DISASTERS TX 



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?. Electric trolley car runs away in Brooklyn, 

 X. Y.. 1 killed, 20 hurt; probably caused l>y inis- 

 diicvoits boys. 



rornado: Marshall County. Alabama. 6 killed. 



10. Earthquake in northern Japan, about 150 

 separate shocks many tlmu.-and lives lost : esti- 

 mated from 10,000 to 30,000. 



11. Fire : New York city, Horse Exchange burned, 

 100 horses killed ; loss, $135.000. 



12. Trains wrecked. Goshen, Ind., 1 killed. 4 hurt. 



14. Earthquake: Arequipa, Peru, considerable 

 loss of life. 



16. Shipwreck: British steamer Drum mpnd Cas- 

 tle runs on a reef off Ushant, France, 247 lives lost, 

 3 saved ; cause, fog and miscalculation of the ship's 

 position. 



18. Boiler explosion, Little Falls, N. Y.. 11 killed. 



20. Train derailed near Chicago, 1 killed. 4 hurt. 



22. Trains in collision, Montpelier Junction, Yt., 

 3 killed, 1 hurt ; cause dense fog. 



23. Trains in collision, Davis Junction, 111., fire, 

 24 cars burned, 1 killed, 2 hurt. 



_'">. Train wrecked, Hayesville, Iowa, 2 killed. 



27. Trains in collision, New Castle, Ala., 1 killed. 

 Train wrecked, Bierstadt. Col., 3 killed, 2 hurt. 



28. Mining disaster, Pittston, Pa., 58 lives lost. 

 Trains in collision, Hexlin. Ala., 2 killed, 3 hurt. 



29. Boat capsizes, Charlestown, Mass., 4 drowned. 



Fires in June : Brooklyn, N. Y.. leather ware- 

 house, loss, $150,000; Toronto, Ontario, depart- 

 ment stores, $200,000 ; New York Horse Exchange, 

 loss, $135.000; Fenelon Falls, Ontario, lumber 

 burned, loss, $200,000; Portland, Ore., lumber 

 burned, loss, $150,000; and 136 others; aggregate 

 loss, $5,721,250. 



Summary of train accidents in June : 27 collisions, 

 22 derailments, 7 others ; total, 56 ; Killed : 14 em- 

 ployees, 3 passengers, 13 others: total. 30. Hurt: 

 37 employees, 18 passengers, 1 other; total, 56. 

 Summary of railway accidents in Great Britain 

 from all causes for six months 507 killed, 7,766 hurt 

 (manv very slight). 



July 1. Shipwreck : British steamer Rahmanieh 

 lost in the Red Sea, 60 drowned. Explosion : pow- 

 der in arsenal near Metz. Lorraine, 40 killed, 100 

 hurt. 



2. Fire: wharves burned. Galveston. Texas, loss, 

 $200.000. Boiler explosion, Ilartsell's, Ala., 3 

 killed. 1 hurt. 



4. Train derailed. Shamokin, Pa.. 2 killed. 



11. Trains in collision, Logan, Iowa, 26 killed, 40 

 hurt. 



12. Trains in collision, Allenheim, 111.. 5 killed, 

 9 hurt. 



13. Train derailed by a cow, White Haven, Pa.. 

 2 killed, 19 hurt. Train derailed, Otis, Ind.. 2 

 killed, several hurt. 



15. Landslide, Pittsburg. Pa., loss. $500.000. 

 Trains in collision, Quincy. Ill, 3 killed, 1 hurt. 

 Train derailed. Yegas. Col. ,'2 killed. 



16. Ferryboat wrecked, Cleveland. Ohio, 18 

 drowned. 



19. Train derailed, Carrollton, Ohio, 2 killed: 

 cause iron spike left on track. 



21. Cloud-burst and flood. Franklin County, Ken- 

 tucky, 9 killed. Bridge trestle breaks at Mur- 

 phreysborough, 111., 15 hurt. 



22" Train "derailed, Leoti. Kan.. 1 killed, 1 hurt ; 

 and at Horse Plains. Mont., 4 killed. 



23. Shipwreck; German gunboat Iltis sinks in 

 the Yellow Sea, 75 lost. 



25. Trains in collision. Dublin, Ind.. 50 killed 

 and hurt. Train accident in India, 50 killed. 

 Cloud-burst in Colorado, about 50 killed and others 

 hurt. 



20. Earthquake and tidal wave off Hai-Chan, 

 China, several thousand lives lost, perhaps 4,000. 



