The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02
Domestic.

The Iowa state institution for feeble
minded children at Glenwood was COM
pletely destroyed by fire last Saturday. All
the inmates were rescued. Loss, $4,000.
Two large petroleum wells have recently
been discovered in Alaska. They are in
the mountains, not far back from the coast.
and within about 100 miles from Juneau.
There is flow of 200 to 300 barrels daily.
The city Of Sault st. Marie, Dakota,
had very destructive fire last Friday.
The fire started in North Water street and
more than 100000 worth of property was
destroyed. Among the burned buildings
is the 500 National Bank Block, which cost
$10O, 0O0 the Rensselaer, block, the Chippewa
House, the Metzger block, the Perry Hotel,
the post-office and United States customs,
the telephone exchange and several wooden
blocks.
DESTRUCTIVE forest fires have been rag.
ing of late along the Columbia river in the
state of Washington. Twenty square miles
OF heavy timber has been consumed, entail
ing loss of nearly half a million dollars
The fire is now well back in the forest and
several logging camps are threatened.
Settlers have removed their stock and eff
fects to places of safety, and, so far as
known, no lives have been lost The coun-
try for miles around is covered with dense
cloud of smoke and navigation on the CO.
lumbia is rendered very hazardous.
E. ID. COLE of Ann Arbor, Mich, an aero
naut, was drowned in the bay off Presque
Isle last Monday afternoon. His COM
panlon, Josie Carmo, narrowly escaped a
similar fate. The couple made an ascen.
sion and dropped with parachutes. The
high wind carried the balloon off shore and
in short time Cole and his companion
found themselves dragging in the water
Miss Carmo's life preserver held her up I'M
til assistance came, but Coles got away
from him, and, being unable to swim, he
quickly sank.
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OF Russian capital made in the United
States for some time has just been an
nounced in Philadelphia. The Russian
government has been negotiating for some
time with the Delaware Iron Company, at
New Castle, Del, to secure vast amount
of its machinery and the bargain was con-
summated Saturday. The contract entered
into means the delivery of all material OF
tube and pipe mill connected with the Iron
Company's big plant. 1t also involves the
sending to Russia OF large force of work
men who will be engaged abroad to put the
machinery together.
THE coaching psrade at Bethlehem, N.
r., last Saturday, came to sad ending. A
Lally-ho coach was overturned and the
driver, Oscar Dean of Manchester had his
back broken. The others injured were
Miss Anna j. Mcclure of Brooklyn, N. Y,
whose left leg was crushed and broken;
Miss n. l.. Barrett of Providence, X. l.,
ankle broken and dangerously injured in
ternally; Miss Clough of Concord N. H.,
bruises and acute hysteIia. The accident
was due to the inexperience of the driver,
who had six horses under rein. When the
horses crossed the bridge, and down the
grade beyond, the driver permitted the
horses to trot at the foot, when the leaders
started toward the wrong road. Dean
pulled them sharply around and the left
wheels cut into the sand, which was two
feet deep. Instantly the coach tottered and
went over. In attempting to protect a
young woman who was beside him, Dung
Dean fell directly under the coach wheel
cost him his life Dean feels that he was
responsible for the accident, and expresses
his wish to die
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