Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
EASTERN.

An immense mass meeting at New York,
presided over by Chauncey VI. Depew,
adopted resolutions protesting against
the recall of Commander and Mrs. Bal
lington Booth from the command of the
American Salvation Army and asking
that the order be recoHsidered.
Joseph Cook. of Boston. who recently
returned from Australia and Japan, is
at the sanitarium, Clifton Springs, y. u,
suffering from an acute form of nervous
prostration. He is nearly blind owing
TO a weakness of the optic nerve. He
will be taken TO his cottage at Lake
George early in the spring. where it is
hoped he will recover.
The steamer 81. Paul, of the Interna-
tional Navigation Company's line, which
went ashore on the sandbar off Long
Branch, was pulled off the bar ct 9:2O
Tuesday morning. Tho -four tugs sue
ceeded, with the aid of the kedge anchors,
in getting the st. Paul from the bar.
Fifty minutes later the vessel passed the
Atlantic highlands. bound for New York
under her own steam.
Three men were killed 10y the fail of the
Pequaback River bridge. near BriSton,
Conn. during the great storm Thursday
night. The bodie.; OF the victims We're re-
covered. There were thirteen men on the
bridge when it went down. The men
constituted Il gang of engineers. mechan-
les and laborers who were strengthening
the bridge. which had recently been con
demned as unsafe. They were raising a
derrick. which the wind toppled over. the
fall of the derrick causing the bridge 10
give way.
The historic First Unitarian Church,
on 'MeetinS-House HILL" Dorchester.
Mass. a familiar landmark and the old
est church in the district. was destroyed
by fire Monday. The loss is estimated
at $4,000. but this amount is covered
by insurance. The most valuable APP
purtenances of the church. which were
kept in the vestry nj the rear. were saved.
A new organ. presented by Deacon Henry
Humphrey in 1892. which was directly
above the place where the fire started.
and the clock and chime Of bells in the
tower are a total loss. -Four tiremen
were buried by Il falling wall, but they
were rescued by their comrades.
Cyclonic winds and drenching rain
swer. the entire North Atlantic coast
Thursday. Ruin and death were left III
the wake of the storm. Frequently IL We
lotllI oI Seventy mn'> di ttl Nd>
reached by the wind. Shipping suffered
severely. though the warnings Ia sailing
masters. given in ample time, kept nearly
all the vessels in port. 70 the horrors of
cyclone and Hood that of fire was added
at the village of Bound Brook y. j..
which has been almost wiped ont. While
the storm was at its height Il gasoline
stove exploded in Il restaurant near Il lum-
Der yard. Water was waist high in the
street: fire apparatus could not be moved.
Communication WAS quickly cut off and
the last word received was from Il telc-
phone subscriber who said he was stand
ing in three feet of wafer. and that for
most Of the population it was a ease Of
burn 10 death. drown. or swim out. The
dan at P~ocahon!as Lake broke and all
the lower part of Morristown, y. j.. was
inundated. Twenty-Five persons are miss
ing. Their disappearance is creating in
tense excitement.