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DISASTERS IN 1894. 



Continent. More than 30 lives lost and thousands of 

 cattle perish in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. 

 Mining accident, Plymouth, Pa., 13 lives lost. Iron 

 works in Bath, Me., burned, loss, $150,000. An an- 

 archist explodes a bomb in Paris, 20 hurt. 



14. Fatally severe cold in western Kansas. More 

 of the World's Fair buildings burned in Chicago. At 

 Newark, N. J., warehouses and mills burned, loss 

 $200,000. 



1"). Normal school, Oneonta, N. Y., burned, loss, 

 $200,000. 



16. Train derailed near Eoscoe, Cal. ; an attack by 

 robbers follows, in which 2 men are killed and 2 

 wounded, and the train is plundered. College build- 

 ings in Knoxville, Tenn., burned, loss, $45,000. Boiler 

 explodes on German man-of-war Brandenburg, 41 

 killed, many hurt. 



17. Train* wrecked near Valley Junction, Iowa, 1 

 killed, 3 hurt. 



18. Oil mill burned, Warren, Ohio, loes, $150,000. 

 Another incendiary fire in the World's Fair buildings. 

 StaMes burned, Ottawa, Ontario, many horses lost, 

 value, $300,000. 



20. Snow blockade, Central Pacific Railroad, the 

 worst in years. Anarchist bomb explodes in a Paris 

 hotel, 3 hurt. Trains wrecked near Huntingdon, 

 Pa., 1 killed, 2 hurt, and near Martin's Falls, Ohio, 

 2 killed. 



Summary of train accidents in February : 37 colli- 

 sions, 65 derailments, 3 others ; total, 105. Killed, 14 

 employees, 1 passenger; total, 15. Hurt, 45 em- 

 ployees, 12 passengers, 1 other; total, 58. 



March 5. Fire in Deadwood, S. Dak., loss, $150,000. 



6. Trains wrecked near Houston, Texas, 8 hurt. 



8. Train wrecked near Oil City, Pa., oil cars broken 

 up, river covered with fire ; trainmen escape by 

 swimming, 1 drowned. 



10. Trains wrecked near Limon, Col., 2 killed, 2 

 hurt. 



12. Train wrecked near Montpelier, Vt, 1 killed, 2 

 hurt. 



15. Reservoir bursts near Indian Creek, Ida., ranches 

 and villages devastated. Fire : Pickwick Club in 

 New Orleans, loss, $170,000. 



17. Fire : Union Station in Denver, Col., loss, 

 $300,000. 



20. Storm in Texas and on the lower Mississippi, 

 20 lives lost. 



22. Destructive blizzard in the West and North- 

 west. Bomb explodes in a church at Grenoble, 

 France, 20 hurt. Dynamite explodes on a Spanish 

 steamer at Santander, 30 killed. 



23. Dynamite explodes near Pittsburg, Pa., 5 killed. 

 Fire in girls' schoolnouse in Laon, France, 6 lives lost. 



24. Violent blizzard in the Northwestern States. 



25. A rotary snowplow and 2 engines run away in 

 the Rocky mountains and wreck a passenger train, 

 6 hurt. Hotel burned in Hot Springs, Ark., loss, 

 $50,000. 



30. Many buildings burned in Barry, 111., loss, 

 $200,000. 'Snowslides in Idaho, blockading railroads 

 and destroying many lives. 



Summary of train accidents in March : 4 collisions, 

 68 derailments, 4 others; total, 112. Killed: 17 em- 

 ployees, 5 others ; total, 22. Hurt: 63 employees, 17 

 passengers, 6 others ; total, 86. 



April 1. Explosion of natural gas, Alexandria, Ind., 

 4 killed, 3 hurt. 



7. Explosion in fireworks factory, Petersburg, Va., 

 10 killed, many hurt. Explosion of giant powder and 

 dynamite in Brinton, Pa., 3 killed, 12 hurt. 



8. A house falls in Meniphis, Pa., several killed. 



9. Train wrecked near Tyncr City, Ind., 1 killed, 2 

 hurt. Theater burned in Milwaukee, Wis., 8 firemen 

 killed, ft badly hurt, loss, &200,000. Destructive bliz- 

 zard on the north Atlantic const. 



10. Train wrecked near Hartford City, Ind., 2 

 killed, 3 hurt. Stable burned in Baltimore, with 

 many horses and carriages, loss, $400,000. 



12. Glucose works burned in Buffalo, N. Y., loss 

 more than $1,000,000, 22 lives lost. 



