Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-30
TEN FIRE VICTIMS.
Mother and Nine Children Burned to
Death in London.
Fatal Collision OF Carriage with Train
Many Hurt in an Exploslon-Child
Falls into the Flre--Other
Casualties.

LONDON, Dec M.-MrB. Jarvis and
her nino children, the youngest baby,
were burned to death at five o'clock
yesterday morning in four-room cot
tage occupied by the Jarvis and two
other families in Fife street, Bethnal
Green, London. The unfortunate FAM
lily occupied the upper floor BY a
strange coincidence, Mr.. Jarvis, the
woman's HUI sband, who had been suf-
fering from consumption, died in the
workhouse infirmary in the afternoon
without having heard of the disaster.
Mrs Jarvis earned scant livelihood
by making match boxes, and her rooms
were filled with infammable material.
CARRIAGE STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
NoBLEsvILLE, Ind, Dec GA fatal
accident occurred at Terhune, small
town northwest of this city, Saturday
night Mr.. and Mrs. John Moore and
Miss Clara Brattain were returning
from Christmas entertainment when
n northbound freight train on the
Monon struck their carriage. Miss
Brattain's skull was fractured and she
died at midnight Mrs. Moore cannot
recover, Mr. Moore was slightly in
jured. Mr. and Mrs. Moore were mar
ried on Thursday and this was the
first time they had been away from
home together.
TRAINS COLLIDE IN VIRGINIA.
PULASKI, Va, Dec. GA westbound
Norfolk e. Western freight train and
an eastbound passenger train collided
at Wygals bridge, four miles west of
here. Capt. Rives Kaufman, postal
clerk, was killed; II. O. Meredith,
another postal clerk was badly scalded
and otherwise injured, and Collins, the
fireman jumped and one leg was bro
ken. No passengers were hurt. The
accident is supposed to have been due
to mistake of the engineer of the
passenger train.
MANY HURT BY AN EXPLOSION.
AsHEvILLE, N. c., Dec. 27.-While q
Christmas salute was being fred from
an old cannon here Joseph Finch care
lessly brought can containing 80
pounds of gunpowder into contact with
the heated gun. The explosion dis
figured, perhaps blinded, Finch, and
knocked down between 80 and 40 of
the 100 or more spectators All who
were felled received more than slight
hurts, and some were injured as badly
as Finch.
FELL INTO THE FIRE.
FRANKLIN, Pa, Dec. 27-Grace and
Annie Nelson, whose parents live near
here, were left alone in their home
Saturday evening. The former fell
into the CRATE fire and her clothing
was ignited. She was burned to death. |
In trying to save the life of her sister,
Annie was also badly burned and it is
believed she cannot recover.
SKATERS DROWNED.
KINGSTON, N. Y, Dec. 27.-While
skating at Rifton, on Waikiki creek,
Mrs. V. Vanberber, aged 49, broke
through the ice. Edward McMichael
went to her rescue crawling along the
ice, but the ice broke under him and |
he was precipitated into the water.
Both were drowned.
RUN OVER BY A TRAIN.
HELENA, Mont, Dec. 27.--Louis P.
Bowen, who has been connected in
various capacities with Montana news
papers for the past ten years, was
killed yesterday at Sappington by be-
ing run over by train. He was son
of ex-United States Senator Thomas p.
Bowen, of Colorado
CRUSHED UNDER A LOAD OF COTTON.
GUTHRIE, Ok, Dec. 27.-M. M. Welch,
living near Altus, fell under the
wheels of a load of cotton he was haul
ing to market and was fatally crushed.