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DISASTERS IN 1892. 



Pittsburg, Pa., loss, $250,000 ; factories, Chicago, loss, 

 $125,000; Roman Catholic church, Roxbury, Mass., 

 loss, $75,000. 



10. Fires : Jackson, Tenn., business block burned, 

 1 life lost j art store, Milwaukee, Wis., loss, $40,000. 



11. Tram wrecked by malice in Illinois. Fire : 

 business houses, Waverly, 111., probably incendiary 

 at the instance of " the Whisky party." Explosion : 

 tire damp in a Belgian colliery, about*200 lives lost. 



12. Explosion in Revenue Tunnel, Colorado, 2 

 killed, 1 hurt. Fires: Erie Railroad sheds, Jersey 

 City, heavy loss ; many buildings, Bloomfield, 111., 

 loss, $165,000; bolt works, Cleveland, Ohio, loss, 

 $150,000; stores, Red Key, Ind., 1 life ^ lost. Ship- 

 wreck: steamer Colima, on the coast of Salvador. 



14. Grain-lift falls at St. Louis, Mo., 3 killed. 



15. Fires: gun store, Fort Worth, Texas, loss, 

 $150,000 ; warehouses, Kittanning, Pa., loss, $100,000 ; 

 business houses, Danbury, Conn., loss, $75,000 ; 

 hotel, Jacksonville, Fla., loss, $45,000; business 

 houses. Mount Pleasant, Tenn. 



16. Fires: tile works, Anderson, Ind., loss, $85,000; 

 stores, Elkhart, Ind., loss, $60,000; car stables, St. 

 Louis, loss, $45,000; stores, Louisville, Neb., and 

 Cranesville, N. Y. 



18. Shipwreck: steel clipper ship Windermere 

 ashore at Deal Beach, N. J., crew saved by life-boat 

 men. Severe storm in Texas, crops largely ruined. 

 Fires : tobacco factory, St. Louis, loss, $345,000 ; 

 wagon factory, Pittsburg, loss, $45,000. 



19. Fires : railroad station, New Haven, Conn., loss, 

 $150,000; station house, Cincinnati, loss, $75,000; 

 factory, Chicago, loss, $100,000 ; stores, Homer, 111., 

 loss, $50,000. 



21. Explosions: steam boiler, East Jordan, Mich., 

 6 killed, 4 hurt; steam boilers, Cheltenham, St. 

 Louis, 4 killed, 2 hurt, perhaps fatally; gasoline 

 stove in a church, Manning, Iowa, the minister 

 killed. Fires: dwelling house, Springfield, Minn., 

 5 lives lost; factory, Barren Island, N. Y., loss, $100,- 

 000 ; stores, Cory don, Pa. 



22. Fires : in the House of Representatives, Wash- 

 ington, I). C., loss, mainly new public documents ; fac- 

 tory, Cambridge, Mass., loss, $145,000. 



23. Fires : business section of Alto, Texas, burned, 

 loss, $105,000 ; new business block, Fostoria, Ohio, loss, 

 $40,000. 



25. Explosion : steam boiler, Fidelity, Ohio, 5 killed. 

 Fires: glass works, Braddock, Pa., loss, $100,000; 

 courthouse, St. Charles, Mo., records lost. 



26. Tornado: Piatt County, 111., many buildings 

 wrecked. Accident in steel converter, Homestead, 

 Pa., 5 killed. 



27. Fire: hardware works, Omaha, Neb., loss, $200,- 

 000 ; factory, Philadelphia, loss, $175,000. 



30. Sulphur mine near Lake Charles, La., 5 men 

 suffocated by gas. Fires: hotel in Boston, several 

 hurt ; wagon factory, Cincinnati, loss, $140,000 : hotel, 

 St. Cloud, N. J., loss, $50,000. Prairie fire: Norton 

 County, Kan., many buildings burned, 1 life lost. 



31. Tornado : Nelson, Neb., many buildings blown 

 down. Fires : two steamboats burned at Cincinnati, 

 loss, $100,000 ; factory, Milwaukee, Wis., 1 life lost, 

 $35,000 damage; Mandalay, Burmah, several hun- 

 dred houses burned. 



Summary of train accident* in March : 75 collisions, 

 107 derailments, 12 miscellaneous; total, 194. Killed: 

 37 employees, 1 passenger, 2 trespassers ; total, 40. 

 Hurt : 93 employees, 95 passengers, 5 trespassers ; to- 

 tal, 193. 



April 1. Explosion: dynamite factory, near Besse- 



about 50 lives were lost and ?00 people were hurt. 



2. Fires : carriage works and grain elevator at Erie, 

 Pa., loss, $200,000 ; 30 buildings, Greenville, Miss,, loss, 

 $100,000 ; warehouse, Orange, N. J. 



3. Violent electric storm in West Virginia and 

 Pennsylvania, much damage by hail, rain, and wind. 

 Fires:' cotton presses, New Orleans, loss, $2,500,000; 



Milton, Ala., nearly destroyed, loss, $80,000. Tor- 

 nado : Cherryville, Kan., 2 killed, many houses 

 wrecked. Boat upset near Colerain, Mass., 6 drowned. 



