

DISASTF.KS IX 1897. 



16. Train derailed by mischievous boys, nine and 

 thirteen years of age, Media, Pa., serenl IMU*. 

 injured. Train di-ntital al-. at Sprit.-' 

 supposed to be the remit hurt. 



18. Disastrous storm* in the Western States. 



90. Shipwreck: schooner Nahuiu chpin. off 

 ". ... I. i . . 



:> derailed at ShippetiM ille. Pa., a trestle 

 breaks down under a train p'ing too fast. I killed, 

 6 hurt. Snowstonn of u mutual M-TITII \ in the Bril- 

 ls* I, sjdl 



>ly cold weather throughout the North- 

 en Slates, Train derailed a br.-k.-n bridge at 

 Stuirtansburg, S. *' trump- killed. 



. Tra V Y.. 2 killed, 



S hurt. 



81. United States man B rik.s 



it n- k in tli.- lela\vare rivi-r near Philadelphia and 

 is considerably damaged. 



Fires in January : Nashville, Tenn.. business 

 houses buroeJ, loss," $600.<*H': Danville. \ 

 co warehouses, $175,000; Montreal. Canada, ware- 

 booses, 1100,000; Chicago, four different fires in- 

 v..l\ nig factories, residences, stores, grain elevators, 

 eta, f 1.1 00.000; Saiidusky. Ohio. business houses, 

 $880.000: Philadelphia. Cin- 



cinnati, malt-house. etc.. $2OO.<MH>; and J 

 total lss for I he month. $12.US.7lH. 



Summary of train accident > in .lanuary : 51 col- 

 lisions. 68 derailments, 7 others; total. rj;." Killed: 

 86 employees, 8 passengers, 5 others : total, 33. 



Harrisburi:. Pa.. State Capi- 



tol burned. Trains in collision, Arlington. S. 

 Dak., wreck catches fire, 4 killed. 2 hurt, cause fog. 

 Train derailed between Matanzas ami II, 

 Cuba, several Spanish soldiers killed, also a numU-r 

 of the trainmen. Hurricane in South Australia, 

 : - ni< ' n of !'. T: I ar\vin. 



. Train deraileil. Danville, \V. Va.. 2 killed. 



9. A viaduct breaks down in Cornwall. Midland, 

 12 ki 



17. Train wrecked, Montana, Ala., 1 tramp 

 kilh-.l. 



21. Train derailed by a washout, Lavalatto, W. 

 Vfc, killed. 1 hurt. 



28. Train derailed by a washout, Glen, Ky., 1 

 kilh-l. in hurt. 



88. Disastrous floods in west. m Maryland. Vir- 

 _: i. West Virginia, PennsylTania, Kentackr, 

 sst-e. ami nhio. property loss amounting to 

 many hundreds of thousands of dollars: 1'.' 

 lost on the nliiu river aln-. 



84. Explosion: Nobel works, Scotland. 6 killed. 



88. Train <J*-railed. Zedikers, Pa., 20 cars wrecked, 

 Smenkil 



Fire* in Fel.ruar\ : Harrisburg, Pa.. State Capitol 

 burned, loss, $750,<XN : Salt I^ke City, l.usmess 

 houses, $860,000; Ottawa, Ontario, Parliamentary 

 buildings ilBOyOOO; Tole<lo. Ohio, grain el, 

 $800.000; Grand F.,rk-. N. Dak., sundry hui].: 

 $885,000; i roe, Ind.. Mores. $lMyOOO; and 



189 others; total 1. for the month. $8,678,750. 



:tnary of train accidents j n Fel.ruary: 44. 

 M, 71 derailment*. 2 others; total! 117. 

 : 21 employees, 8 passengers. 1 other: total, 



Hurt : 40 employees, 41 passengers; tou: 

 March 1. Partial destruction of the monastery 

 -.nrd l.y an avalaru-he. I' gale 



oathe British Islands, disasters to Teasels and har- 

 bor work.*, many liven lost. 

 8. Train wr. .' tramps hurt. 



Train derailwl. Zane*vill 

 hurt Explosion in Boston subway. ; kill. 

 hurt. 



Train wrecked, Northville. Mih.. 5 tramps 

 hurt. 



