The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-01-06

persons are killed. - = s.s.&f'. 49,
II. Twenty persons are litled by Z c0l'i.io,
between two excursion trains near Atlanii>
City, N. J: " - - = i = si:sE
| ii. The town Of Eureka, Nev:.. is ! second
lime almost wiped out by fire. ~ - y
II. Great parade OF Kni;;hta Tenp!ar III
Chicago. ~
8EE'TER1BER:N
2. BY the Swing wy of !. potltoon bridge
aver tlae Eigar Ehroy in Spain, over lou Officers
Land, menwere thro m. into the water, moN ol
ihem being drowned. & "a; sS S.a
g.: The steamer CITY Of vsr. Cruz fenlndcr,,
spG the coast ofaFlorida,. aud only. ttirtesn Of
saved. 49,, - csy.z.-e*a
! A. Cen. Roberta defeats the Afghans unile,
| Ayoob Khan, near Candallar,,r --.:*~=
| 3. BY a. explosion OF ~are-damp in the Sea.
ham. (England) colliery, 40 ninerz lostthei,
| lives.
IL, The. steamer. Aurora, from Oporto 10,
Southampton, founders at sea; 6fty persons
t-aFe:d drowned. - - = - 80 4
e. rBy = land side in the Province of Bengal,
British India, thirty-seven persons were killed,
most OF them English officers aud soldiers.
~ 34-O(rrODE1s.: e, / El ~ :,t:4
n,tlset1 u1lncated IN nline at katto.
witx, Germany.
;. Thirty persons killed and great many
severely injured by railway collision At Pitts
bnrgh. .-~----.- .x..~ ,.,..
/ II. Baltimore celebrates her 150th birthday.
/ 13 News is received OF tho starvation. OF 500
OF the 700 inhabitants~ OF the island Of st.
Lawrence, Arctic ocean.
IA. Completion OF tho Cologne Cathedral,
! commenced six centuries ago. is celebrated
Is. By the explosion of cooker in Haas 4
PoWell's distillery, at Chicago, seven persons
l6. A storm OF .unexsn,pled severity sweeps
over the Northwest, accompanied by snow
many vessels and number OF lives loet on the
lakes. Tho Goodrich Limo steamer -Apena
| none being saved.
1S yictoria, tho Apache chief, killed in Mex
leo aud his band scattered.
28. The coast of England visited by q ter
noie gale, and many ships and lives lost. :
NOVEMBER.
81. Sixty robbers, who plandered tue Beazita,:
town Ct Jannaria year before, are surprised
by soldiers and killed. .-> ,..~.
4. By the breaking Of the hoisting apparatus
IN Belgian mine sixteen miners are killed:
/ .. A. tyPhoon passes over Japan which de-
l1xt hsheruleil. News received Of the, loss tot
the .leannctte and number Ut whalers in the
sAtStlc sea by being clMshel by the ice. Thirty
Kurdish maIaudera il Persia are cralcifel by
their leaders for dsobedience Of orders.
:. The propeller Zealand goes down on Take
ontario With all Oh board, sixteen persons.
y. About twenty persons drowned by the loss
OF the steamer Thomas kingsFord, on Lake On
tario.
II. Seven men burned to death in 4 petro-
leum blaze near Bradford, Pa.
IL Forty-seven miners killed by coal-mine
explosion in Nova Scotia.
1G. The Minnesota State Insane Asylum .,
st: Peter burned, and large number Of the
inmates lost their lives
l9. The Kurds sack Persian village and put
200 people to the sword.
IL. YWenty sailors and seven passengers lose
their lives by the wreck Of the coaster Oilsa of
Wales. Twelve men suffocated in Z coal mine
in Belg' um.
20. The British steamer Mildred founders in
mld-oceen with crew of twenty-ei9ht.
a. By collision between the French steamer
Oncle Joseph and the Italian steamship Or
down. o.
25. The Persians ornament the wallis of the
prison at Tabreez with the heads Of 800 Kurds
taken in BATTLE
&c. Propeller sin,coe, goes down with all on
board in Georgian bay. Lake huron.
%. Lieut.. Gov. Robinson, Of Colorado. is
killed by miners near J.ealviiie.
DECEMBER.
l: The Electoral Colleges meet in the various
State capitals and cast the electoral votes for
President and Vice President.
o. Flogging abolished in the British navy.
lO. One hundred miners are killed by fire.
damp explosion in Welsh collery.
II: shipwreck OF Nova Scotia causes the
death of = crew of twenty-five persons.
II. Jay Gould's conservatory at Irvngton,
on the Hudson, is destroyed by fire; loss,
l8: About twenty boys lose their lives by
tho burning Of : wallpaper factory at Buf-