DIS\-TI:I;S 



1891. 



, lOM, $ t J>.NNI, :. mcll -Up|M>od tO b<> lost. Fire: 



.-. I. urncd, Ko\|.iir>, Ma.-.. I. >--. *7.~..' '', .HUM-, 

 mi. 

 ..in I'tali, | killed. Kiiv: Mi-amer City 



ii.l burned in New Y..i-k. !..-. *-J"<i, 



;iis ill collision in -ar Mineral l'i>int, IV, 7 



iado in Mississippi. -J killed. A father and 



'.illc.l l>\ a train near I.inia. Ohio. 

 in-live " Mix/an I " in Great, Britain, 

 Mocked all o\cr tin- kingdom, deaths 

 M, shipwrecks, an.l iiiurli sulli-riiii: i-vi-ry- 

 ..iiit 7"li\e* lost. Train \\ reeked in-ar lla- 

 ni. 111., ". kilK-.l, 11 hurt. 

 . Fin-: I>UMII.-> l.uilding Inirnril, Kutl'ulo, esti- 



*-_"jr>,ooo. 



I'MMls; levees give way on tin- Mississippi 

 E.\i>l">i..n: strain boiler bursts at Httiinirliain, 

 ;! killed. Derrick tails in Boston. -2 killed. 

 )>anks l.unii'il, I'ittsliurg, IV, loss, $800,000 

 : Omaha, Ni-l>., loss, $150,0oo iin- 

 d $l:;o.ooo ; eotion mills burned, Pacola, S. C., 

 imati-.l l<s, $90,000. Destructive floods in Russia 



Spain. 



.-I. Viiv.- : Syracuse, N. Y., estimated loss, $1,000,- 

 '; iiisain- asylum burned, Nashville, Tenn., 9 lives 

 Chicago, Flood Block burned, loss, $50,000; 

 a\ . Ohio, glass works b'urned, loss, $40,000. 

 lipwreok: I'nited States steamship Galena on Gay 

 ''.artha's Vineyard; Government tug Nina lost 

 , tin- sanu- tinit' and" place; U. S. torpedo boat Tri an a 

 i-kr.l while on tin- way to ottV-r aid. (The Galena 

 afterward floated off.) 



'. l-'ire: glass works burned, Fostoria, Ohio, loss, 

 0.000. 



Explosion in the arsenal at Omdurman, Egypt, 

 i loo dervishes killed. Shipwreck: British 

 :ier Roxborough Castle sunk in collision off Scilly 

 ' , -2-2 lost 



in-: business blocks burned, New York city, 

 $1,500,000. Explosion: blasting powder in 

 lie colliery, Pa., 2 killed. Train wrecked near 

 encastle, Mo., 1 killed, 12 hurt, cause, a broken 



Shipwn-i-k : steamer Utopia sunk in collision 

 British ironclad at Gibraltar, 560 lives lost. 

 : Ni-\v York, tenement house burned, 4 killed, 

 al hurt; Joliet, 111., opera house burned, loss, 



Fiivs: engine house burned, Houghton, Mich., 

 *:;o.ooo; opera house burned, Detroit, Mich., 



"to. 



i. Fin-s: store burned, St. Joseph, Mo., estimated 

 MO, $1 10,000 ; ice houses burned, Oswego, 111., loss, 

 '. Train wrecked near Barry Station, Pa., 3 

 killi-d. -I hurt. 



2-2. Flood : levees give way on the lower Missis- 

 ppi. 



Jt. Train wrecked, Racine, Wis., 1 killed, 4 hurt, 

 re, k fired. 



J">. Shipwreck: steamer Strath airly, on the North 

 arolina coast, 19 lost. Train accident: Racine 

 Iiiiu-tioii, \Vi-.. -2 killed. 



2~. Shipwreck: Norwegian bark Dictator near 

 Henry, 9 lives lost. Fires: hotel, Jackson- 

 , Fla. ; court house, Cork, Ireland. Trains 

 .-ked: Las Vc^as, New Mexico, 1 killed, 4 hurt; 



ells I'.ridLTe, N. Y., 1 killed. :\ hurt, wreck fired. 



s Seven- gale in the North and Middle Atlantic- 

 t.--, many vessels u reeked. Fire: Camdcn, .N. .1.. 

 liuildiiiLTs liiiriii-d. 



\ploaion: smelting furnace bursts, Terra Haute, 

 ., -2 killed. 



Summary of train accidents in March : 74 collisions, 

 ^ derailments, K> miseellaneous ; total, -2\-2. Killed : 

 ''''> employes, ti passengers, ''. tn-spa>i-rs : total. 11. 

 Hurt : in', employes, 90 pa.-seiiirers. ."> trespassers ; total, 



in. 



April 2. Train wrecked near Ilornellsville, N. Y., 3 

 illcd, -2 hurt. Fires : : huildiii L 's burned, Campello, 

 : -evi-ral luuisi-s luirncd, l>r<H-kton, Mass. 



