Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-31

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Mining disaster near San Andreas, Cal; L
killed.
L. Sinking OF the steamer Bear IN the H'h oi
Forth. Scotland. Il lives lost
"a. SNOuO fire in New York; Van Tasseil's
grain elevator destroyed
II. Dobsons carpet mills burned At fAi4saei-
! phia; loss, 10000.
| n Hotel wrecked and many people killed by
natural gas explosion at Findlay. o.
q $4,000 fire in Buffalo. Warner Bros. build
ing burned.
| u. isi miners suffocated by a gas explosion in
tie shaft OF coke company at Mount Pleas
ant, Pa
| & Hecla Iron works, Williamsburg, y. Y, de-
stroyed by fire; loss over SJOcODa
| l. IS mincrs drowned in a colliery near Haaie-
ton, Pa, by water released by a blast
| & person killed by 1. blizzard IN Dakota
| L. Is people killed in an explosion at the Que
bee worsted mills.
| II. Many peoile drowned by the sinking OF
| the steamer Thomas Sherlock, Cincinnati.
a. Rear end collision in the tunnel, New York
city; 6 killed.
| q. Over 100 lives lost in an explosion in the
Spring Hill mine, Nova Scotia
| 2. Wrecking OF the ship Elizabeth, OF New
| York, on the rocRs of San Francisco; 10
| lives lost.
g. Fire In Kansas City destroyed $4,000 Of
property.
] "a
after 10 days Imprisonment. near Halle
ton, Pa
| S. The City of Richmond, a Hartford steam
boat, burned at her pier in New York; loss,
$4,000.
| 0. 20 passengers and the crew OF the steamer
| Buckeye lost in Puget sound
L. Sl5OU0 fire at Omaha; the Bonn cash and
| door factory burned.
| l3 insane asylum patients killed in a fire
near Nashville
H. $1,000 900 fire destroyed d large portion of
| the business district OF Syracuse, y. Y
| Is Residence OF Gen. F.. b. Fowler in Brook
Ign burned: his son William lost his life
In collision OF the Sciuy Islands the British
steamer Roxburgh Castle was sunk; -
drowned
| Il. 5000 900 fTe; four buildings burned In New
| York.
Collision between the English steamer Utopia
and the British irouclad Rodney In Glib
raltar bay; 562 persons drowned
| Panic among 600 girl operatives. caused by
| the burning of steam cordage works at
| Elizabeth, n. j.; loss, $4,000.
l e. Fire at Oakdale, y. j., destroyed Wander
| bits greenhoGsps loss, 10000.
Is 70 persons drowned in the wreck OF steamer
| strathairly of the llatteras coast.
APRIL
| !. Public library and other valuable property
| destroyed by fire at Lowell. Mass.
I "a
L. 100000 fire in the heart of Chicago.
| Ii. 90 persons poisoned several fatally. at the
| Snooks-Herr Wedding banquet in Lyndon,
Ny.
ID. Ross building. Now YORK city. destroyed by
| fire; loss. SJOD.en.
Is. persons killed in railroad collision
the Lake Shore road, kipton, o.
Fire destroyed the Busch building, New
York; loss, sl25.uO
e. s5UO.Oo0 fire In Rome, y. Y.
| q persons kille, and historic buildings
ruined By the explosion of a powder maya
| zine at Rome.
%. $4,000 fire in Philadelphia, the National
| Publishing company's building burned.
| NAV.
| 2. Austin, Mimi, nearly destroyed by fire.
| g. st0OOU0 fire in Long Island City; loss sew
eral lumber yards and a foundry de-
| stroyed-
10000 fire at Sidney, O., American Wheel
| company g shops burned.
8. persons killed by gas explosion in coal
| mine at Clarksburg Va.
| TO- $4,000 Ere in New York city; Francis II.
Leggett & Co, wholesale grocers. burned
out.
si25.0Oo fire at Manning, la.
u men killed in q railroad disaster in Potter
county. Pa. by being thrown into pile of
burning logs
la Fire at Muskegon, Mich, destroyed 20
| blocks and sjDOO0O Of property.
