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$200,000 ; Louisville, Ky., foundry, $275,000 ; Phil- 

 adelphia, oilcloth works, etc., $260,000; Peoria, 

 111., distillery, $200,000; New Whatcom, Wash., 

 lumber, $400,000; and 166 others; aggregate loss, 

 $9,206,900. 



Summary of train accidents in June : 52 collisions, 

 88 derailments, 4 others ; total, 146. Killed : 21 em- 

 ployees. 5 passengers, 2 others. Hurt : 67 employ- 

 ees, 60 passengers, 4 others ; total, 131. 



July 2. Trains in collision, Grovetown, Ga., 3 

 killed, 7 hurt. 



3. Trains in collision, Park Station, Ky., 2 freight 

 trains at full speed meet on a trestle, 34 cars de- 

 railed and wrecked, 1 man killed, all others saved 

 themselves by jumping; alleged cause, disregard of 

 orders. 



4. Shipwreck : French steamer La Bourgogne in 

 collision with British ship Cromartyshire, near Sable 

 island, 560 lives lost, including the captain and sev- 

 eral officers. 



6. Explosion : Royal Albert docks, England, 5 

 killed, several hurt. 



13. Trains in collision, Jefferson, Ala., 1 killed, 3 

 hurt. 



14. Explosion: boiler bursts in Niagara Starch 

 Works, 6 killed, 26 hurt, 



18. Trains in collision, Georgetown, Ind., 3 killed ; 

 cause, neglect to flag. 



21. Severe thunderstorms throughout New Eng- 

 land, many buildings struck by lightning. 



23. Earthquake in Chili : province of Concepcion 

 severely shaken. 



25. Fire : town of Pugwash, Nova Scotia, partly 

 destroyed. 



26. Train derailed, Columbia, S. C., 16 hurt. 



27. Explosion : Hercules Powder Works, Califor- 

 nia, 5 killed; malice the supposed cause. 



29. Destructive storms in the British Islands: 

 many shipwrecks and much property destroyed 

 along the coast. Trains in collision at McComb 

 City. Miss., 2 killed, 1 hurt. 



30. Storms continue on the northeast coast of Eng- 

 land. 



Fires in July : Boston, stores, etc., loss, $200,000 ; 

 Allegheny, Pa", theater, etc., $175,000; West Ham-, 

 mond, Ind., starch works, $250,000 ; Stevens Point, 

 \Vis., paper-pulp works, $200,000 ; Oswego, N. Y., 

 malt house, $170,000 ; Pittsburg, Pa., railway stables, 

 N 175,000; Escambia, Mich., business houses, $150,- 

 000; and 171 others; aggregate loss, $8,929,750. 



Summary of train accidents in July : 76 collisions, 

 80 derailments, 4 others ; total, 160. Killed : 30 em- 

 ployees, 1 passenger, 9 others ; total, 40. Hurt : 95 

 employees, 32 passengers, 5 others; total, 132. 



August 2. Train derailed, St. Joseph, Arizona, 2 

 killed, 14 hurt, Cloud-burst, Madiana, Spain, 40 

 drowned. 



4. Train derailed, South Norwalk,Conn., 1 killed, 

 11 hurt. 



7. Train wrecked, Cass lake, Minnesota, 2 killed, 

 6 hurt. 



8. Fire : town of Bismarck, N. Dak., partly de- 

 stroyed. Boats upset in Lisbon harbor, Portugal, 20 

 drowned. 



9. Train derailed, Canton Junction, Mass., 3 killed, 

 3 hurt. 



10. Collision, Sharpsboro, Mo., 1 killed, 5 hurt ; 

 another at Churubusco. Ind., 2 killed, 3 hurt. Vio- 

 lent storms reported in Formosa, hundreds of lives 

 lost by tidal waves and other causes. 



12. 'Train wrecked in Italy, 9 killed, 40 hurt. 



13. Cloud-burst in Hawkins County, Tennessee, 17 

 persons drowned, others missing. 



14. Fire : Fresno, Cal., 4 killed, loss, $500,000. 



15. Tornado. Minnesota, 7 killed. Shipwreck : 

 steamer C. C. Funk, on Flanders island, nearly all 

 hands lost. 



16. Fire at Niji-Novgorod, factories and houses 

 burned, loss, 1,500,000 rubles. 



