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DISASTERS IN 1892. 



16. Tornado in Minnesota, about 40 killed. Light- 

 ning strikes the Grant monument, Chicago, 3 killed, 

 several hurt. Fires : factories, Elizabeth, W. Va., loss, 

 $300,000; Elizabeth, N. J., loss, $90.000; business 

 houses, Eich Hill, Mo., loss, $40,000 ; post office, cus- 

 tomhouse, etc., New Haven, Conn., loss, $50,000. 



17. Drowned near Pittsburg, 5 children. 



18. Fires: Maurice, Ind., glass works, loss, $300,000. 



19. Electric car wrecked, Cleveland, Ohio, several 

 hurt. Fires: melting works, Louisville, loss, $135,000. 



24. Destructive floods in Illinois. Fire lighted with 

 kerosene, Allegheny, Pa., 3 killed, one badly burned. 



25. Train wrecked near Harrisburg, Pa., 12 killed, 

 many hurt. 



26. Floods in the West, at least 7 persons drowned. 



28. Fire : warehouse, Seattle, Wash., loss, $400,000. 



29. Train wrecked near Little Rock, Ark., 5 killed, 

 several hurt. Boat upset near New Orleans, 4 

 drowned. Tornado and lightning in New Jersey, 2 

 killed, several hurt. Lightning kills 4 men at Bonne 

 Terre, Mo. 



Summary of train accidents in June : 75 collisions, 

 88 derailments, 2 miscellaneous; total. 165. Killed: 

 44 employees, 21 passengers, 5 trespassers ; total, 70. 

 Hurt : 143 employees, 152 passengers, 4 trespassers ; 

 total, 299. 



July 1. Providence, R. I., earthworks fall, 4 killed. 

 Shipwreck : steamer City of Chicago ashore on the 

 Irisn coast. 



2. Violent and destructive storms in several Central 

 and Western States. Fires : warehouses burned, 

 Providence, R. I., loss, $500,000; stores, Montgomery, 

 Ala., loss, $250,000 ; furniture factory, Baltimore, loss, 

 $150,000 ; barrel-stave works, St. Ignace, Mich., loss, 

 $75,000: stores, Brooklyn, N. Y., loss, $40,000; salt 

 works, Warsaw, N. Y., loss, $50,000. 



3. Fires : many buildings, San Jose, Cal., loss. $500,- 

 000 ; saw mill, Minneapolis, loss, $85,000 ; Roman 

 Catholic church burned, Duluth. 



4. Many accidents from fireworks and arms in irre- 

 sponsible'hands. A balloon falls into Boston harbor, 

 3 drowned. Tornado in Carey, Ohio, damage, $100,- 

 000. 



6. Another flood in the Mississippi. Fire : Poco- 

 rnoke City, Md.. loss, $200,000. 



7. Fire: dwelling house, New York, 4 killed. Ship- 

 wreck : steamer Mare'chal Canrobert sinks at sea, 7 

 lives lost. 



9. Explosions : at Highland, Cal., 12 miles from San 

 Francisco, several killed, damage, $350,000 ; shock 

 felt 80 miles away. Fires : St. Johns, Newfoundland, 

 the city nearly destroyed, estimated loss, $20,000,000 ; 

 Christiansund, Norway, loss, $3,500,000 ; Louisville, 

 Ky., loss, $200,000. Steamboat' boiler bursts, Geneva 

 Lake, Switzerland, 19 killed. Schooner Harry R. 

 Tilden sunk off Sandy Hook by a projectile from the 

 artillery proving grounds. Mount Etna, Sicily, in 

 a state of violent eruption. 



11. Destructive floods in Alabama. 



12. Chicago : sidewalk caves in, 40 persons fall into 

 a basement, many badly hurt. Fires : Leroy, 111., 

 loss, $68,500 ; coal yard and dwellings, San Francisco, 

 loss, $65,000. Avalanche : Mont Blanc, Switzerland, 

 village of St. Gervais les Bains destroyed, about 200 

 lives lost. 



13. Steamboat upsets, Peoria, 111., 16 drowned. Tor- 

 nado : Springfield, Ohio, 2 killed, many buildings 

 wrecked. Disastrous floods in the Tombigbee river. 

 Villages destroyed by lava from Mount Etna. Fire : 

 flouring mills, Paris, Tenn., loss, $75,000. 



14. Naphtha explosion, Westport, Conn., 3 fatally 

 hurt. 



15. Violent wind storm in Cincinnati, houses un- 

 roofed, several persons hurt. Train wrecked at 

 Evansville, Ind., 11 badly hurt. Fires : hotel and 

 adjacent buildings, Pittsburg, Pa., loss, $70,000 ; flour 

 mill, Wolcott, Iowa, loss, $40,00tb Italy: Mounts 

 Etna and Vesuvius in active eruption. 



16. Four young men drowned while swimming near 

 Princess Anne, Md. 