15. Train wrecked near Silver Brook, Pa., 14 hurt. 



20. Oil works burned, St. Louis, Mo., loss, $400,000. 

 Train wrecked near Vassar, Mich., 3 killed. 



21. Destructive earthquake in Greece, 2^7 persons 

 said to have perished. 



26. Fire in Butte, Mont., mining property burned, 

 valued at $100,000. 



28. Two considerable towns destroyed by earth- 

 quakes in Venezuela, several thousand lives lost. 



29. Fire in St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, loss, 

 $500,000. 



30. Fire in library building, Ashland, Wis., loss, 

 $120,000. 



Summary of train accidents in April : 37 collisions, 

 62 derailments, 5 others ; total, 104. Killed : 17 em- 

 ployees, 3 passengers, 8 others ; total, 28. Hurt : 59 

 employees, 20 passengers, 9 others ; total, 88. 



May'l. Train wrecked near Tipton, Pa., 1 killed, 1 

 hurt. 



2. Mill burned in Albany, N. Y., loss, $200,000. In 

 Mourillon, France, large sawmills burned, loss, $1,250,- 

 000. Earthquake shocks continue throughout Greece. 



6. Destructive hailstorms in many parts of the 

 country. Fire in Muncie, Ind., loss, $245,000. 



10. Trains in collision near Menomonee Junction, 

 Wis., 2 killed, 3 hurt. Town of Norway, Me., burned, 

 loss, $239,006. 



12. Varnish works burned in Akron, Ohio, loss, 

 $100,000. 



13. Brooklyn, N. Y., Tabernacle and adjoining 

 buildings burned, loss. $1,000,000. 



15. Fire : 137 buildings burned in Boston, loss, 

 $1,000,000. 



16. Coal and lumber yards burned in Pawtucket, 

 R. I., loss, $500,000. 



17. Violent storm in the northern Central States, 

 estimated damage at least $1,000,000. Many lives 

 lost on the Great Lakes. College buildings burned in 

 Hillsborough, Ohio, loss, $50,000. 



20. Heavy rains and disastrous floods in Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



23. Terrible devastation by flood along the Yang- 

 tse-Kiang river in China, several hundred lives lost. 



27. Train wrecked near Pinegrove, Pa., wreck takes 

 fire, 2 killed, 1 hurt. Destructive storm in the Eng- 

 lish Channel, at least 2 vessels wrecked. ' 



30. Train wrecked near Holtz, Ga., 25 hurt. Land- 

 slide at St. Alban, near Quebec, 4 lives lost, dam- 

 age, $500,000, course of Ste. Anne river changed. 



31. Train wrecked near Sharon Heights, Mass., ii 

 hurt. 



Summary of train accidents in May : 42 collisions, 

 54 derailments, 4 others ; total, 100. Killed : 30 em- 

 ployees, 2 passengers, 2 others ; total, 34. Hurt : 70 

 employees, 37 passengers, 4 others; total, 111. 



June 1. Floods along Fraser river, British Colum- 

 bia, damage estimated at $3,000,000. 



3. Fire in Ottumwa, Iowa, damage, $225,000. Car 

 works at Laconia, N. H., burned, damage, $100,000. 

 Train wrecked near Alton, 111., 1 killed, 7 hurt. 



8. Train wrecked near Nickajack, Ga., 3 killed, 2 

 hurt; also near Belmar, Iowa, 1 killed. Eight ' Cox- 

 eyites" drowned in the Platte river, Colorado. 



9. Fire in Dubuque, Iowa, loss, $600,000. 



10. Boats upset at Brewster, N. Y., and Vermillion, 

 Ohio, 7 drowned. 



13. Fire in Panama, damage, $1,000,000. 



14. Boat upsets near Castle Bar, Ireland, 35 

 drowned. 



15. Mine explosions in, Austria, about 200 killed. 



17. Stockyards and buildings in Jersey City 

 burned, 6,000 sheep destroyed, loss, $1,500,000. 



18. Train wrecked near Batesville, Ind., 2 killed, 

 2 hurt. 



19. Train wrecked near Wild Creek, Ind., 2 killed. 

 Ferryboat sinks on river Tek, Russia, 45 lives lost. 



20. Earthquakes in Yokohama, Japan, many 

 houses wrecked. 



23. ^Firedamp explosion in Albion colliery, Wales, 

 251 lives lost. Earthquakes continue in various 

 parts of the East. 