27. Fire : Belfast shipyard burned, damage, 

 si. 250.000. Train derailed, Concord, N. II.. 'l5 

 hurt. 



2!). Bridge breaks at Crawfordsville, Ind., 3 killed, 

 2 hurt. 



30. Trains in collision near Atlantic City, N. J., 

 47 killed, 50 hurt. 



Fires in July : Galveston, Texas, wharfage prop- 

 erty, loss $200.000; San Louis Obispo, Cal., sundry 

 buildings, $250,000; Minneapolis, Minn., storage, 

 $185,000; Nashville, Tenn., stores, $500,000. 

 Louis, Mo., elevators, $200,000 ; Indianapolis, Ind., 

 breweries, $500,000 ; Chicago, car houses, $350,000 ; 

 Malvern. Ark., sundry buildings, $260,000; Hen- 

 derson, Ky., theater, etc., $250,000 ; Terre Haute, 

 Ind., opera house, etc.. $160,000; and 130 others, 

 aggregate loss, $9,033,250. 



Summary of train accidents in July : 35 collisions, 

 58 derailments, 3 others; total. 96. Killed: 82 

 employees, 19 passengers, 1 other; total, 102. Hurt : 

 123 employees, 62 passengers, 2 others ; total, 187. 



Ansrust 1. Trains wrecked. Mountain Creek, 

 Ala., 2 killed; and at Berkbeck, 111., 3 killed, 6 

 hurt. 



3. Trains derailed on trestle, Bosworth, Mo., 1 

 killed, 8 hurt ; both engines fell 60 feet. 



8-15. Excessive heat over the Eastern and Mid- 

 dle States, hundreds of deaths from sunstroke (648 

 in New York City alone, as officially reported by the 

 Health Department. 



9. Train derailed, Grafton, Ohio, 2 killed, 8 hurt 

 (all tramps). Electric cars wrecked. Columbia, Pa., 

 6 killed, 62 hurt ; cause, defective brakes. 



10. Trains in collision, Columbus, Ohio, 4 killed, 



1 hurt. 



11. Trains wrecked, Hazlett, Mich., 1 killed, 1 

 hurt ; and Milwaukee. Wis., 1 killed. 



13. Tornado, St. Augustine, Fla.. 15 killed. Boat 

 wrecked, river Kestria, India, about 200 drowned. 

 15. Trains in collision, Torch Hill, Ohio, 4 killed, 



2 hurt. 



- 2o. Train derailed at Madisonville, Ohio, 1 

 killed. 



24. Train wrecked. Yalentia, Pa., 34 hurt. 



26. Fire : destruction of Ontonagon, Mich., loss, 

 $1,750,000 ; 2,000 persons homeless. 



30. Trains in collision. Orange, Mass., 1 killed, 1 

 hurt. 



31. Trains in collision, Ramsay, Ya.. 2 killed, 3 

 hurt. 



Fires in August : Columbus. Ga., business build- 

 ings, loss, $135,000; Buffalo. N. Y.. Park buildings. 

 $135,000; Outonagon, Mich., lumber, etc., $1.75n.- 

 000; Sault Ste. Marie. Mich., business h' 

 $400,000; Scranton, Pa., sundry buildings, $125.- 

 000; Glenwood. N.-li.. State institution. $150,000; 

 Cheboygan, Mich.. $200,000; and 142 others; ag- 

 gregate loss, $8,895.250. 



Summary of train accidents in August : 48 col- 

 lisions. 54 derailments, 2 others ; total. ln4. Killed : 

 39 employees. 1 passenger, 17 others: ttal, 57. 

 Hurt : 53 employees, 08 passengers, 19 others ; 

 total. 140. 



September 1. Floods and earthquakes in Japan, 

 -everal thousand lives lost. Explosion nitrogly- 

 cerin in Pinole, Cal.. 12 killed. 



2. Train wrecked. Little Falls. N. Y.. 3 killed. 



4. Train wrecked, Boseman, Mont., 1 killed. 5 

 hurt. 



5. Trains in collision, Jackson, Miss., 1 killed, 3 

 hurt. 



6. Fire : Benton Harbor. Mich., opera house falls. 

 11 killed, others hurt. Train derailed. Caswell. 

 Ind.. 56 excursionists hurt. 



7. Train wrecked, Clinton, Mo., 2 killed; and 

 Greenville, Pa.. 1 killed. 



8. Trains in collision, Beaver, Pa., 2 killed. 



