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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1893
Page
7
A mother and her children perished in a drowning incident while a bolt of lightning killed a family. A separate report notes a wheat bin smothering, a crossing mill fatality, and a man shot in a jaw, all reflecting a string of deadly events.
In Mt Vernon Indiana a heavy rain turned Mill Creek into a torrent sweeping Mrs A J Alles and her children Willie 4 and Annie 6 to their deaths. William Alles body was recovered after an hour of dredging while Annie and Mrs Alles remain missing pending search. The incident occurred as bystanders and crowds gathered along the creek near the river. Willie Boyce and other youngsters played nearby when a boy fell in triggering the disaster.
Dennis Carroll of Xenia Ohio and Charles Gillis a colored farm hand attempted to cross the Springfield branch of the Little Miami Railroad three miles north of Xenia when struck by a south bound freight train. Gillis was ground to pieces and Carroll injured badly though not fatally.
In Cambridge City Indiana Mrs Jennie Boone killed Mark Bears with a 38 revolver the shot struck his heart and he fell dead. Bears famed in the county and Mrs Boone a well known resident face a tense aftermath as rumors spread.
Two twelve year olds, Eddie Cornwall and Charlie Cochrane, were playing in wheat bins at Bourbon Indiana elevator. Cornwall was drawn into the bin as grain was drawn and suffocated. Cochrane grabbed a beam and survived. It took workers an hour to reach Cornwall who was about fifteen feet under.
At a Cleveland meeting the North American Sengerbund approved forming a permanent group. A twenty member committee led by President Paul Schneider will draft a constitution and by laws. The next Sengerferfest will be held in Pittsburgh.
A cyclone passed over Leipsic and leveled several dwellings. It caused extensive damage in the countryside but its main force was spent in the village. Details on casualties remain unavailable.
Mrs Baighle of Ton togany Ohio went to wake her 90 year old son George by splashing water. He grabbed a shotgun and fired. the shot struck her arm and side with uncertain prognosis.
A storm-late incident reports Henry Washington and his daughter and a niece killed instantly when lightning struck their house about two miles from Guings Virginia. A son in the same room escaped uninjured.
A Buckeye Pipe Line Company oil tank holding about 35,000 barrels was struck by lightning and burned to the ground near Welker Ohio. The full tank ignited and burned, with damage estimated around loan 215,00.
Officials in the Treasury Department generally concur that the financial situation has improved and will continue to improve.
Crop report notes exceptionally favorable weather for harvesting across the winter wheat belt. Corn crops in principal states show marked improvement and excellent condition. Indiana reports wheat harvest near completion in southern and central areas, oats ready, corn and potatoes in good condition with rain desired. Ohio reports fine growing weather with wheat clover and barley harvested, wheat threshing under way, quality good, corn progressing slowly, early potatoes matured. All crops show vigorous growth with wheat near ready and corn and rye strong.
An authoritative Rome source reports Bishop Rad-Seacheh, of Siroa Ten seeses, will soon be appointed to succeed the bishop in Nashville. The notice appears in Cincinnati, with university ties and local Catholic concerns noted.
In Mansfield Ohio hundreds despite a local cheese company recall report twenty five families sick with ten at death’s door from cheese sold by grocers. Names list dozens of victims with counts from five to eleven. nine doctors and the coroner oversee care as samples are sent to Columbus for analysis.
West Shore day express No. 1 wrecked in the Newburgh yard near Cornwall. Six or seven killed and fifteen to twenty injured. Car No. 71 most affected, many passengers severely hurt as the train plowed into a standing freight engine.
A large fire in Princeton Indiana destroyed the Methodist and Presbyterian churches Bakers Hotel Farmers Bank and Mayor Zollers residence along with many businesses including Rollin Branham Smith Lucas Dowdy Beasley Dimick Leamis Piney Woods Brown Ager Bros Lowe Skull Joyce Snapp Tichner. Loss estimated at 250000 with 150000 insured. one body found unrecognized. Evansville Fire Department helped prevent total destruction as electric wires burned leaving the city dark.
