Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-01
EXPLOSIONS, FIRES, ETC.

January Fatal boiler explosion at Tarre Haute
4-Houore block, Chicago burned. g. Terrific coal
mine explosion at Pttston, Pa 12-Birmngham
eng library, containing the most complete Shakes
pearean collection in the world, burned. 14-De-
structive and fatal nitrO-gyceune explosion at San
Francisco; terrible coal mine explosion at Cardiff
Wales. 15-Fire at New York, loss 81, 100000 q
destructive prairie fire near Deadwood. 25-State
Lunatic Asylum at St. Louis burned 2S-Mount
Zion Convent at Waterford, LELAND burned 80
Fatal boiler explosion al Secor Ill. Sl-Almshouse
at Louisville KY, burned, and several lives lost
February 2-Theater Royal at London burned
disastrous fire at Dryto IN, Amador county 10
San Luis Obspo gas works burned. 13-Carlings
brewery, the largest in America, burned at London
ont. l6-Buidings connected with the Ohio Sol
diers Orphans Home ut Aena, burned %
Thrashing engine exploded in crowd at Stockton.
al pump exhibition and some 20 killed 81
Portion of the giant powder works at San Francisco
burned.
March disastrous confagration at Reno. loss
100000. Large fire at Silver City, New. 3
Nineteen persons Hilled by coal mine explosion in
England. 9-Destructve forest fire in Dakota IL
Disastrous fire at Ashland, Or. l2-Gallery at
Gilmores Garden y. Y, fell, and several persons
killed. 14-Extensive prairie fire near Abilene, his
21-Boiler explosions At Springfield, Mass and
Clearburn, Tex. 23-Destructive conf lgration at
Akyab, India. 24-Large fire at New York &c
Convent at Cairo, Ill.,, struck by lightning and
| burned. 2T-Unsuccessful attempt made to burn
the theater at San Bernardino. 29-Court house at
Newark, o. burned. 31-Terriole prairie fires in
| Iowa ana oak Ia
April Fire at Philadelphia, loss $3.50 600. @
Giant powder works at San Francisco exploded
! l0-Fatal boiler exp osion at Goldsboro, n c. -
Great fire at Cairo, Egypt. 14-pestructiye fire al
| Downey City. II Awful fire-damp explosion in ,
coal pit at Mons, Belgium fatal explosion OF fire
| damp in a coal mine at Departure Bay " l. 80
| Terrible conflagration at Eureka. Nevada loss
! 81, O000 900. 23-Coege of Notre Dame at Soutl
| Bend burned 2s-Most of the business portion OF
Gorham. H., burned.
| Nay Sire at the Massachusetts, State Prison
| loss $4,000 3 Terrible nitro.glycerne explosion
at Stratford, Canada. = Destructive forest fires il
| Berks county, Pa. 16-Fire at Chico, loss $40 900
1S-Disastrous confagra;ions in Russia 26-De
! structive fire at New York.
June 6-Fatal boiler explosion at Freedonia Pa
1l-Fire at jackson, Michigan, loss $4,000. p
| Fire at Philadelphia, loss 100000. 2l-Terrible
| boiler explosion at Emans, Pa. 27-Damagin,
boiler explosion at Philadelphia. 30-Terrible gian
| powder explosion at North Adams, Mass.
| July obstructive fire in the Imperial mine
near Virginia. 3-Perrible coal pit explosion nea
Glasgow, Scotland. 9-Largest part Of Coulteryll,
| burned. l0-Ferrifc powder explosion at Bodie
many killed and wounded 23-Destructve fire a
| Lincoln
August 2-Extensive field fires in Amador apt
Santa Clara counties. forest fire near Smarts
vile. 6-Fata boiler explosion at Albany n
| 9-Terrifc explosion OF towboat boiler at New
Cumberland, W. Va. illustrative forest fires il
| Washington Territory. 17-Forest fires in Idaho
| September Forest fire in Santa Barbara county
| 15-Wisconsin deaf aud dumb asylum at Devalal
! burned. 22-AltlIras, Modoc county, burned tug
| boat boiler at Chicago exploded. 25-TIre at Car
roll, Ia. 26-Disastrous confagration at Deadwood
October Large brush fire near Santa Cruz q
| Fatal boiler explosion at Mlddeburg, &c. For
| est fires in st. Lawrence county, n. Y. loire
mendous explosion of gas in coal mine at Wilkes
barre Pa. 1l-Fatal boiler explosion at Provi
! dence, r. |. 27-Field fires at san Buenaventura
powder mill blew up at Bangor, Me- 2S-Destructiv,
! fire at ColfaX. 3oEXtensive forest fires near Sal
Diego destructive fire at Parke, Pa
November Fires at Logansport, Ind, and
Mound City, Ill. A. Tenement house in New Yorl
| burned and several lives lost. 1S-Another tunne.
explosion San Jose, killing about 81 Cinnamon
| 21-Des,ructive fire at Greenport, n. Y 26-Fir
az Randalia Ia IS Boiler explosion at San Buena-
| ventura