, 1881-01-04
THE OLD YEARS. DISASTERS.
Dy Fire, Fiond, Mine, Earthquake.
I1attrunas, and UccMiss

NAbIFUAA+ ANG UCFAHs
No single feature Of the year Is more strlk.
Ing tlIan The humber, variety. and terribly
fatal c',nructcr Of its dtsnstcrs. ,rhe fiooll Mt
the Island Ut st, Kills, IN tlo British, West
Indies, on Ja,l. II, lends the list Ut calamtEcs
tlas to convustons Ut nature as0ilc. 4 loss
OF over 200 lives mid Ssto. .t00 waa tho result.
On April IL a tornado destroyed tho town Of
lfatshtcld, No., killed upwards Of 10o per-
sons, woul,tling 150, aild caused damage 10
tho extent Of 3f,0o0,000 ut least. A week
later Christina County, Illinois, aili 1tacoI',
Miss, were visited by cyclones. at Muc0n
seventeen lives were lost, besides n lurEo
nntOtlllt Of property, On june ~ began AT
eruption Of tic Gnntenlnlan volcano Fuego.
On July ID there wAs terribly destructive
cart,uuake ut MaiIflat OH thu island Of
Luzon. Not single public edificc WIS left
stall,ing in the place, even convent 800
years Old bes1,g thrown down. On the lst',
at August Jnnialca was swent By q storm
Witch svSs nfnry II eveFS 3sc " S SfyerS
Southern AUSTIN, md especially Agrl'n, tn
Will! '' caastt @ aa'sare e e ill., M asla,tat q
soH tlers :.. Fi!y ! ri 'sst , Scs1uts
eruption Ut 't'llisnal extent and y1gur, Which
Thn disasters DUE In part at least to human
i,!llueCGs "efe i'9t AGss iiuilieIss lA!Ht, hiia
serve III how llls1y cases tile resulting deaths
nre tracealiG to nvoldAl}le cnttses. Oh April
81 the weAs wills OF Atntis0n-S1uaru Gnrtlel
tell, killing four pers2,,s. ~ tug; II ,t,, tW.
slssy ai,rS /" s fsssG sae III ,s eoisa s Aa
Lalltiing. Twerts-slx deaths resulted, h.
t, si;les " ,'lany nl0re serl91s :, Injuries
M ntccnt ~ r1y 1 cansn np v 't n c,,., ,n9
1lugr's tnAbIftEy to apply tic A!r.hrakuS. The
lnnEuaee " E1tiier MORE lehleht tIalt 1ntlst
nersons W1iiA M aiss ~ sicW ol the & iact t!!!tt
tne seGer s,fra n w. hexer @ see' T., or nseit sne
SIMILAR collision occurred OH tie l'snnsyl-
sailtn iu.aifoad, ny llttsbatTE. on OGt. u cnHs-
ing tWeIty,seven t dentns; lto sefu.ct IN t!ils
c;se fottlld!y cGn$nrGd 81 me einployes ior their
a pecuiiarlty Of the marine disasters OF the
yGar o, was .ho afgc pfopoft@toi @ wil!gl os-
f"sther e thsn N ns the zee asea where en
10 ti,c English naval tra!ning.ship Atalan.a
sEea irot,, ncrmda, WIN yo yottg sn!orS
G poa arg ota 'S s'ef M IT, s'ee ntneG beeh ~ nea aa
1! M1!!!!nilas u w GMoil Lane, Went asiorp ilenr
11iioiynSaa, HOLY .n ,ailN wns tota1 wreck. oat iiG
ve nr @ %ete ,ss os to n f"pa5 WV cesaTS" IT,
rn,tte to Boston. game t1l collision near
Goriiiseia LtK't. liio tnirty dellt1ls whlch
ceasan s msfe 1t ssnas s te s 10
eitslne!!t, or f9seSsfnl1less, @ f., ol ! the part of
hnth cnpts. u. !; tSye anu y. =. Young. BY
slaes M n.y. mss 9f litG. the NnfraEnfisG.t t9nk
Seawnnt'9ka q, its trip from New York 10
Of liae: rs limited satss :s, 1nspectar cs- -.
essrs sS s ssss a!,ss q w 3o SGai s sos es
OF the most prominent pro 1 citizens OF Ngw York.
;4 arc ,,oW ,;,n aler Indictment: t. on July - TIE Tie
yncht MAHiie calAe illto eol!lsion With the
f;ntssy Islanl Light, and siXteeH Of the
pleasure purity; were drowned. ltl this ease,
nis', tllc o'ilelnl inH.estig1tlon found both
Ginp,alSs t gei Ic "l,,csrs x1 ~ ude & nera
Canayen'i oa ths FioTit1!! coast, On Aug.
Kre bright excentns u. tl!is dlslls'll LIST, fur
Tiny wGre prn'sru Tor Their col!rs.ge mud cHi-
@ ci';,inr rc tGs1 e;en 'eT orhrt 1bef n s'*iys's
the VrtEin aMl One'e ,!osepl,
ctnle lnto colliSloil near Spezziu tl1't ~ lvgs
%efo Gst ho[l Ileasero,i t lake Iuro. Is
Aug. ~; II, Indemnity lareu number, prubl-
hly, oyer fifty. With tho +llpena on 0ct. =;
anu t%elSU Witit tIo Sintcon Of! Nov; y. "
WIS tutally wrecked BY go!,ls ashoro at tl.o
entrance TO NHrrMea!!sctl pny. The strand
lng Wis cuilSed BY excilSnb!e error OF juttg-
''nnt 1 on tlle pnrt o. ~; tlio ..1 oillcet.. T.
Te ost ~ Hoi'stas ta re the ysnr Ms te
the 1nsstns on Noy. H.. 4 lynatic VT the tire
because i1Es Stlpncr vas cold, nnd tl'trty lives
were Lost. AZ tl1eIe were seyeral hundred
inmates -, of tl1e Asylum,., 1t Is tnrd to say
what tila elect wou!d lIny9 been II
fully placed ,In.ter the female, wing
hnd exploited ~ f'e intended. III
New inrk Oily Tie burning Of Turll Halle,
~ fDllftll street. 0n Ja1l: !, caused eight
tlgaths, and tWo deaths, besides q loss VI
SU9u nra due to the fires nf Jos: Sa anu
::sSI ir0Glway, on FEB. 70. Ai9nhattall-A1nr-
ket, at Eleventh ayeiis.o H ~ nntl Thirty-fnlrtli
atfeot. which cost n ,0W,o ou, was burned ~.
Sepi. T. Among other n0tlcenbly large Or
fntnl fires wcro tlle fDilowtng:. Seven illi',-
dre M ~ 1'o,'scs tsH, Mt lsnl, nnt 9l! Apri !: loss
gu and lnnchinery oycr Il territory !lear
Brnafora, ~. thIrty miles long BY threa
llilleS wtle, ntl A!ny Baud sllcccedlnE daya;
ts1 houses M IT Milton, r., ~ M9y Il, loss.
$.a,un.ooo; 1le ~ Ans0haa ds Cl9ck works, brook--
ly,,, loss. 3, ,000, COO, nn Oct. n: a lUss nf
81 900 .0O0 at I'ensacoa, Fla. N Dec. IL: all.l