The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-06
CASUALTIES.

Nov. 11-CCrn crop OF the country estimated
1,lJl0D,OD bushels: potato crop 13l,0OO, 900,
against lGs 000, 900 in 1856.
CASUALTIES.
Jan. 4-Near Republic. o., twenty persons
killed and many injured by collision on the
Baltimore e. Ohio railroad -. AZ Elmira, N. Y,
tour men fatally injured By collision in railway
yards ... One person burned 10 death and thir-
'leen injured by wrecking of express train at
West Springfield, Mass ....M Miss Kate NichOl-
clothing took fire while kneeling to say her
prayers at night AT Pewaukee, Wis, sleigh
hoad OF ice-cutters STRUCK by train and three
KILLED aud nine injured. -. At Elwood, Ind, two
men killed by explosion of . boiler.
Jan. e-Three boys fatally injured while coast
ing at Rutland VT. Three men killed by .
boiler explosion at Sheak!eyviile, Pa.
Jan, Sherman ship Elizabeth wrecked near
Cape Henry, Va. and % lives lost. Two men
frozen to death near Billings M. T.
Jan. e.Two men killed by collision Of freight
trains at Wawassett, Pa
Jun. l0-Two men frozen to death near Farm
'ington, n. H, while hunting
JAM fat Troy. n. Y. 3persons were over
come by odorless gas and their corpses were
founfseated in chairs.
Jan. g7-At a masquerade ball at Freeport,
Kan, paper heac-dress of Cora Boulder caught
fire from lamp. and she burned to death.
Feb. 5-Accident on Vermont Central at
Woodstock. VT Forty-six persons killed and
many injured
Mar I-Steamer W. H. Gardner burned near
Gainesville. ala, % lives lost
Mar S-Four persons killed and many injured
in panic at an elevated railway station in New
York
Mar. q-Seyen men killed by boiler explo-
sion in sMichigan saw-m:lls:
Mar. I4-F'orty people killed and many in
.tured by fall of bridge on Boston & Providence
railroad near Boston.
Mar 23-Tweive persons burned to death by
explosion in boarding-house Of Colby Iron
mining Company. at Bessemer, Mich.
Mar So-Whal:ng steamer Eagle and crew Of
800 reported lost.
ploson while sightseeing in colliery near Potts
Apr: ss-six men drowned in gale at Tusket
Apr. so-Eisht persons drowned in collision
on Lake Erie. AND at Putnam, Conn, by
capsiEing Of boat.
May 4STwelve men killed by explosion in
May s-Eieven colored people drowned a.
New Orleans while Witnessing an immersion.
May 1i-Farmer, while piowing near Michigan
blew OF arm and broke both legs.
May 1s-Woman and children at Coal
Valley, Pa, burned to death from using pe,ro-
lleum to lS:ndle fire.
May ls-Four tons Of dynamite exploded At
spirit Lake Mimi. killipR 2 mon and tearing
a hole forty feet deep in ground.
while returning from prsyer-meeting at Dexter,
Mo.
May es-Two men At Indianapolis, at Utica
nad at Montreal drowned By capsized pleas
June eve boys drowned at Maquoketa, Ia,
and at Le.nont. Ill. while bathfng.
June s-C:oud-burst at Nanticoke, Pa, caused
June l7-Prope!ler Champlain turned near
Chsrlevoix, Mich: % people drowned
June a4-Ff,een men Imprisoned in burning
nine at Virginia City. New.
June ss-Six men killed by cavinE-in OF rail
road emoankment At Portsmouth. O.
July G--Nearly 50 people poisoned in New
July is-Ffye men drowned at Boston by boat
capsizirg.
i, July lS-Flve men killed by lightning near
July sO-Forr persons shot, two fatally, by
INDIAN performers in q circus at Clinton, Ia.
July 2l-Express ran into gang Of Italian
i;aporers rear Allendale, N. j., killing twelve
or fifteen and nangling many.
July se-Floods in Savannah valley, Ga !,
caused loss of 81, 500.0C0
wounded in wreck on Toledo Peoria & West
'ern railroad near Chatsworth, Ill.
