Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-08-23
.PIT7SDURC MISHAPS.
Four Drownings and One Death 10
the City Sunday.
EyTOMBED IN A BURNING COLLIERY.
Three Miners and 90 Mules Lose Their
Livss-"Gh0st" Killed by = Brick
Street Car Runs Into BArouche
Steamer sunk.

for the day. The dead are: Chris
Paffenbach, aged so, fell from raft
in Allegheny river and was drowned.
Edward G. Brillinger, eight years old,
fell from raft while fishing in the
Allegheny river, and was drawn UNI
der and drowned before his father,
who was a short distance away, could
rescue him. James Gallagher and
Hugh McGraly, boys were drowned
together while swimming in the
Monogahela; McGrady got beyond his
depth and Gallagher in attempting to
rescue him was pulled under and
neither came to the surface again.
Mrs. Mary c. Boyd, wife Of the assist
ant superintendent Of the New York
& Cleveland Coal company, at Oak
Hill, was burned to death in a pecu-
liar manner. She was cleaning rus
ty saw and was using what she
thought was elaine oil as cleanse.
She placed the hvc-gallon can on the
floor about six feet from the stove
and turned around to get n rag. I'M
mediately there was an explosion.
She ran from the house mass OF
flames and, though her husband quick
ly wrapped her in q blanket and
smothered the flames, she was so bad
ly burned that she died three hours
later. Mr.. Boyd thinks his wife had
the gasoline can instead Of the oil
can, which would account for the ex-
plosion. While the neighbors were
working over Mrs. Boyd her house
burned to the ground.
Ent0mbed In u Burning Colliery.
Mahanoy City, Pa, Aug. 90.--After
many hours Of desperate battling
with deadly white damp, one of the
successive rescuing parties succeeded
yesterday in locating the bodies of
George and William Thompkiss and
Charles lritis, who were entombcd
Saturday in the burning Primrose col
liery. The bodies were found near
the middle of the tunnel, They
were lying in heap. The 60 mules
which were in the mine when 1t was
discovered on fire are also dead and
were raised to the surface yesterday
The fire is still burning flercely and
the mine officials are bending every
effort to extlnguish the flames
A "Ghost" Killed by "A Br'ck
Philadelphia, Aug. 2O.-~While
frightening crowd of negroes last
night by pretending she was a ghost
Florence Almond, aged Is years, was
struck on the head with n brick
thrown by one of the negroes and
killed. The negroes were gathered ON
a lot at Thrty-scventh and Ludlow
streets and the girl, who lived nearby,
had wrapped white sheet about her
and suddenly appeared before the
crowd. The latter scattered in all d.
rections and the girl was about to
return home when the brick was
thrown. She died in a few minutes
The negro suspected of throwing the
brick has not been captured,
street Car Runs into a Barouche.
ST. Louis, Aug. Ca Sixth street
car ran into barouche nj Broadway
and Itaska street at nine o'clock last
night, killing Blanche Skeele, II years
old, and injuring more or less serl'
ously Herman Wllsebach and George
Skeele. Blanche Skeee fell under the
car, the wheels of which passed over
! her neck severing the head from the
body. Wisebach was also struck by
the wheel of the ear and the top OF
his skull was crushed, His recovery
Is doubtful. Skeees injuries are NOT
serious.
A steamer Sunk,
Escanaba, Mich, Aug. 2O'-The
wooden steamer Argonaut sprung a
leak yesterday after taking on car
90 of iron ore and sunk at her dock
One of the steam pipes in the boiler
blew up under the pressure aud A. A.
Mcfarland, Il fireman from Port HUI
ron, was severely scadcd The Argo
naut was all ready to go to sea when
the leak was discovered,
Denounced n Statement as False
New York, Aug. lS,-Ex-Gov vii.