New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-02
THE DEATH ROLL.

1t was generally remarked mt the time OF the
earthquake in lschia that the year 1873 hau
been full of horrors, casualties and mortal VS.
itatiops of all kinds following one another III
ouick succession, and resulting in destruction
of human life whose sum total is fairly start
ling. Barely month has passed since that time,
and the eath-roll of the year, from pestilcnce'
earthquake, fire and accident, has more than
doubled in that brief time, bringing the grim
totals far up above those of previous years. Il
accumulation of the more important OF these
events NAV not be the pleasantest of tasks but
it may have its lesson, after all.
In the opening month of the year the Cim-
bria sank drowning 49, persons; 40 or 80 lost
their lives in the hotel fire at Milwaukee; 268
nv the burning OF circus In Poland; ~ were
drowned by the flooding of mine in Aus
tralia 81 were killed by railroad accident at
Tehichipa, in California; IS convicts were
drowned by the upsetting OF hat-boat III
North Carolina, and 10 persons by the sinking
of the City of Brussels and 10 were killed by
the explosion of a mine III Illinois. In Feb
ruary there was the FOurth-st. school panic In
this city which cost 6 children their lives. In
the Braidwood mine disaster n lives were
lost and by floods in various parts OF the
country SO. In March IL persons were burned
at brownsville, Minnesota. In April 200 lives
were lost by various tornadoes, and ii persons
were killed by the fall of a hotel in Texas. In
Nav. the Brooklyn Bridge panic cost IA lives,
and tornadoes swallowed up 1l8 mUre. In
.June there was the terrible panic of children in
Sunderland, England, in which 2O2 were
killed; in this country the total number OF
deaths reported from floods and tornadoes was
SO. In July there was the launch disaster at
Glasgow, where the latest estimate OF the loss
nut it at $50; ~ persons were drowned by the
falling of the rotten pier at Baltimore; II were
killed by a railroad accident at CarlyOD in this
State: II were drowned by floods at London,
Ontario; fire in Hungary burned 20. The
month closed with the earthquake In lschia.
The latest estimates seemed to put the number
of lives lost at between 1000 and 5000 but
The ColOqne Gazette, at the same time, de-
clared that the number must have reached
| 5000.
Other casualties in the Old World not already
mentioned were the loss of 373 lives from the
fishing fleets Oft the coast OF England during
| heavy storms of 40 by floods in Germany
and Hungary; OF $50 by an avalanche on
Mount Ararat; of 23O Ivy three powder explO-
sions-in Holland and Italy, and at Scutari; OF
| 1872 10y two mine cxplosions-at Bessieres,
| France, and in Sicily. A panic in factory at
| Bombay, q boiler explosion in France, ard
fire at Dervia, Italy, add 104 deaths to the list.
| During the month of August the tornado at
Rochester, Minnesota, killed 1G persons.
| sca0oldng on the King of Bavarias new pal
| ace at Lake Chem fell and killed % wOrkmen,
| wounding II Others. Twelve men were hurled
down mine shaft in Cornwall, and killed.
week ago the collision Of the st. German and
The Woodburn of Eddystone Light cost Is
lives. A number of fishermen have just been
reported drowned in the storms of Newfound-
land, and the month closes with the terrific
climax of an estimated loss of 10000 lives
perhaps more-by the eruptions in Java.
There is more yet Cholera has been raging
both in India and Egypt, and yellow fever has
been prevalent in Cuba. AT the end of July 1t
was estimated that 10000 persons had died of
cholera in India, and tho death rate has con-
| linued heavy. Estimates as to Egypt vary
somewhat. At the beginning of August the
general estimate appeared to be about IL 900,
but The London Daily News put it at 10000.
During the month of August nearly 10000
deaths in all in Egypt have Ueen reported in
cable dispatches to this country. giving each
days death-rate The yellow fever returns are
imperfect, but the victims can DO numbered
| by hundreds.
This enumeration covers, ofcourse, only the
more striking OF these visitations. Many are
omitted in which the loss of life was less
severe. Very many, no doubt never reach the
newspaper readers eye at all. Complete as the
system of gathering the news Of the, world APP
pears to be, much must escape it. But here We