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DISASTERS IN 1899. 



$250,000; Oshkosh. Wis., furniture, $150,000; 

 Cleveland. Ohio, business houses, $400.000; Matta- 

 waumkeag, Me., tannery. $150,000; Omaha, Tseb., 

 warehouses, $170,000; 'Pittsburg, Pa business 

 houses, $210,000. Total fires in April, 202; ag- 

 gregate loss, $0,213,300. 



May 1 Fire- Columbia, S. C.. Gen. Wade Hamp- 

 ton's house burned, valuable library and collec- 

 tion destroyed. 



2 Train wrecked. Milwaukee. \\ is., 1 killed. 



4. Fire: Greenville, N. C., sundry houses burned; 

 loss. $100.000. 



5 Train wrecked. Bedford, Ind., 1 killed, 1 hurt. 



8. Train derailed, Saunders, Wis., trestle gives 

 way. engine and 40 cars fall into ravine, 1 killed, 

 1 hurt. 



12. Trains in collision, Exeter, Pa., 29 killed, 

 60 hurt- cause, disregard of signals. Explosion: 

 chlorate. St. Helen's, England, 3 killed, many hurt. 



13. Trains wrecked at Heading, Pa., 28 killed, 

 40 hurt and at Riddle, Ore., 3 killed and 1 hurt. 



14. Fire: Manchester, N. H.; loss, $100,000. 

 Train derailed, Garrett, Mo., 1 killed, 2 hurt; 

 cause, a stray pony on track. 



15. Shipwreck: 'ship John R. Kelly lost off 

 Port Stanley. Falkland Islands. Train wrecked 

 at Waring. Ga., 1 killed, 3 hurt. 



1(5. Train wrecked at Zehners, Pa., 2 killed, sev- 

 eral hurt : cause, a spike laid on the track by a 

 boy. Another at Dupont, Del., caused by a fallen 

 tree, 4 hurt. 



19. Shipwreck: bark Samiento, totally disabled 

 at sea. 



21. Shipwreck: steamer City of Paris, on the 

 Manacle Rocks, coast of Cornwall (floated off 

 July 11). Fire: town of Poroso, Poland, 12 lives 

 lost. 



25. Fire: St. John, New Brunswick; loss, 

 $500.000. 



26. Train wrecked, Canon City, Texas, a wash- 

 out and waterspout derails the entire train, 1 

 killed. 



27. Train wrecked, Mandan, N. Dak., 1 killed, 

 7 hurt. 



28. Waterloo, Iowa, train wrecked by a wash- 

 out, 7 killed, 40 hurt. Another at Whitesboro, 

 Texas. 2 killed. 



29. Train wrecked, Otis, Iowa, 2 killed, 160 cat- 

 tle drowned. 



30. Train wrecked on Chicago Elevated Rail- 

 way, 40 hurt. 



31. Trains wrecked at Paulsell, Cal., and Des- 

 plaines, Iowa, 1 killed, 16 hurt. 



Summary of train accidents in May: 65 colli- 

 sions, 108 derailments, 8 others; total, 181. Killed: 

 22 employees, 35 passengers, 7 others; total, 64. 

 Hurt: 60 employees, 142 passengers, 6 others; 

 total, 208. 



Fires in May: Philadelphia, stores, $205,000; 

 Chicago, lumber, $430,000; Dawson, Alaska, sun- 

 dry buildings, $850,000; Brooklyn, N. Y., mills, 

 $192,000; St. John, New Brunswick, warehouses, 

 $500,000; Coney Island, N. Y., sundries, $150,000. 

 Total fires in May, 162; aggregate loss, $9,091,000. 



June 5. Fire: New Orleans, La., St. Charles 

 Theater burned. 



6. Violent storm in Spain, heavy hail falls in 

 Madrid, several persons killed, and much damage 

 done. Train wrecked at Hickman, Col., 1 killed, 

 1 hurt. 



7. Fire: Augusta, Ga.; loss, $250,000. Train 

 wrecked at Goffs, Kan., 19 hurt. 



8. Train wrecked at Saunders, Wis., 2 killed; 

 cause, a defective bridge. Another train wrecked 

 at Grand View, Mo., 40 hurt. Floods in Texas, 

 25 drowned. 



