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DISASTERS IN 1896. 



21. Heavy snowstorm, railroads blockaded in 

 Canada. Fire: Natrona, Pa., salt works burned, 

 loss, $1,000,000. 



22. Fire : Census Office records burned, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



23. Explosion : coal gas, Dubois, Pa., 13 killed. 

 Fire : 90 buildings burned, Colon, Colombia, loss, 

 $1,000,000. 



27. Mining disaster : Brumerton, New Zealand, 

 60 killed. 



28. Fires : distilleries burned, Louisville, Ky., loss, 

 $500,000 ; New York, tenement house burned, 4 lives 

 lost. 



31. Blizzard, with heavy snow and severe cold in 

 the North Central States. 



Fires in March : Minneapolis, grain burned, loss, 

 $800,000 ; Utica, N. Y., apartment house, $550,000 ; 

 Ravenswood, L. I., factory, $200,000: New York, 

 machine shop, etc., $240,000; Boston, $300,000; 

 Oklahoma, prairie fire, $200,000 ; Providence, R. I., 

 Masonic Block. $440,000 ; Philadelphia, electric fix- 

 tures, $280,000 ; Louisville, Ky., 2 fires, warehouse, 

 distillery, etc., $400,000 ; and 242 others ; aggregate 

 loss, $14,839,600. 



Summary of train accidents in March : 51 colli- 

 sions, 72 derailments, 5 others ; total, 128. Killed : 

 18 employees, 10 others ; total, 28. Hurt : 49 em- 

 ployees, 43 passengers, 3 others ; total, 95. 



April 1. Trains in collision, Lane, Pa., 1 killed, 

 6 hurt, cause a broken rail. Bridge burned near 

 Lumpkin, Ga., 10 hurt. Fire: New York, tene- 

 ment house burned, 10 lives lost. 



2. A severe blizzard throughout the lake region. 

 Cloudburst, Booneville, Ky.. 16 killed. 



3. Trains in collision, Bellaire, Ohio, 2 killed, 2 

 hurt. 



4. Fire : Santa Cruz, Luzon, 4,000 houses burned. 



5. Fire : Buffalo, N. Y., Dury Park training sta- 

 bles, 20 horses burned. 



8. Bridge breaks near Toledo, Ohio, 1 killed, 1 

 hurt. 



12. Storm : Cripple Creek, Col., 20 buildings blown 

 down, loss, $100,000. 



13. Explosion : dynamite in a South African 

 mine, 200 natives killed. Train wrecked by a 

 broken trestle, Biddeford Junction, Ind., 6 killed, 

 1 hurt. 



14. Train wrecked, Vosburg, Miss., 1 1 hurt. 



15. Train derailed, Geneva, Pa., 2 killed, 4 hurt. 

 18. Fire : Pennsylvania Railway station in Phila- 

 delphia, 2 killed, loss, $350,000. 



20. Tornado in Ohio, several killed, many hurt. 

 Trains wrecked by washout, Holeb, Me., 4 killed. 



21. Fire at sea : ship Charles R. G. Flint burned. 

 Building falls in Buffalo, N. Y., 4 killed, 12 hurt ; 

 coroner's jury censures owners, architect, and city 

 authorities. Trains in collision, Manheim, Pa., 1 

 killed, 5 hurt, cause a car started by the wind. 



22. Trains in collision, Mount Vernon, Ind., 1 

 killed, 1 hurt. 



23. Train wrecked, Honesdale, Pa., 1 killed, 1 

 hurt. 



24. Trains in collision, Allegrippas, Pa. : wreck 

 catches fire, 2 killed, several hurt. Mining acci- 

 dent, Chihuahua, Mexico, about 60 killed. 



25. Tornado, Clay County, Kansas, 8 killed, 17 

 hurt. Fire : Cripple Creek, Col., loss, about $800,000 

 (see also April 29). 



26. Tornado in Kansas, much damage done. 

 Train derailed, Lebanon .Junction, Ky., 1 killed. 



28. Collision at sea : steamer Wyanoke sunk by 

 United States steamship ( 'olumbia. Train derailed 

 by washout, Raymond, Iowa, 4 hurt. 



29. Fire : Cripple Creek, Col., buildings burned, 4 

 killed, loss, about $2,000,000 (see April 25). 



30. Collision at sea : ship On Ito sinks, 200 

 drowned. Train derailed, Washington, Pa ., 1 killed 



1 hurt. Mine explosion, Micklefield, England, 

 about 100 killed. 



