People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1895 — CASUALTIES. [ARTICLE]

CASUALTIES.

In attempting to cross Denton, creek, near New Orleans, La., Peter Haronson, his wife and daughter were drowned. Much damage was done in lowa and Nebraska by wind and hail storms. A cloudburst near Herlngton, 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 Albla, 111. Luther Smith, 21, while stealing a ride on the cowcatcher of an engine at Logansport, Ind., was killed. Clarence Hough of Sandwich, 111., was was kiled by bring kicked over the dashboard by the horses he was driving. The steamer L ~W. JSTichplas, 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 with destruction. Victims of the _ Jowa .cyclone were buried with much solemnity Sunday. Ten lives lpst by drowning in various the' country Sunday. The grocery -stored and bakery of J. H. Shadrick & Stfn at Anna, 111., was burned, causing a less of $3,600, insured for $3,000. The fa\wUy lived over the store and barely escaped. j •The steamer Portwr, which was sunk! off the piers at Lyctington, Mich., was pumped out and towed into the harbor. •' ; , t