People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1897 — CASUALTIES [ARTICLE]

CASUALTIES

Rev. D. Corbett, a Roman Catholic priest attached to the cathedral parish of St. Johns, N. 8., fell from the thirdstory window of the bishop’s residence and was instantly killed. It is presumed he was taken with a weak spell, raised the window to get air, lost his balance and fell out. William Splitstizer of North Judson, Ind., fell from a wagon and broke his neck. Fire at the University of California destroyed the building occupied as the college of agriculture. The loss is estimated at $40,000. Orlando F. Herrick was killed by the cars at Princevllle, 111. He was 64 years old and came to Dixon from Canada fifty-seven years ago. Weston Miner, aged 35 years, was killed, and Hlchard Cummings, aged 40, was fatally injured by a premature explosion while blasting rock at Charlestown, Ind. Both were married. William Price, a saltmaker at Pomeroy, Ohio, fell into a vat of boiling brine four feet deep and was literally cooked from the waist down. He ran half a mile to his home in a nude condition. He will die. William H. Fortner, until a few months ago superintendent of the Muncie, Ind., police force, was killed at the Elm street crossing of the Big Four railroad. Wells Finch, a flour broker and member of the New York produce exchange, accidentally shot and killed hirnself while cleaning a revolver in his office in the produce exchange building. Two hunters supposed to be Harvey and James Smith were drowned by the capsizing of their boat near Omro, Wis. A passenger train on the Wabash railroad eastbound near West Point, Ind., struck a buggy containing James Holton, Plymouth Field, Miss Nan Wilson and Miss Laura Smith, all colored. Both of the men and one of the women were killed. A hurricane has devastated the country near the Ouachita River, Ark. Several plantations were swept clear of houses and stock. The wind was followed by hail, which destroyed crops.