Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05


nitro-glycerine factory, Freiburg Saxopy.
Apl. 2S-Pearl-hshing fleet coast of Aus
tralia destroyed by hurricane, $50 lives lost.
May 3-Thirty persons lost by laundering
steamer of Channel Harbor, Newfoundland.
May 4-Over 10 men killed by explosions in
coal mine at Nanaimo. British Columbia.
May S-Fires in Hungary destroy many lives
and b, 100000 property.
May 1l-Steamer Benton reported wrecked
near Malacca. and $50 lives lost
May l7-Five men executed at ST. Peters
burg burg for r. after attempt to assassinate Gar.
May 10-strike in Belgium spreading; 49,
600 men struck in center district.
$4,000. - ~ $4,000 -
May 24-slxty-eighth birthday of Queen
victoria celebrated throughout Europe.
May 25-Opera Comique Theater, Paris,
burned, IS persons killed and many injured
May =9-Explosion in coal mine at Blantyre,
June Item persons killed and many cattle
and houses destroyed by landslide near Spir-
June 6-Steamer Sir John Lawrence, with
7SO passengers. reported lost off coast of India
$1,000 families homeless by floods in Hun
gary.
June s-Fifty lives lost by explosion in coal
mine at Gelsen-Kirchen, Germany. Her
mann, famous prostidigitateEr, died at Carls-
June lO-Vernome. Asia, destroyed by earth
quake. Over 10o people killed.
June 1S-Boat capsiZed on Danube river,
drowning over leo pilgrims. :. Losses by floods
IN Hungary computed at $o,O0o,O0
June 2l-Fiiueth anniversary Queen Vic
toria's ascension to British throne celebrated
with great eclat.
July 6-Tract of land sank in lake at Zug,
Switzerland, drowning 100 PEOPLE
July 7-Prince Ferdinand, of SaXe-Coburg-
! Gotha, elected Prince of Bulgaria.
July 1l-Cholera spreading rapidly in Italy.
49,. Conflagration at Witepsk, Russia, rendered
| thousands homeless and caused loss of 100000
roubleS
| July I4-Herr Krupp famous gun-maker, died
| at Essen, Prussia.
July 15-A dozen people fatally burned in col
| lision near st. Thomas, Ont.
July 19-BritiSh Parliament passed the Irish
| Crimes bill.
| July 2I-Four thousand people made home
| less by fire al SvenZjany, Russia.
July 25-EighJ hundred lives lost in Bay OF
Bengal by wreck.
| July 3j-Fifty thousand people starving at
| Adena, Italy, from failure of crops.
| Aug. 1-Katlloh, Russian politician and jour
| naliSt, d; ed at Moscow, aged SO.
Aug. 2-Over 1000 lives lost by foods in China.
Aug. 6-Warehouse in London burned; loss,
Aug. 15-Great fire at Scutari, Asia, destroyed
| Aug. aa-At regatta at London II people fell
/ from barge and were drowned.
Aug. 25-John Ruskin, English author, report
| ed insane.
Sept; Fire in Royal Theater, Exeter, Eng,
| Sept. 19-Recent floods in Nile made 500 fam
lilies destitute and destroyed So 500,000 property
| Oct 3-Aimee, famous opera-Doutfe singer,
| died at Paris
Oct. lin riot at Plevna, Russia, "a persons
| killed and 80 wounded.
| Oct. 12-Quelito, Mexico, destroyed by storm
| Oct. 17-Childs' Shakespeare memorial fount-
| ain dedicated ar Stratfofd-upon-A
| Oct. 1S-Number lives lost n recent fire at
| Hankow, China, reported at 1000 and property
| destroyed 1T 100000 taels.
Oct. 31-Loss by floods in Cuba $1,000, 900.
| MOrmons applied for permission to establish
| community in Turkey.
| Nov 2-MunicIpal elections in England favor
| able TO Gladstoulans. -. Jenny Lind died in
! London, aged 66.
| Nov. alderman Crown Prince officially re-
ported to have cancer in throat and recovery
| improbable.
| Nov 11-F1oods in Hon Nan, China, destroyed
| 1000 lives and made hundreds OF thousands
| destitute.
| Nov. 19-French Cabinet resigned =. Dutch
! steamer Scholten sunk off Dover. Over loo lives
| lost.
| Nov. 3O-Thirteen men killed by choke damp
| in coiliery at Ponembia, Sllesia.
| Dec. 2-Lord Mayor Sullivan, Dublin. sem
fenced to months imprisonment for printing
| in his paper reports of suppressed branches of
| National League. President Grevy, of
| France, resigns.
Dec. 3-Earthquake destroyed Besignane.
Spain; 20 lives lost. NJ. Sadi-C2rnos elected
| to succeed President Grevy, of France.
| Dec. 5-Death OF Lord Lyons, British Am
| baSsador to France.
| Dec. 9-Armstrong Brothers & Co., extensive
| iron operators, Glasgow, Scotland, failed
| Dec. 10-Attempt in Paris by named
| Aubertine to assassinate ex-Prime Minister
| Jules Ferry
! Dec. I'm TIrard succeeds in forming new
| Cabinet for France.
| Dec. 15-Advices received OF destruction in
| December of Ching CHOW and 10 other cities
| in China by bursting of banks OF Yellow river
| Thousands of lives lost and millions OF peo-
| pie reported starving.
| Dec. 21-NewS received Of the wrecking Of
| seventy vessels and loss of twenty-one lives in
| storm OF the West Indies.
Dec. 26-Rerolution IN Guatemala put down.