People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1895 — CASUALTIES. [ARTICLE]

CASUALTIES.

i In attempting to cross Denton creek," near New Orleans, La., Peter Haroiison, his wife and daughter were drowned. Much damage was done in lowa and Nebraska by wind and hail-storms. A cloudburst near Herington, Kan., caused the death of a woman and the destruction of much property. ■J. H. Brino and wife of Williamsburg, Colo., were killed in a runaway near Hockvale, in that state. Two engines were wrecked but no lives lost in a head-end collision of freight trains at Albia, 111. Luther Smith, 21, while stealing a ride on the cowcatcher of an engine at Logansport, Ind., was killed. v Clarence Hough of Sandwich, 111., was was kiled by being kicked over the dashboard by the horses he was driving. The steamer I. W. Nicholas, downbound, went ashore on Caribou Island. She had to jettison considerable flour before she, was released. It is thought the amount was about 1,600 barrels. The boat is not injured. ' Forest fires are causing grave uneasiness in Pennsylvania. Many towns are threatened-witb destruction. Victims of the lowa cyclone were buried with much solemnity Sunday. Ten lives were lost by drowning in various parts of the country Sunday. The grocery store and bakery of J. H. Shadrick A Son at Anna, 111., was burned, causing a less of $3,500, insured for $3,000. The family lived over the Store and barely escaped. The steamer Porter, which was sunk off the piers at Ludington, Ml ch .. was pumped out and towed into the harbor.