Chicago special reports the World's Columbian Commission votes 44 to 6 to enforce the Sunday closing rule as the official practice. The resolution states the Sunday opening rule lacks sanction and violates jointly adopted rules, with six dissenters among the commission.
A cyclone struck Stillwater Michigan killing two men and injuring seven. The funnel shaped cloud swept through the city demolishing brick yard buildings and lifting lake waters high. The storm ended as it neared the Wisconsin shore with debris scattered and structures toppled.
Toledo reports a fierce blaze at Luckey Wood County Ohio sixteen miles away destroying a general store two saloons a meat market and leaving only a blacksmith shop. Fire originated at Myer Brothers general store and due to water shortages the fire could not be controlled. Toledo sent engine and hose cart to extinguish it after about 100000 dollars in damage with insurers expected to cover roughly a third of that total.
In Jackson Michigan a fifteen round boxing match between LaBlanche the Marine and Bob Manning ended in the eighth round. Manning had knocked LaBlanche under the ropes in round three, but until round seven they mostly clinched. The final two rounds grew so intense police intervened to prevent a knockout and Manning seemed to have the edge at the finish.
Governor Jones states he will shoot the nine Choctaws condemned and reprieved by the National Government or mobilize every militia member to carry out the execution, after returning from the special session of the Council in Caddo I T.
Reports say Montevidio was attacked from land and sea by terciniabery forces. The outcome of the battle is unclear and details remain uncertain as dispatches arrive from Rio Grande do Sul.
A Red Wreck left several injured as a car load of pans and a group of horses ran off at Co amamoem Pa. Two Wilks are missing while Rayburn of New Albany, leading another car, was killed in the incident.
The London Times Bangkok correspondent reports Siam, near Bangkok, refuses two more French gunboats entry to the Meinam River and threatens to sink them if they cross the river mouth bar. France calls the move a de facto declaration of war.
Ottawa special reports Professor Macoun, sent by the Dominion Government, has returned from Paris where his evidence was presented to the Court of Arbitration. He says the general Paris impression is that Great Britain will win the case.
A comet appeared in the northern sky before 11 o clock, west of the Polaris and near the Great Bear. It tracked downward with a bright nucleus and a tail only a few degrees long, visible about fifteen degrees above the horizon.
A special passenger train carrying a Knights of Pythias delegation to Vincennes Indiana collided with a caboose at Evansville and Terre Haute yard injuring several knights. Albert James Fort Branch was fatally hurt while Samuel Miller Mt. Vernon Henry Schell Mt. Vernon 4 M Lynohher Princeton and Samuel Ort sustained injuries.
A major blaze in Oaktown Indiana burned Schultz & Bonds block Smiths carriage factory Rush Bonds warehouse and C Haughtons warehouse with contents. Total loss about ten thousand dollars and fully insured. Charles Piper and Albert Mundin were seriously burned while fighting the fire.
In Beatrice Nebraska Mrs C H Van Arsdale wife of a dry goods merchant and Mary Hogfeldt a domestic were burned to death when a can of gasoline exploded while the two cleaned a bedstead It is believed one woman struck a match and ignited the liquid during the cleaning effort.
Business is practically at a standstill among the large coffee, rubber, and other houses in New York tied to the South American trade. The embargo by the Brazilian Government, which controls the country’s telegraphic service, holds the key to the disruption.
Controller Eckles issues an order requiring national banks to be examined twice each year instead of annually. He argues twelve months between visits is too long and that depositors and the public will be better protected under the new rule.
At the Richmond street branch of the convent of Notre Dame in Cincinnati several nuns returning from a picnic tried to prepare refreshments. Sister Octavia lit a gasoline stove and the blast burned her severely, leaving her with injuries deemed fatal.
A severe storm swept Kalamazoo bringing lightning to ten locations and causing extensive damage. Wind rain and hail damaged buildings and crops across the county totaling about 20000 dollars.
