Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-02
GREAT EVENTS OF 1893.
The Remarkable and interesting Hap
penings Of That Year.


ciai Failures Long Obituary List.
Between Jan. 81 and Nov. 8, 1893, there
we're 90 serieMs railroad accidents in the
United States, resulting in the death Of 230
people and the injury Of gu. There were
several fatal cyclones on land and sea dur
ng the year. many marine disasters and an
unusual number of destructive fires Bos-
ton was visited by two large fires, one Of
them in the old burned district. Chicago
was also swept by large fire. Many dis
names appear On the obituary
list. The year has also been made notable
by the Worlds fair and great number Of
and congresses. Following is
. condensed diary of the most important
events arranged by months and days:
JANUARY.
l. Fires: Binghamton, n. Y, Bayless' paper
mill; loss. $4,000. Emporia. Kan. dry
goods store destroyed; loss, SS5.00.
& Fire: Denison, Tex. dry goods store; loss.
$4,000.
Fire: Memphis: loss, $4,000.
Obituary: Mrs. Martha Joan Reade Nash
Lamb, historian, in New York city: aged "a.
ton leader, In North Abingdon, Mass;
aged 70.
& Fires: Omaha, the Omaha Printing COM
pany burned out; loss. Sl00,000 Pittsburg.
several fires: losses, $4,000. Denver, Hal
leck building destroyed: loss, S2U,00. Liv-
erpool. 20.0O bales Of cotton burned In ware
house.
{ Obituary: Maj. J. p. Frost Of the Boston
Globe, an old New England journalist, in
n<Safn A har DIVA ata nf ha
Seventh New York militia, In New York
city; aged IS.
Miscellaneous: Wickham Il Co., wholesale
fish dealers, Of Huron, O., assigned; liabil-
tiles, $4,000.
T. Fire: Fall River. Mass. the Troy building
burned; loss, Sl35.0O0
q Fire: New York city, a six story building
destroyed; loss, $4,000.
%. Fire: Boston. several warehouses burned:
losses, $l.65O.00
Obituary: Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, at Wash
ington; aged rs.
Disasters: Several men killed by the burst
Ing of hywheel In Pittsburg mill. 70
miners killed by gas explosion at Como.
Colo.
Chateaugay. N. Y, ID stores burned: loss.
Sl5O,0O.
y. Fires: Kansas City: loss SEA-, 200. Duluth.
st. Louis hotel destroyed: loss, 100000.
u Obituary: Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett, Union
veteran and ex- minister to Sweden, in Bal
timore; aged 80.
Miscellaneous: Revolution In Hawaii; Queen
Liliuokalani deposed.
u. Obituary: Gen. Rufus Ingalls,, U. s. A.
(retired). in New York city; aged "a.
n PERSONAL James Smith, Jr., elected United
States senator from New Jersey.
u. Fires: Chicago, the Calumet clubhouse de-
stroyed; loss, $4,000. Richmond, Allen &
Gintner's cigarette factory; loss, $4,000.
Obituary: Gen. Rutherford Birchard Hayes,
ex-president of the United States. at Free
mont, o.: aged II.
Personal: Edward Murphy. Jr., elected
United States senator from New York.
4 Disaster: A train dashed into a sleigh load
Of people at Lonsdale, r. l., killing 8.
maiminR7.
L Fire: Rochester, the Mckay building de-
stroyed; loss, $2J0,00O.
Disaster: An oil tank exploded on wrecked |
freight train near Alton, Ills: q killed and |
nearly l0O injured.
/ Fires: st. Louis. the Carondelet grain ele- |
vator destroyed loss. sl,500lO. Elmwood, |
Ind; loss. $l0O.OO0.
Fires: Clinton, Mo-; loss, 100000. Indianap-
oils. grain elevator destroyed; loss. 100000.
Obituary: Rev. Phillips Brooks, bishop Of
Massachusetts, in Boston; aged IS.
J. Fire: Sioux Falls, the Beehive building
burned; loss. S2UO,0O0.
Disaster: Fire damp exploded in a coal mine
81 Dux, Bohemia, killing liz miners.
Obituary: Justice l.. q. G. Lamar Of the
United States supreme court. at Macon,
Ca; aged ".
:. Obituary: Hon. James Gillespie Blaine. in
Washington: aged g. Gen Abner Double
day. U. S. A., retired. a veteran of the Mex
lean and civil wars, at Mendham. N. j.;
aged "a.
Personal: John II. Mitchell. elected United
States senator from Wisconsin.
. Obituary: Gen. s. $. Carroll, y. 8. A., re-
tired. in Washington: aged 70.
. Fire: Portsmouth. o., wheelworks de-
stroyed; loss. $4,000.
Earthquake: The island of Zante. Greece.
FEBRUARY.
Fire. Little Falls, n. V; loss, S200.000.
United States protectorate
established in Hawaii.
Miscellaneous: Algernon Sartoris, husband
of Nellie Grant, died at Capri. Italy.
. Fire: Fairport, n. V, chemical works
burned; loss, S200,00o.
. Fire: Peoria. Ills. warehouse of the Grape
Sugar company destroyed; loss. SiO0,0D.
Disaster: Norwegian bark Alice went ashore
at Long Branch; sailors drowned.
!. Personal: Judge w. b. Allen. Populist.
elected United States senator from Ne
braska.
Shpwreck: 80 people drowned by the loss
of the British steamship Trinacria Off the
coast of Spain.
/ Fires: Dover. n. H.. lunatic asylum de-
stroyed; a deaths. Clarksvlle. Tex.
block of stores burned; loss. SlJo.00.
Disasters: miners killed by n landslide in ,
q tunnel at villa Grove, Colo. ~ men
crushed to death by falling rocks at u mar
bic quarry in West Rutland, VT.
/ Fire: Nashville; loss of $2S4.0O in three |
confagrations.
Obituary: DR.. Norvin Green, president OF the |
Western Union Telegraph company, in |
Louisville; aged IS.
Disaster: % persons burned to death at
carnival dance at Deu.sch Perez. Hungary. |
J. Poiitical: President Harrison sent to the |
senate his message recommending the an |
nexation of Hawaii and the treaty.
L Obituary: Rear Admiral Augustus Ludlow /
Case. U, S. N, in Washington; aged 80.
J. Obituary: George f. Spencer, ex-United |
States senator from Alabama. in Washing |
ton,
! Obituary: Gen. p. g. T. Beauregard, the |
Confederate veteran. at New Orleans: aged
7h
Personal: William n. Roach, elected United
States senator from North Dakota.
|. Fire: Louisville tobacco factory burned;
loss, s2iI,0N.
4 Obituary: Rufus Hatch. well known stock
broker, in New York city; aged o..
Miscellaneous: Beaupre, keogh q DAVIS,
wholesale grocers, assigned in st. Paul; liza
bilities over S4000W.
Y Miscellaneous: The California capitalist.