Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-31


t5A0s0 IRE az Lccl1zt0n. Mich sat works
destroy ed
A. Anthony, Kan. S children we're crushed
b. TIE failing u eycio1s cave roof.
b. - miners kiEsd IL Dins a. Resign,
- ask IS gas sxplossoE-
IL, Fire Al freatoD. Ices. slIs.ao.
IA View MexlCos capitol hni-dlag destroyed
Dy ore a. -aara I $, loss. sza6.01e.
Ia Nine disaster az Butte. Men. Ii miners
Killed by caveiu-
H2zletoa. Pa. suffered loss q $4,000 By
fire
u. A railroad collision at Clsyes. O.. resulted
IL l5 ccalEs-
o. At Crooked bayou. Arkansas. a railroad
wreck caused deaths Is injured
AZ explosion Ia = fireworks factory at Hart
ford, 5 we're Killed.
8. Fire al Spokane ais, Wash. caused so.
90 damage.
9. A cyclous followed by IRE resulted in s.
deaths ia Wellington. Kan
o.. Explosion in coal nine al Wnkesbarrs
killed persons
fire In = silver mine in Bohemia killed 50
persons
s OF CITY and Titusville swept by IRE and
water. I'D lives lost and immense property
destroyed
Ia q railroad wreck at Carroliton, Ky. 4weFo
killed and % wounded.
:. steam pipe works burned az Akron. o.; loss.
sioo.ds
10. Fire IN Cleveland did seso.ooo damage.
is IA men killed by powder explosion at Mare
Island navy yard.
IA Baltimore experienced million dollar IRE.
persons were killed by a train failing from
trestle &C Lonesome hollow. Kentucky.
IL Al Covington. Ky. bridge over the Lick
ing fell. AMI - were killed
H. A cyclone In Minnesota caused 80 deaths.
II. At Neville Island, In the Ohio river. chill
dFen were drowned by the upsetting OF
buggy.
IL. S3lU,o, fire AZ Maurice. Ind.
IS In a railroad collision az Harrisburg 12
we're killed AID = wounded
90. Merchandise valued at $4,000 burned az
Seattle Wash
:. SO 900 fire at Montgomery, Ala
Fire at Providence caused $4,000 damage.
~ Logansport. Ind. a washout wrecked a
train and killed men.
3. s5o0Uoo fire az San jose. Cal.
y laC0 persons rendered homeless and SD
O0,tI0 worth OF property destroyed by IRE
at ~. Johns. y. F.: lives lost.
70. At a railroad crossing in Wartsboro, y. Y,
.persons in a wagon were killed
2. Exploding gas AT the York Farm coal mine,
Pa, killed Is men.
=. Large are at Bay City. Mich; loss. co.,
=. Eire nearly wiped ous the town Of Bodie.
CaL
AUGUST.
B Paris. Tex. lost $4,000 by fire.
5. A runaway team went over precipice near
Guthrie. O. T.. killing family of 9.
"a. Fire wiped out the Red Mountain mining
camp, Colo; loss. s2e5,0ao.
New Orleans visited BY FIRE, causing a loss OF
$4,000
Is. 80 the wrecking Of gravel train at Co
shocton. O.. train hands were killed.
Is. Fire did 81. 900 damage in Geneva, o.
u. over 100 lives were lost by fire damp ex-
plosiOn in Wales.
-. At Parrot. MINI. 2 coaches on the 800"
road went through trestle: killed, 50
wounded.
Metropolitan opera house. New York, dam
AGED 100000 by fire.
% Fire caused $50 600 damage TO Milwaukee
brewery.
/. Rocky Bar. Ida. swept away by FIRE; loss,
s.6uO
sl75,OoO IRE at Muncie. Ind.
:. New Boston. O.. had q s250,ooo fire.
s. A raisoad collision near Altoona. Pa,
killed IL persons.
A shoe factory and 10 dwellings burned at
Burlington, y. J.: loss. Sl0,0G0
TO- 100 buildings burned at Hadleyville. Can
ada: less. 5000.
A collision on the Fitchbu-g railroad, near
Cambridge. Mass, killed and wounded 80.
C. The derailment OF an electric car in ST.
Louis caused 8 deaths.
l.. By the explosion Of a boiler were killed
and 20 injured at Staples. Ont.
The Brooklyn navy yard damaged by fire TO
the extent of s250Go.
d. Fire damaged Rockaway Beach $4,000
worth.
p. At Wooster. o.. on the Fort Wayne rail-
road, - persons were killed in a collision.
p. s2sO,Co0 tire at Battle Greek. Mich.
- IL rfa1 To-, Nfr Ir--e- n
panic in synagogue
railroad men killed in collision at New
Hampshire, Ia.
?. deaths and $4,000 damage caused by fire
in Howard, ). y.
3 s3oo.D00 Ere at Warren. Mass
oCToBER
I. Waco Tex. had a seoo0CO fire.
6. In New York fire destroyed cigarette fac
tory. loss. $4,000.
Richmond, Ind. suffered $4,000 loss by fire.
Il. Solix. Ia, wiped out BY IRE.
Il. : men and race horses killed Ia a collision
on tie New London Northern railroad.
near New London, Conn.
q. A premature explosion OF fireworks az Los
Angeles. Cal. caused deaths.
q. Near Manayunk. Pa. persons were killed
in a collision on the Reading road.
p. Nitroxlycerin factory exploded at Lima.
o.: 3killsd.
10 persons killed and property valued at So
5000 destroyed by FIRE at Milwaukee.
~ Fire bio.ted out the town OF Gallery juno
tion. Pa
80. sll000 vanished in smoke ut ~. Johns
bury. Vt.
NOVEMBER.
. Near Thirsk. England. railway collision
resulted In killed and IL wounded.
! stOm0 Ere in Brooklyn.
H. Fire destroyed the business portion OF Cam
den. Ne: loss. s4opOoO.
=. Fire ia Brooklyn caused saea.ooo damage.
a. Winston. y. G.. had n $50 900 FIRE
Is Gladstone. MINI. damaged sl50oto By FIRE.
"a. Fire In Milwaukee; loss $1,000
p. Faribault. Miun.. had a $4,000 fire.
p sl50.oco fire at Lynehburg. Va
At Winston. y. g. Zrinzendorf hotel de-
stroyed, loss. sissyoo.
DEcsNBrR-
:. The new Elm Park Methodist church. At
Scranton. Pa. Quilted By IRE; Ices. $4,000.
Main business block Of Cumberland Gap,
Tenn. burned. loss. s5oooo.
4 Park opera house. at YORK. Pa. burned.
A sloosQ Gre az Crawford. \. !.
Locomotive cn'iided with street car In Phil
adclphfe. n killed and Injured.
3 20 bnildinEs burned in Raymond. Y. H;
loss. s1l1.Oo.
Business center ~ AleraDdria. Ind. burned.
loss. siDoco.
a The Puzzle ledger Office burned out In
Philadelphia, loss. si5olnn
3 IS injured ~ telescoFing accident on the
Jersey Central railroad near Jersey City.
CRlNES AND CONVICTIONS.
JANUAEF
. A. Denver Dr. T. r. Graves was convicted
~ murder in The first degree.
= Folr men Killed In f-ht with outlaws az
Springfield Kan.
SEREU AIRY.
2 Helen Potts murderer. c. ". Harris. con
vfcfea "a Ne~ Tork city.
81 A rohber named PerrF. siias Gross. board {
money ar on the New York Central. nsa-