9 Trained wrecked, Kilby, Va., 2 killed, 1 hurt. 



11. Train derailed, Geneseo, 111., 15 hurt. Fire: 

 Armstrong Ordnance Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 

 England; loss, $1,000,000. 



12. Tornado in Minnesota and Wisconsin, about 

 250 killed and 200 hurt. 



16. Explosion: Caledonia mine, North Sydney, 

 Cape Breton, 11 killed. Shipwreck by collision, 

 river Oder, Germany, 30 drowned. 



21. Violent storm, Nenagh district, Ireland, 

 many fatalities and much damage to crops. Train 

 wrecked at Tip Top, Mo., 1 killed, 1 hurt; cause, 

 a stray cow. 



26. Trains wrecked at Canterbury, W. Va., and 

 Haleyville, Ala., 1 killed, 7 hurt. 



27. Train wrecked, Deadham, Mass., 1 killed, 1 

 hurt. 



28. Shipwreck : steamer Margaret Olwill lost in 

 Lake Erie, 9 lives lost. Train wrecked, Heckland, 

 Ind., 1 killed, 2 hurt. 



Summary of train accidents in June: 100 col- 

 lisions, 115 derailments, 5 others; total, 220. 

 Killed: 15 employees, 1 passenger, 3 others; total, 

 19. Hurt: 73 employees, 95 passengers, 5 others; 

 total, 175. 



Fires in June: Augusta, Ga., business houses, 

 $250,000; Laurel, Del., sundry buildings, $325,- 

 000; Toledo, Ohio, freight house, $300,000. Total 

 fires in June, 152; aggregate loss, $6,714,850. 



July 2. Fire: Summit, N. J.; loss, $150,000. 



4. Continued floods in Texas, mainly in the 

 Brazos river, about 300 lives lost. 



6. Train wrecked, Waldron, Mo., 1 killed, 6 hurt. 



8. Severe storms of hail, wind, and rain in 

 southern England, much damage to property in 

 the vicinity of Canterbury. Fire: Ludington, 

 Mich., railroad elevator burned; loss, $120,000. 

 Also at Coulterville, Cal., town nearly destroyed; 

 loss, $250,000. 



10. Collision, Newman, Cal., 2 killed, 11 hurt, 

 all women. 



11. Trains in collision, Penfield, Mich., 9 hurt. 



12. Electrical storm in middle England ; intense 

 darkness prevailed, cattle were killed by wind 

 and lightning, and many persons were injured. 



13. Train wrecked, Glendale, Mo., 2 killed, 5 

 hurt. 



16. Fire: Brooklyn Navy Yard, N. Y., uniforms 

 and supplies destroyed to the value of nearly 

 $300,000. 



17. Fire: Mount Vernon, Ind., mill burned; loss, 

 $100,000. Also at North Bend, Ind., foundry 

 burned; loss, $100,000. 



18. Trains wrecked at Lenzburg, 111., and Haver- 

 hill, Ohio, 4 killed, 7 hurt. 



19. Mount Etna in eruption and severe earth- 

 quake shocks i,n Italy. 



21. Explosion on British "destroyer" Bull- 

 finch in the Solent, 10 killed. 



22. Destructive storm in England and Ireland. 

 Trains in collision, West Moreland, Tenn., 1 killed, 

 6 hurt, a trestle broke, the train fell 60 feet into 

 a ravine, and the wreck was burned. 



23. Explosion of an Austrian torpedo boat, 5 

 killed. Fire: Toledo, Ohio, wheat elevator 

 burned; loss, $1,000,000. 



26. Fire: many valuable buildings destroyed in 

 Marienburg, Prussia. Trains in collision, Angel, 

 Arizona, 1 killed, 1 hurt. 



27. Shipwreck: collision in the Volga river be- 

 tween Russian cargo barge and a passenger steam- 

 er, 155 drowned. 



29. Train wrecked, Lackawaxen, Pa., 3 killed, 

 21 hurt. 



31. Severe hailstorm in North Dakota, wheat 

 crop damaged to the supposed amount of $250,- 

 000. Trains wrecked at Desplaines, 111., and Moin- 

 gona, Iowa, 5 killed, 10 hurt. 





