The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-01-03

of mankind.
The year just passed seems to have
made good a part of these doleful pre-
dictions and 1888 will long be remem-
,hered as one of the most remarkable
for casualties involving the loss OF
human life that history records. An
exchange claseiies and foots up the
calamities OF the year rs follows:
Sinking of ferrytoat in Germany. 33
CnpsiEing OF Il ferryboat in North Carolina 10
Loss OF the bark Star of the West ....-..... 10
Australian mine flooded. ~
Floods on the rivers Rhine and Danube. 12O
Loss OF the steamer Cimbria. ............... 40
Loss Of the City Of Brussels. ........... Is
Mine explosion in Illinois. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10
Loss OF ship Empire. ............... 10
Milwaukee, hOtel fire hre..:..................... 80
Powder mill explosion in Holland ........ 40
Railroad accident in California ............ %
Giant powder explosion Il: San Francisco. 30
Burning Of Il circus in Poland. .......... 800
Railroad collision in Italy. ly................ %
Boiler explosion in California. ........... 10
Railroad accident in West Virginia. l?
Two steamers wrecked on the Welsh coast 45
Loss of the Ansonia coast of TripOli...... 20
Panic in 4 bombay factory. y................ ~
Sinking of the steamer Tacoma, Oregon
coast Observation-Disclosures. IL
Loss of the James Gray, English coast. 24
Wreck of the Kenmore Castle, Bay OF Bis
cay. v.......................... 81
FOundering of a steamer off Harwich, Eng. 26
Sinking of the brig Zuri, Atlantic ocean. 10
Fishing boats lost ut Narmo.h, England. II
Mine flooded 1T BraidwOod Ill ll........... 50
Floods in the West and Southwest (Feb.) so
Church panicin New York. 30
Two vessels collide Oh the Scotch coast. Il
Loss of the Z. S. steamer AshuclOt. t........ II
Sinking OF 4 steamer i'll the BosphorOus... p
Loss OF steamer YaZoo, Mississippi river. l6
Burning ola clearinghouse in Dakota. II
Shipwvccll eff ilo!yhead, England. %
Powder factory explosion near paris...... 50
Floods in Russia and Poland. ............. 35
Floods i'll Mexico. Observation-Disclosures. IL
Tornado in Georgis, Mississippi and Ar
Kansas :oJ
Loss OF steamer Grapp!er, Pacific coa't... 70
Cyclone in Illinois and Wisconsin. IS
Stea,n boat bui:e exl'lasion, San Francisco IS
Drowned 1T Brownsville, Mimi. II
! june noo;iS o.
TornadOcS in Indiana and Texas. ......... IS
| Bal imorc pier disaster Observation-Disclosures. q
| English fishing fleets s................ .... 372
| Powder explosion near Constantinople. l5t
! Church panic at Sunderland, Ehgand.... 2V(
! Floods in Kansas ami Nebraska. ka........ 81
| Loss OF ship Wataray of POrtlsnd, Eng. e
| Railway collision in Montana. ............. Is
! Accident ut a steamer launching in Glas-
gov W......................... In
Flood III London, Ontario. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81
| Fire in Hungarian town. 2
| Cyclone in Minnesota and Dakota. 5:
! Mine explosion in Sicily Observation-Disclosures. st
| Earthquake in the Island of Ischia. 5.00t
| Railroad accident in New York. k.......... 2;
Sinking of a boat at Myersville, Miss. II
Loss Of I. bark off Dover, Eng. ............ II
| Railroad accident in Montana. l:
| Mine accident in England ............... q
Collision in the English Channel. ........ Il
Earthquakes in the Island Of Java. 100, 900
Loss of the steamer Ludwig. .... ........ Il
Burning OF Il factory at Cincinnati. II
| Railway accident in Germany ............. AZ
Loss of a ship in the English Channel..... I:
Loss of bark Britannia off Halifax...... /;
| Hurricane in the Bahama Islands. ......... 6;
Mine explosion in Germany ............. !:
Railroad accident in Roumania. Isl
Powder explosion at San Francisco. Il
Floods in Spain@... .:........................ a
Papic in Jewish church in Russia. ...... A
Earthquakes in Asia Minor ............ 2,0Ot
Mine explosion in England .............. 2:
! Powder explosion at Kingston, Pa. ........ II
l Wrecks on the New England Coast q
Two mine explosions in Europe. .......... 16:
Mount Ararat avalanche he.................: l5(
Lake Chem palace accident. .......... 2;
! Great Banks fishermen lost t............... q
India cholera OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. =. l5,oo
Loss of steamer Navarro Observation-Disclosures. A
Egyptian cholera .................:... 2lO0
loss of ship DunslOffrage. .................. a
Burning OF Lake Como Theater ......... A
Drowned by an accident in India. g.
Earthquake in Persia Observation-Disclosures. GU
Schooners wrecked in Lake Michigan..... ?
Steamer Holyhead Irish Sea............. j
Savannah (Ga.) fire. e.......................
Whaling bark Louise, Arctic Ocean. 1
November cyclone NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2
Colliery explosion in Lancashire, England +
November gales ON the lakes and coast. 20
Bark Pl0rmandon, Halifax, Nova Scotia. l
Steamer Condor, English Channei.......
Steamer Hymethus, Englis Channel......
Steamer Rome, Lake Geneva.
Steamer Eclipse, Lake Ontaria. ........... l
Bark Judith, Norwegian ceast. J
Schooner Busa, Gulf Of Mexico. ..........
Railroad collision in France. e.............. !
Steamer Manistee, Lake Superior.
Pilot boat, New York harbor. ............. l
Gloucester fishing schoOners. ers........... :
Total. .l4s,9 81
To these are added other statistics O
the loss of human life, making a sin
gular and sickening record.
Thus the deaths by accident in tn
United States foot up 6,973, Of these
died from fright. 9 by slipping on tn
ice, by falling icicles, 13 by toy pis
tolls, by explosion of beer kegs, 5 b!
choking to death or tough beef, by fl,
bite and by bee sting.
Other death statistics in the Unite.
States are as follows: