. burlington ana QulhcJ
Railroad and Calvin Manning. The Names now
avrr were checked before they reached their homes
For four hours the hrc RACED hcrcey ana even 70
night all danger has not passed on account IN
',nn,,idsring ernbers The loss Is estimated NJ 49,"
N1 and the Insurance about one-thlrd. a spark
from a locomotive IS supposed TO have started the
blaze. -, aro ,ha foIIou.lnp.
,bariea prvfsnyder a Son. butchers and cold-stor-
ege SIX 90: " r. Beck. druggists. &.VN' MAlg "a
A. carr groccrs 5000. Poe Inderwood' hruSs'S.
81 oOO Samuel Mahon. brick building ana 9@eii,nss
s;fG, John Fochan. saloon ana t"0 uWei,d'no ~. ~,
"a 20 I NJ Kaiser meat market building 2Lrp'
r + Mclaughlin, grocer. $1,000, Jerry seymour
cooDer 81 600: John Bauer. dwelling. 500"
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
ppry A PENSION THINKING SHE wAsA WIDOW

West Randolph. Vi. June 3.--Nearly twenty-three
vears ago Andrew Jackson Cross, farmer ran
AWAY with woman under peculiar circumstances
since then nothing had been heard or him untl TWO
weeks ago. when he appeared at Montpelier Iie
loft a wife and two small children His children are
Mrs Jennie wife of Jonas Coburn, OF this place.
and Miss May Cross. OF Holyoke. Mass Mrs cross
was left in destitute circumstances She was ooged
IN work hard In order TO and educate the chill
aren She had lived most Of the time since IN west
Brookneld. where she found work nursing Sup-cs-
ing that her husband dead Mrs. Cross applied
for a pension Cross having been member OF COM
panv A, 2sh New-York Cavalry. during the Re-
bellon. A widows pension OF $ a month was
granted. MIR Cross has brother living IN i Mont
heller and a sister in Worcester, a town near Mont
peer Two weeks ago Mrs. Cross received letter @
from her brothers wife saying that cross had ap-
neared AZ that place. Friday morning Mrs. cross
received an anonymous letter, dated at Montpelier
and mailed at Worcester. which said IN substance;
'"rhe Government authorities know that your nus
band is living: that you are drawing pension ana
will make trouble for you. -,
The letter was apparently In her husbands hand
writing Mrs. Cross laid the matter before her
pension attorney, and ne Immediately had her .lgiI
and return a certificate to the Pension Departmeht
demanding an investigation also to prove that she
had not attempted a fraud.
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
PROTECTED FROM IRREST BY WAITE.

JOHN cALDERwOOD. WANTED FOR 1AW-BREAK-
ING. CONCEALED by CoLORADo's GOVERNOR.
Denver June 3-Detectives assisted Sheriff Bow
orc to-day in a search for John Caderwood. pres-
dent Of the Victor Miners Union. who came up
from Colorado Springs with Governor Waite at an
eary hour this morning. When the party arrived
CaIderwood was taken into a carriage with the
Governor and conveyed 10 some secluded place
which no one but the Governor and party knows.
sheriff Bowers arrived about daylight with a war
rant for Calderw0od's arrest upon the charge or
,ncIflng 10 riot He had not been arrested in Col
orado Springs because then he was the Governor S
guest
Detectives shadowed Governor Waite all day IN
the hope that they might find their man. but al
night Sheriff Bowers had to return without the
head official Of the miners now in Deserent s
attitude About the Goverrors Once the foPua,s,
there declared that the arrest or CalderWDoa "ou.d
on add fue to the hatred OF the miners ana
wou.d make the contest all the more DOGGY. "a
JerwOol came under dag OF truce they Isciafvu
and should not be subjected TO arrss. pu. ha rsie
civil authorities look upon the man. not as pe..
iIgerent but az an accompllce In conspiracy thdt
has already resulted In highway robbery arsoh ue-
strucon Of property and In murder; ~ ,o,
no cdiclal action and Is not believed that ne VIII
dec,are martial law point which i declared 10 pc
legal Strong pressure has steadly peeh prought
10 bear to set him TO agree 10 PACK up
sheriff bowers with the militia. move he Is loath
IN make when Governor Waite reached Palmer
Lake he sent the following telegram 70 AaJu'dmm,i an
i"d"e '"' "'' Palmer Lake. June 2
ITO General Tarsney, officer in command at ar
no National Guards must be called out by Hogle
- iyJ,ccaid DAVID II. WAITE,
" Governor and Commander-in-Chlef"
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
HANGING TO TIE BEDROOM DOOR.

