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15. Fire in the United States Navy Yard, 

 Brooklyn, valuable models and patterns de- 

 stroyed; loss more than $1,000,000. 



16. Trains in collision, Philadelphia, 1 killed, 5 

 hurt. 



18. Train wrecked at Dixon, 111., 1 killed, 1 

 hurt; and at Blossoms, Va., 1 killed, 1 hurt; 

 cause, forgetfulness of orders. Train wrecked in 

 Belgium, 21 killed, 100 hurt. 



22. Train wrecked, Lehighton, Pa., 1 killed; 

 cause, a fallen stone on track. 



23. Trains in collision at Weed, Wyo., 2 killed, 

 7 hurt; cause, a defective switch. 



24. Fire: Minneapolis, Minn., Tribune building 

 and other property; loss, $300,000. Trains in col- 

 lision, Philadelphia, Pa., 1 killed, 8 hurt; cause, 

 misplaced switch. 



28. Fire: Holyoke, Mass., hotel and stores 

 burned; loss, $500,000. Train wrecked, Corinth, 

 Ky., 1 killed; cause, a beam maliciously placed 

 on track. 



Summary of train accidents in February: 80 

 collisions, 92 derailments, 6 others; total, 178. 

 Killed: 35 employees, 2 passengers, 4 others; 

 total, 41. Hurt: 118 employees, 44 passengers, 

 4 others; total, 166. 



Fires in February: Chicago, 4 different fires, 

 loss, $1,791,000; New York, 3 fires, $800,000; 

 Holyoke, Mass., stores, $310,000; Minneapolis, 

 business houses, $236,000; Muscogee, Mich., sun- 

 dry buildings, $400,000; Columbus, Ohio, stores, 

 $750,000; Philadelphia, factories, $610,000; Win- 

 nipeg, Manitoba, hotel, $400,000; Toronto, On- 

 tario, stores, $250,000; Cincinnati, hat and cloth- 

 ing warehouses, $350,000; Philadelphia, business 

 houses, $400,000; Port Washington, Wis., fac- 

 tories, $425,000; Brooklyn, N. Y., navy yard, 

 $1,000,000. Total fires in February, 279; aggre- 

 gate loss, $18,469,000. 



March 1. Trains in collision, White Plains, 

 N. Y., 3 killed, 2 hurt; orders misread. Ship- 

 wreck: British steamer Labrador, off Tobermory, 

 Scotland. 



2. Military train wrecked, Tupelo, Miss., 2 sol- 

 diers killed, 6 hurt. Trains in collision, Chicago, 

 111., 2 killed, 1 hurt. Fire: Charlotte, N. C., freight 

 depot and cotton presses; loss, $400,000. Chi- 

 cago, bookstore burned; loss, $550,000. 



3. Trains in collision, Delphi, Ind., 1 tramp 

 killed. 



5. Explosion: naval magazine, Toulon, France, 

 60 killed, 100 hurt. Train wrecked, Ardenheim, 

 Pa., 2 killed, 2 hurt, 3 locomotives and 12 cars 

 wrecked. Another train wrecked, Westfield, N. Y., 

 14 hurt. 



6. Fire: West Point, Miss., college buildings 

 burned, also cotton presses; loss, $400,000. Ship- 

 wreck: tug James Brown sinks near Philadel- 

 phia, 11 lives lost. 



7. Disastrous storms in Buenos Ayres, large 

 quantities of wheat destroyed. Train wrecked, 

 Lovett, Pa., 1 killed, 3 hurt. 



8. Trains in collision, Plainfield, N. J., 1 killed. 



9. Trains in collision in Allegrippus, Pa., 2 

 killed. 



10. Trains in collision, Granger, Ind., 2 killed, 

 1 hurt. 



11. Destructive hurricane on the coast of 

 Queensland, Australia, 411 lives lost. 



12. Train derailed, Wayne, Pa., 1 killed, 1 hurt. 

 15. Explosion: boiler tube of British battle ship 



Terrible, 1 killed, several hurt. 



17. Fire: Windsor Hotel burned, New York, 45 

 lives lost. Train derailed, Wheeler, Ky., 1 killed. 

 1 hurt; cause, a landslide. Other wrecks at 

 Volland, Kan., 23 hurt, and at Bronco, Ga., 1 

 killed, 2 hurt. 



