The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-10
casuI,aIIlty,'

q Casualty.
Phoebe sLivermore, aged eighteen
years, was killed by lightning @ Pala
Iowa, while at work at . wash tub.
The Palace hotel. which was ruined
by the late earthquake and Are at San
Francisco, is to be pulled down and re-
built at q cost Of $500. 900.
George w. Berry Of Greene. Iowa.
was kicked and seriously injured BY :
horse while working in q stable. Sew.
eral ribs were braken and he was IN.
ternally injured.
Fire at Ottumwa. Iowa, damaged n
Daggett & Sons livery, e. +. Darner's
feed barn and L. r. Feener's feed
barp. Five valuable horses persisted.
Loss 100000.
Joseph Murphy, an inmate Of the In
diana soldiers home. who was on q
visit at Cedar Rapids, was killed by a
train. 1t is presumed that the old man
did not hear the warning whistles.
Three of party OF six persons who
were boating on Lake Popataong, N. j.,
were drowned when their craft cap
sized through the apparent inexperi-
ence of the men who had undertaken
to handle the boat.
/ James, Mary and Arthur Baker, chill
dren of Mr.. and Mr.. and Mrs. J. z.
Baker Of Des Moines, were near the
point of death for a considerable time
through eating moth balls, which they
mistook for candy.
Rain amounting almost to q cloud
burst washed out $500 feet Of Illinois
Central track just north Of Onawa.
Iowa, Gripping traffic on the line be.
tween that place and Cherokee. Some
crops were damaged.
Four men were killed and a fifth
man is missing through an explosion
of gun cotton in the works Of the
Cooper Chemical company, on the out
skirts of Newark, N. J.. The building
was totally destroyed.
Mrs. Palm, forty years Of age, wife
of farmer near Mason City, Iowa,
slipped from load of hay, which she
was driving from the field, was caught
by the hook Of the chain and danger
ously wounded. She may die.
George Swebles of Hancock was at
tackled by cramps while swimming at
Portage entry at Calumet, Mich, and
was drowned. He was forty years old
and leaves wife and daughter. All
efforts Of his companion to save him
failed.
The local Southern Pacific passen.
ger train running between Pasadena
and Los Angeles coilided with Sierra
Madre electric car at Oneonta station,
near Pasadena. killing three persons
and tnjuring sixty. several of whom
will die.
The general store of John Murray
at Silesia, Mont, containing stock Of
merchandise and the postofice fix
lures, was destroyed by fire, together
with the residence of Mr.. Murray,
which adjoined the store. The loss is
$4,000; no insurance.
The plant of Montgomery Bros. &
Co.'s planning mill and box factory at
Buffalo, N. Y, was partially destroyed
by fire, causing loss estimated at
$4,000. The Pierce Automobile COM
pany occupied the top floor, where
they manufactured the wooden frames
for their cars. They estimate their
loss at 100000.
Lightning struck the tent of camp.
Ing party during an electric storm
at Conneaut Lake, Pa, killed Edward
Kinsey and severely shocked Robert
Martin and A. Rupprecht, members of
an outing club from Wilmerding, Pa.
The men were holding the tent pole
in an effort to prevent the tent being
blown away when bolt shattered 1t
IN their hands.
John A. Simpson Of Whittemore.
Iowa, had a narrow escape from light
ming during a severe thunder storm.
He was working In the field and I'M
hitched his three horses. A stroke of
lightning struck and killed the horse
he was beside, and in falling the horse
pinned Mr.. Simpson to the ground. He
was found unconscious by members of
the family, but soon revived. !,
Otherwise.
H. H. Weakley, aged sixty-nine,
publisher Of the. Dayton, Ohio, Evening
Herald. is dead.
Daniel Bryant, overseer for Africa.
Is mentioned as a successor to the
leadership of Zion City.
The death of John Holmes Goode
now, once secretary of legation and
charge d'affaires at Constantinople, oc-
CURED at Atlantic City. He was born
at Alfred, Me-, seventy-five years ago.
Swapping and snarling like dog
and rolling and writhing on the
ground, William Garrison was re-
moved to the city hospital. where he
informed the attendants that he had
been attacked last week by mad
dog.
Every workman in the South Omaha
packing plants will begin on Wednes-
day to wear white duck suits. White
dresses for the 5000 girls also have
been ordered. The comnanies will