MRS RUBACH FOUND HER ILL AND DEsPoNDENT
HUSBAND HAD KILLED HIMSELF.
Wearied by a long struggle against illness ana
by efforts to get work. Charles Rubach yesterday
afternoon hanged himself to the door OF his bed
room in the tenement-house No. $50 West sixty"
seventh-st, leaving his patient wife and little chill
dren to get along in the world as best they can
The Rubachs. father. mother and two children.
one Of them a baby. occupy a small apartment on
the first floor OF the tenement. Up to the END OF
December last the man working as laoorer
at Stewards match factory In Eighteenth-st, ana
the family getting along comfortably Aoous
that time however. Rubach fell victim to astn.
ma. and thrown out OF work since theh' -
his little savings became exhausted huoaSn Pc
came more and respondent. l.ateiy no
talked frequently of taking his life. but no one DO
lieved him. and he not closely watcheu. .
Yesterday afternoon he came downstairs ana sat
with his wife the stoop OF the tenenen,- mouse
chatting and playing with his children. suddenly
a thought seemed to strike him he kissed tne
baby earnestly and went upstairs twenty
minutes later, when his wife followed. she found
him hanging by piece OF rope from the bedroom
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
rur rrpsr STEAMBOAT EVER BUILT

Frederick Nd. June 3 C3pecaD.-Re'ic-hunters re-
ce,tlv attempted to steal portions Of an o'd boer
which the owners and historians OF this country
claim belonged to the first boat propelled oy Steam
IN the world James Ramsey OF this county III
l7s5 conceived the idea OF propel.inS poa' o',
water against the current He devised ana 'sSs,'
the machinery for applying steam power lot
.h,a ,urnose and had IT forged al the od
Cotoctn furnace near mere, owned and oper-
ated by Baker & Johnson. The boat was @ Dull Dull
at the Point OF Rock. on me upLer - i7S;
The The boa, was worked up the Potomac to pace
then called Bath. where Genera MMaanig,on M @ suc w
snendng the summer. The experiment WAS sur
cpssfi' and Genera Washington certified that n, ne
had seen boat actually propelled oy stea az s
was subsequently taken back to Cotoctn anu ,S ,Sl
two generations the boiler ana me me- SS ,hree foe,
above ground on Of the boundary marXs mi1ns,e 9a
fhe Cotoctin property and Hayand me eH fi
farm OF William Johnson, the son of Colone' bAker
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
. HORSE KILLED on THIRD-AvE.

Joseph Spz thirty-nve years old. OF NO. az
East Seyenty-second-st.. who owns furniture
truck and two horses. took five OF his friends IN MS
wagon I'D TO Westchester yesterday on a chowder
party. They all drank heavily and were hilarious
when they passed one red-and-twenty-hith-st'
and Third-ave on their way home late In the after
noon Spitz was In the back OF the wagon ana
one OF his friends driving. AT One-hundred-
william Cohen, OF NO. H-
East Ninety -four;h-st., passed the party ,. on a
5icycle The driver at once whipped up ms nor hoIsso S
get out OF the way by lodging inside OF the Iiie
OF the elevated pillars and out again. but the team
Of horses kept close behind him and several uneS S
narrowly escaped crashing iato cable cars ana
other vehicles At ne-hundred-and- teen'nse. zen ~
Cohen swerved over 10 the uptown SIDE or the ave
nue. and the driver Of the wagon tred 10 ioi,ow; ;
but the horses going too fast to make the shol
turn They with full force againsi an e.evatel
road pillar. OF the horses struck his head ano
chest against II and instantly fell TO the pavement
dead The wagon was badly broken. ana Az OF US
occupants were thrown out in a heap Spitz wa.
slightly stunned and the others evidently were hoi
hurt as they all at once took TO their heels ana
escaped through the crowd that had gathered
Spitz was arrested and locked up at the Eas,
One -hundr and -sixth-st station on N
charge OF drunkenness. He will be arragned IN tne
Harlem Police Court this morning. by which lne
he will probably be sober enough TO tell the names
OF the driver OF the wagon and the rest OF 'ne
party.
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
SAVED FROM 4 BUENING TESSEL.

