, 1892-01-01
EVENTS OF 1891.



r. The Hecla Iron works burned In Brooklyn;
ioss oyer S510.10l
is miners drowned in Hazelton, a -,colliery.
Orphan asylum burned in Moscow, Russin:
9deaths-
q skilled in a Dakota blizzard.
L. Explosion in the Quebec @orsted mills
killed Is people.
30 New York and New Haven trains corHdsd
in the New York tunnel; Q killed.
a Explosion in Spring Hill mine, Nova ScotiIL
destroyed over 100 lives.
"a $4,000 fire in Kansas City.
r. miners rescued from a flooded shaft near
Hazleton. Pa, after 10 days imprison-
ment
Is. Train wrecked at Hagerstown, Ind; killed
o. injured 20.
IL. Bank building burned I'm Pittsburp. lo.,
Il. Insane asylum partly burned near Nash
vile; o deaths
IA. si,0o.oo0 fire in Syracuse, N. Y.
L. Explosion in an arsenal at Cairo, Egypt
Il. 4 buildings burned in New York; loss. g..
10000.
Steam cordage works burned in Elizabeth
j.; loss. $4,000.
APRIL
T. Firedamp explosion at Apedale, Scotland.
10 deaths.
& Fire destroyed the public library in Low.
ell. Mass.
g. edeaths from fire in Rochester, Pa
10. Powder magazine exploded at Zanzibar; u
killed, % wounded.
L. Fire in Chicago; loss, 100000.
Is. At the Snooks-Herr wedding banquet In
Lyndon, KY, so guests poisoned.
ID. Ross building burned In New York; losA
10000.
Is. Collision on the Lake Shore at Iiipton. o.;
ekilled.
q. Accident in n shaft Imprisoned 800 coal
miners IA hours in Stafordshire, England.
q. 10000 fire at Rome, n. Y.
"a Powder magazine exploded in Rome, Italy;
historic buildings shattered: deaths.
=. National Publishing company burned out
in Philadelphia; loss, 10000.
MAY.
l.. Fireworks factory destroyed by explosion
in Morrisania, n. Y; 4 deaths.
2. Austin. Mimi, nearly destroyed by fire.
G Lumber yards and foundry burned in Long
Island City; loss, S1,000,0o0.
10. Francis II. Leggett & Co., New Yorit.
burned out; loss, $4,000.
IL. Train load of men dumped into forest hIs
in Potter county, Pa; Z dead.
OIL tank steamer exploded at Newport.
England: 8 killed. % injured.
Is. A natboet sank In the Dnieper river, RuD-
sia. drowning 10 men.
i6. Fire destroyed 20 blocks and s5oO.0o0 worth
OF property in Muskegon, Mich.
10. Construction car blown to atoms by dynn-
mite at Tarrytown. N. "; ID dead. 20 In.
jured.
-. $4,000 fire In jacksonville, Fla.
$4,000 fire in Detroit.
q. 10 people burned to death in petroleum N,
iinery In Condekerque. France.
JUNE
3. Cooperage works OF the sugar trust burned
in Brooklyn; loss, $4,000.
IL Festival train broke through bridge near
Basic. Switzerland. killing $50 and injur-
ing 800.
10. Seabright. N. j., swept by fire: loss, $500 .0ol
20. ! people drowned by swamplng OF rowboai
near Baltimore.
&c. Balloon burst in the air near st. Petcnb
burg, Russia, and killed Z men.
70. Coal breaker blown down mt Mount CaIs
mel, Pa: 0 deaths.
JULY.
0. q Killed In railroad collision, Ravenna, O.
4. Loaded passenger train broke through a
trestle near Charleston. w. Va: 10 killed,
&c injured.
6. Is Swiss soldiers drowned In the River Aar,
g. Fire burned up 100000 in furs in A. Il.
Burkhardt& Co.'S factory, Cincinnati.
II. 7 people killed In railway collision near
Jennings. Mich.
Is. Pulp mill burned In Shawmut. Me-: los.
$4,000.
IT. $4,000 900 fire in Santiago. Chill.
8 railway laborersf Killed near Kenton. o.
$4,000 fire In Lynn, Mass.
49, Sawyeryille, Mich. destroyed by fre; loCs
over S250,Oo0.
10. Train went over embankment and killed II
lSborers~op tho Manchester slip CANA,
England.
"A. Textile mills of Campbell & Elliott burned
In Philadelphia; loss, s75o.Ooo.
$4,000 fire In Dallas.
"a 2 excursion trains collided ut st. Maudo, |
France; a deaths.
Express train struck a carriage at the Erie
railway crossing near Elmlrh, n. Y, kill
ing 0 occupants.
AUGUST.
Q. Railway collision near Montezuma, n. Y;
Ii killed.
ls. Barge roof collapsed at Cold Spring Cows,
l.. l., killing IA. injuring about 90.
IA. 80 people drowned by bridge collapse IN
tau Prince.
10. 10 killed In n railroad collision near ZollI-
kofen, Switzerland.
II. Fire destroyed $4,000 Ia property in Jack
sonyille, Fla
20. Mace's refrigerator factory burned In Now
York; loss, Se00,000.
sailors drowned In wreck of Swedish bark
Mora.
81 8 story building collapsed in Park place,
New York; 81 deaths.
70 Charleston. Ark, swept by fire; court
house and records burned.
q. Passenger train thrown from bridge 100
feet high, near statesville. N. O.; e.
killed: 20 injured.
SEPTEMBER.
T. Fire destroyed the business portion OF The
Dalles. Or: loss over SG0o,0oo.
T. Dynamite factory exploded In White Pr
geon, Mich. killing 10 workmen.
IA HOLSTER & JEWELS lumber plant burned
in Conden River, Mich; loss, Se0o,00o.
10. Explosion in Belgian ~colliery; 20 killed
"a Collision on the Pittsburg and Western
railroad; Q laborers killed.
A bomb burst at an italian merry making
in Newark, n. j: Sfdeaths.
-. Liquor and grocery establishment burned
at Savannah; loss, $4,000.
q. Warehouse OF the Plant Milling company
burned in St. Louis; loss, $4,000.
Warehouse of the Mansur-Tibbett A gricul-
tural Implement company, 81. LoulS
burned: loss, S225,O 0.
- Warehouse fire in Philadelphia; loss about
SS0.ma
OCTOBER.
q $4,000 fire in Halifax, N. 8.
T. Tug boiler exploded In Chicago river, kill
ing 8.
100000 grain elevator burned In Baltimore.
$4,000 FIRE in indianapolis.
10. Bursting hywheel in Manchester, N. H.
killed g.
- $4,000 fire in Greenville. Tex.
$4,000 fire in Glendale, Mass.
a Thrashing engine exploded and killed 6
men on the Mayville farm, Dakota.
"a Meiringen. Switzerland, destroyed by hro.
- 10 people killed by derailed train near Mot
rams. France.
y. $4,000 worth OF cotton burned In Newman,
Ga.
~. IS Lives lost by the burning o, she steamer
Oliver Beirne at MillikeD,s Bend, La.
Town OF Newberry. Ind.-lestroyed by frc
NovEMBxR.