The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-30
CASUALTIES OF THE YEAR.

was burned ana 70 OF the OccuPah.o
persisted in the flames, and on the 18th
there was tremendous explosion OF
fire-damp in a mine at Arras, In
France, by which 10 miners were lost.
On the 14th the Chinese steamer Hual
Tuen was lost in the Pacific with 200
passengers, disaster followed on the
18th by the loss of the City of Column
bus in Vineyard Sound, with over 100
of the passengers and crew. The 24th
was marked by black stone from the
death of 81 miners by firedamp ex-
plosion in Crested Butte, Col, while
on the following day the steamer Simla
was lost with % passengers. The
Goth will be remembered in England
for the great storm that wrecked an
unknown number of coasting vessels
with most of their crews, while the
9th will not be forgotten by the wives
of IA Welch miners who persisted in a
firedamp explosion. On the 30th the
steamer Rhywabons was lost with II
of her passengers, and the narrative
of the months disasters closed with
terrible railroad accident near Indian
apolis, in which train went through
bridge, with loss of IA lives.
The month of February had fewer
accidents of unusually fatal nature,
the record beginning on the LIST with
gasoline explosion at Alliance, Ohio,
eight lives being sacrificed to the de-
sire to kindle fire with neatness and
dispatch; while on the 4th the army of
Baker Pasha was entrapped into de-
file and the whole force, $500 strong,
annihilated. The 18th proved fatal to
a wedding party of 80 who attempted
to cross the ice of the Thesis, in Hun
gary, and were all drowned; while on
the 18th party of so fishermen on the
Caspian Sea were carried into open
water on the ice foes and drowned.
On the 10th the news arrived of the
capture of Sinkat and the massacre of
Tewfik Bey and his troops four. days
earlier; while the 10Th will be remem-
bered in the Central Valley States for
tremendous tornadoes that caused
great destruction of property and life.
The Goth witnessed an awful explosion
of firedamp in the Uniontown mines,
in Pennsylvania, by which 10 lives
were lost, and on the 25th the boilers
of the Japanese steamer Katsai Hong
Kong exploded, killing 10 passengers
and wounding many more. During
the latter part of the month there were
notable floods in the Ohio River Val
ley aud many destructive storms in
the South.
The month of March experienced a
lull in accidents, there being but two
of any consequence. one, however, be-
ing perhaps the most destructive of
the kind ever known in America, the
loss of 154 lives by an explosion and
subsequent fire in a coal mine at Poca-
hontas, Va. The other was an acct
dent that is considered certain sooner
or later to happen, its occurrence be-
ing but question of time, the explo-
sion of nitro-glycerine factory at
Thompson's Point, Pa, by which 6
lives of workmen were lost.
Ali FOOLS Day, the 1st of April, wit
messed the destruction of Oakville,
Ind, by tornado, with great loss of
life, while on the same day there were
many tornadoes West and South. On
the Sd the steamer Rebecca Evering-
ham burned on the Chattahoochee
River with great loss of life, and on
the same day the Daniel Steinman was
wrecked off the coast of Nova Scotia,
with loss of 125 passengers. On the |
18th, there was collision in mid
ocean between the Florida and the
Ponema, resulting in the loss of both
vessels and the drowning of 135 of the
and the crew. The 23d
was celebrated by panic in the Bu-
charest Theater- Circus resulting from
a fire and causing many deaths, while
On the 9th bridge gave way under
rain near Cindad Real in Spain, kill
ng 40 passengers. The goth was noted
or the burning of IA paupers in the
Van Buren, County Poor House, in
Michigan, together with the blowing
Up of a powder magazine at San An
onio, Cuba, the explosion killing 81
yorkmen. The last four days of the
month were also remarkable for the
,reaking out of forest fires in New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
~ which great destruction of both life
nd property was caused.
May had three disastrous accidents.
IN the 18th collision on the Balti-
nore and Ohio, causing IA deaths; an
ut the Kishau Islands in
he Persian Gulf, destroying many
illages and killing 200 of the popula-
ion, and, on the 23d, the wreck of the
enorine, off the banks of Newfound-
md, by which 62 lives were lost. On
his date also Berber was captured
nd $500 of the population and garri- {
on were massacred.
June l was signalized by cloud ,
urst in Frenchman's Gulch, Col, by [
hich II miners were drowned, and 6
n the 10th the schooner Six Brothers {
,undered off the Grand Banks, with 6
lie loss of IA of the crew. Mexico 6
filtered a railroad accident at New I
aredo, by which IA men were killed, 7
nd the last ten days of the month wit 5
essed cyclones in the central and i
estern states. c
July had but two accidents of any t
ote, one being the breaking of an en- t
ne axle on the Manchester and Shelf
I'D RS ,.road, Eng, on the 10th which f
used the loss of 20 lives, and the v
'llision of the Spanish steamer Gijon f
it'll the English steamer Lexham, off s