San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-05

Jan. TAT Albany, N Y, II in burning
hotel. Near Waverly Wis. in burning
Jan. BIN Deception bay, Wash, Is by
laundering of schooner.
Jan. 15--At Butte. Mont, over co by ex-
plosion of giant powder.
Jan. 19-At Rusk, Tex, by boiler ex-
Jan. 22-Near sturgis, KY, S by explosion
In Trade Water Co.'S plant.
Chicora given up for lost: 20 were on board
Jan. 26-Near New London, Conn, 10 in
wreck of coal barges.
Feb. TAT Milwaukee, near intake
tunnel.
Feb. 1o-At Point of Woods, N. Y, Z of a
schooner's crew. In the Chesapeake, %
during blizzard. AT Gloucester, Mass,
;, Feb. 12-on New Jersey coast. 80 by col
lision of schooners.
plosion in mine....At Sherry. Ca. 10
Feb. 2l-Near New Orleans frozen.
Feb. 2l-At Cerrillos, n. NJ, rs miners by
Mar. 2o-At Red Canyon. wyo., 81 in mire
explosion.
plosion in Blue Canyon coal mine.
May linear Peterson and Newton,
Kan, Is in cyclone.
May sin Sioux county. Ia, 50 In cyclone
LIN Alaska, II in wreck of steamer
George R.White. AT South Acton, Mass ,
In powder mill explosion.
May lion Lake Mich, II during gale....
Near West Bingham. Pa, by boiler ex-
plosion.
May 2s-In Devils river country. Tex,
over 20 in floods.
Z; IN Pittsburgh, s; in Baltimore. 4; in Chi
cago, 4; from excessive heat. Near Ok
ford, Neb., in railway accident.
jun. -xt Arensyiil s, M H. from o@ eating
diseased meat.
Jul. AIT Chicago, 10 in Independence
Jul SAT Baxter Springs. Kan, 5 in
cyclone. Near Memphis, at island No.
Jul. Sat Detroit, Mich, 5 in fire. AT
Jul. 19-Off Santa Cruz island, Cal, sloop
Restless reported lost: 16 drowned.
Jul N-Near Three States, Mo-, by
Jul slsNear socorro, N. NJ. in cloud
Aug. Ion New Jersey shore drowned
Aug 7-At Grant Station. N. NJ. IL in
Aug. eAt New York, by collapslng of
Aug. fs-Near Mehaffy, Pa. by pyema-
ture blast explosion.
Aug. Sat Ocean City, Mo, z by capsiz-
ing of boat...At Denver. Col. 20 by ex-
Aug. Coat Braddock, Pa, 6 by explos-
ion. AT Buffalo, Z by laundering of yacht
AT Occur d. Alene, Wash, on burning
Aug. 21-of Kodak Island. Wash. seal
ing schooner Walter Earle reported lost;
Aug. M~At wapakoneta, O., men fatal
ly injured as result of strike on water
Aug. 2s~At Central City. Col. IA in flood
Sep. AT Springfield, Ill. by falling
tower....At Providence. R. l.. 5 by asphyx-
iation.
Sep. iiINear Ashby. MINI. s in railway
collision. AT Louisville. KY, by caisson
Sep. I2-Near Houghton. Mich, 80 in
Sep. 26-Near Leadville, Col, by ex-
plosion at Belgian mine.
Sep SO-Near Independence, Mo-, 6 by pre-
mature blast explosion.
Nov. 5-At New Torh, ! n fire,
explosion in Journal building. AT New
Nov. 1s-At Cleveland o., IS by electric
motor going through open draw.
Nov. pat Chicago, in fire.
Nov. 29-Near Carmel. N. Y. IA miners by
falling earth and rock.
Dec. Sat Rosenborough, Ark, IL negroes
from strychnine poisoning.
Dec. 9-OH Huron isle, 80 miles from
Marquette. Mich, tug Pearl B. Campbell
lost with crew of men,. AT Rutherford,
Dec. isIAt La Folette Tenn. 4 by prema-
ture powder and dynamite explosion, 80.
Near Greenville, o., at Dayton d Union
Dec n-%t Big Stone Gap, Va. by
Dec. iSDAt Rev York, 9 by explosion on
Dec. ispNear Raleigh, N. c., 43 by fire.
damp explosion In coal mine.
Dec. 26-Near Monroe, Mo-. drowned
during .freshet. Near Dayton, Tenn, y
miners by explosion of flre-damp.
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THE MORE STARTLING CRIMES
Jan. S-State Treasurer w. w. Taylor, of
South Dakota, missing; accounts short
Jan. 14-John Harris and wife killed their
baby and themselves to avoid starvation
near Paxton, Neb.
Jan. 1S-Samuel Hotelling, of Rolling
Green, Mimi, killed his wife and her par
ents; was then slain by pursuers.
Mar. 12-Five men killed in riot by
(white) dock laborers in New orleans; was
by American miners in the Walsenburg
(Col) district.
laborers' riot at Sloan Springs, Ark:
Apr. 1S-Henry Long shot his wife and
brother-in-law, Joe Wilmington, then killed
himself at Purvis, Miss , Jealousy . ; ;;S4hn
wounded Albert Richter,a brother. and two
others, then killed himself. =. Mike Pfeihe,
of Tacoma, Wash, killed his sweetheart,
Maggie Koender, then himself; jealousy.
Apr. 25-Robert owen killed his wife and
DR.. j.. +. Simmons at Houston. Tex. then
himself
Apr. 27-George Jacob Schweinfurth, al
legged Christ, found guilty of adultery, at
Rockford, ILL.,, and confined in county Jail
Apr. 30-Fulton Gordon killed his wife and
Archie Brown, son of governor of Ken
lucky in bawdy house in LOUISVILLE.
James Young killed his wife at Hoosier-
vile, then went to Brazil Ind, and killed
himself. Abbott and John Fulgham
(brothers) and Beauregard Townsend and
his son killed in pitched battle at Newbern,
Tenn.
May 6-James Herbert, of New York,
killed his wife. then drowned himself;
jealousy. In discussion over textbooks
in schoolhouse near Como, Col, BENJAMIN
Ratcliffe killed Samuel f. Taylor, l.. F. Nc
Curdy and George d. Wyatt, all members
of school board.
Jun. sc. d. Moore, postmaster at
Heavy, KY, and Upton Steern, assistant
postmaster, killed each other in duel.
Jun l5-Frank Williams, of Francis.
Kan, attempted to kill his wife, Miss Alice
Smith and William Smith, then killed his
two children and self.
Jun 1S-While insane Mrs. Sanford ellis
poisoned her three children and self, near
Shellsburg, Ia
Jul. lat Jeffersonville. Ind. Mrs. Nancy
Bennett poisoned her two children and self.
Jul. 4-Augustus Fields, of Meadowville,
Mo-, killed wife, child and self.
Jul 23-Three whites and six Indians
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