The Irish standard., 1895-01-05
YEA RS REC ORD.
Disasters, Pestilence and Crime
Play Their Part During 1894. KS

HI learly 8O6,OOO Lives Lost by Casualtiei
rs b Of All Kinds-The Record of Hang
8 ines, Lynchings, Suicides, MUIR
ders and Fires.
In making mp the record for 1894 il
Ii found that the worst disasters were
4 - follows:
In January were killed at q Are in Buffalo
4 N. Y, by an avalanche In the Apprentices. IL
In q railroad wreck in Cuba, 300 by temple
fire at Ming. Pc. Chiua, 81 by q fire at Escalon
Mexico, 100 by an earthquake In Mongolia l(
4 bytan avalanche in the Rocky mountains, by
fire at the Boone county Gao poor-farm is by
Afalling building at Gotha, Germany, and is In
. railroad wreck at Samara, Russia.
Z. In February z lost their lives by cyclone in
Alabama, by railroad wreck at Compiegne.
France, 8 by an explosion in Paris, 12 by storm
In England. 10 by a mine accident at Plymouth.
Pa, 10iby storm in Germany. 10 by railroad
wreck at Jelan. Russia, Is by explosion OF a
German war vessel. % by hurricane in Aus
tralia, 8 by q mine accident at Blossburg, N.
IL SO by hurricane at Manrittus, and 3 by
boiler explosion at Alexanderousk Russia
In March II persisted by fire at Oscarsham,n.
Sweden. IL by fire at Hongkong 2e by cyclone
IN Texas. 8 by drowning at Lake Patzenarlo
Mexico. 6 by fire at Laon France, 30 by dyna-
mite explosion at Santander, Spain, 10 by
mine accident in Keweenaw county, Mich
by fire at Hinton, Va. II by mine accident at
KosZeew. Poland, and g by snow-slides In
idaho and Oregon.
Germany, 2 by fire at Frankfort, Germany, Is
by fire at Petersburg, Va, 10 by the fall Of a
building at Memphis, 10 in a mine In Japan. 8
by theater fire in Milwaukee, IS by fire in But
Salo, I'll by earthquake n Tibet, 400 by earth
quake in Greece, 10 by Ere at Ivanovo. Russia,
70 ny fire in New Orleans, 10 in a mine at Mons,
Belgiu1u. 200 by drowning III Ronmania and II
by i. landslide in Canada.
In May IL were killed by explosion in Ham
burg, Germany, 600 by earthquake in Vene-
zucla, by cyclone in Ohio 10 BY floods in
Pennsylvania, LOCO by floods in China, in a
mine at Auderlues, Belgium. 200 ~ floods in
India, by foods in British Columbia, and II
by J. food a Pueblo Colo
Gin June 200 lost their lives in railroad
wreck In San Salvador, so by flood In Spain, 10
by q cloudburst Durango, Mexico 10 by cyclone
ht Yaualica, Mexico, 6 by fire at Portland,
Ore, 70 by drowning at Brighton Col, IL by
IRE at Yamagadi Spain, 232 in mine in Sill
esia. IS by drowning at Samara, Russia, 254 In
a mine at Asturia, Spain, and IS by cyclone in
Minnesota
In July 20 were killed by earthquake in
Japan. 100 by drowning at Tokay, Hungary, 10
In "a railroad wreck ut Biscay, Spain, 100 by
earthquake in Constantinople, Is by lightning
IN Schnetz, Prussia, 70 In a mine in Hazleton.
Pa. Is by cloudburst near Salttdo, Mex, and
80 s forest fires in Wisconsin.
In August 10 persisted by drowning in Wales.
~ b. earthquake in Sicily. 100 by cyclone in
Spin, Is by flood in Mexico, 1000 by hurricane
In the sea of Azof. 500 by food in Texas, and
1000 by fire in Canton, China.
In Sept emher ECO lost their lives by forest
fires in Wisconsin aud Minnesota, 20 by drown
ing in England. rs by forest fires in Canada, 50
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Chin King. China SO by cyclone In Iowa: and
80 by waterspout in Mexico
In Octvber 200 persisted by food In Cuba loo
by a waterspout IN Venezuela, by cyclone In
Arkansas, 200 by explosion in Nicaragua, IS by
q storm near Key West, By fire in Detroit,
800 by cyclone in Japan, in q railroad wreck
at Chatham, England, 10 by storm In New
York City, Is by storm in San Domingo.
II by fire at Grossly, Russia, IS in a mine at
Pesth, 80 by fire and 100 by flood In China, 60
by explosion in Rio Janeiro. ESQ by earthquake
IN ia pan, 1000 by earthquake In the Argentine
Republic, l6 by fire at Seattle, Wash, Z by a
tenement-house fire in New York city, and Is
by dire in housekeeping, Sweden.
In November 100 persisted by earthquake in
Mexico. Is by volcanic eruption in Mexico, $50
by cloudburst in Venezuela, 20 in q mine in Bo-
hemia, 800 by earthquake in Japan, 100 by
earthquake in Bolivia 20 in mine in Saxony,
- by food in Cyprus, 225 by earthquake in
Italy, in a mine at Golfers Station, w.
Va, q by explosion in Honduras, 9 by snow
slide at Monte Cristo, Wash 90 by earthquake
at Quinto and SO by fire in China.
In December 10 were killed in a railroad
wreck in Russia. by an explosion at Ottawa,
Ont. IA by a tidal wave at Panama. rs by
earthquake in the New Hebrides, II by rail-
road wreck in New South Wales, Thy boiler
explosion at West Bay City, Mich, 10 by rail-
road wreck at Chalford, Eng. 100 by storm In
1,v,f fro of 1par T Lab f1ro nd
by flood in Colombia.
Various Disa sters In the United States.
The following table gives the loss OF life re-
sulttng from various disasters in this country
as reported by mail and telegraph:
Drownings :. ...... 8,443 Mines .......... as
Fires and stm' 81 81
Ealing b'lds, ETC. ;: rs sl 'N'' "
Epidemics
The prevailing epidemics Of the year have
been cholera, its ravages having been the worst
in Russia the plague in China, and smallpox
In the Pacific Islands. The total number Of
deaths reported has been 10 910s as compared
with oe 600 In 1929 bes s4l in 1892 $3.50 ID 1891
and &c, Oov in 1890. The distribution of these
losses has been as follows:
Spssis: II, 4es g s3e,ns9 lt 8
Philippine andg! Isl. 1000 5 5olanS =: s s
Galicia.: $500. s,,1lBelsium. q
Canary Islands. l,oooPortugal
Spain. Fl
y Battles.
The loss Of life in battles in 1894 Is much
larger than that of 1893, owing largely to the
Chinese japanese war. The total loss, roughly
estimated, was s., $50 as compared with II, 481
las. year, and mainly distributed as follows:
China and Japan. 4s, 5l4| Egypt. 1000
Armenia ........ 10 900 South Africa. -. go
Brazil. ........ 6,786 Java. -. ........ 500
Central America. s., Mexico ............ 35l
Sierra Leone. 5,Ol0lndia. .......... !29A
Railroad Disasters.
n The loss Of life by railroad disasters for the
year was 3,648, as compared with 1908 in 1893,
42S in 1892, 1921 in 1891 and 1920 in 1890. The
number Of seriously injured was 1887 as COM
pared with 1854 in 1893 1888 in 1892, z, 7N in
1891 and 2,74o in 1890.
Summary Of Disasters.