Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-01-07

g. The Hecla Iron works burned in Brooklyn.
loss over SAnn00
l. lsmners drowned in Iiazellon. Pa. colliery.
Orphan asylum burned ia Moscow. Russia
9deaths.
g. killed in Il Dakota blizzard.
p Explosion in the Quebec worsied mills
killed p people
20 New York and New Haven trains collided
10 the New York tunnel; killed.
a. Explosion in Spring Hill mine. Nova Scotia.
destroyed over 100 lives.
g. s24O.tOJ fire in Kansas City.
"a miners rescued from flooded shaft near
Hazleton. Pa. after ~ days imprison-
ment
25 Train wrecked at Hegerstown. Ind: killed
q, injured 40
MARCH.
L. Bank building burned in Pittsburg; loss.
s30O.00O
49, Insane asylum partly burned near Nash
vile; deaths.
a. Sl.OOo000 fire in Syracuse, \. Y.
IS. Explosion in an arsenal at Cairo. Egypt:
100 deaths.
IL. buildings burned in New York; loss, 81
100000
Steam cordage works burned in Elizabeth.
Nj: loss, S7O0,00O.
April.
g. Firedamp explosion at Apedale. Scotland;
10 deaths
g. Fire destroyed the public library in Low
ell Mass.
G. deaths from fire in Rochester, Pa.
TO- Powder magazine exploded at Zanzibar: 10
killed, 20 wounded.
IL. Fire in Chicago; loss, Sl,0O0.0OO.
10. AT the Snooks-Ilerr wedding banquet in
Lyndon, Ky 80 guests poisoned.
49, Ross building burned in New York; loss,
S5O0.0O0.
is. Collision on the Lake Shore at Kipton, o.;
9killed.
90 Accident in shaft imprisoned 300 coal
miners l4hours in Staffordshire. England.
.. $4,000 fire al Rome, n Y.
%. Powder magazine exploded in Rome, Italy;
historic buildings shattered: deaths.
g. National Publishing company burned out
in Philadelphia: loss. 100000.
MAY.
|. Fireworks factory destroyed by explosion
in Morrisania, \. Y; deaths.
2. Austin. Mimi. nearly destroyed by fire.
Q. Lumber yards and foundry burned in Long
Island City; loss Sl.O00o0.
10. Francis IL. Leggett & Co.. New York.
burned ont; loss, S430,0O0.
II. Train load Of men dumped into forest fire
in Potter county, Pa: dead.
Oil tank steamer exploded at Newport.
England killed, Is injured.
Is. A iatboat sank in the Dnieper river, Rus
STA. drowning 10 men.
10. Fire destroyed 20 blocks and S500.000 worth
of property in Muskegon. Mich.
10. Construction car blown to atoms by dyna-
mite at Tarrytown. n. Y; 10 dead. p in
jured.
20. $4,000 fire in Jacksonville, Fla
S2j00O0 fire 10 Detroit.
20. 10 people burned to death in petroleum re-
fnery In Condekerque, France.
JUNE.
2. Cooperage works Of the sugar trust burned
in Brooklyn; loss. $4.0,00O.
IA. Festival train broke through bridge near
Basic, Switzerland. killing $50 and injur-
ing 800.
49, Seabright. n. j., swept by fire; loss, $4,000
%. people drowned by swamping of rowboat
near Baltimore.
%. Balloon burst in the air near st. Peters
burg, Russia. and killed men.
20. Coal breaker blown down at Mount Car
mel. Pa; deaths.
JULY.
8. q killed In railroad collision, Ravenna, o.
l. Loaded passenger train broke through a
trestle near Charleston. w. Va; 10 killed.
52 injured.
g. IS Swiss soldiers drowned In the River Aar.
g. Fire burned up S7n0.0O0 in furs In A. Z.
Burkhardt d Co.'s factory, Cincinnati
II. people killed in railway collision near
jennings. Mich.
IS. Pulp mill burned in Shawmut, Me-; loss,
ssdOOOO.
II. ssOOO,0OO fire in Santiago. Chill.
railway laborers killed near Kenton. o.
$4,000 fire IN Lynn, Mass.
IS. sawyerville Mich, destroyed by fire; loss
over S250OdD.
10. Train went over embankment and killed II
laborers on the Manchester ship canal.
England.
"a. Textile mills Of Campbell & Elliott burned
in Philadelphia loss, $4,000.
s3OO.OOO fire in Dallas.
20 Aexcursion trains collided at st. Maude,
France % deaths.
Express train struck carriage at tho Erie
railway crossing near Elmira, N. Y, kill
ing 6 occupants.
AUGUST.
G. Railway collision near Montezuma, n. Y;
Is killed.
H. Barge roof collapsed at Cold Spring Cove.
l.. L.. killing IA, injuring about SO.
a. 50 people drowned by bridge collapse in
Port-au-Prince.
TO- 10 killed in a railroad collision near Zolli-
kofen, Switzerland.
II. Fire destroyed $4,000 in property in Jack
sonville, Fla
90 Maces refrigerator factory burned in New
York; loss, S200.OOO.
sailors drowned in wreck OF Swedish bark
Mora.
q. 5 story building collapsed in Park place.
New York: 90 deaths.
%. Charleston, Ark, swept by fire; court
house and records burned.
q. Passenger train thrown from bridge 100
feet high, near statesville, \. c.; p
killed: 20 injured.
SEPTEMBER.
q Fire destroyed the business portion of The
Dalles Or; loss over 100000.
4. Dynamite factory exploded in White Pr
geon. Mich, killing IS workmen.
IA. Hollister a. Jewell's lumber plant burned
In Conden River. Mich; loss, $4,000.
10. Explosion in Belgian colliery; 20 killed.
"a Collision on the Pittsburg and Western |
railroad; Q laborers killed.
bomb burst at an Italian merry making |
in Newark. y. j.; deaths.
Is. Liquor and grocery establishment burned
at Savannah; loss. 100000.
q. Warehouse of the Plant Milling company |
burned in st. Louis; loss, S250,0OO.
Warehouse of the Mansur-T ibbetts Agricul- |
tural Implement company. st. Louis,
burned; loss. S225, 600
%. Warehouse fire in Philadelphia; loss about
S220.0OO.
OCTOBER.
2. $4,000 fire in Halifax. y. S.
T. Tug boiler exploded in Chicago river, kill |
ing S.
S5o000O grain elevator burned in Baltimore |
S20OOo0 fire in Indianapolis.
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