Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-09

Aug Zone man and three children killed j.
an explosion Of a yacht boiler at Buffalo. \. Y
Aug. 1e-Nine persons burned to death in
tenement house in New York City. Thre
men fatally injured by falling walls Of brew
| cry at Fort Wayne. Ind.
| Aug. 22-Five men fatally burned by fire-daml
! explosion in colliery near Scranton, Pa: Tire
| men killed and over forty others seriously In
jured in railroad accident near Knoxville, Tenn
Aug. 27-Five men killed and two others fatal
~ injured by boiler explosion at Towanda, Pa
Aug. 3l-SeVeral persons killed IN railroad
collision near Middlebury, Vt.
| Sept. 6-Four men fatally injured by falling
| roof at Sharon, Pa. Nine men killed by light
| ming during thunderstorm ne ar Albany, Ga
Sept. give men killed by boiler explosion
| near Carbondale, Ill. 80. Ten miners drowned o.
| inflow OF water in colliery at Golden, Col
! Sept. 17-Mrs. Gaba, San Francisco, Cal, hel
! infant child and two other children were fatally
burned by explosion Of lamp upset by the baby
! Sept. 24-Five passengers killed in railroad
accident at South Englewood, Ill. Four meI
killed by boiler explosion near Berlin, Pa.
Sept. 26-Seven men horribly burned by molt
/ en- metal in steel works at Braddock, Pa
/ Three men killed by powder explosion at Cres
/ soma. Pa.
! Sept. 27-Oyer twenty persons killed in rail
road collision near Palatine Bridge, n. Y.
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 az Davis
switch. Pa, set q house on 0re, ana q MIS-.
Daily and her three sons were burned to death.
Oct. 12-Three men persisted IN burning hotel
at Rico. Col
Oct Is-Three men killed by falling derrick
at Lansing. Mich.
Oct 14-Three men E.lled by bursting boiler
at Bucyrus. o.
Oct l5-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. 25-Three train hands burned to crisp
in accident caused by wreckers at Kokomo,
Ind. "A man named Anderson and his TWO sons
fatally burned by roof OF hot blast collaps-
ing in the Girard (O) furnace.
Oct. H-While four men were engaged in play
ing cards under a railroad car at Irwin, Pa, the
car was moved by another train coming against
it, 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. 3O-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 Brentwood, 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
burning tobacco shed at Franklin, Tenn.
Nov. 14-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. 16-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. Canine men lost their lives in fire in
mine at Butte Mont
Nov. 25-Five 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,
S. G.
Nov. 2s-Two men killed and another fatally
injured by boiler explosion at DuqueSne, Pa.
Nov. 29-Four little girls killed by powder ex-
ploson in an abandoned mine at ElliottsVille,
W. Va.
Nov. SO-Fifteen persons persisted in the burn
ing Tribune building. Minneapolis, MINI. go.
Three men blown to atoms by nitro glycerine ex-
plosion at Oil City, Pa....A Mrs Halsted, her
little boy and a little girl drowned near Leb-
Dec. 2-Three little children burned to death
in their home in Franklin, Ky. Eight lives
lost in burning of Philadelphia CPa.) bakery.
Dec. 1.-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
ia.
Dec. Six men and two women killed and
many others wounded by boiler explosion at
Colfax, La. One man killed and eight others
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
u dock fire in New York City.
Dec 9-Three men killed by Saw-mill boiler
explosion near Birmingham, Ala.
Dec. 10-Ten persons killed and many others !
injured, some fatally, by panic caused by false
alarm Of fire in opera-house at Jamestown Pa. |
Dec. LA mother and three children drowned
1t Saukville, Wis.
Dec. 22-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 |
own, Mich, the parents and eight children, and /
young lady named Erbst persisted in burning |
house. Eight negroes, accused Of murder, |
AIKEN from jail and shot by mob at Barnwell, |
;. c.. Ten persons killed and ten others in |
ured in railroad wreck near White Sulphur |
Springs w. Va.