7. Train wrecked. Birmingham, Ala,, 1 tramp 



hurt. Mining shaft II ..... led. Dover. Knu'land. S 

 sa Grande, An/ona. \\ith 



theatrical company mi Imanl. 1 tramp kille.i. 

 eral passengers si iu'htly injured. 



in. 'Traui d. railed at lla/elton. hid., -t ki! 

 hurt, cause a washout. 



1 I. Boiler e\plos| ( , :; tramps killed. 



12. 'Tii- Mis-.i-.Mpp, ri\- \ hi^jh at 



Memphis and virinu\. 



18. Train wrecked by a broken tn-Mleat Home. 

 Ga., 8 killed, 8 hurt, cause hi^h ;''' n> tli 

 \vahri\er. Shipwre.-k: loss ol I he Brit Hi M , 

 Nornuind and crew in the Bay oi many 



I I. 'Trains ,n rollision. DanvilN-. 111. l\ killed, and 



.l.-d. ; hurt. The n. 



Memphis higher thai] at any time fora (jiiari. 

 centurv. 



i:. tr..in deraile.1. I., Grande, 111.. 2 kill 

 hurt. Explosion of ft gnu on a .\> tf 



1" killed, many wounded. Fire: Mandelay, 

 Bnrmali. l.."iuo houses Imrned, 7,000 persons < 

 less, estimated loss, s 



!>. >hi|.\N reck : -trainship San N a /a ire, off Cape 

 llatteras, all hands supposed to lie loM. l.ut p. 

 the orew sabsequently rescued. Violent an<l - 



>torms in (iermany. lives lo>t and property 

 damaged. 



M. Train wrecked. Oakland. Md.. 1 killed. 

 eral hurt. Flood- in Mi-sj-sippi continue to in- 



:k destruction to life and pro; 

 Some ,50,000 persons, it is estimatr.l. have 1.,,-n 

 driven from their homes and usual employments. 



Tornado in the valley of the ( hattaho. 

 a parlial report of deaths place* the number 

 with at least 200 hurt ; very lar^e lo--. in yr\ 

 FartlMiuake shocks reported at Maloiie. N. \ ., and 

 throughout the Canadian provinces. 'Trains 

 wrecked \>y a broken bridge at Aldri<li;e. 111., 2 

 drowned, and at Springfield. Ohio. 4 tramps hur:. 



24. Severe -nowMorm in Illinois, Iowa, am i 

 consin. Kxplosion on board the British warship 

 'Theseus. :{() MICH hurt. 



28. Tornado in Texas, injuring the State l'i 

 sit\ and other buildings at the capital, at lc. 

 lost 



80. Breaks in the Mississippi h-vees inn: 

 some of the richest plantations on the lo\\. 



;.i. Tornado in Oklahoma nearly every build- 

 in- in the town of Chandler destroyed. : 

 reported killed, ami nearly 200 more or le-- hurt. 



:U. S-vere frosts injure the fruit crops in Cali- 

 fornia. 



Summary of fires in March: Alexandria, hid.. 

 glass works burned, loss, $200,000 ; Philadelphia. 

 electric- plant. $500.000; Worcester, Mass., business 

 houses. loii.(MHi : I'eoria, 111., tfrain elevator. $850,- 



000; Chicago. 111., storehouses, $350,000: St. Louis. 

 Mo.. -Mki ; (Htnmwa, Iowa, bu 



hous. D Fraiici-e,. residem-e-. > 



(KK : New London. Conn., residence '. and 



188 others; total loss for the- month, $1". 



Summary of train acejdentsin March: -}'. colli- 



. 71 derailments, 8 others; total. rj:{. Kilh-d: 

 Mployees, 4 passengers, 4 others; tota. 

 Hurt: 47 employees, 29 passengers, 10 ot \ 

 total, 86. 



\pril 1. .\destriicti\esno\vstorm in Nebraska, 

 Colorado. Kansas. Wyoming, and South Dakota. 

 Much siiffuring and probable- destruction of early 



L I forest fires j,, the nuHintairis of 



Pennsylvania. 



met reported at various points alonj: the 

 Mississippi. AUut KUKK) square miles of territory 

 under water below the mouth of the Ohio. 