Fires in April : Brunswick, Ga., docks, etc., loss, 

 $450,000; Fairbury, 111., buildings burned, $250,- 

 000 ; New York city, business houses, $440,000 ; 

 Philadelphia, railroad station, $350,000 ; Cripple 

 Creek, Col., two fires, loss, $2,800,000; and 165 

 others; aggregate loss, $12,010,600. 



Summary of train accidents in April: 21 colli- 

 sions, 72 derailments, 1 other ; total, 94. Killed : 22 

 employees, 6 passengers ; total, 28. Hurt : 49 em- 

 ployees, 47 passengers, 8 others ; total, 104. 



May 2. Trains in collision, Livingston, Mont., 1 

 killed, 6 hurt. 



3. Bridge breaks, Livingston, Texas, 1 killed, 5 

 hurt. Trains in collision, Sycamore, 111. : an oil 

 tank bursts and takes fire, conductor killed. 



4. Building falls, Cincinnati, Ohio, 15 killed. 



6. Trains in collision, Fort Worth, Texas, 5 hurt. 



7. Earthquake, Puerto Viejo, Ecuador, followed 

 by destructive floods, heavy loss. 



8. Train derailed, Boston, Mass., 2 killed, 2 hurt. 



10. Boiler explosion : steamer Harry Brown, near 

 Vicksburg, 11 killed. Fire: Ashland, Wis., lumber 

 docks burned, loss, $478,000. 



11. Train wrecked, Anderson, Ga., 1 killed, 9 

 hurt ; also at Austin, Ark., 2 killed. 



15. Tornado, Grayson and Denton Counties, Tex- 

 as, about 100 killed, many hurt, loss, $1,000,000. 

 Train derailed, Waldo, Wis.. 3 killed, 2 hurt. 



16. Violent storms in Kansas, Missouri, Ken- 

 tucky, and Illinois, 12 lives lost and much property 

 destroyed. 



17. Shipwreck: Schooner Albion, coast of Alaska, 

 30 drowned. 



19. Trains in collision at Chapin, S. C., and Credo, 

 W. Va., 3 killed. Trains wrecked, Toledo, Ohio, 1 

 killed, 5 hurt (tramps). 



21. Train derailed by a cow. Lemons, Ind., 2 killed. 



23. Train wrecked, Tower, Minn., 2 killed, 1 hurt. 



24. Tornado : Polk and Jasper Counties, Iowa, 

 about 24 killed, much property destroyed. 



25. Destructive storms and tornadoes in Iowa, 

 Michigan, and Illinois, about 40 killed and many 

 hurt in Michigan alone. 



26. Steamboat wrecked near Cairo, 111., 11 

 drowned. An electric car falls from the bridge at 

 Victoria, British Columbia, 50 drowned. 



27. Tornado : St. Louis, Mo., and East St. Louis, 

 about 500 killed and 1,500 hurt; property loss, esti- 

 mated at $20,000.000 or more. 



29. Tornado : Seneca. Mo., 20 killed. 



30. Fatal panic : an immense crowd at the coro- 

 nation of the Czar of Russia, at Moscow, became 

 frenzied and trampled one another to death in an 

 open field ; estimates vary from 1,360 to nearly 

 4,000 killed and as many hurt. The Czar ordered 

 payment of funeral expenses and 1,000 rubles for 

 each bereaved family. 



Fires in May : San Francisco Lead and Iron 

 Works, loss, $500,000; Somerset, Ky., railway 

 property, $300,000 ; Ashland, Wis., lumber docks, 

 etc., $478,000 ; Paterson, N. J., distillery, $300,000 ; 

 Mount Holly, N. J., carpet factory, $200,000 ; L'Anse, 

 Mich, buildings burned, $260,000; Atlanta, Ga., 

 hotel and business block, $340,000; Washington, 

 D. C., business block, $200,000 ; Davis, W. Va., for- 

 est fire, $200.000 ; Deseronto, Ontario, $300,000 ; St. 

 Louis, Mo., loss, $250,000 ; and 168 others; aggre- 

 gate loss, $10,618,000. 



Summary of train accidents in May : 34 collisions, 

 73 derailments, 2 others; total, 109. Killed; 17 

 employees, 6 passengers, 9 others; total, 32. Hurt: 

 39 employees, 25 passengers, 12 others ; total, 7(5. 



June 4. Trains in collision, Wingo, Ky., 1 killed, 

 1 hurt. Train wrecked, Livingston, Mont., 3 killed, 

 several hurt. 



