The Dickinson press., 1891-01-03
FIRES AND DISASTERS.

.. l6 drowned in a sinking caiSSon at Louisville,
Ky
and did enormous damage to property; SINH
iat sto1as, moving eastward. did great
havoc In other states
Stables of Macey Bros, ut Versailles, KY,
burned with forty blooded horses. among
them Bell Boy; loss, Ss5o,ooo.
II An elevator in Baltimore burned; loss, $780,
900; also tho British steamship Sacrohusco
lying alongside; killed; loss, Sl50,Ooo
Tornado at Clinton, Ky, killed 10 and Injured
90: damage by storms in Syracuse Roches
ter Gsweso Buffalo and other New York
state cities; heavy snow in Kansas.
II Clatlin, Ccburn q Co.'S building in Boston
burned; loss, $4,000
q. Reported that storm in Washington killed
0pcoplr Gnt, thousands OF cattle
q Terrible storms on American. French and En-
glish coasts.
Natural gas explosion at Columbus y. killed
10 and injured many; several buildings
wrecked
g Accident on the Louisville, New Albany and
Chicago railroad pear indianapolis killed
and injured many,
FEBRUARY.
Explosion at Plymouth, Pa; killed six ard
injured others.
Tenement house fire In Boston, eleven killed;
loss Sl15OO0
Fire in Danbury, Conn; loss S:s0O,O00
B. a fire in the Washington house of Benjamin
+ Tracy, secretary of tho United States
navy, resulted in the death of Mrs. Tracy, a
daughter anu q woman servant. Mr.. and
Mrs WilmerdinG, daughter and grand
daughter Of the secretary, jumped from .
window and were severely injured. The
secretary was unconscious when removed.
and was with difficulty restored
a rGilyoad accident at The Dalles, Ore. killed
10 and iniureI lG
8 Floods in Oregon
IS Fire in the dry goods house OF Y. Farwell& &
Co., Chicago; loss $500, ,OOO
Il University of Toronto burned
% storage reservoir dam gave way in Hasa
yampe, Ariz.; SO killed and SlOOo,OOO dam
age donc to property
MARCH.
l. Floods along the Ohio river
8 Nine fire at WilLcsbarre Pa; killed..
Accident on the Lake Shore railroad at Haua-
burg. near Buffalo. N Y; killed. Is in
jurcd
g Alarming rise Of rivers IN the Mississippi val
ley; this was tho beginning Of u series Of
disastrous foods lasting fully two mouths;
t,ta.,y every Gay evees were swept away;
at on;' tin,o E..r Orleans was in danger;
March - the Yaza0 delts was overllowed;
March 80 but one house wns left uphGrIned
at Skipwith. Miss; April I3 Sims Port, La,
was overliowc,l; April 25 the river reached
the h;.,heS, point on record at Vcksburg.
II The clothing house of Stern, Meyer & Co.
Cincinnati, burned; loss S50o,G0o
l5 fire CT hir:syilie, Mo-; loss 100000
IL Fall of burning walls at Indianapolis; lokird,
Is injured; March 70 more walls of Same
building fell: ? killed
IS Fire at l'coria Ills; loss, sa:o,Ces
10 Mine fire at Hurley, Wis; killed
@ Floo;ls along the Monongahca and Allegheny
rivers in Pennsylvania
=: Explosion in Chicago sugar refinery; Q
killed
Tornadces did enormous damage In parts Of
Kentucky. Illinois and Indiana; at Louis
vile 300 buildings wero demolished, and be
tween IS and 100 lives lost; Bowling Green,
Ky, was practically wiped out OF existence,
with many fatalities; total loss of life about
Mine explosion at Nanticokc, Pa; killed,
6 hurt
42 buildings burned at Theresa. Y; loss
S15O,GO5
Tornado i'll Ohio Illinois, Pennsylvania and
Virginia; l2 killed; enormous damage
3.s0o people thrown out of employment by
fire In the Singer sewing machine works at
Elizabeth, n. j.; loss moro than 81, COO go.
Salt Greek, Tex, wrecked by tornado; many
killed
Insane asylum burned at Tongue Point. Que
bee: 81 killed: loss $4,000.
Chenango county poorhouse burned ct Pres
ten y Y.; 10 killed.
II i9dweln:s houses destroyed by q storm ut
Akron. o
Farn houses wrecked and killed by a Kan
sas tornado
Government Storehollses at Wiilett's Point
u. burned; loss S5CO,Cn0
10 Mine accident at Ashley, Pa; 81 killed.
80 Fal! of a train through drawbridge at Oak
land. Cal: 90 killed
JUNE.
4 Tornado at Bradshaw Neb.; IS killed; great
damage to rropert'
Ie Explosion in Farm Hill coal mine at Dunbar
Pa: % killed
10 Ciondburst and tornado III Potter county, S
D.; IL killed: cnorruous dana se TO property;
disastrous storms in Kentucky and Maine.
30 Allen Bradley D!sti!lery company's works ut
Louisville. Ky.. burned; less, S15o,ooO: also
Standard Oil companys refinery, same
city: several employees fatally hurt
JULY
Storm at Fargo, y D.; killed. much prop
erty destroyed.
II Explosion CT c.c.alao:t Tiosa's boi...r ut Chi
cago; 30 killed.
Collapse of ferry l;.nling ut Dartmouth, N
S.; IL killed.
10 Tornado capsized IN excursion steamer on
Lake Pepin, MINI; lit drowned: great dam
age to property in st. laul.
Wall paper factory of Carey Bros. with lum-
ber yard and p!auin., mill. burned at Phi!a
delphia: los. gro 90
H. Collision tie 3iono1 railroad. near Spring
vile, Ills; 10 kiilet.
Fire started in the GouiI block at Galveston.
Tex; less, s1,oo00oo
IS. Security company warehouse at Minneapolis
burned; loss, sl,G0o,G0o.
Explosion of Kings powder mills, % lniieS
from Cincinnati; 10 killed. 900 Injured, 30
seriously
10. Brcckton, Mass, almost completely burned.
1e Fire in the Western Union building, New York
city; loss. s1,ooo,oco.
e. Incendiary fire at Spokane Falls Wash; loss,
$4,000.
q Tornado at South Lawrence, Mass; killed,
10 seriously injured, 81 slightly injured, 500
rendered homeless; loss, 100000
q. Wallace Idaho. burned; loss $4,000; 1es
homeless
g Excursion steamer Louisa collidcd with the
Bay Line steamer Virginia near Colchester
Va; IA killed, 20 injured.
S0 Business part Of Seneca Falls, II. Y, burned;
loss, 100000
Ducks, lumber yards and railroad property
burned in Chicago; loss 100000
AUGUST.
g. Storm in Minnesota; damage at New Rich
niond, $4,000; at Sioux Falls, $4,000.
II. Explosion of natural gas tore up ten acres Of
land near Waldron, Shelby county, Ind;
pieces of the river fiat rock thrown half a
mile.
IL Kentucky distillcry at Louisville, KY, burned:
loss. sa,0ooOO.
e business houses burned at Austin, Potter
county, Pa; loss, S5OO,O0O
IS Storm at Colorado Springs; killed. loss
$aOO,OO.
TO- Express train wrecked on the Old Colony rail-