49, Fatal dynamite explosion at Tarrytown,
| NY. - killed, q injured
a Fire DESTROYED National Linseed Oil mills
in Sioux City. Ia; loss, $4,000
Destruction Of Sullivan Saddle Tree factory
in jefferson City, Mo; loss. $4,000
s2aOOoO worth Of property DESTROYED in De-
troit.
e. $4,000 fire in Brooklyn. onoperage build
ings of the sugar trust destroyed
g. sl5O,GD IRE in Cleveland; Hardware com
pany's building.
Il Railroad accident at Basic, Switzerland; a
train falls through a bridge, killing 80 and
injuring 300. -.
10. Great fire in seabright, N. J.: loss, s3ooo0.
d. 8 persons killed by the blowing down of a
coal breaker at Mount Carmel. Pa.
| JULY.
4 Railroad collision at Ravenna, o.; q killed
| 1 Is killed, So injured in railroad disaster
By the giving way Of q trestle near Charles
| ton. w. Va
| Z. SIC80OO FIRE in Clarksville, Tenn; Banner
tobacco warehouse burned.
Fire in A. E. Burkhardt g. Co.'S fur fac
tory in Cincinnati destroyed s1oo0O worth
Of property.
IL. Railway collision at jennings. Mich: per-
| sons Killed.
IL Circus Gyrnnast William Hanion killed by
afall while exhibiting in Clinton. la
| steamers collided of Japan coast; $50
| drowned.
IA $1,000 fire in business portion OF Pittsfeld,
Mass
L. shawmu. Ode, Fiber compsny's mill
| burned, loss. 10000.
II. 5000, 900 FIRE in Santiago. Chill.
| Railroad wreck near kentop, o.. kills Q labor
$smoOo worth of property burned in Lynn.
Mass
| ia sayyervtIle, Mich, destroyed by Gre, loss
over sa50g0.
| n II laborers killed at the Manchester eng
1 ~ hv trai Grf1ir
embankment.
| ~ persons killed In railroad collision near
Carlisle, Colo.
Campbell q Elliott textile mills in PhIladel-
phia burned; loss, s1Jo.0on
Dallas had $4,000 fire.
| o. In railroad collision at 81. Made, France
g excursionists killed.
| AUGUST
| g. Is persons killed in railroad collision
| Montezuma, y. Y.
| u. A qnall anroofed the excursion barge Re-
| public at Cold Spring Cove, I. l.; u per-
| sous killed. 50 injured
| II. Bridge accident at PoFt-su- Prince. Hayti:
| 50 people drowned.
| Il. IS buildings and s5Oa.u0 in property de-
| stroyed By FIRE in Jacksonville, Fla.
| %. $4,000 fire in New York city: Mace's re-
frigerstor factory burned.
| g. g deaths caused by the collapse Of an I'M
safe building in PARK place. New York
| r. Complete destruction of the town Of
| ., Charleston. Ark; court house and records
/ burned.
z. q killed and &c injured By fall OF train
/ from q bridge near Stafesyilie, y. c.
| SEPTEMBER
| s6no.0oo fire destroyed the business portion
of The Dalles, Or.
| L Is workmen killed oy explosion Of dyoa-
mite factory in White Pigeon, Mich.
ia SsNGhao Ere at Couden River, Mich, de-
stEoyed Hoiltster s. Jewels lumber plant
| Is. persons killed IN q railway collision near
! Port Seuf. Ida.
Ia - miners killed In an explosion in a Belgian
eoIhery.
2. sIJa00 fire In Fort Worth. Tex
"a iaborers killed by railroad collision on the
| Pittsbgry and Western railroad.
| persons killed by the explosion Of bomb
| at an Italian msrrymaking in Newark, y. j.
| II frsmen injured and sI97 ,oD destroyed By
| fire in Minneapolis.
! 81 s4o3llo fire in SAVANNAH
g. s<H.ao fire in St Louis; Plant Milling COM
| pany's building burned
| MaAsnr- Tib5etis Agricultural Implement
| company's warehouse In st. Louis burned;
loss 5000
3 A Philadelphia warehouse burned; los.
s21.0oo: fremen injured
| 81 Bird d Wells Eamber factory In War;
ssumie, Wis. burned. loss, $4,000