RESCUE IN MID-oCEAS OF THE CREW AND
PASSENGERS or FRENCH SCHOONER
Philadelphia June "A story OF fre at seh on an
over,aden sailing vessel. with loss ot lie ana 'he
rescue Of passengers AMI crew was reported to-day
~, Captain Slg.e Of the North Atlantic Trident
Line steamship Donau at this port. from lAinouFs
on April lG the Donau, whi'e on the outward paA-
sage from Philadelphia. sighted a saiirg-vesre Win
smoke issuing from the mainhatch. and heT distress
nags in flames The burning vesse. proved 10 De
the French schooner Jacine.. from "rhlNie'
France. for St Pierre. Miqueon Island with eight
nassengers and "A crew OF twtnty-siH men. al ''id
4 boat was lowered from the Donau and manned
nv the chief officer. carpenter and three seainen.
Tho Jacnel was discovered by the rcsculns ere"
- he not on.y on fire. bat leaking bad - h's pumps
heino insufficient 10 keep her free. Heavy weather
mad oucned her seams and paTiiaHy wit'r',ss.u
no fraC craft Despite the water ~ IN" ho.1' tht
Gre vas gaining and the was helpless 70 say
II The nre had been discovered thrce nights & &ot-
,o-c onI me men were exhausted through tn'iE
ecorts 10 save the craft. one man, Nlplh t''lrn-
burg. the second mate had succumbed to hSphyNn-
tiOn. ,-.,...,- n, f,,,,-
The Jacmel went down IN latitude 4i"' 'ohs'-
,uda =
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
NOTING on TO TIE CIPITiL.

COXEY ARMIES IN THE WEST MAKE SLOW PROG
REss EAsrwARD-THE RIVER FIOTILLAs.
San Francisco June "A southbound freight tram
on the Southern Pacific was captured be.ow the
town OF Plxey. Tu,are County. last night by 10
"Industrials." who stopped the train ny pacing oo
struc,ions on the track. The Pxley authorities were
informed and early this morning posse arrived az
the scene They forced the "lndustriais To leaVe
the train The men cursed the officers ana ue-
clarel they would yet ride out OF tne country.
Kansas CITY. Mo-. June "a CommonweSa. S. arIny
composed of l2j men, under command OF GeIsTdi
Bennett. and nineteen men, under 'aplan "a; -
Arz. ex-Adju,ant- General of the Kansas .>d1ona b
Guarl Is at Kerr's Park. Kansas cIIy. Nan ApDu o,,
one hundred men from GENERA Sanderss S army
at Leavenworia strags.ed N a3pui ai d aftv men
in camp The leaders are in hopes OF rasns srrncaed
enough by tomorrow to enable them 10 Prooeeu
East either by boat or rail-
P,rkersburg W Va. June 3-The steamer o. D.
O'Connen. with Frye's Commonweal Army ar
rived here this morning The city officials supplied
the army with provisions. but refused to permit
them to land. The leaders said that the contraJt Ma
eta where they would disembark and go over
land 70 PIt's6uTg nSe nS ParkeTsburg The army
scnt n committee back 10 ParkersbuFg asking per
mission to return but this vas I ,eunorrow viii
starr over the Northwestern pike for Washington.
The army numbers 26 men
ST. Cienevieve Mo- June 3.-Commander Kelly ana
bls "Industrals' put into this port last night, and
,ys,. nrov,ded with days rations by the Mayor.
Under instructions from the city Council Kelly
claimed to have 1900 men In his boats out they % Gio
No, hold our when counted. The hotlla landed nVe
miles below the CITY and departed this morning tor
Cairo Kelly has about perfected arrangements TOT
a tow ND the Ohio River 10 Wheeling. w va
Ashland. Ohio June 3.-The Commonweal army
from Chicago. in command OF General Randaii.
arrived here this afternoon. Camp was p!tcheI a, al
hrJv some prov,eons were brought by the men,
a,d rho town authorities purchased lot or meat
and coffee baker sent l'o caves OF oreau' ran
. Ike "A "A
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04

took to consider the he could not have read
the evidence taken before the Commissioner. The
report Of the Commissioner the briefs submitted
by the counsel. he declares shows that the Gov
ernor was actuated more by a desire TO win popu-
lar applause by the removal of official of his
own arty than by any desire to do right or enforce
the law. II the Governor were judged by his own
rule he would have been removed in disgrace says
Mr.. Beck, for almost every official act OF his has
been condemned influenced by Improper motives
and violation OF official obligation by the who
demanded his Decks remova.
Mr.. Beck declares that the Governors ruling
that difference of judgment 10 what should be
done under unusual circumstances constituted
ground for removal, since the Governor acquitted
him of any wfu misconduct.
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
THEE cRaRBryG VESSELS CAPTURED.

