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- IN* 1897. 



rirer Kur. Fire at sea: destruction of a coasting 

 steam- r in the Baltic, 6 Urea lost 



84. Tornado in ti. -alma. Kan.. :i 



- -:. 



2.Y Shipwrw-k : HIP Kus,mn ir-.n, U-l (iangoot 

 runs upon a reef near TratiMind and .-inks almost 

 iniincdiat- --f tin- en 



26, Train wrecked npar Hurts Va.. 4 tramp- in- 

 jured, another t Missouri city caused by a !; 

 trestle. 11 hurt. I .i-'ia cause great de- 



i the town, .f K .-..- I'n-iuh; 



I M wa swept away wit ha rail way train upon 

 it, and many persons perished. 

 9& A volcanic eruption takes place in the PI. i lip- 

 Is aad wonts reat destruct 



tion ..f life and 



iimanr of fire* in JUIIP : Alexandria, Va.. .-un- 

 ill. I ings. $948.000: Kliis island. N. V.. immi- 

 grant station. $650.<HH: Aulnirn. <'al.. bu-me- 

 booses, loss, $185,00' rk, factories. $io.- 



000: mills. $160.000: and 139 



others: total low for tin- month, $5.084.4.50. 

 Summary of train aooidents in Jane: -loroll:- 

 railments. :t other-: total. !i."i. Killed: :52 am- 

 *. 4 passengers. 9 others : total. n. 1 1 u : 

 employees, 72 passengers. 8 others; total. 127. 

 .1 id \ . A submarine earthquake off the coast of 

 i causes the sea to rise, and at Barcelona in a 

 alarming manner. The sea rose and fell a 

 jaitl every ten minutes for several hours. 



8. l&ceave heat causes much suffering and nu- 



.1$ deaths throughout the Western I'nited 



% A heavy rain fall does d.. -he amount 



of some $200,06() in Duluth and vicinity. 2 mile- of 



1 ridges walked away. 



Disastrous floods also reported in the south of 

 France, where 300 deaths from drowning are re- 

 jwrted. 



5. Train wrecked at Kalispell. Mont.. 1 tram]) 

 hurt. 



6. Explosion: a thrashing machine bur- 

 boiler near Hartzvillc. Tenn.. 9 killed, 5 hurt. A 



tdo kills K) persons in Minnesota. 

 1". Many fatal sunstrokes reported all over the 



N 



i:{. Trains in collision near Boone. Iowa, 1 tramp 

 killed. 



14. Reservoirs bur-t u-ar Fishkill Landing and 

 Matteawan. N. V.. village at Dutchess Junction, 

 nearly destroyed by the rush of water, 8 persons 

 drowned. 



1">. Train wrecked by a boiler explosion at Cam- 

 ma!. Pa.. 2 fatally scalded. 



16. Trains in collision. Kdgartown, Kan., 5 train- 

 men hurt. 1 tramp killed. 1 hurt. 



IT. Fin-: dc-t ruction of 5 oil refineries in Baku, 

 Russia, several lives lost. 



18. Earthquake in the island of Stroraboli. 



21. Hail destroys crops and fruit trees and dam- 

 ages buildings in Switzerland near the Lake of 

 Zvl 



88. Explosion of naphtha on the steamer Nutmeg 

 at Bridgeport. r,,i,,,:. 4 kille.l. r, hurt. 



88, Train deraile<l at Vere,.N,\..:{ Indians killed, 

 several panengers hurt. 



80. Train derail^! by malice at Thorntown. I ml.. 

 4 kilM. 2 of them tramps. Floods m Silesia d.- 

 atroy hundred^ of lives and larp- amounts of prop- 

 al-. in Bohemia and the Crir 



rire* in July : I'm-kerton. Pa., store- 

 house burned, loss, $850,000 ; East Angus, Canada. 

 mills, $150,000: Peoria, III., sugar refinery, $600,- 

 000: Richfield - <150.000: 



kanna. *); Yonkrr-. N. V. facto- 



r:-.*r.o. ..... . \; - m rj,A . : . i idpi in rty, 



$160.000; and 188 others; total for the n. 



Summary of train aeridents in July : J?rolli<i-ns. 