Aug. 1s-In Pittsburgh23 persons poisoned by
Aug. i7"At Caassiotte, Mich, Mrs. John
iBvunger,, while picking cranberries, fell on
knife and was killed
Aug 1e-Seven men injured by explosion of
cannon at soldiers reunion. Enfield III
Aug 3i-Man. wife snd children drowned by
water-syout near Cleburne, Tex
Sept. 13-Four men killed and q injured by
<dsraiied train near Aspen, Col
Sept s2-Furious wind and ra:n-storn, along
1sio Grande. in Texas, caused losses OF u, 100000
OCT. - PrOreller CALIFORNIA WRECKED near
Macsipav, Mich, IS lives lost.
Oct Near Nashua. n. H. muskrat dug hole
in bank OF canal causing food that stopped
mills and threw 5000 men out OF work:
ard several people injured by collision Of trains.
Oct Sat Memphis, Tenn. Judge Elicit fell
dead from heart-disease just after making
speech welcoming the Presidential party:
Oct sS-Ffteen vessels wrecked and lives
LOST by storm on Like Erie.
Oct s9-Propellsr Vernon lost near Nanito-
so4N M nit a I'M la
Nov. LAT Lalnara La, persons died and
many others made Ill from poisoning Ut supper
lat private psrty.
SION in dynamite works, Ishpening. Mich.
Nov. ls-Babe and two young children left IN
house near Monon, Ind alone all night. Babe
Nov. 2i-Mrs Myers and two children Hen
derson Co., KY, burned TO death in forest fires.
Nov. as-Three men killed and five injured In
railroad collision near Pittsburgh .. Engineer
and fireman klled IN smashup At Anna o.
Nov. s6-Three children drowned At Morrison,
;m....A Mr.. Hornickle and hts five children
isons killed and many Others injured in build
ing blown down at Mineola, Tex.
Nov: sS-TWo miners crushed to death by
snen Z led by falling tree near Jerusalem, Va.
1.-Two young men named Garrison killed in
mime shaft near Webb City, Mo- = Many per
DO Ter n KIRBY House. Milwaukee.
Dec. 1.-Two young men sanocated By coal
gas At Stroubville. d. T.
Dec. &C. J. West burned to death in his
dwelling at Binghamton. N. ". -Four men
killed by collapse OF water tower 1t Thomas
vile, Ga Five persons drowned in cabin car
Dec Two 1 mem ns Eiled 's al oas mill fire in
Portsmouth, D.
Dec s7Two men killed in mine explosion
near Ashville, Ind
burned to death in dwelling near WessiEgton,
d. T....Eive men fatally injured by falling car
in mine Ut Luoerne, Pa.
Dec. 11-Three men killed in railroad collision
Dec. l4-Cherles whalen- wife and daughter
drowned in Missouri river, near Bismarck, DIT.
Dec. b.Three young men killed by falling
Doc. Ie-Mrs. Ka,her, Topeka. Kan, burned
ito death by clothes catching nre while filing
son in electric light works Of West Chester. Pa.
Dec. 1.-TWO mon burned 70 death In Cinctn-
natl foundry. Three men killed BY explosion
in coal u.ine It FleminA Kan
Dec le-Five men killed by explosion in saw
mill At Tilto6. Ca. Man blown into fragments
in . mine 1t Ishpeming. Mich, while lighting
his hand -Four persons killed on railway
Dec so-fso men killed by falling vail OF
building 1t Joliet III.
Dec. 2i-Four men killed by gas explosion in
mine at Iyraouth. Pa Explosions caused BY
escaped naphtha in sewers in Rochester, N. r,
which were destroyed :. Eleven men lost in
burning steamer on Pigeon Point On the Pacific
eoasA
In quarrel between white and oolored workmea.
PEE; 1ZEstis.sea that % Persca: Per.
children. LIN, o.. fataiiy iniuFed b natural
gas exDIosioa -. Mother and dsushter burned
% death ic their home Is vtckebgfg. Aiss.
Of srsn Iesr ssff'fssss ss9 ~ ire issas
children fatally injured BY lamp expaostoa at