Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-02-22
EASTERN.

vile. Pa, Wednesday wrecked the store
and dwelling of George III. Cutler. killed
George III. Cutler and his son, and injured
Mrs. Cutler and Kate Strack. domestic.
The houses were completely demolished
and the ruins. taking fire. were destroyed.
The explosion was caused by leak III
the main, the escaping gas igniting from
the office stove.
Captain BaudelOn and the officers of
La Gascogne were entertained ut dinner
ut the Hotel Martin. New York. by 4. 4.
Richie. who is one of the happiest men in
New York. As the ten naval guests from
la Gascognc entered the dining room i'll
full uniform they were greeted by shouts
of give Baudelon. Ladies waved their
handkerchiefs and men grasped the hands
OF the officers. Then all standing, drank
to the health of the stanch ship and her
brave commander.
Reports from remote portions of the
State continue to emphasize the fact that
the late storm was almost unprecedented
in Maryland. James Drummer. a colored
man of Pisgah neighborhood, Charles
County, was found standing in a fence
corner on the public roadside. frozen stiff.
Two dead men were found on the railroad
tracks between Oxford and Easton. They
were identified as hands on a dredge boat
frozen up at Oxford. Robert NJ. Dawson.
of Whitman. reports that there is flock
of ut least fifty wild geese frozen to death
near the mouth of Eastern Bay.
The freight train known as the Troy
pickup. bound north, parted about IL mile
north of Rhinecliff, y. Y. The divided
parts came together and five cars were
telescoped. The wreck blocked the down
track, and before danger signal could
be displayed the south-bound fast mail
ran into the wreck, the engine and three
express ears of the fast train jumping the
track. The locomotive went into the
river, taking with it Engineer james ID.
DOnohue and Fireman Green. They were
eXtricated by the crew of the train. En-
gineer Donohue is badly scalded about
the chest. has severe spinal injuries and
Is suffering so much from shock that he
cannot recover. Green will recover
Engines Nos. 6 and s on the Castle
Shannon Railroad coliided in Tie tunnel
near MOnongahela. Pa, causing one of
the worst wrecks that has occurred on the
road in Il number of years. Five men
were hurt and an engine and twenty-five
cars demolished. The injured were: Con
ductor John Walker Engineers Henry
Hitters and Frederick Risgar, Fireman
Emmett Hamilton and an unknown man.
The first three were seriously injured. but
it is thought all will recover. The loco
motives met in the center of the tunnel.
In the crash that followed the men were
buried in the debris and their escape from
death was little short of miraculous
Traffic was delayed for several hours by
the accident.
Lynn, Mass. was visited by bad Ere
Wednesday night, and besides the loss Of
property, there was Il sad loss of life.
While the fire was at its height dozen
firemen were crushed beneath the walls
of one of the buildings as Il result of an
explosion or powder. Half the firemen
were on ladders directing streams of wat
er into the burning building. They cs-
capped, but with bad wounds. The bodies
of three of their comrades were dug from
beneath the debris. and it is believed that
one or two more have not been recovered.
man named Buttrick was with the fire
men at the time the wall collapsed, and he
has not been seen since then. Two or
three other firemen are missing. and three
bodies may still he beneath the big pile
of debris. Several of the men who were
dug out alive were so badly injured that
1t is feared they will die. The fire, which
caused Il loss of 100000. consumed two
big business houses OH Monroe street 1t
started in the hardware store of Repre-
sentative William III. Hutchinson and had
gained considerable Roadway when dis
covered.
Thomas f. Gilroy, formerly Mayor of
New York; Thomas +. McAvoy, William
w. Mclaughlin, Alexander 5. Williams,
Police Inspectors, and two police cap
tains, whose names are kept secret, have
been indicted by the special Grand Jury
of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The
special Grand Jury has been in session
since the beginning of January. Its main
object was to investigate charges of mu
nicipal corruption. Witnesses have gone
in and have left, but their testimony has
been guarded carefully from the public
ear. 1t was said three weeks ago that
the jury was prepared to find fifty-two in
dictments. Municipal and police officials
implicated in the revelations before the
LeXow Investigation Committee have
been anXiOusly awaiting for some time the
first big batch of indictments to be hand
ed down by the special Grand Jury. The
result of the special Grand Jury's work
was certain to be interesting to the public
but the size of the sensation to be ere
ated was not known to anybody except
the Prosecuting Attorney until Friday
afternoon, when the news leaked out that
the foregoing had been indicted and that
the papers were then being prepared for
submission to the court
WESTERN.
Joseph Robinson. agent of the NeZ