4. Fire: stores and other buildings, Nouma, La., 

 loss, $50,000. 



6. Explosion : locomotive bursts at Long Island City, 

 N. Y., 2 killed, 3 hurt. Fires : 9 lives lost at Fort 

 Madison, Iowa; furniture works, Piqua, Ohio, loss, 

 $150,000; oil works, West St. Paul, Minn., loss, $106,- 

 000 ; hospital burned, Missoula, Iowa, loss, $50,000. 



Y. Mississippi : rain during several days causes great 

 damage. Fires : dwelling house, St. Louis, 3 lives lost ; 

 Market Hall, Pullman, 111., loss, $50,000. 



8. Trains wrecked by collision, near Mount Vernon, 

 Ohio, 12 hurt. Fires : distillery, Portland, Ore., loss, 

 $50,000; coal breaker, Pittston, Pa., loss, $50,000; 

 flour mills, Laurel, Md., loss, $40,000. 



9. Fire : glass works, Beaver Falls, Pa., loss, $55,- 

 000. Boat upset, New Haven harbor, 3 drowned. 



10. Fires : flour mill, Catlettsburg, Ky., 1 life lost, 

 $50,000 damage ; chemical works, Newark, N. J., loss, 

 $50,000, 50 firemen overcome by fumes ; Tokio, Japan, 

 6,000 houses burned, about 50 lives lost. 



11. Boat upset, Boston harbor, 9 lives lost. Fires : 

 agricultural warehouse, Newport, R. I., loss, $50,000 ; 

 rubber company, New York, loss, $30,000. 



12. Disastrous flood on the Tombigbee river, Ala- 

 bama, great loss of life. Earthquake in western New 

 York. Fire : iron works, Butte, Mont., loss, $250,000. 



13. Explosion : powder mills near Wilkesbarre, Pa., 

 Y killed. 2 hurt. Boat upset near Brandon, Ore., 4 

 drowned. Fires : newspaper office, Washington, D. C., 

 $25,000 damage ; Clark University, Atlanta, Ga.. loss, 

 $100,000 ; railroad property, Long Island City, N. Y., 

 loss, $80,000. 



15. Fire: paper mill, Coltsville, Mass.. loss, $125,000. 



16. Destructive storms in Virginia and England. 

 Anarchists explode a bomb in a church in Havana. 



17. Earthquake in Portland, Ore. 



18. Explosion : " forcite " works, near Arlington, 

 N. J., Y killed. Tornado : Indian Territory, 3 killed, 

 many houses demolished. Lightning destroys a build- 

 ing near Charlestown, Ind., damage, $80,000. Incen- 

 diary fire, San Antonio, Texas, loss, $100,000. Fire : 

 near Trenton, N. J., school buildings burned, loss, 

 $40,000. Much damage by snow and frost in Great 

 Britain. Hainpstcad Heath, England, 8 killed by a 

 rush of excursionists at a railroacl station. 



19. Explosion: fireworks at Greenville, N. J., 2 

 killed, several hurt. Fire: lumber yards and facto- 

 ries, Kenosha, Wis., loss, $000,000; dye works, Staten 

 Island, N. Y., loss, $100,000. 



20. Earthquakes in the neighborhood of Vascaville, 

 Sacramento, Cal., and Nevada City. Fires: syna- 

 gogue at Ludwig, Pa. ; brewery, Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 damage, over $90,000 (supposed incendiary). Explo- 

 sions : Anarchist bombs in three Spanish towns. 



21. Colliery accident, Minersville, Pa., 10 lives lost. 

 Earthquake shocks continue in California. 



22. Train wrecked near Groton, Pa., 2 killed. Fires : 

 the town of Slights, Mich., almost totally destroyed ; 

 six incendiary fires in San Jose, Cal. 



23. Broken girder, Holyoke, Mass., 13 hurt. Walls 

 fall at Chicago and Jonesborough, Tenn., 5 killed, 

 several hurt. 



24. Continued earthquake shocks in California. 

 Fire in a Roman Catholic church, Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 panic ensues, many hurt. Boat upset, Beaver Lake, 

 Wis., 3 drowned. 



25. Fires: stock-farm buildings, Pennington, N. J., 

 loss, $125,000 ; business block, Gainesville, Texas, loss, 

 $200,000 (supposed incendiary) ; stock and dairy farm 

 buildings, Harkville, N. Y., loss, $50,000; Roman 

 Catholic church burned, New Castle, Pa. 



26. Fires : Colby Academy, New London, N. H., 

 loss, $75,000 ; stores, St. Paul, Minn., loss, $60,000 ; 

 3,000 cotton bales, Savannah, Ga., loss, $50,000. 



27. Fires: factory, Linwood, Ohio, loss, $35,000; 

 Athenamm building, Chicago, loss, $60,000; theatre 

 and "Times" building, Philadelphia, loss, $1,000,000, 

 6 lives lost, many hurt. 



