DISASTERS IN 1893. 



26. The Tremont Hotel, Fort Scott, Kan., falls, sev- 

 eral lives lost, many injured. 



Summary of train accidents in Juno: 72 collisions, 

 '.; derailment*, 6 miscellaneous; total, l";t. Killed: 

 _'."> employees, 7 passengers, N trespassers; total, 40. 

 Hurt: l"t employees, 1 passengers, 15 trespassers ; 



tot III, -JOO. 



July 4. Explosion : Ann Arbor, Mich., a small cun- 

 nou bursts, injuring several firemen. Many minor 

 accidents, tires, and injuries from the curd* 

 with fireworks. Mrowned: 4 men at Carson, Nrv. 

 K\ plosion : tire dun ip in a colliery at Thomhill, York- 

 shire, Knirlund, more than 100 probably killed. 



5. Hailstorm : eastern Pennsylvania, great damage 

 to crops and buildings, many lives lost. Lightning: 

 house struck at Fostoria, Mich., 5 killed. 



6. Gale in Iowa : the town of Pomeroy almost 

 totally destroyed, scarcely a house left standing, 53 

 killed, 75 perhaps fatally injured. 



8. Several deaths reported from lightning, wide- 

 spread damage by thunderstorms. 



10. Fire in the cold-storage warehouse at the 

 World's Fair. Chicago, 16 firemen perish. 



1'2. Fire : Princeton, Ind., business houses burned. 

 Earthquake : Albuquerque, New Mexico, two shocks 

 reported. Accident at grade crossing near Springhill, 

 \V . Yu., 3 killed. Train wrecked near Newburg, 

 N. Y., 5 killed, several hurt. 



15. Lightning : one soldier killed and several hurt 

 at the Wisconsin State Camp. 



17. Train accident : Chica<ro, horse car run down, 

 4 killed, many hurt. Fire in London, estimated loss, 

 $7,500,000. 



18. Destructive tornado in Piedmont. 



19. Excursion train of Sunday school scholars 

 wrecked at East Aurora, N. Y., about 20 hurt. 



20. Explosion: a can of naphtha in Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 4 killed. 



23. Destructive forest fires in New Hampshire and 

 Wyomning. 



25. Train wrecked at Akron, Ohio, 30 hurt. 



2(5. Violent thunderstorm in New England and the 

 Central States. 



31. Destructive thunderstorms in Ohio and West 

 Y i i-irinia. 



Summary of train accidents in July: 89 collisions, 

 87 derailments, 5 miscellaneous ; total, 181. Killed : 

 81} employees, 10 passengers, 12 trespassers ; total, 58. 

 Hurt; 79 employees, 86 passengers, 11 trespassers; 

 total, 176. 



August 3. Explosion on the German warship Ledan, 

 9 killed. 



4. Steamer sinks on Lake George, N. Y., 9 lives lost. 



6. Train wrecked near Lindsey, Ohio, 3 killed, 8 

 hurt. 



7. Fire : Oakland, Cal., nail works burned, loss, 

 $200.000. Excursion steamer capsizes near Port Tal- 

 bot, Wales, 22 lives lost. 



10. Newark, N. J. : three young girls drowned while 

 bathing. 



11. Tornado near Lamed, Kan., many buildings 

 destroyed. 



12. Train wrecked in Wales, 17 killed, 40 hurt 



. 13. Fire: Minneapolis, 1.500 people homeless, esti- 

 mati'd loss, $2,000,000. Collision at sea: British 

 steamer Kirby sunk by the cruiser Forth. 

 14. Fire: hotel burned at Chicago, 5 lives lost 



16. Train wrecked at Milton, Va., 7 killed, many 

 hurt. Destructive tornado in Nebraska, Boating 

 dUa-tcr ill Ireland, 17 excursionists drowned. 



20. Explosion in a German coal mine, 57 killed, 

 many hurt. 



23. A hurricane swept the whole Atlantic coast of 

 the United states, tin lives lost.nianv vessels wrecked; 

 one of the most destructive storms that lias occurred in 

 many years. Fire : South Chicago, 250 houses burned, 

 7,000 people homeless, estimated loss, $600,000. 