18. Cyclonic storm in Arkansas, Mississippi, and 

 Alabama, about 25 lives lost. 



19. Trains in collision, W. Va., 1 killed, 2 hurt. 



20. Train wrecked, West Seneca, N. Y., 1 killed, 

 2 hurt; cause, ice in the switch. 



22. Trains in collision, New Boston, Mich., 1 

 killed, 2 hurt; cause, fog. 



24. Fire: Cleveland, Ohio, stove works burned; 

 loss, $450,000. 



26. Trains wrecked at Mohrsville, Pa., and 

 Pittsburg, Pa., 5 killed, 1 hurt. 



27. Train derailed, Glen Loch, Pa., 1 killed, 9 

 cattle cars wrecked; cause, a defective switch. 



29. Fire: Hartford, Conn., factory burned; loss r 

 $180,000. Steamboat Rowena Lee sunk near 

 Tyler, Mo., 60 lives lost. 



30. Shipwreck: steamer Stella, on Casquet 

 Rocks, British Channel, about 80 lives lost. Train 

 wrecked, Texas Creek, Col., 1 killed. 



Summary of train accidents in March: 47 col- 

 lisions, 55 derailments, 3 others; total, 105. 

 Killed: 31 employees, 3 passengers, 2 others; 

 total, 36. Hurt: 72 employees, 68 passengers, 4 

 others; total, 144. 



Fires in March: Denver, Col., grain, $180,000; 

 Charlotte, N. C., cotton, $400,000; West Point, 

 Miss., colleges, etc., $400,000; Holyoke, Mass., 

 hotel, etc., $325,000; Jacksonville, Fla., lumber, 

 $250,000; Chicago, business houses, $300,000; 

 New York, hotel and stores, $1,300,000; Ames- 

 bury, Mass., opera house, $185,000; Cleveland, 

 Ohio, stoves, etc., $275,000; Chicago, felt works, 

 $400,000. Total fires in March, 197; aggregate 

 loss, $11,493,000. 



April 3. Train wrecked at Rochester, N. Y.; 3 

 boys stealing a ride mischievously apply the air 

 brakes and wreck several cars. 



4. Shipwreck: steamer Chilkat cast away off 

 Eureka harbor, California, 10 lives lost. 



5. Train wrecked, Westbrook, Me., 2 killed. 



7. Fire: dwelling house burned in New York, 12 

 lives lost. 



8. Destructive flood in the Yellowstone river, 

 Montana, 12 lives lost. 



9. Shipwreck: steamers Maria and Kingswell 

 in collision off Tripoli, 45 lives lost. 



11. Fire: country home of W. K. Vanderbilt 

 burned; loss, $250,000. 



12. Train wrecked, Flint, Mich., 1 killed. 



13. Trains wrecked, Moscow, Idaho, and Mount 

 Dallas, Pa., 2 killed, 1 hurt. 



14. Trains in collision, Willock, Pa., 2 killed. 



15. Fire: Cleveland, Ohio, business houses 

 burned; loss, $1,000,000. 



20. Train wrecked, Big Rock, 111., 1 killed, 4 

 hurt. 



21. Train wrecked, Greenwood, Tenn., 1 killed, 



1 hurt. 



22. Fire: Omaha, Neb., business houses burned; 

 loss, $200,000. 



24. Train wrecked, Gila Bend, Arizona, 2 killed, 



2 hurt; bridge broke down, wreck caught fire. 

 26. Fire: Dawson City, Neb.; loss, $1,000,000. 



Destructive tornado in northern Missouri, about 

 42 killed and 100 hurt. 



28. Train wrecked, Oak Lane, Pa., 1 killed. 



29. Train wrecked, Chippewa Falls, Wis., 1 

 killed, 2 hurt. 



30. Train wrecked, Rochester, N. Y., 2 killed, 13 

 hurt. 



Summary of train accidents in April: 38 col- 

 lisions, 74 derailments, 2 others; total, 114. Killed: 

 18 employees, 2 passengers, 4 others; total, 24. 

 Hurt: 39 employees, 28 passengers, 1 other; 

 total, 68. 



Fires in April: New York, dwelling house, 

 $155,000; Oak Dale, N. Y., dwelling houses, 



