Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
CASUALTIES.

REVOLVING LOSS OF FOUR Or MORE LIvEs.]
Jan. 5-Steamer Paris G. Brown sunk near
Bayou Sara, La, and II persons drowned. -.
Five men killed by boiler explosion in grist mill
Gan. l4-Eight persons killed and many others
injured in railway collision at Tallmadge, o.
Jan. 19-Lieutenant Governor Macdonald,
Michigan, and two other men killed and many
others injured in railroad accident near Elwood,
Mich Four men killed and several others in
jured by falling bridge at Spottsville, KY.
Jan. S5-Two men killed and two others fatal
y Injured By sawmi boiler explosion near
Feb. 16-Four children perish in burning
house near Ashland, Ga.
Banks County, Ca, and Bibb County, Ala .
Park Central Hotel, Hartford Conn, destroyed
my in ruins. WHICH speedily took are PERISH
Feb. 26-Eleven girls burned to death and
many others seriously injured by explosion in
squib factory at Plymouth; Pa.
Feb. 26-Five men killed by premature mine
explosion near Helena, M. T.
drowned while fording creek near New Earl.
Tenn. Mrs. Ledbetter and her two sons
drowned while crossing q stream near Repub-
Mar a-Entire family Of Joseph Stewart, near
Carlisle Ky. persisted in burning dwelling.
Mar. A-Four men killed and many others in
jured by boiler explosion in Pittsburgh Pa.)
Mar 15-William Flowers his wife and two
children persisted in burning dwelling at Hollow
Mar 3i-Margaret Kunslais and her three
Milwaukee.
Apr 1O-Four persons killed and others in
Apr. 1iMMrs Wood and Ave children per
ished in burning house in Robin County, Ga.
Apr. IA Mrs. Wiae and her three children.
felled by her husband.
May 3-Four children at Abingdon. Md, three
Ct Ashtabula, O., and one at Springfield, Mo-,
persisted in burning dwellings.
May S-Street car struck by engine at Kali
injured Fireman f0nr
other employees fatally injured in railroad col
lision at Glen Mary, Tenn;
Pa, by crushing OF cage in which they were as
cending mine shaft
plosion in mine near CHARTERS, Pa. Mrs. Will
lam McNally and three children killed by light
May 13-Tweive men killed by falling timbers
Of Q building wrecked by wind at Tacoma. Wash.
May al-Three men fatally hurt by boiler ex-
his wife and four children struck by lightning
and instantly killed while in g wagon near
May % Five men fatally burned by gas ex-
plosion In Van Ness Hotel, Boston.
May sESix , men killed BY falling bucket in
caused the death Of one and fatal injuries to
ave others in q mining shaft at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
mine at HumSoldt, Mich. Five men Killed III cd
and many others injured in blown-down factory
Nay siMMrs. Rafael and her four children
killed by falling tree in De Sofa Parish, La.
s the o was e aase
towns were swept away. Many thousands of
lives lost and immense destruction Of property.
June S-Schooner Houston and seventeen
lives lost on Milwaukee,, Wis.
June l0-Six men killed by fall Of coal in
OF sun-stroke in New York and Brooklyn.
June 26-Twelve men killed and several 9th
ers injured in collision Of freight trains at
July s-Over twenty persons killed and many
others seriously injured In railroad wreck neal
Thaxton's, Va
July 4Many persons killed or fatally injured
* sS1aRse ln od grand stand at race track in
July 5-Carriage containing four persons rur
into at railroad crossing near Long Branch, N
J., and inmates killed.
July Eight persons killed and many other.
July 17-Four men persisted in Lincoln
<Neb.) ceSspool overcome by gas and foul ali
Two men killed and four others fata in
jured in q railroad accident near Shamokin, Pa
jured by explosion in saw-miu in Chicago.
July 2z-Four train employees killed in rail
way accident at Brighton, Tenn.
July 31-A stick of dynamite fed into Z
Athe total destruction Of the machine and tn,
death OF three men and four horses Five per
sons killed and many others injured in railroad
accident near Oxford, o.
Aug. 2-Two men and three boys blown Z
Marquette, Mich. - Two men killed and tw,
others fatally hurt by premature blast explc
,:on in . Clarksburg CIV. Val mine.
Aug. 3-Three men and two boys blown t
pieces by dynamite explosion In q mine nea
Aug. 5-Wagon containing family OF fvepez
eons blown into creek at Mitchell. Ind. an
Gather. mother anc three children drowned.