Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
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Flora Gedeon and Mary Tomasch OF
Cleveland. o.. were drowned in Chip
pewa Lake.
Albert Rotzinsl. "a years old. was
drowned while bathing at the town Of
Lake. near Milwaukee.
A cyclone which swept over the state
of New York and New Jersey Saturday
afternoon caused the death OF six per-
sons and the destruction Of much prop
erty.
Three negroes have been arrested at
New Orleans for causing n Illinois
Central wreck at Ponchatouly, La.
Thursday night.
Six lives were lost ~ a cioudburst In
the mountains above Taluapantla. Mex
leo.
BY the caving in of the walls of a
sewer at Fort Wayne, Ind. Peter Jas
per vas fatally hurt.
Andrew Dryden, a brakeman. fell un-
der the wheels of a train at Fort
Wayne, Ind. and was killed.
John Doyle, of Monroe. Wis, was
struck by a runaway team and received
injuries from which he will die.
John Burke, a well digger. wa killed
near Chillicothe, Ill, by the fail of a
bucket into a well where he was work
ing.
Bert Drury and Frank Goodman were
fatally injured by the bursting of a
grindstone in the Detroit Steel Spring
Works.
John Keegan. 6; George f. Rinet. q;
John MeGuil, 5. were drowned near
Slatersville. r. 1.
one-half of the town Of Clayton. n. Y,
including the business portion, was
burned last night. Loss. SIS. 900.
Fire destroyed the shop and engine
room Of the Champion Stoneware COM
pany at Canton. Ohio. The loss was
S35. 900.
Illinois Contra passenger train No. 2,
was wrecked two miles north of Poncha-
taula, La. The engineer was killed and
the fireman and baggageman were bad
ly hurt.
Charles Jackson. colored was drowned
In the Illinois river opposite Peoria.
Bob Cillins. colored. fell under a train
at Noblesville. Ind. ana was ground to
pieces.
Stella childs. aged IS. Of Cedar Rap
Ids, Iowa. was fatally burned by an ex-
plosion of gasoline.
}. b.. Chamberlain. an implement deal
err OF Stanton. Iowa. fell from a train at
Newark, o.. and was ground 10 pieces.
lonia Howe. the 1~2-year-old daughter
OF DR.. j. f. Howe. of Greenfield, Iowa,
was thrown from a horse and killed.
Bob Dunlop and Marston Cotton, two
young farmers at Ballinger, Tex. were
crushed to Heath by a fall Of rock.
Joseph Metzger was struck by a fall
ing beam at Duquesne, Pa, and his
skull crushed. Death was instantan-
eous.
Frederick Schuske was Instantly
killed and David Foster fatally injured
by a fall of stone in a St. Joseph. Mo.
quarry.
In Statewide. Conn, Edward Rlppett.
aged 8: John Deegan, aged 3. and John
McGill. aged 5. were drowned in the viii
lage mill dam.
Otis Turner of Mokena. aged is. was
instantly killed while at work in Hill
toms feed mill at Joliet. A break in the
machinery caused a piece of the grind
ing-stone 10 hit him on the head.
Forest fires nave don immense dam
a1e throughout the state OF Michigan.
The village Of Wallin was destroyed,
with 1000. 900 feet of lumber. One child
was burned to death. The burning of
farm buildings and crops are also re-
ported.
Gertie Andree. aged 20. Of Holland,
Mich, caught fire from a stove and was
burned to death.
Mrs. L. N. Goodrich and son of Eos
toria, O.. were instantly killed and Mr..
Goodrich so seriously injured about the
head that 1t is feared that he cannot
recover. by being run over by a train.