The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-10

Aug. 7-One man and three children killed in
| an explosion Of yacht boiler at Buffalo, N. Y
Ses %9r e dea.n IN
men fatally injured BY falling walls OF brew
| cry at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Aug. 22-Five men fatally burned by f1re-damp
explosion in colliery near Scranton Pa. Three
men killed and over forty others seriously In
jured in railroad accident near Knoxville, Tenn.
Aug. 25--Five men killed and two others fatal
ly injured by boiler explosion at Towanda Pa
| Aug. 30-Several persons killed in railroad
collision near Middlebury,. Vt
Sept 6-Four men fatally injured by falling
i roof at Sharon, Pa. Nine men killed by light
ming during thunderstorm ne ar Albany, Ga.
Sept 9-Five men killed by boiler explosion
near Carbonate, Ill. -. Ten miners drowned by
Sept E-Mrs. Gaba, San Francisco, Cal, her
| infant child and two other children were fatally
burned by explosion of lamp upset by the baby;
accident at South Englewood, ILL.,. Four men
| killed by boiler explosion near Berlin, Pa.
Sept. e6-Seven men horribly burned by mott
en- metal in steel works at Braddock, Pa.
Three men killed by powder explosion at Cres'
Sept. Cover twenty persons killed in rail.
! Oct. 3-Nearly fifty persons drowned or fatally
burned by explosion of boilers OF steamer
Corona at False River, La
| Oct. 5-Four men persisted In burning reStau-
| rant at Minerva, Miss.
Oct. ia natural-gas explosion at Davis
| Switch, Pa, set house on fire, and Mrs.
|
Oct 12-Three men persisted in burning hotel
Oct is-Three men killed by falling derrick
| at Lansing, Mich.
Oct 1fThree men E;lled by bursting boiler
| at Bucyrus, ..
Oct. I5-Eight persons killed or fatally in
jured in accident on inclined cable road in Gin
cinnati. Many persons seriously, some fatally,
| injured in railroad accident near Gibson Neb.
Oct 2o-Three train hands burned to crisp
in accident caused by wreckers at kokomo,
nd A 1an ,a6 4 md and
| fatally burned by roof OF hot blast collaps-
| ing in the Grard (O) furnace.
Oct. 27-While four men were engaged in play
ing cards under railroad car at Irwin, Pa, the
car was moved by another train coming against
| ii, and the four men were crushed to death.
Oct. 2s-Five men fatally injured by collapse
of veranda at Salem. Ala.
Oct. 29-Three children persisted in burning
dwelling at Messena, Ia. Three men killed by
locomotive boiler explosion at Scranton, Pa.
Oct. 3-Five men killed in railroad wreck
near Thaxton, Va.
Nov. Three men killed in a collision near
Easton, Col, between a snow-bound passenger
and freight train.
Nov 2-Three men killed in Barbour County,
W. Va, by premature blast explosion.
Nov. 3-Eighteen passengers injured five IA
tally in railroad accident at Brownwood, Tex
Nov. Alive men burned to death by molten
iron at Lebanon. Pa.
Nov. 11-Three men killed and another fatally
injured by powder explosion at chemical works
in Philadelphia. Three tramps perish in a
burning tobacco shed at Franklin, Tenn.
Nov. l4-Six men killed by premature blast
explosion in Jefferson County, Mont =. Three
men killed in like manner near White Rock,
Col. Three men killed by explosion in pyro-
| technic factory at Petersburg. Va.
Nov. l6-Four persons burned to death in
buildings destroyed by fire in Jersey City, N j.
Nov. 20-Three miners killed by falling earth
in mine at Negaunee Mich.
Nov. 2S-Nine men lost their lives in fire in
mine at Butte, Mont.
Nov. 25-Ffve inmates perish in burning in
sane asylum at Blackfoot Idaho. -. House at
Dayton, O., blown to atoms by natural gas ex-
plosion. and two children killed and their par
ents and grandfather fatally injured. Several
persons killed by cyclone at Campbelrs creek,
sc.
Nov. 26-Two men killed and another fatally
injured by boiler explosion at Duquesne, Pa.
Nov. 2a-Four little girls killed by powder ex-
plosion in an abandoned mine at Elliottsyille,
W. Va.
Nov. So-Fifteen persons persisted in the burn
ing Tribune building. Minneapolis, Mimi.
Three men blown TO atoms by nitro-glycerinee x-
| plosion at Oil CITY, Pa Mrs. Halsted, her
| little boy and a little girl drowned near Leb-
anon, o.; Mrs. H. was trying to save the children.
Dec 2-Three little children burned to death
in their home in Franklin, Ky. Eight lives
| lost in burning of Philadelphia G'a) bakery.
Dec. Two workmen killed and three others
| fatally hurt by freight train at Wilkesbarre,
| Pa. Several persons seriously, some of them
fatally, injured in railroad wreck near Green's
Dec. 5-Six men and two women killed and
| many others wounded by boiler explosion at
| COl1aX, La. One man ana elpHI OtnerS
| fatally hurt by saw-mill boiler explosion at
Marion, Ind
Dec. Engineer and fireman killed and many
passengers injured in railroad collision at
| Doune, Ind Four workmen burned to death
| in dock fire in New York City.
| Dec. 9-Three men killed by saw-mill boiler
| explosion near Birmingham, Ala.
Dec. I0-Ten persons killed and many others
| injured, some fatally. by panic caused by false
| alarm OF fire in opera-house at Johnstown Pa.
Dec. IA mother and three children drowned
| at SauIyille. Wis.
| Dec. S2-Four men killed in railroad collision
| east of Ashland, Wis.
| Dec. 23-Sixteen men killed and many others
| injured in mine accident at Andreas Col.
| Dec. 26-Three little children named Schip
| burned to death in their home at Omaha, Neb.
| Dec. 29-The family of Theodore Gross, Huron
| town. Mich, the parents and eight children. and
| a young lady named Erbst persisted in burning
| house. Eight negroes, accused OF murder,
| taken from Jail and shot by mob at Barnwell,
/ S. c.. Ten persons killed and ten others in
| jured in railroad wreck near White Sulphur