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Caused By Negligence

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
August
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
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The inquest into the cause of the late raüroad disaster whicb re-ulted in the deaths of nine of the citizens of St. I Thomas, Ont., has concluded. 1. It is (uite plain from the evidence adduce thnt the éngineer was, on tliar day, ■ at all events. quite unfit for his duty. '. The conductor was negligent in not I aiuining tne "ir brakes before leaving ! 1 ort Stanley, wbieh hail it been done, might have prevented the disaster. 3. Had there been an inspector as there ought to have been at Port Stanley uch M'rious consequences might have been svoideJ. 4. The drowning of the youn: lady. Miss Thomas of l.ondon. at Fort Stanley, is auotber direct re-ult of the disa-ter. If Mr. Larmour had accepte 1 the offer of the Michigan Central railway otiicials to Feud an engine to Port Stanley to relieve the nnxiety of bundreds at the port and t.-iking thein to the destination tlie sad ending of a young life would not have ocourreol. .". Another point to which i we cali attention is the practice of tbs licials of the company in not providing Miftieiont leating acommodation for the people oa the excursión trams. The evidence oí one of the brakemen went to show that there were 80 many children on the platforms of the oars making a noise that he coul.l not telt whether the whistle for blew or not. an l upon beiug , asked if there was not room for ihem inside he replied in the neg itive. ü. That ' said otticials of the company allow the:r i trains to run too íust in the city for tha satety of thj pub'i -. KieUgan Hu-bors. Capt. Davis of the éngineer corps, in his report on Michigan harbors, says that Un ' tonagon harbor, which affords the only ra fuge on the south shore of Lake Superior bBtween Apostle ïslands and Keweenaw point, will require $78,170 for lts tion. For llarouette harbor the enginper recommends that no additionul work be Í done until tbe uilTerence between the city j and the government as to the h:rl;or limits shall I e sutisfactorily detcrmired. For ! work U.on Grand Marais harbor thero U ■ now ovnilable tS 2X1 B2; for the ' tion of the project $318, 'M will be requlred. Cedar River harbor is declarcd hv the engiueer to be wholly a local concern. It cannot be made a harbor of reiuge, und there is sufilcient money on band to toa a ali the necessary improveiuents. At Menominee barbor ó",-9i cubic yards of dred,'ins %va done during the yeur, making a oliannol 27) feet wide nml i4 leet deep. Tho éngineer coiupiaiiis that thu ! Menominee river lnmber compauy i sists in using the government's propertv for piling jfrounil, and hu recoinmends ' that no furtber appropriation l:e made until this practice is discontinued. It will require Í9.00Ü to ünish the existin projei ts. _ Mormoiis Tremble. George S. Peters, United States attorney for Utah Territory, has filed suit ngainut the trustees and managers of the . Mormon cburch in behu'.f of the Uuited States to disincorporate said church and : wind up its business. The petition alleges that property va' I ued at $3.000.000, f2,000,0 in real estáte. ! and Í1, 010,000 in personal property is owned by defendants. It sets forth the iaw of congress prohibiting any cbareb fromowning more than $.V),ik0 worth of, property, and the sections of tlie Ed munds-Tucker Iaw of 1SS7 providiog for ! the dÍ8ncorpoiation of the charco of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints by proceeduiRs as hero instituted and ■ cheating its proiierty to the United States ' for the benent of tbe coaimon school fund of this territory. This petition sits for the appointment of a reoeiver, and that the boolcs. papers, ' etc, belonging to the church bo turuod over to him, togetber with til deed, notes, and property ot every detcrlption. The court set BepC IS 'or hearing iha i petition, and orderedsabp ruasto issue to all partios in interest to attend on that ! da}-, when all objections to granting the prayer of the petición will be hc.n'd. Dauglitors ot' Veterans' Reunión. In connection with the national encampment of the O, A. H. ut St. Louis in Sopt. I next willbe held the animal conveution of theDaughters of Veterans beginning Si-pt. 5. The Provisional Commander-ln-Chlaf I of the orgauiz.iiiun. Mi's. Sarah M. Steele ' of San José, Cal., exteu Is au invitution to all daughters of Union veteram to be present on the occasion, '"hen the secret work of camps subordínate! ■ tbe Pro-1 visionulNational Camp will bf x nplified, : otticem elected and the provUiuiiul camp disbanded.

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