24. Collision at sea : two freight barges sink in 

 Long Island Sound, 16 lives lost 



:!'!. Train wrecked near Berlin, L. I., 16 killed, 

 50 hurt 



28. Another hurricancon the Atlantic coast : many 

 lives lost in the neighborhood of Savannah ami 

 Charleston, owing to a high tide. Several hundred 

 lives lost on the Sea Islands in the nci^hWhood of 

 Beaufort and Port Royal; many shipwrecks, including 

 the steamer City of Savannah, which was a total low*, 



all hand- saved. 



81. Bridge breaks near Chester, Mass., cause, cure- 

 less aujH-rvision of repairs, 15 killed, 15 hurt. 



Summary of train accidents in August: 50 colli- 

 sions, ;M. derailments, 7 miscellaneous; total, 147. 

 Killed ; 28 employees, 30 passengers. * trespasser* ; 

 total, 66. Hurt: 07 employees, v.t passengers, *J tre.- 

 passers; total, 162. 



September 7. Train wrecked near Colehour, 111., 11 

 killed, 6 hurt. 



8. Tornado near Locknort. La., 6 killed, many hurt. 



15. Cloudburst at Valla-Canas, Toledo, Spain, 60 

 lives lost. 



19. Train wrecked near Manteno, 111., 8 killed, more 

 than 20 hurt. 



21. Explosion in a mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa., 5 

 killed, 5 hurt. Two soldiers killed and 5 fatally hurt 

 duringthe autumn manoeuvres of the Austrian army. 



22. Trains in collision near Wabash, Ind.. 11 killed, 

 about 20 hurt. 



25. Fire at sea, Russian steamer Alfons Zcevecke 

 burned, 60 lives lost; St Louis, Mo., loss, $1,000.000. 



28. Panic in a synagogue in Poland, 9 killed, 100 

 hurt 



29. Mine flooded near Mansfield, Mich., 28 lives 

 lost Snow fell in the New England and Middle 

 States. Frost ruined the outdoor floral display at 

 Chicago. 



Summary of train accidents in September : 77 col- 

 lisions, 75 derailments, 6 miscellaneous; total, 158. 

 Killed: 32 employees, 35 passengers, 12 trespassers; 

 total, 79. Hurt : 101 employees, 88 passengers, 1 1 tres- 

 passers; total. 200. 



October 2. Destructive hurricane in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, many lowlands submerged, and many lives 

 lost along the coast of Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, 

 and Texas. The storm passed north, and was very 

 heavy on the coast of New Brunswick and Nova 

 Scotia. 



5. Fire in military barracks at Roslav, Russia, 34 

 soldiers killed and 5 hurt. 



10. Train wrecked, Indiana, 8 killed. 



12. Hurricane alone the coast of Georgia, Florida, 

 South Carolina, much damage done. Fire : Sioux 

 City, Iowa, 30 buildings burned, loss, $500,000. 



14. Violent storm on the Atlantic coast, extending 

 from Florida to Maine, many shipwrecks, many lives 

 lost The gale also extended to the Great Lakes, 

 where about 20 lives are reported lost 



15. Fire: Detroit, Mich., buildings burned, esti- 

 mated loss, $200,000. 



17. Trains in collision at Wellsville, Ohio. 4 killed, 

 3 hurt. Shipwreck : French steamer Marseilles lost 

 at sea with all hands. 



18. Fire in New York city, estimated loss, $1,500,- 

 000. 



19. Fires: Springfield, 111., estimated loss, $140,000; 

 Shanghai, China, cotton mill burned, loss, $500.000. 



20. Trains in collision at Battle Creek, Mich., 26 

 killed, several fatally hurt, many injured. 



21. Fire : East Douglas^. Ma>s.. factory burned, esti- 

 mated loss, $200,000. 



23. Heavy snowfalls in North and South Dakota 

 and Minnesota. 



25. Fire in San Francisco, estimated loss, $150.000. 

 Trains in collision in Michigan and Texas, 6 killed, 

 several hurt. 



27. Fire: Pittsburg, Pa., estimated loss, $1,000,000. 

 Shipwreck: Pacific Mail steamer City of New York 

 ashore near San Francisco. 



Summary of train accidents for October: 132 colli- 

 sions, 116 derailments, 12 miscellaneous; total, 2f>0. 

 Killed: 45 employees, 42 passengers. 1" trespassers; 

 total, 97. Hurt : 140 employees, 166 passengers, 22 

 trespassers ; total, 828. 