Dr Ferranti, Archbishop Corrigan's envoy, speaks freely on what he calls Archbishop Satelli's original unpardonable sin in the McGlynn matter. The Rome feature presents candid remarks attributed to the envoy.
Logansport Manufacturing Company’s buildings burned to the ground causing a loss of 50 000 with 30 000 insured. The plant was among Indiana’s largest, producing all wagon materials and related goods.
Mrs. Rudy C. Rinewald and Mrs. Wm. Beverforden suffered serious injuries in a horse and buggy runaway at Fort Wayne Indiana. Officials fear Mrs. Rinewald may not recover.
A blaze razed Schofield's woolen mills in Madison Indiana causing total loss of the building and stock estimated at seventy thousand dollars with about thirty thousand dollars of damage. Partial insurance coverage is reported.
Fire at the World’s Fair cold storage building turns deadly as rescuers scramble. Firefighters and spectators suffer injuries while seventeen are killed outright or gravely wounded. Capt Fitzpatrick is badly hurt as crews fight flames and rescue trapped workers and visitors amid smoke and debris.
Fire at a tall white building draws thousands as flames race down the tower. Fire Marshal Murphy leads crews up to a narrow balcony while ammonia pipes explode, leaving several firemen trapped on the ledge and dying as escape attempts fail.
Witnesses described a deadly blaze as dozens leapt from a burning tower and roof, ropes snapping and bodies tumbling into flame. Firemen leaped from flames while frightened crowds watched the collapse and screams rose across the scene.
Thousands witnessed a devastating blaze at the World’s Fair as a hospital wing burned and a tower collapsed. Fire lines formed by infantry and guards cleared a passage for ambulances while ammonia tanks threatened explosions. Firemen and onlookers battled flames, with extensive property damage and casualties reported.
Reports from telegraph indicate extreme heat across the country with Chicago in the 90s and a humid, sunlit downtown. Prostrations and emergencies rise as storms and hail damage crops in Michigan Iowa Nebraska and Tennessee.
Thousands greet Dr Claes as his world tour birthplace is honored in Portland Maine. Two programs run due to crowd size, one in the government drill hall and another in a tent on the parade grounds. The Executive Committee met at the Windsor Hotel and five church meetings were held. The welcome drew about 15 000. tensions rose over remarks on Catholicism, police dispersed rioters, a southern delegate was injured, and several arrests followed. Next year’s convention is set for Cleveland.
The Her cules Ice Company owned a five story building at the fair with a 225 foot center tower and 115 foot corner towers. Its architecture featured molded staff work and a prominent smoke stack. Discrepancies arose over clearance around the stack as fire insurance policies were canceled.
The Farmer's Review notes scant spring wheat in Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan Kentucky Missouri Kansas and Nebraska with many counties reporting poor to complete failure. Nebraska leads in numbers of reports and some areas plow ground to plant corn. Oats corn and potatoes show mixed yields and rain needs persist. Pastures generally good but drought and fires threaten growth in Minnesota and surrounding regions. A. L. Jones & Co. in Syracuse collapses financially. The Swiss mint suspends 4, 1 and 2 franc silver coinage.
Norse sailors on a Viking ship arrive near Van Buren Street after a perilous voyage through storms, following their canals and lake passage to the Columbian Exposition site, where modern canal and medieval naval architecture stand aboard.
Mayor Harrison hosts Captain Andersen and crew before a luncheon and reception in Chicago. The Viking crew's visit included a Central Music Hall reception with Norwegian singing societies while proceeds support crew expenses and aid for old sailors in Norway.
Aaron Steinbach, once a Plymouth County farmer who abandoned his wife and two sons twenty years ago, reappears at the Fort Wayne Feeble-minded Youth Home. He reveals a second marriage in Kansas and seeks custody of the now grown twins, who remain unsure of their parentage. Authorities will release the boys once identity is confirmed.
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