17. Another fire at Niji-Novgorod, public build- 

 ings burned, many lives lost. 



19. Cloud-burst, Pittsburg. Pa., 6 drowned. 



21. Trains in collision, Sharon, Mass., 4 killed, 30 

 hurt. Train wrecked at Speed, Ind., 1 killed, 15 

 hurt ; cause, a loose door on a refrigerator car. 



25. Shipwreck: collision at sea, steamer Norge 

 and French schooner La Coquette, 16 lives lost. 



27. Storm in Italy, 18 killed by fall of building at 

 Foggia. 



28. Train derailed. New Castle, Ala., 3 soldiers 

 killed, 15 hurt. 



29. Four persons perish while climbing a moun- 

 tain in Canton Valois, Switzerland. 



Fires in August : Dayton, Wash., grain elevator, 

 loss, $300.000 ; Bismarck, N. Dak, various build- 

 ings, $675,000; Fresno, Cal.. railroad property, 

 $500,000 ; Chicago, grain elevator, $250,000 ; Potts- 

 dam, N. Y., paper-pulp works. $300,000: Nashville, 

 Tenn,, business houses, $292,000; Buffalo, N. Y., 

 sundry buildings, $200,000 ; and 116 others ; aggre- 

 gate loss, $7,793,500. 



Summary of train accidents in August : 83 col- 

 lisions, 94 derailments, 5 others ; total, 182. Killed : 

 15 employees, 14 passengers, 4 others ; total, 43. 

 Hurt: 93* employees, 152 passengers, 6 others ; total, 

 251. 



September 1. Train derailed, Fulton, N. Y., 1 

 killed, 10 hurt, switch maliciously misplaced. 



5. Train derailed, Washington, D. C., 2 killed, 1 

 hurt. 



6. Faulty structure : bridge breaks at Hogans- 

 ville, N. Y., 18 killed, 27 missing. Train wrecked at 

 Whippenton Junction, Mass., 1 killed, 14 hurt. 



10. Fire: Ocean Hotel burned, Newport, R. I. 

 Train derailed, Apache, Col., 2 killed, 1 hurt. 



11. Hurricane in the British West Indies, thou- 

 sands of buildings wrecked, about 500 lives lost, 

 Fire : town 'of Jerome, Arizona, nearly destroyed, 

 3 lives lost ; town of New Westminster, British 

 Columbia, partly burned. 



12. Cloud-burst, Sulphur, Texas, 1 killed, 2 hurt, 

 Typhoon : central provinces of Japan desolated, 

 about 100 lives lost and great damage to property. 



16. Trains in collision, Osceola, Mich., 2 killed. 



21. Explosion in coal mine, Brownsville, Pa., 8 

 killed, many hurt. 



22. Trains in collision, White River, Wis., 1 killed, 

 1 hurt. 



23. Violent storm in the Baltic Sea, 120 fishermen 

 reported lost. 



27. Storm in the vicinity of Buffalo, N. Y., 11 

 killed, many hurt ; damage, $250,000. 



29. Forest fires of wide extent in Wisconsin, Col- 

 orado, and South Dakota, Trains in collision, Dills- 

 boro, Ind.. 3 killed, 3 hurt. 



30. Train derailed, Savoy, Wis., 2 killed, 1 hurt. 



Fires in September: Owesso, Mich., furniture ware- 

 house, etc., loss, $200,000; Memphis, Tenn., grain 

 elevator, etc., $245.000; Prescott, Arizona, many 

 buildings, $1,000,000 ; New Westminster, British 

 Columbia, $2,500,000 ; Toledo, Ohio, grain elevator. 

 $650,000 ; Washington, D. C., stores, etc., $250,000 ; 

 North Weymouth, Mass., factory, $480,000 ; Colo- 

 rado, forests, $600,000 ; Cumberland, Wis., lumber, 

 etc., $225,000 ; Wisconsin, forests. $800,000 ; and 

 154 others : aggregate loss, $14,203,650. 



Summary of train accidents in September ; 99 col- 

 lisions, 82 derailments, 4 others; total, 185. Killed: 

 33 employees, 6 passengers. 11 others; total, 50. 

 Hurt : 78 employees, 43 passengers, 7 others; total, 

 128. 



October 1. Fire: Colorado Springs, loss, $1,000,- 

 000. 



2. Hurricane: South Atlantic coast devastated, 