.'!. Fire: oil wnrkH lninie.l, I'itt-l.urg, }<. <j!' 

 K\jilo.si.,n: lire dump in an F.iii:lih colliery, 10 

 killcil, several hurt. 



. i. storm on the north Atlantic, much (lain- 



litre to shippilii: on the New Kllu'hind 00 



!. Fin-: huildtni: bunied, Rochewter, IV, !i liven 

 I. -I. Train derailed m-ar U.-ttield, Mann., 3 hurt, 

 cause, ties maliciously placed on truck. 



7. Explosion; natural gas in a PlttibuiV tatMOMOt 



hou-e. II hurt. Fire: ^us work* hurncd St. Augu- 



tille. Fla. 



10. Explosion in the Sultan's palace, Zanzibar, \:i 



killed, -jo hurt. 



11. Fire: ChieaL'o, several building l.iinie.i 

 mated loss, $1, 000,0* HI. Drowned: 4 men at Oninge, 

 Mass. Explosion of trlyeerine at 1'ittsburg, killed. 



13. Five men drou ne.l at St. Louis. Trains in col- 

 lision near Tryon City, N. <'.. :, killed, !< hurt. 



14. Fire: stock sheds burned, 1'itNburg, with 187 

 cattle, loss, $40.000. Trains in collision tear Mount 

 Sterling, Ohio, 8 killed. 



15. Train accident near Santa FC", New Mexico, 8 

 killed. Fires: coal breaker burned, Olvphant, Pa., 

 500 men out of work, loss, $100,000; Albany, N. Y., 

 loss, $40,000. Railroad bridge breaks near Gainesville, 

 Texas, 3 killed. 



16. Shipwreck : British steamer Glamorgan sunk 

 in collision. Train accident near Fall-ton. Md., 

 bridge breaks, wreck burned, 4 killed, 1 hurt, cause, an 

 unsound trestle. Fires: grain elevator burned, I ti.-a. 

 N. Y., loss, $50,000 ; Evansville, Ind., loss, $90,000. 



17. Shipwreck: British ship St. Catharis, off the 

 Caroline Islands, 90 lives lost Tornado: Marion, 

 Ind., buildings wrecked, several persons hurt Five 

 men drowned near Addison, W. Va. 



18. Trains in collision near Kipton, Ohio, 9 killed, 

 4 hurt. Explosions : at Aspen, Col.; and Norristown, 

 Pa., 5 killed. Fire : Little Rock, Ark., loss, $500,000. 



"2\. Fire: smelting works burned, St Louis, loss, 

 $50,000. 



22. Fires: business blocks burned, Rome, N. Y., 

 loss, $500,000; furniture factory burned, Chicago, 

 loss, about $100,000. 



23. Poisoned : 5 died, several sickened by tainted 

 water in Burlington, Iowa. Fires: machine shop 

 burned, Denver, loss, $125,000 (insured $60,000). Ex- 

 plosion of gasoline in Chicago, several buildings de- 

 stroyed. 2 persons killed. Explosion in a fort near 

 Rome, Italy. 7 killed, many hurt. 



26. Train derailed near "Indianapolis, 6 hurt, cause, 

 broken rail, flaw undiscoveraMe. 



2-*. Trains in collision near Warings, Md., wreck 

 burned, 4 killed, 1 hurt Fires : cotton house burned, 

 Honey Grove. Texas, loss, $125,000; elevator burned, 

 Kansas City, loss, $50,000. 



29. Bad construction : opera house falls at Troy, 

 Ala.. _' killed, many hurt. Fire in Chattanooga, loss, 

 $180,000. 



Summary of train accidents in April : '>7 colli.-ions. 

 108 derailments, 6 miscellaneous; total, 1M. Killed : 

 52 employe's, 4 trespassers ; total, 50. Hurt: 100 em- 

 ploye's, 42 passengers, 7 trespassers ; total, 149. 



May 1. (Jivat forest fires in New Jersey and Penn- 

 sylvania. F.xplosion: fireworks factory in New York, 

 4* girls killed. 



_'. Fires: the towns of Au.-tin, Minn., and St. Kil- 

 ian, ^yi8., were nearly destroyed; Altoona, $75,000 

 hMt; Tyrone. IV, $20,000 loss. . 



i. Fire : Upper Marlborough, Md., 5 lives lost 



.". Fire: iron works burned. Breaker's Island, N. 

 Y., loss, $400,000; coal mine damaged. Kdwardsville, 

 IV. lo.-s. *_:.. MM MI. 



;. Fire: wheel factory burned, Sidiu-v, Ohio, loss, 

 $100,000. 



7. Explosion in a We.-t Virginian mine. 4 killed. 



s. Shipwreck: brii: Kdith sunk by collision in 

 Chesapeake Bay. 



'.'. Church building falls while under repair, at Ash- 

 land, Ky., 4 killed. Train derailed near Trinidad, 

 Col.. ." men and :ioo cattle killed. F.-n-t tin* in Wi- 

 con>iii and Michigan. 



