Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-23
1884.
rhe More Important Events Of the
Year Just Closed.
AT HOME.
CASUALTIES.
Lirea last,
JANUARY.

. Bursting OF a dam at Houghton, Mich. 8
Tow-boat burned near Pittsburgh. Pa. 8
Explosion of tire-danp in Scranton, Pa. 3
F, convent fire at Bellcville, m.......... %
&. Court-hons" fire at Jcrscyville, Ill.,. 4
@ House burned in Lenoir County, N. C.. 8
=" hallway collision at Brinton Station, Pa. 3
Loss OF bark Elmira ut Long Branch,
g, Train passes through an oil Are near 10
o. 'BiraAford, Pa. many badly injured. 8
Is The steamship City of Columbus sunk
OF, Marti'n's Vineyard; :. ;.:..... 1ol
Al Rochester,. n. H., boiler explosion. 4
Al Reading, Pa, chemical explosion. 3
Fl. 4 fishing schooner reported lost at
Gloucester, IA
~ Drowned in Il whirlpool near Carthage,
~, Eyplosion OF tire-damp in a mine at
Crested Butte, 81
Three schooncrs of the gloucester,
Mass. fishing fleet reported lost -. 46
The schooner Jennie lost of st. John,
Is. The schooner George W. stetson re- '
ported lost at gloucester, Mass. II
50. Tie schooner Waldo Il. Irving, of
Gloucester. Mass. reported LOST. Il
News received of Il dynamite explosion
on Michipicoten River, near Port
Arthur, Manltoba.;.:. ...:........ 5
81. Railway wreck near indianapolis, Ind. 8
FEBRUARY.
Gasoline explosion at Alliance, O..... =
5tols. The Ohio Valley flood. ............ 81
At Rochester,. N. y. by II train. ........ B
6. Near Moorchcad, Ky. railway accident 5
:. AT Allentown, Pn., falling Of aburning
huilhlilS. ............ 5
+, Near Park City, Utah. now.slide..... 3
Powder explosion at London. Ont...... 3
Burned 10 death at Crockett, Tcx...... s
70. .At Trenton station, o., railway wreck. 4
Tire Southern tornado cStimutcd).... an
~. Mine explosion ut Cniontown. Pa. 10
y Farming hotel lit Denver o l........ 4
ii, Detroit. Mich, hotel burned. ........ 5
y. NJ omaha. Nrh., powder explosion. 4
"a. I,,,,rIrl,r of n fput.mnDf.hopSn in Nou,
10rk 5
l. Near Helena, Ark, drowned 3
4. AT Chattanooga. Tenn, poisoned ...... S
!. Al Memphis. Mo, falling b~uilding..... 5
In shelby County. Ia. railway wreck. 3
q, Al Alta. Utah, snOw-Slidc... u
Il. All Woodstock, Col. snow-slidc.. ..... Is
u. AT Pocnhontas, Va, mine explosion. IL
In Cherokee County, Ala, mine ex-
Il. At Carey. col, snow-siide 3
Near Dayton, g., railway wreck........ 3
10. Al Cleveland. o., oil explosion. 3
~. Railway wreck near Salem, O........... 3
u. Vt Newport. Ark, boiler explosion.
At Mount tarncl, Pa. explosion. ...... 3
-. The ship bombay, of Bath, Me-, re-
%. Clone at Livingston. Ky, estimated. 20
%. Fishing schooner, Of Gloucester City,
Mass. reported lost. II
-. Drowned at Clarion, a................. 3
AT brunswick, Pa, by poisoned pork. 5
2S. Falling building at Cincinnati, o.. 8
29. Explosion OF nitro. glycerine at Gibbs
Town, N. J..-.......... ............... 3
APRIL.
l. BY cyclone at S%pringpost, Ind......... s
The schooner Minnesota lost Off Glou-
BY cyclone al Oakviliic, ind..::. Z
. Railway wreck near Winnipeg, Man. 5
). Burning OF the steamer Rcbecca Ever
ingham, near Columbus, Ga.......... II
Cyionc near Collinsvillc. Aln........... 3
!. Nrccking of the ocean steamer Daniel
Stcinman or Halifax, N. S...... -.
