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DISASTERS IX 1888. 



15. Eailway : collision near Ottumwa, Iowa, 3 

 killed, 1 injured. 



17. Railway : broken rail near Bluffton, Ohio, train 

 derailed, 1 killed, 8 injured. 



19. Blizzard in the Northwest, accompanied with 

 much suffering and loss. 



21. Fire in Montreal, loss $300,000. 



23. Fire in Philadelphia, estimated loss $1,000,000. 

 Eailway : train derailed at high speed on a curve near 

 Baxterville, N. Y., 16 injured! 



24. Explosion in Wellington colliery, Victoria, B. C., 

 80 lives lost. Eailway : Broken rail near Bluffton, 

 Ohio, 1 killed, 9 injured. 



29. Railway : defective switch near Gary, Miss., 3 

 killed. 



30. Fire in New York city, estimated loss $2,000,- 

 000. 



Railway : summary for the month, total number 

 of accidents 239, 67 killed, 223 injured. 



February 1. Shipwreck: British bark Abercorn off 

 coast of Washington Territory, 20 lives lost. Earth- 

 quake in Vermont. Fire in Buffalo, N. Y., estimated 

 loss $1,000,000. 



9. Baihyay : broken wheel near Clontarf, Minn., 

 train derailed, 14 injured. 



10. Explosion : powder - mill near Wapwallopen, 

 Pa., 4 killed, 20 injured. 



13. Explosion and fire from the upsetting of a kero- 

 sene lamp at Silverbrook, Pa., 6 lives lost. 



15. Tornado at Mount Vernon, 111., the town near- 

 ly destroyed, 39 killed, 125 injured, much property 

 damaged. 



16. Explosion : in a coal-mine near Kaiserlautern, 

 Bavaria, 40 killed. 



24. Railway: collision near Colton, Neb., 2 killed, 

 10 injured. 



25. Drowned : several thousand workmen engaged 

 in repairing the levees of the Yellow river, China. 



27. Explosion : steam ferry-boat near South Vallejo, 

 Cal., 20 lives lost. 



Railway : summary for the month, total number 

 of accidents 174, killed 28, injured 164. 



March 2. Shipwreck : French schooner Fleur de la 

 Mer, off Cayenne, 60 lives lost. 



3. Hurricane in Madagascar, 11 vessels wrecked, 20 

 lives lost. 



9. Fire: office of the " Evening Union" burned at 

 Springfield, Mass., 6 lives lost. 



12. Storm in the North Atlantic States, commonly 

 known as the " Blizzard." about 70 lives lost, many 

 vessels wrecked, and railway traffic suspended for 

 several days. Eailway : train derailed, 3 killed, 3 

 injured. 



16. Eailway: train derailed by snow near Sharon, 

 N. Y.,4 killed, 4 mjured. 



17. Eailway train derailed and bridge broken near 

 Blackshear, Ga., 27 killed, 35 injured. News of an 

 earthquake in China ; many thousand lives lost. 



20. Fire : the Baquet Theatre at Oporto, Portugal, 

 more than 100 lives lost. 



22. Eailway: train derailed near Oswego, Ore., 12 

 injured. 



29. Explosion in a mine near Eich Hill, Mo., 5 

 killed, 23 injured. 



Eailway : summary for the month, total number 

 of accidents 172, killed 85, injured 211. 



April 1. Fire: Amphitheatre at Zelaya, Mex., 18 

 lives lost, many injured. 



2. Shipwreck : bark Princess, off Caminha, Portu- 

 gal, 23 lives lost. 



5. Eailway : bridge carried away near New Hamp- 

 ton, Iowa, 6 killed, 20 injured. 



6. Eailway: train derailed near Rockingham, Vt., 

 2 killed, 5 injured. 



7. Shipwreck : loss reported of steamer Rio Janeiro 

 with 120 passengers. 



13. Railway: train derailed near King's, Ala., 4 

 killed.10 injured. 



15. Railway : collision near West Philadelphia, Pa., 

 1 killed^ 22 injured. 



