The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-15
Accidental Happenings.

Accidental Happenings.
Lieut.. B. c. Birch lost his life in
fire which burned out Murray Bros
cafe at Newark n. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Baker were in
stantly killed at Donaldson, Ind, by
the Pennsylvania flyer.
In dust explosion in the Ethel
coal mine, near Logan. W.. Va, Ed
Grover. a miner. was killed and sew
eral others injured.
George Gregor. foreman of the lard
room and Jim Blanketer were killed
plant at Des MONIES.
Head.on collisions between freight
trains near Maugansville, Pa, re-
suited in the killing of two engineers
and the injury of several trainmen.
The Ionia county poor house, loca-
ted five miles from Iona, Iowa, burn
ed. There was sixty inmates in the
house at the time, but it is thought all
have been rescued.
A passenger train was wrecked be-
| tween IrvingtOn and Warren, Pa. The
train plunged over a twenty-fve-foot
| embankment and nine persons were
| injured, none fatally.
John Olinger, a freight brakeman,
was cut in two at Dollar Bay, Mich.
being caught between two cars. He
was engaged in coupling and was
| thrown beneath the wheels.
Constantine Jones. farmer living
near Tabor. Iowa, was found dead be-
| meath a pile Of earth which had caved
| in from high bank. Jones met his
| death while driving along the road
| way.
In an effort to escape being burned
| to death John Comfy, a comedian Oh
the Vanity Fair company, was in
stantly killed at Chester, Pa. by jump
ing from window of the Arcade ho'
tel
The search for Matson, a South
Shore railroad section foreman, miss
ing for some hours, resulted in die
covering his body in small outbuild-
ing at Marquette, Mich. He had
killed h1mSeIl.
Damage from a fire at sea, amount
ing to $25O,0O0, was reported by the
German steamer Vandalia, which ar
rived at New York from China and
Japan. The fire started in the Van
dallas hold on the afternoon of Feb.
IS and was subdued only after the
hold had been flooded with water.
The Illinois legislature has passed
2-cent fare bill.
Having failed to pay its fees and file
It's report as required by law, the State
Insurance company Of Indiana has
barred from doing business in Colo
RADIO.
| The four-year-Old son Of DR.. n. w.
Marvin. recently OF Sioux City. Iowa.
disappeared from home at Dover. Del.
| and has not been found. kidnapping
is suspected
| On application of District Attorney
Jerome of New York, Justice Fitzger.
aid authorized the selection of spe-
cial grand jury for April. 1t is be-
liieved that the jury is to hear insur.
ance cases.
| J. w. Cliff submitted to an opera
tion at Des Moines, Iowa. for the am.
putation Of his right leg without tho
use OF anaesthetics, and conversed
with the physicians while the opera
tion was being performed.
The jury in the coroner's inquest in
New York into the New York Central
wreck of Feb. 16, when twenty-three
persons were killed. brought in a YER
dict holding the operating and con-
struction departments of the railroad
responsible.
The breach of promise suit of Miss
Marw Beans of Galesburg for $4,000
against Robert Denny of Burlington
began at Burlington. Iowa. and PROM
ises sensations. Miss Beans was
nenney's housekeeper while he lived
in Galesburg. Denny is wealthy.
Frank Van Dusen. chief assistant
general passenger agent Of the Penn
sylyania lines west Of Pittsburg. died
NJ nneumOfiia al the Iroquois apart
ments in Pittsburg, Two hours later
his wife expired in al adjoining room
from ,he same disease.
The Pennsylvania Railroad compa
ny Announces that II has increased lite
annual appropriation TO It's pension
fund rs per cent, from SSsO,0OO 70
$500. 900. According 10 the annual 70
port S467 .Si4 WAS paid by the comps
ny 10 IT. ,ro1lreda employees last year
the largest snm~get rpnsd sln .sny one
y~sr.