DISASTERS IN 18W. 



*ssows 



to the shrine 



ASJM of ffiiijirl wmsked near Levia, Canada, 

 1$ kitted, tO hurt. Trains wrecked near Ocean 

 Cal, and Tow* Creek, Pa.. 2 killM. 1 hurt. 



10 rail of Carino roof in Atlantic < itv, upward of 

 IM killed or hut 



r* el Ilesse-Naatta. Germany, 10 killed, 

 Trains wrecked at Whit. 



i killed, 2 hurt. 



IS. Enoaoire forsst firm in northen 



18. Torsttdo near New York city, ft killed; many 



14. Train wracked near Handler, Texas, 9 killed. 



iUJIway trestle breaks near Monui 

 killed, IS hart, 11 of the latter tramps. Thirteen can 

 wreeksJ near Plymouth, Pa.. 1 killed, 1 hurt. 



19. Violent rtoVras in the Weal, many lives lost and 

 bajUdiofla wrecked. Trains wrecked at Fort Payne, 

 Ala- and Pleasant Hill, N. <\ 8 killed, 2 of them 



I. Pisaatiuua storms continue at the West, with 

 further orilce of life. Fire : oil mill burned at Chi- 

 ee*n. lose, $300,000. Shipwreck : Italian stean 

 asjria sank in collisioo with the Maria P. in the Gulf 

 TOeoa,UO lives lost 

 n. Mine flooded in Japan, 47 drowned. 

 1 Ejq4c<fc : fire dampUi a mine in Westphalia, 

 I killed. Train wrecked; Greenville, Pa., 1 killed. 

 JM. a Troop train wrecked near Kobe, Japan, 114 



in Japan, nearly 5,000 fatal 



aa. Flood, near Fort Scott, Kam lives lost 

 Si. UiKlsiide and furious storm near Adelaide, 

 ObU traia detailed. * men drowned. 

 Firs* in July: Wellington, Ohio, nearly ruined, 



, loss, 16&,000; Scotia, Cal., lum- 

 ,i5U)00;0.we f o,N.Y,.undry,$lM,000; 1 

 ten. N. \\ steamer and hotel. $266400 ; Cincinnati, 



oif mills, |400,- 

 w York, 

 Menominee, Mich., |500,- 



of train' a^diff in^ly^M'cJl 

 M d^mUiMQta, 8 others ; total, 88. Killed: 16 em- 

 r^yees. I ffssisntM, $ others; total 26. Hurt: 48 

 oayluj sea, It rasfsofMs. 9 others ; toul, 76. 



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IDA Train wrecked near Canton, Ohio, 18 



io, wreck 



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.lkilll,7hurt 



Vf *broken drawbsr near St. 



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TktevredMd^CaJMM, W. V^,Si Bai 



bridge, Ohio ; at the latter place 90 can ft 11 into the 

 



14. Train derailed near Pom fret, Conn., 8 tramps 

 killed. 1 hurt. 



16. Fire in Pry tyk, Poland, probably of inccn.liurv 

 origin, 4,000 pemons rendered homeless. Traini 

 wrecked at Liberty Park, N. J., aji.l T<n.pl.. 

 8 killed, 85 hurt 



16. A party of DOTS switched oft some care t< 

 track near Aurora, 111., a collision resulted, and as a 

 car was loadfl with sulphuric ucid .n- of the boy a 

 met a terrible death and 5 of Ida companions were 

 dreadfully burned. 



18. Train wrecked near Three Bridges, N. .1 . i 



19. Steam boiler explodes in a hotel at Denver, 26 

 killed. l.uililiiiL' I'urn. .i. 



SO. Train wrecked near Lawrencebuifr. I; 

 killed, 1 hurt. 



M J.uil.liiitf falls in Chicago, loss about 

 $200,(XK'. Trnin wru.-kcd nt Piuni-lin-.s, Vn., 2 killed. 



22. Dynamite maliciously placed on the tracl 

 liuttr. H ; v the whole train passes before ex- 



plosion. 1 car wrrckrd, 1 ]'i-i>"M hurt. 



24. Train wrecked at Pulu*ki. N. Y.. 1 tr:un|. 

 2 trampH hurt. 



25. Trains derailed at Richmond Beaoh, Wash., aa4 

 Kdgciniit. s. hak.. ' killi-d. 



I rains wrecked at Kunge, Texas, Sullivan, Mo., 

 and FWi.-r, C..1.. -l kilh-.J, :i hurt. 



80. Train derail cl by inali.-<- n< -ar I'-.rtlaml, W. Va^ 

 10 cars thrown into tin- <>|ii> riv. r. Mat'mn fired. 

 Train wn-rki-l. I'-.j...';. 1-Yrrv, (in., -j killed, 



and at Kri.-, I 'u., 2 killed. 



81. T; led at ( raryville, N. Y., and Hunt- 

 inirton. I'u.. '.' kilU.-d, 1 hurt. ' 



in August :8pragne, Wjwh.. railnmd i ! 

 1. 1 1 n it (1 .loss, $1.000,000; li. rlin. M.I., Min-ln . 

 000; Warren, Mass.. factory, $375,000; Lockport. III., 

 Mundry, $260,000 ; Newark, N. J., 

 Philadelphia, factory, $250,000 ; Bingham, Ut 

 dry, $200,000; Milwaukee, u -uses, $860,-! 



000;Cin innati. warehouse, $190,000; and 17:: 

 aggregate loss, $9,929,000 



Summary of train acoidento in 

 sions, 71 derailments, 8 others; total, i:;-j. Ki. 

 employees, 8 passengers, 11 others; total, 4'.*. 

 41 employees, 78 passengers, 21 others : total. 

 September 1. Earthquake shock in N-\v V-r 



I Ynn.-ylvnniu. and Delawar 

 of Muttic burned in Buffalo, Ions, $250.000. 



inaway locomotive near Wooala^n. N 

 collision with pafwen^iT trains, 2 killed. 40 hurt. 



'. Floods in eastern Mexico, much sun'ering . 

 ;;.. j.. ooa 



re in copper mine near Houghton, Mich., 86 

 lives lost 

 T. Trains in collision at Blanc) . 



U-datMonmoutl urt. 



8. Widespread forest fires in Wisconsin. 



9. Train derailed by a washout, Neosho. 

 killed. 1 hurt. 



i rain derailed at Evannvilh-. Wis.. < killed. 

 Train in collitiion at Scaly, Texas, 1 kill 



11. Train- ' hurt. 



1-J. 'I na. 111.. 1 kill.-d, 1 hurt. 



16. Train derailed, O-llinsvlll,-!, II.. i kil 

 hurt. 



16. Trains derailed, Bonnievillc, Kv., and A 

 dale, Minn. Alto^t-tlx-r 1 kill-d, 18 hurt, 4 



!.,'; : I 



18. Train wrecked, Greensburg, Ind., 1 killed, sev- 

 eral hurt. 



19. Shipwreck : Spanish war *hij> P 



n follision. :;' drowned, including Admiral 

 and several other officers. 

 21. Trains in collision at Drummond uixl 

 III., 8 killed, 2 hurt, all tramps. 



i U-avy snow and t'ro^t in Colorado. Destructive 

 prairie fires in south Oklahoma. 

 28. Train derailed, (,. Kan., 1 killed,! 





