Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-01-04
A Startling Chapter of Deaths by Railroad
Accidents, Explosions, Fires. Etc.

Startling Chapter OF Deaths by lsailroau
Accidents, Explosions. Fires. Etc.
JANUARY.
10 miners killed by gas explosion at Como,
Colo.
Is. a freight train dashed into q sleigh loaded
with people at Lonsdale, Il. l.. killing S,
manning
q. An oil tank exploded on wrecked freigh;
train near Alton. His, killing q people. in
iuring nearly LOO.
FEBRCARY
Q. a lives lost by the burning Of lunatc
asylum at Dover. y. II.
II. 10 men crushed to death by falling rocks at
marble quarry in West Rutland. Vt
q. persons killed by the falling walls Of a
burned out store in Chicago.
APRIL
/. Fatal hotel fire at Bradford. Pa; deaths.
10 deaths by fire damp explosion in the Nell
son shaft at Shamokin, Pa.
!. 8 men killed by the crushing OF building
at Romeo, Ills.
b. In gale the intake end OF the Milwaukee
tunnel, under Lake Michigan. was wrecked
and IL men drowned.
G. 10 killed and many injured in wreck on
the Big Four road.
Z. Il killed, injured by boiler explosion on
steamer Ohio, Mississippi river.
u 10 miners killed by falling down a shaft at
the Calumet and Hecla mine, Michigan
II. 6 deaths by the xplosion Of generator In
glucose factory at Geneva, Ills.
JUNE
O. The floors OF Ford old opera house. Wash
ington, where Lincoln was assassinated.
fell, carrying down hundreds of govern
Inent clerks who worked in the building: -
killed, injured over 20.
II A stroke of lightning killed four brothers
named Wright, who were standing under
tree at Adrian. No.
30 deaths at fire in Duluth.
akilled and 100 injured by the deraIIment OF
train on the Long Island railroad at Park
vile, NY.
n. Lightning struck q circus tent at River
Falls, Wis, and killed people.
JULY
g. Skilled and over 20 injured in a collision on
the West Shore road at Newburg, n Y.
10. Is persons killed and 10 injured during the
burning Of cold storage warehouse in the
Worlds fair grounds.
II. A locomotive crashed into a crowded street
car in Chicago, killing passengers.
u. 8 men killed and badly Njured by the ex-
plosion Of farm engine boiler near New
ark, o.
8. Q seamen killed by the explosion of a gren-
ade on the German armor clad steamer Ba
den at Kiel, Germany.
& The reservoir of the Portland (Me.l Watei
company burst; 2 houses crushed. people
killed.
swamping Of a rowboat in Swansea bay
Port Talbot, Wales.
Il 5killed and IA injured in the burning Of tn.
Senate hotel, Chicago
16. passengers killed in a railroad accident al
Milton, Va.
20. Mr.. L. ]. Bovee. his wife and daughter and
young ladies while driving to church at
Leroy, n. Y. were instantly killed by an
express train at a railway crossing.
q. 16 killed and 10 injured in a collision on the
Long Island railroad at Newtown.
81. 20 killed and many injured by the colaps.
of a bridge on the Boston and Albany road
near Chester, Mass.
SEPTEMBER.
1 A runaway electric car in Cincinnati killed
people; 20 injured.
T. Il killed and 10 injured in a head end COLI
sion at Colehour, near Chicago.
10. 8 killed and 20 injured in a rear end COLI
sion at Manteno, Ills.
q. An express wrecked by an open switch o.
the Wabash at Kingsbury. Ind; IL killed.
q. 2S miners drowned in the Mansfield mine
Michigan. by a break in the bed of th'
Michigamme river.
OCTOBER
| n Terrible rear end collision Of Worlds fai
excursion trains the Michigan Central a
Jackson: IL killed, 40 injured.
| II. killed and injured by dynamite explo
sion at Emington. Ills.
| % head end collision on the Grand Trunk a
Battle Greek, Mich. slaughtered - people.
NOVEMBER.
4 Boiler exploded in a street car stable il
New York city; people killed. ID injured.
| Z Cargo Of dynamite exploded at the quay il
| Santander, Spain; nearly LOCO people kiiie
and injured.
4 10 workmen drowned from an oyerloade
sailboat in New York harbor.
T. Anarchists threw bombs into the oper
house at Barcelona: 30 killed, ~ injured
L II killed by a rear end collision on the Roc
Island and Pacific in the streets of Chicago
a. men burned to death and badly injure
In hotel fire at Beaver, Pa
DECEMBER.
4 men killed At slate quarry At Welcf
town, Pa, by the breaking Of cable.