CrIs0eld Nd June 3-One of the State police ves-
sels poured fuslllade Of shot Into fleet OF twenty
five grabbing vessels yesterday In Holland strait
and that the crews OF the poachers escapeu MUIR
Is regarded as almost a miracle. Several hundreu
sho,s were fired The sails and deckhouses or the
crabbers were rddled with bullets. and three or
them--the Frank Law. Raymond James ana 0 JACKSON a
Rradshaw-were 80 badly crippled tnat theE were
unable 10 escape. They were towed INTO risnins
Bay where they held as hostages py tne DOT.
chester County authorities until the captains pay
the ane assessed for "scraping the bottom
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
HER SKULL WAS SHATTERED.
A GIRL. FRIGHTENED BY FLAMES. JUMPS
FROM A ROOF AND Is KILLED.

RESULT OF A FIRE IN ERCK-sT.-EsCAPE OF
y MAN WHO ALSO JUMPED FROM THE ROOF
The wife of Jacob Klein who with her husband
and three children occupied the rear apartments IN
the third floor of the nve-story brick tenement NO
Ss Goerck-st. upset an o-stove at $50 O'Clock last
night Mrs Kleins accident caused the death OF
Sadie Fesner age eighteen Of No. l0l Whlett-st
Sadie was visiting her married sister, Bertha who
is the wife Of Otto Kitzler on the top floor. front
When the stove was upset and the screams OF the
frightened tenants rang through the house. Sadie
looked out OF the window and saw the smoke ana
flames Issuing from below. Regardless Of the fact
that there was fre-escape at her elbow. she be-
came excited and shouting Fire! Fire. at the
top Of her voice. ran out into the hall and up the
There was painters scaffold hanging between
the third and fourth floors The panic-sricken girl
ran to the northwest corner Of the roof and either
her feet struck the edge of the scaffod. ana she
turned a complete somersault and struck the Side
walk the right side Of her face dying almost
instantly. Her skull completely smashed.
In the mean time the tenants had swarmed on the
roof and fire escapes. while few had sef-posses-
sion enough to come down the stairs. one OF those
on the roof was James Beckner thrty-two years
old who lived on the top floor In the rear. lie ran
TO the south side Of he roof ana almost smui-
roof of the threest building adjoining HIS loot
caught in "A telegraph wire and almost by miracle
he turned entirely over. fortunately striking me
roof on both feet. The sudden shock broke his
right ankle. -
Ten minutes use of water by the hremen put ont
the flames The damage TO the building Will not
exceed $4,000 The excitement before the arrival
OF the firemen was intense, as the neighDorhood
is populous one 49,,
After the excitement had subsided neither Klein
any OF his family could be found
Henry Schumacher. of No. 1877 Lewis-st. who
10 the rescue OF the tenants, slipped ana
sprainel his right ankle. He was taken home by
friends
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
GAVE HER LIFE FOR A CHILDS
A BRAVE YOUNG WOMAN KILLED BY
A NEWARK TROLLEY CAR.

HER LITTLE COUSIN HAD Kun ON ihH i''
AND WAS PUSHED AWAY IN TINE TO Es-
CAPE WITH FEW BRUIsEs-THE RES
crER DIED IN THE AMBULANCE.
In the Newark city ambulance on Its way to
the hospital last evening, Ellen McGaugh dieu'
She had been struck and mangled by trolley
car while trying 10 save the lie OF her Htue
cousin. She was successful In saving the cniid
life. but lost her own In the effort
Miss McGaugh lived in Aqueduct-st., Newark.
Yesterday afternoon she was visiting the nome
of friend in the lower part of the city. 1t was
almost time for her to go home, and she was
standing at Market and Van Buren sts. WITH
her friends bidding them goodby
Ono of tho marty with Miss McGaugh was her
little cousin. Mamie McGinnis The child was
romping about, and no heed was being paid 10
her She repea ,edly ran into the street. but no
ono minded her until suddenly Miss McGaugh
rushed from the group toward the middle OF
the street As she ran she screamed, ana the
hundreds who were passing saw car bound lor
Jersey City speeding along and directly In front
of il the little girl. Miss McGaugh was rush-
ing toward her The child seemed lost, but the
pluckv young woman spiang in front OF the car
and pushed the child from the track She trleu
to run back but 1t was too late The car at at re-
tlced speed, STuCh NilSf .h'pHNS'' 49,
her forward along the track. Before the car
could be brought to a stop the wheels struck the
Young woman When she was lifted from lhe
street she had been fatally injured. -
The ambulance was summoned and an enort
made to reach the hospital In time 10
save her life. but IL was useless. Sne
died before the hospital gates were reached. The
child was only slightly bruised. where she was
thrown down by her roscuer.
Frank Gallagher. Of Jersey. the motorman'
was arrested and locked up In the Third Fre-
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
KANSAS MINES TO REOPEN.