16. Tornado: Dacca, India, more than 100 killed, 

 more than 1,000 injured. Shipwreck: collision, steam- 

 ers Werra and Biela off Deal, England, 10 lives lost. 



19. Explosion: colliery at VVorkington, England; 

 22 lives lost. 



28. Railway: train derailed near Portville, N. Y., 

 20 injured. 



29. Shipwreck : collision, ship Smyrna and steamer 

 Moto, off Isle of Wight, 13 lives lost. 



30. Shipwreck : French fishing-fleet reported caught 

 in a gale off Iceland, 137 lives lost. Hoods: much 

 damage in New England and in Minnesota and Wis- 

 consin. Shipwreck: steamship Queen of the Pacific 

 sunk at Port Harford, Cal. 



Railway : summary for the month, number of ac- 

 cidents 130, killed 42, injured 191. 



May 6. Railwav : car loaded with dynamite exploded 

 by collision at Locust Gap, Pa., 17* dwelling-houses 

 wrecked, 8 killed, 25 injured. Shipwreck : American 

 steamship Eureka sunk by collision with British 

 steamship Benison off Cape Henlopen. 



7. Hailstorms : Delhi and Moradabad, India, about 

 150 lives lost. 



10. Explosion of gas : St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, 

 destroyed. Falling rocks in a mine in Saxony, 18 

 killed. 



12. Floods : much damage in Iowa and Illinois. 



13. Lightning: oil-tanks exploded at Oil City, Pa., 

 a great fire ensues, endangering the town. 



14. Eailway : collision near Fountain, Col., fire and 

 explosion of a powder-car followed, 4 killed, 20 in- 

 jured. 



15. Eailway : collision, Moscow and Kursk Eailway 

 in Russia, 11 lives lost; train derailed near Salida, 

 Col., 13 injured. 



17. Explosion : 8,000 pounds of powder and 125 

 pounds of dynamite near Stockton, N. J., 1 killed, 6 

 injured. 



20. Floods (see May 12) : the overflow of the Mis- 

 sissippi begins to subside, after having done immense 

 damage. 



21 . Floods in Mesopotamia, 500 lives lost (estimated). 



23. Eailway : two trains derailed almost simultane- 

 ously from pa'rallel and adjacent bridges near Cameron, 

 Iowa, 4 killed, 2 injured. 



30. Eailway : collision near Bordeaux, Wyoming, 



3 killed, 6 injured. 



Eailway : summary for May, total number of acci- 

 dents 144, killed 43, injured l"58. 



June 1. Explosion : steam-boiler at Wyandotte, 

 Mich., 3 killed. 



4. Eailway: collision near Tampico, Mex., 18 killed, 

 41 injured. Fire : Mundine Hotel burned in Eock- 

 dale, Tex., 11 lives lost. 



7. Storms in New England and Canada, losses of 

 life and property. 



13. Shipwreck : loss of a German steamer with 

 1,100 pilgrims on board. 



14. Railway: train derailed near Braddock, Kan., 

 15 injured. 



18. Floods : Leon river, Mex. , much property de- 

 stroyed, more than a thousand lives lost. 



19. Eailway : train derailed near Pope's Head Bun, 

 Va., 4 killed, 5 injured. Fire : steamer Nord burned 

 at Kiel, 8 lives lost. 



24. Drowned : steam-launch capsizes in Passaic 

 river, 6 lives lost (five women). 



26. Eailway: collision near Cable City, Pa., 6 killed 



4 injured. 



27. Eailway: train derailed near Tenesas, Ala., 4 

 killed, 6 injured. 



30. Floods : (reported) Canton river, China, 2,000 

 lives lost (estimated). 



Railway : summary for the month, total number of 

 accidents 143, killed 40, injured 125. 



July 5. Tornado at New Brunswick, N. J., 1 life 

 lost, several injured, and many buildings damaged. 



6. Railway collision near Nantieoke, Pa., 30 in]ured. 

 Explosion: steam-boiler in Pittsburg, Pa., 3 killed, 

 several injured. 