17. Shipwreck : a tug and 4 barges, with 32 men 



lost, in Lake Ontario. Fires: warehouses, Inde- 



Ssndence, Iowa, loss, $50,000 ; stables, Monuiouth 

 each, N. J., loss, including 6 horses, $50,000. 



18. Trains wrecked near Merritton, Ontario, 3 killed, 

 several hurt. Fires : Montreal, Ontario, loss, $500,000 ; 

 stock yards, Cleveland, Ohio, loss, $45,000 ; linoleum 

 factory, Akron, Ohio, loss, $100.000; grain elevator, 

 Richmond, Va., loss, $100,000. Lightning kills 4 per- 

 sons in Richmond. 



19. Fire : Atlantic Hotel, Long Branch, N. J. ; ware- 

 house, Providence, R. I., loss, $125,000. Hurricane in 

 northern Italy, heavy loss of life and property. 

 Storms cause loss of life in South Dakota. 



20. Severe storms in Great Britain, and wrecks on 

 the coast. Ten quarrymen buried in a slate mine, 

 Bendutf, Ireland. 



21. Fires: business house, Rio Vista, Cal., loss, 

 $150,000; railroad and other buildings, Moosup, 

 Conn. 



22. Tornado : Iliteman, Iowa, stores, a church, and 

 some 20 buildings wrecked. Three men suffocated 

 in a tannery in Chicago. Fires : warehouses burned, 

 St. Louis, loss, $200,000 ; coal breaker, Pittston, Pa., 

 loss, $100,000 ; mill, etc., Sauk Center, Minn., loss, 

 $60,000. 



23. Lightning : several persons killed and build- 

 ings fired in various parts of the country. Explosion 

 of gas in a Pottsville colliery, 15 killed, 1 hurt. Fires 

 in Washington, D. C., and 'Middleburg, Md., losses, 

 about $130,000. 



24. Shipwreck : steamer II. F. Dimmock sinks Mr. 

 Vanderbiit's steam yacht Alva, off Pollock Rip, Mass. 

 A mosque falls in Alexandria, Egypt, killing several 

 hundred worshipers. 



25. Fires: Bay City, Mich., 2 churches, 4 hotels, 

 40 stores, and some 300 dwellings burned, loss, 

 about $1,250,000 ; the town of Iron River, Wis., al- 

 most destroyed ; other fires at Schenectady, N. Y.. 

 and Carrolton, Mo. Forest fires in Prince Edward 

 Island and Cape Breton. Fall of the Robber tower, 

 Znaim, Moravia, several killed. 



26. Destructive wind storms in Pennsylvania. 

 Fires : biscuit factory, New York, loss, $500,000 : oil 

 works, Elizabeth, N. J., loss, $75,000 ; stores, Oakdale, 

 Wash., loss, $50,000. Boat upset, Lake Lucerne, 

 Switzerland, 5 drowned. Part of a theatre falls at 

 Rueil, France, 80 or more killed. 



27. Intense heat : many fatal cases of sunstroke. 

 Four children accidentally locked in a closet at Med- 

 ford, Mass., 3 died. Fires : store in Pittsburg, loss, 

 $60,000 ; stable and stores, Stanford, Ky., loss, $60,- 

 000; refinery, St. Paul, Minn., loss, about $70,000; 

 many buildings, Bodie, Cal., loss, $50,000. 



30. Lightning : several persons killed and many 

 buildings struck. Fires : electric works, Toledo, 

 Ohio, loss, $75,000 ; bank, stores, hotels, etc.. Cam- 

 bridge, Md., loss, $75,000. Extensive forest fires in 

 Cape Breton and Newfoundland. 



31. Six boys drowned while bathing in Kentucky 

 river. Lightning : several fatal strokes. 



Summary of train accidents in July : 83 collisions, 

 104 derailments, 5 miscellaneous; total, 192. Killed: 

 29 employees, 5 passengers, 11 trespassers; total, 45. 

 Hurt : 77 employees, 55 passengers, 18 trespassers ; 

 total, 150. 



August 1. Fire: Wheatland, Iowa, houses burned, 

 1 life lost, damage, $75,000. 



3. Fires : plaster works, Peoria, 111., loss, $85,000 ; 

 many buildings, New Providence, Ind. 



4. Washout and flood: West St. Paul, Minn., many 

 buildings swept away, several lives lost. Fires : court- 

 house, Port Tobacco, Md. ; mills in Paris, Texas, loss, 

 $250,000. Hail causes $50,000 damage in Kalamazoo, 

 Mich. 



5. Fire: lumber mills and yards burned at Still- 

 water, Mich., loss, $125,000. 



6. Fire: lead works burned, Joplin, Mo., loss, 

 $200,000. 



7. Fires : post office and business houses, Alliance, 

 Neb., loss, $50,000 : barrel works, Ottumwa, Iowa, loss, 

 $75,000; clothing house, New York, loss, $100,000. 



