People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1896 — HISTORY OF A WEEK. [ARTICLE]

HISTORY OF A WEEK.

THE NEWS OF SEVEN DAYS UP TO DATE. Political, Religion*, Social and Criminal Doing* of the Whole World Carefully Condensed for Our Readers—The Accident Record. CASUALTIES. The Aultman & Taylor warehouse at Mansfield, Ohio, in which was stored many thrashers and separators, was struck by lightning during the storm shortly before midnight Sunday. The structure, said to be the largest frame building in the state, was completely destroyed within an hour with all its contents, and only active work by the firemen and a heavy wind prevailing at the time prevented the destruction of other of the shops. The.loss will exceed 1100,000, well insured. Charles Wilson, aged 22, a locomotive fireman, was killed in the Kankakee yards. Burglars broke into the shoe store of O. A. Haase & Co. at Neenah, Wis., and stole a lot of shoes. Arthur James, of Peoria, was attacked by footpads at Bloomington, 111., and robbed of a gold watch and a sum of money. The tank in one of the blowing-rooms of the Hartford City, Ind., Glass Company gave way Sunday and many tons of molten glass spread on the floor, setting the building on fire. An explosion of natural gas blew one end out of the tank and severely burned William Sutton and John Worthern. The accident throws 6to men out of work. The loss is not under SB,OOO. A destructive cloudburst occurred near Marshalltown, lowa, about 1 o’clock Sunday morning between State Center and La Moile, along the Chicago and Northwestern track. It swept away three bridges and washed out about a mile of the railroad track and badly damaged another mile. A car on the Agate avenue line of the Denver tramway company got out of the control of the motorman near midnight last night, Jumped the track at a curve when going down hill at high sfieed, and turned over. Twelve persons in all received injuries. There were seventy-four passengers on the car.