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Fires And Other Accidents

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
March
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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By the suddn breslctug of a very large boom of logs in the Pnlouse river, near Colfax, W. T., Tbursday, Moaes Eiwrt and aa unknown maa were killed, ana tare-i otbers seriously injured. Fire at Toledo, Ohio, Friday r.orninsr, in the building oecupied by the Blade Printirig and Paper company, c:iused a loss of $30,000, wbich is fully eovered by Insurance. At New Olaaus Friday the sliip Isle o Murtha, while being raised in the Valiette dry-dock for ie;airing a leak, broke away and crashed through the walls of tlie doek taking it witn her 10 th? bottom, and botl are believed to b totnl lofsos The ship was valued at $100,000, iiisuro.j; the docks at th samo price, uniaaured. Sixteen persons have boei killed at Con nellsville, Pa., the la;t week by rui'rĂ³ad o mining accidents. At a station of the Pennsylvauia road near Philadelphia, Monday Qigbt, Julia and Kat Forb, sisters, were struek by a train an killed. The State Deaf and Dumb asylum, of Mis souri, at Fultou was burned Monday night causing a loss of $;i00,00l), with only 155,001 insurance. Wellingtou, Ills., lost Ihe greater part of lts business houses by a fire Tuesday. Tha loss is $25,000. Two men, a white and a negro, were taken f rom jail by a mob at Clinton, Ky., Tuesday morning and hung to a tree. Tbey were awaiting trial for nrurder.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News