The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-03
ECHOES OF A YEAR.
AGGREGATES OF THAT WHICH WAS
SAD OR SHAMEFUL

Some of the Most Frightfui Being Noted
The Work of Epidemic and War-Blnck
Record of Suicide and Murder. tinth
Largely Increasing.
/ CHICAGO Jan Following is given
record of disasters crimes, fires, etc. for
the year that is just closed The most
prominent disasters have been as follows,
In January were killed by a fire in
London. SO by fire at Butte City, Mont.
90 by mne disaster mt Hanley England.
1000 by an earthquake at Kuchan, Per.
STA. In February 80 last their lives in q
mine accident at s,aone. France; 1900 by
an explosion in Formosa, and 204 by
railroad accident near the City of Mexico
In March ~ were killed by an explosion in
Roumania, 60 in Silesia, and 81 in Evans
ton, Wyo., by mining accidents. In April
thirty lost their lives by the collapse of
hotel at Novgorod, Russia, $50 by the
breaking of q reservoir at Eppina, France
and IA by railroad accident in Mexico.
In May Is persons persisted by a cyclone
ut Patterson, Kas., 100 by a cyclone in
Iowa, 30 by fire in Russia, 30 by "a earth
quake IN Greece. In June 8 persons were
killed by an explosion at Felixdorf Aus
tria, 30 by an explosion in Formosa, 55 by
a cloudburst in the Black Forest, 70 by
flood In Hungary, 30 by an explosion ct
San Paulo, Brazil. In July persons wero
killed by lightning at Wexo, Sweden, 40
by the fall of bridge in Egypt, AZ by a
mine accident at Yugeton, B. c., 140 by n
railroad accident at Kobe, Japan, 800 by a
typhoon in China. In August ~ persisted
by earthquake in Russia, 1000 by storm
on the coast OF Japan, 300 by an explosion
at Toula, Russia. In September AZ lost
their lives in mine disaster at Houghton,
Mich, 100 by landslide in Arabia.
In October 10 were killed by q cyclone
in Cuba, 100 by drowning in the ODE river,
Russia; so by drowning at Alexandria,
Egypt; 30 by storm in Lower California.
In November 81 lost their lives by boiler
explosion ut Detroit, 80 by cartridge
factory explosion in Majorca, and 500 by
storm at Odessa. In December were
killed by an explosion on the steamer st.
Paul in New York harbor, ~ by mine ex-
plosions near Raleigh, N. c., and Dayton,
Tenn; IL by the fall of barracks at
Buenos Ayres, and 20 by panic at theater
in Baltimore, Md
RecapituIation for the United States.
The following table gives the loss of life
resulting from various disasters in this
country: Drownings, 2700; fires, 1850:
explosions, $50; mines, 100; falling build
ings, etc, 750; cyclones and storms, 4lO;
lightning, 300.
The only epidemic of the year has been
cholera, it's ravages having been the worst
in Russia, China, and Japan, as was the
case in 1894 The disease, however, has
been much less fatal, the number of deaths
for the year being brt 70, 461. as compared
with 1890.
The loss of life by battles in 1895 is much
larger than that of 1894 owing to the fatal
tiles in the completion of the war between
China and Japan, the Cuban instruction,
and tho horrible Armenian massacres. The
total loss roughly estimated is 157, 1856, as
compared with $3.50 in 1894.
Railway and Marine Disasters.
The loss of life by railroad disasters of
various kinds was 5000 in 1895, as COM
pared with 3,b4S in 1894, 4,b03 in 1898, 4,42S
in 1892, 9,2e1 in 1891, and 1890 in 1891.
The number of seriously injured was 1910,
rs compared with 2, 1897 in 1894, 1854 in 1893,
1888 in 1892, 2,707 in 1921, and 2, $40 in 1890.
The following losses of life by wrecks
upon the ocean and inland waters is APP
proximately correct The actual total
must be somewhat larger. as in some cases
no record of crew or passengers was kept.
The list shows 1902 lives lost upon the
ocean and 143 upon the inland waters, as
compared with 6,S14 and n respectively in
1894.