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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1883
Page
2
A steamship of five hundred tons sank during launching at Glasgow on Tuesday. At least fifty people died, with divers still searching for more bodies. Many onlookers witnessed the tragedy as the vessel capsized and dragged victims into the river.
CANCINNATE July 5 The Thunderbolt Express on the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio Railway struck a huckster wagon carrying a family of six and a driver. All except William Bertsch were killed. The wagon was splintered. Victims were Henry Kracke, his wife, and four children John nineteen Annie sixteen Maggie thirteen Lizzie seven. Bodies laid by the roadside, Mrs Kracke’s head severed. The engine stained with blood was dusted with flour. Bertsch survived with serious injuries.
The Swedish and Norwegian Minister urged Washington to act as Swedish emigrants in Suncook were arrested by local manufacturers for debt after being imported from Scandinavia. Interpreters were provided, but the men claim ignorance of local laws. About 165 Swedes passed through Suncook, leaving creditors totaling about $1,000 as many returned home. The article also notes related incidents including a drunken husband shooting his wife in New York, a porcupine encounter by a farmer in Ohio, and Indian reservation transport restrictions by railways.
Reports from Stouxros Virginia describe the duel near New Hope between Elam and Bierne, Richmond duelists. After a volley neither was hit, but on the second shot Elam was wounded in the upper thigh. Both acted coolly, were moved to residence of Lt. Governor Lewis, and the scene drew wide public interest.
A comic court scene reports Mary Driscoll a fat cook at the Mansion House being arrested after she insults the judge for Patrick Driscoll's drunkenness fine. She fled up stairs and hung from a third story window before being pulled in and fined a nominal contempt of court fee.
A Rochester and Pittsburgh coal train with a passenger car broke apart on a steep grade near Ras s ellas Pennsylvania, sending seven loaded coal cars and the coach downslope at eighty mph into an approaching engine. Dozens were injured or killed. relief workers found many victims in Bradford and Olean. Blame remains undetermined.
In Meadville a girl missing since Friday was found dead in the canal Saturday. Her father had refused her permission to attend a party, and she reportedly drowned herself after the refusal. Also reported: a stairway collapse at a City Hall hop in Geneva injured several. a paddler Hanlan earned $55,000 in six years.
An Alabama style cruelty case was presented before Squire J. M. Coleman in Maurins Tennessee. Wright M. Albritton a railroad machinist was accused of whipping his ten year old stepson Jose Maynard with a rawhide at Christmas and holding him before a fire. The boy bears dark red scars. The mother in the room hid her head from the cries. The case is now with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Animals and is being prosecuted.
Governor Barstow mobilizes four companies to quell a looming Ely insurrection led by nearly 300 strikers armed and carrying 150 kegs of gunpowder. Sheriff’s posse failed to control violence as Barstow and Col. Greenleaf 1st Regiment prepare to march. Treasurer of the mining company warned to pay wages immediately.
Salt Lake Utah July 6 Three men Robert Ritter William Dier and Amos Shopton were out on Silver Lake near Big Cottonwood Canyon when they tried to thrill by upsetting their boat Shopton could not swim Ritter and Dier swam for shore but grew exhausted and drowned The two bodies were recovered
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