Ieavenworth Kan. June 3-The coal miners
situation. that appeared so serious Friday night.
seems to be peacefully settled. Yesterday through
the efforts OF citizens the mine owners and strik-
ers committee held protracted conference. during
which they came to an agreement. The mine-ownars
agreed 10 allow a checkwe.ghman TO be paid by the
men, at each shaft, and to pay the present nign
wages II the price OF mining was not lowered az
other places The men agreed TO return to work az
the Riverside and Home mines. which are nov
closed, and start In full Monday.
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
NECKiR ISLAND BELONGS TO UNCLE SAA.

DISCOVERED BY AN AMER'AN' Nh'HH 'iiNN
HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY
THE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT.
baltimore June (SpeciaD.-Nictor smith,
LAWYER OF this city who has been connected with
the Navassa Phosphate Company says that the
Neckar Island for the possession OF which Il
Hawaiian and an English ship are now racing
belongs to the United States. 1t was discovered
in 1857 by a man named Parker. who found
guano deposit upon it. and who sold his interest
to the United States Guano Company, when
aled claims with tie Department at Washington.
Meanwhile the Hawaiian Government asserted
ownership Of the island and sent force TO oc,
cupv II The United States, however, decided
the Hawaiian claim invalid and refused to recog-
nize r. Under an act OF 1856 the President de-
clared the island part of the territory OF the
United states and recognized the claims OF the
phosphate company. Under decision OF the
supreme Court. the proclamation of the fresl-
dent makes the island part OF the public do
main.
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
FOrNDER BRADLEY POSTS ANOTHER NOTICE

Asbury Park. ~ j.. June (SpeciaD.-The peop.e
strollng on the board walk to-day posted up In
the different pavl.ions the following:
NOTICE.
This payion Is intended for guests or hotels
EmnIoyes OF hotels vii. please observe the ABOVE
notice.
The phraseo.ogy OF this notification Is IN no wise
ouaufving and applies with the same force and
directness as Founder Brad,eys proclamation to the
coored people last year 70 keep oa1 a OF n er
feeI incensed Senator Bradley is the owner OF the
navlons and gave the order for the printing OF me
notices and directing the posting up of 'heh /" '"e
ma y
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
THOMAS BRENNAN'S FATAL JUMP

THOMAS BRENNAN'S FATAL JUMP
DEATH AT AN EARLY MORNING FIRE ~ LONG
ISLAND CITY
Fire broke out in the three-story frame tenement
house at No. 80 Quecn-st. Long ls.and CITY. early
Yesterday morning The building was occupied by
several families. Thomas Brennan. a iaborer.
lfty-fve years OF age. sept In front room on the
second story. When he went TO bed on saturday
night he left a lamp burning stand clos 20 the
bed About 2 O'Clock Yesterday morning he either
unset the lamp or II exploded. The bedding caught
fire. and when Brennan woke up he was wrapped In
flames
He sprang from the bed. Il IS supposaf. and With
out waiting 20 open the window. jumped through H.
carving the glass ana sashcs with him. lie shot
down 10 the sidewalk with his c.othing al On lT"
lie struck on the back OF his head ani shoulders
and broke his neck He was carried 10 ~; Johh
Hospital but died before anything could be done
for him. -
The other tenants rushed from the house when
they found the second floor ahaze. AZ. escap'1
alive but without any clothing except what they
wore The Joss the building l. ahoui @hW";
White trying TO raise the new extension ,aHltr
the frenen who were not used 10 the machinery
of the piece allowed It t. s.ip. \ fireman nAn'a
McFan had his foot caught as the ladder sHpPe''
and was badly Injured
New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
THE oOA On SMASHED. BUT THOSE IN 1T ryHURT

Anton O.sen and William Olsen. of Springhprst;
Oscar Anderson. Of One-hundred-and-thiry-sr -srN'h-
St. and Southern Boulevard. and Louise Jensen OF
No 2f7 East Forty-eighth-st, driving in coach
at Lane-ave. Springhurst. last evening. when the
coach was gtruck by train. -.
The horses killed ond the carriage smasheu'
but the occupants escaped injury.