5. Near Clyde. Tcx., train wrecked. 80. E. :
At Rraidwood. site OF the old mine
horror: drowned 5
S. AT NickSburg. Miss, drowned. .,.. 6
10. Drowned or Gloucester, Mass.......... s
Ii, Wind-storm ut Clipley, Gn.............. S
Boiler explosion at Reed City, Mich.... 3
By falling walls at Grand Haven, Mich. 3
p Cyclone at jamestown, O.......... 6
= iNc!onc AT Ncnin. &
- Drowned ON Nicollct River ut st. Al
Collision is 5 NJ Of steamer OH St. Johns, .
Newfoundland L.
80. Burning Of the Van Buren, County,
Expiosi,onr at San Jose, Hayana....:.: Il
:. me ship Atlant:nc wrecked Off Volts
Island, CHlliua.... .............. 10
il. Railway accident near Conncllsville,
Drowned at n,ilnih.'M y
~. bolicr explosion at Lcwishurg, Ark. 4
-. Drowned by the falling Of a bridge at
Portsmouth, 4
%. The French brig Lcnormo sank of the
-, ur:ind Banks. Newfoundland. .. So. 81
=. boiler explosion at Dubuque, In....... 6
- halfway accident in Knupps tunnel,
-, near L%igonicr. Pa. 49,. go. o
o. Collapse of Il warehouse at Baltimore,
JUNE.
). Drowned or the coast of Florida,
among whom was General o. Il. Bah
~, :. : =. .
thc Massachusetts coast. 5
a nshlng schooner goes down of New
loundIand ..... .... ID
~ Ki!lcd by lightning near Ottawa, Can. 4
~. l!n lishlng schooner Six Brothers lost
,,at l'acndicu. Newfoundland. ......... II
me hrlg Confederate icc-strundcd at
~, Johns, Newtoundland ........;. 80
II AZ excursion train wrecked near Ash
=. Boiler explosion at A.lbany...........:.. 4
. hallway collision near %Shamokin, Pa. 3
60 'aFih@ OF Il bank near Omaha, Neb..... 4
j. EHpioslon in a cOlliery near Victoria,
G,"nd-l-lr>t at Visulia, Cal.............. &
y ,N'llway wreck near Cunningham, Mo-. 6
: t.Ilado near Columbus, ky...........
~ ~ cairo, H.. by storm. 4
'' ocNopilcr loundcrcd OFT Beck's Beach,
e II Dcii Rapids. by wini.siorm..:. :
- drowned at Green Bay. Wis........... 3
'"l,ip>ion o! Il Stca!n-thIushcr at Rush
IN T.. ny
"' floods ut Barton, Md. 4
AUGUST.
. Drowned near Eagle Creek, Ark........ 6
g 'a:IIa-c struck by Il locomotive ut
shenandoah. 4
'a.i OF IL mass of coal ut SHENANDOAH,
u Fire ut Circlcville. 3
~ AL ONO River transfer boat cupsiZed
pE II cyclone near Evansville Ind. 81
SEPTEMBER.
~ r;NpiioSion in II distillcry at Pckin, H.. S
80 'Hi''o>lol OF Il steamer on the james
:. ilNcr, Virginia. s
~ r;NpioS:on in L repair shop at Pekin, III. 3
'Npi"Nion of Il boiler in Il cotton com-
~ press at Eu!alllA, Ala =. ............ 3
"' rlIi "i rock ut Shuinokin. Pa............ 2
E!ti'hc dcEastatcs at ShongO. n. w.. 3
->cwS received vi Il cloud-burst at Pu-
cH"cli;, Mex, 30
railway collision at Pennington, Va. 3
crowned in a creek near Paris, Mo-. 4
: mieck!ng u: Il train near bayfield,, Wis. 8
Wfccklilg OF Il train near Duluth, MINI. 4
- HAlnpslon OF u powdcr-mill at Emmons-
. : me 4
- ENp!osion in a coal-mine near Union
~ News received of the loss of the steam.
or Estado dc Sonora in Il gale OFT the
ioWer coast OF California. ............. 81
NOVEMBER.
y fallof a fnrnacc-stack in Reading, Pa. s
y 'Ho:oslon of IL sugur-boiler ut New Or
leans, In o