 Joihers; total. 1 Hi. ' Killed : Hi , in- 

 ployeee, no passengers, 9 other-: total. -.'">. Hurt : 

 56 employees, 50 passenger. M)<>tlier> : i,,ial. lid. 

 Vn-iisl -J. |-:\ii i,xi\e IMI-, -i lires in Algiers. 



.. 'J killed, 

 11 hurt. 



iiled at I ftmpf 



killed. 1 hurt, eau-e lin>k n a\le. Train \\ i 



Indians kil'n il \\li- 

 Miien and '. tramp- hurt. 

 T. r.\p!.'-ion nf gunpowder in a earl HI i 



.-tchuk. Bulgaria. ." killeil, '..'i fatally injure.!. 

 n. Laiid-lnle- and -t>i in- devastate fa 

 (i-rii: 



12. Fire: (Jrand Hotel l.urn.d n. ar /urieh, S\\ it- 

 zerland. 



a li 



. 



stiimn which fell from tin- mountain nde. I tramp 

 killed, :{ tramps huri. Fire n suit 

 of li^htninu I'lirn- properly to the value of $600,- 



000 in Baltimore. 



HI. Fire: town of (Kin.w. in snuthern Russia, 

 burned. 4.<NH> | N >ople homeless. 



M in collision. H.-r-h.-\. N.I... 1 tramp 

 hurt. 



Summary of lires in August : Loui>lni! 

 loss, $157,000; Chicago, grain . 1. \ai 



llariium. Texax. lun; I'.altiinore. 



Md.. luml.er. $25<UMHi : I | r, \\ i-.. luml.er. 



$150,000; Cha|.achet. II. I., woolen mill-, f 

 000; Paulsbon rtili/er works. $2iV' 



t'hieago. trunk factory, $150,000; Virginia. III., 

 Mindry l.uilditigs, $200,000; and 142 others ; 

 f..r the month, s- 



Summary of t rain accident* in . \ugn 

 lisions.Hl derailments, 3 others; total, 12M. Killed: 

 17 employee?.. 2 passcngei -. i:{ others; tota 

 Hurt : "M 'employees, 67 passengers, 18 others; to- 

 tal, 140. 



sepiemher .'. Trains in collision. <'an 



1 killed. 1 hurl. Itoth tramp-. Train derailed at 

 Blodgett's Mill-. N. Y.. 1 killed. 12 hurt. A -t.-rm 

 in ringland causes wide damage to tn .-. en-p-. and 

 shipping. A mountaineering |iarly of 4 ascending 

 Mount Pleurer in the Alps are swept into a crevasse 

 by an avalanche. 



Train derailed. Valley Park. Mo., 3 tramps 

 hurt, cause a defective switch. 



I. Explosion of natural gas, Indianapoli-. *> killed, 

 2-") hurt. Train- wrecked : I'.ulTa! Dak., 

 1 killed. 1 tramp hurt ; Ravenna. Ohio. 1 killed. 



i! tramp- hurt: Ktna. MI.. A'-ur-ion train, 



1 killed, :*2 hurt : Foristill. M.... 2 killed, 1 of them 

 a tramp. 1 hurt. 



6. Yellow fever appears at Ocean Springs, Miss. 

 il hundred pej-on- p. ci-hed during the vol- 

 canic eruption in Philippine 1-, 



8. Trains in collision, Kmporia. Kan.. i:{ killed. 



2 of them tramp-, lo hurt. 1 1 of them trainmen. 



9. Train derailed at AlUny, Ind., 2 tramps 

 killed. 



Hi. Train wrecked. New Ca-tle. C,,l.. IH killed. 

 16 hurt. <-au-e di-n -ard of orders. 



II. Shipwreck : British steamship Polyphemus 

 sunk by collision in the Rod Sea, 27 drowned. 



12. Yellow fever makes its appearance .r 

 lean- and at ot her point s near t he (Julf coa-i . Train 

 wrecked at Hanson. Indian Territory. 7 tramp* 

 killed. < tramp- hurt, cause a broken brake. 



}'': A hurricane destroys several towns in Texas. 



I.'). Trar Hill. Pa.. 1 tramp 



killed : ]- irflle, M.,.. 1 killed, hurt. 2 



of them t ramp-. 



17. Trains in collision. Chippewa Falls. \\ 

 killed. 



18. Train wrecked, Helper Switch. Ohio, 1 killed, 



