Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-02
2IAT1 b olsAsrEAnn a.1ns

some of the p, ralai ,..,s.,,..,,,o
wit the Los. ofIIfe.
CHICAGO, ID s-The ~ear ,sso VIA.
marked by sonS frightfu;,s ,.,.I d,s..
tiers. The greate\ ones - ..,S- -
In January. "a wen killed h, e. :, w, Nv
than. England; 9t bya w,t.a,,, :,
Nani-Ching, Chins\ 80 b. ~ fan ~ .
theatre at Shan-tu\n2. Chin. ~ he
Caisson accident atty I.ouisvilt Kv To-
February. 800 perisheS in mil .lis,s,s.
at NEWPORT. Wales; SOY by fioo',<r -
traIia; g in mine \ isa~ter a,apec,~.
France; 1900 by a storIh on the J ,oane-s
coast: Is by broken dam al prssco,,
Ari. In March, 50 lost their live. ,n
mine at Glamorgansbire, Wales. an he
the cyclone at Louisville, Ky In Anr;i
IL persisted by floods in the south n nv
a falling building at Bergama. Italy and
Is by cyclone in Arkansas. In MAY. IN
were killed by the insane asylum fir, n,
League Pointe, Canada; 20by a.cyclone in
Texas; 20 by the fire at the Ch\nango. Y
Y, poorhouse; 10 in mine \ Ashley
Pa. 80 by ferryboat disaster "a Silesi,.
300 by a cyclone in Siberia; 81 ~ a un,'
l6 by n flood in Germany.
Japan and China Heard Froml
In June 20 were killed by a hurricApe at
Sophia, 10 by a cyclone at Bradshaw. Eev.,
40 by fire Mt Ufaiusk, Rpssia, &c Nn
mine at Dunbar, Pa, 12 by cyclonv In
La Sale county. Ills; in July 80 tre
killed at a launch in Japan, 100 by a cyclJHe
in Arabia, 30 by a cyclone in Minnesota,
80 by a fire At Martinique, - by hurry
zane in Poland, 20 by drowning in th'y
Ottawa river Canada, l25 in mine at ST
Etienne. France, and 5000 by food and
consequent famine in China; in August
20 were killed in mine at Hermosillo,
Mexico, % by a railroad accident IN Bo-
hernia, 70 by storm at Crefeld, Germany,
30 by IA cyclone at wilkesbarre. Pa. 80
by a storm in Switzerland, 20 by a fire in
Hungary.
Champion Explosion at Canton.
In September N persisted in mine at
BOryslav, Galicia. Sc by a flood in Prague,
10 by n explosion at Spokane Falls Wash,
30 by cyclone at Bellona, Italy. 20 in n
mine at Loe,lerbery, Germany. $50 in a
mine mt ~. Wendell Germany. ~ by a
flood In Japan, 300 by flood in Turkey,
800 by flood in China, - by floods in
France. and 40 by a broken bridge in
Poland; in October l. were killed by ex-
plosions at the Dupont mills in Delaware,
q by an explosion in PARIS, 100 by an ex-
plosion in Canton. China: in November IS
were Killed 10y ferry disaster in Austria.
~ in railroad accident near Saiouica. ~
by floods in Germany; in December "
were killed ia a railroad nccident ia Japan.
81 by falling building in Bombay. Il in a
mime at hainaut, Belgium. - In railroad
accident near Quebcc, 100 by a Hood in
Rnannz
by drowning at Warwick, England
Pe-til~nee and Battle.
The number OF deaths by pestilenc. in
1879 was ~ coo. In $50 they reached 40
.As occa >ionet mostly by cholera in AsiA,
kusSia, Spain, Egypt. and Japan. The
year, however, has been a healthy one ~
compared with the deaths Of l6s 90 IN
1885,, ioO,:t1 an !s-si. and lOl 40 iSSs
There have been no great WITS during
the year aud yet the l0,, 81 life record
reaches ~, 10 A. compared with Al. 2s6 in
1879 The most Of these wcre KILLED ia the
wars IN Dahomey. Senegal. Formosa, and
Ma>sowah. and ia the revolutions in Brs-
III. Peru, Bncnos Ayn,-~. and san saliva
dor.
Totals OF LoS>,. Compared.
The whole list of casualties "a the old
world where the lo~. OF life was large
enough 10 ir reported 10y telegraph. in
Guiding those who persisted hy disease
ana ia 1tattlr. was ssi.sSO - compared
with - 81 N 1871 - 10. In ~. Il. $50 in
lsSs, ils.U5j m i>S,i. aud 81. - m Iss5
The following J. the los, of lile occurring
by various disasters IN tins country dur
ing the year; Drownings. zoos: cyclones
aud storms ''22; fires. 50, explosions. 0S5:
mines, S5i. lightning. S6; falling Luild.
ing, 2l5 Total. 542S
Lost oE IN. Rail aud at Ses.
The loss of life 10y railroad disasters
shows an increase over isS9 the total num-
Der Of killed being S.fe0 a. compared wit b
lass in 1872 ..a54 in lsSs. .s2s IN lsss. SIS
in lSs6, and 80 in 1885,. The number of
seriously injured il also increased. being
2,1i6 a. compared with = 10 in iSs:.. ~
in lssS. I,g3 in lsS., ~ in lss,. and gSI in
lSS5
80 far as reported 4.7Gs lives have been
lost ON the ocean and 40 on the lakes and
rivers OF this country ia total OF 5.Ol5 as
compared with = go last YEAR, 340 by
railroad,. $3.50 by disasters in the Old
World, 5,42s by disasters in the New
World, and IL, i;pl by hattie aud p.-stilence.
making in all ll4.543 Rs compared with
1908 last year. 54.697 in 1sss, lg'. ia IN
lsS1, ~ g.l in lSS6 and 81, 49, IN lsS5.