The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
CASUALTIES.

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of schooner from Boston.
Jan.l 7-Nca- Williams. s. c., Z by caving
IN of underground camp.
Jan: Z-On Long Island, 10 by laundering
busters.
Jan. Sat HOIlidaysburg. Pa, 6 by boiler
explosion.
Feb. eNear Bristol, Conn, II by collaps-
ing Of bridge....At Morristown, n. j., Is by
breaking of a dam.
Feb. Non Massachusetts coast. 10 sail
Feb. 12-Near Dexter, O.. I in railway
Feb. 1s-Near New Castle. Col. IS by gas
explosion.
Feb. 2-At Buffalo. NY. 10 drowned dur
ing storm.
Feb. 23-At Baltimore. Z in burning home.
Mar. lin New EnglandI2 lost in freshet.
Mar. Cat Harold, Wis, I in burning
Mar; Pin New River Valley, w. Va, :
by falling of car in coal mine.
Mar. I7-Tug Mascot Qeft Baltimore in
Nov, 1850 lost: 9 drowned.
powder mill.
Mar. 22-At Dubois. Pa, 10 miners by gas
Apr. lin Lee county, Va, 5 in freshet...
AT G~reenville. Miss, ) by boiler explosion.
AT Brooklyn, n. Y, 10 in burning tene-
Apr. 2-Col. A. +. Naff, a U. S. deputy
marshal; and Z men drowned in Rainy river
apr. Son Little Sexton and Buffalo
creeks in Kentucky. 16 in cloudburst.... In
Montcalm county, Mich, s from milk of
diseased cows.
Apr. Sat ogden. Utah. Z by powder ex-
plosion.
apr. r-At Butte. Mont. 6 by explosion of
Apr. Sat Nichart. Mont. I by mine ex-
plosion.
Apr. 25-In Clay county. Kan, IL in cy-
clone.
Apr. So-OT Newport News, 8 in sinking
May u-Delow vicksburg, Miss, II by ex-
plosion of a tow-boat's boilers.
May lo.At Sherman, Tex, and vicinity.
over 100 in cyclone.
May lin northeastern Kansas and
southeastern Nebraska, IS in c~yclone....
AT Elva, KY. 5 in tornado.
May lt-TOn Pawnee reservation in Ne
braska. 20 by cyclone.
May 19-Near Shumway, Ill, 6 by light
ming.
May 21-on Usage reservation in Okla
homa. 10 by cyclone.
May 23-Near Boston, 10 in colliding
schOOners.
May 2i-At PaIaria, Ia. 9 in cyclone.
May 25-In Polk county, Ia. 80 in cy-
clone....In northern Illinois, Z by cyclone.
In Oakland. Macomb and Lapeer coun-
ties, Mich. 60 by cyclone.
May 2S-At Cairo. Ill, IA by capsizing of
May 27-At St. Louis and East St. Louis
Si7 in ~cyclone....At Labaddie, No, 10 by
tornado.
May 3Q-At Seneca, Mo-, % drowned dur
ing cloUdburst.
June AT Buck Ridge colllery, near
Shamokin, Pa, 5 by gas explosion.
June 1G-Near Baker City, Ore, I by col
lansing of reservoir.
June 22-At San Francisco. 5 by collapsing
of building Donchette, Tex, I by
boiler explosion.
June z7-At Pittston. Pa. in Twin Shaft
mine, lGO by Cave-in....At Shawano. Wis,
6 by capsiZing of yacht.
July Fat Lawrence, Kan, 3 swept over
n dam...-At Chicago. . in wreck of eIcur.
sion train....ht Logan, Ia. 81 in wreck of
July Sat Santiago. MINI. by poisoned
lemonade.
July iG-At Cleveland, O., Is drowned.
July H-Near Frankfort, Ky, in Benson
creek, 10 by flood.
July 26-At Morrison and Golden, Col. 2S
July Sat Cecil. Pa, 7 in food....In
Pittsburgh and vicinity, Is by storm.
July SO-Near Atlantic City, N. j., n in
railway wreck.
Aug. Near Leighton. Ia. 6 in railway
Aug. Sat Columbia. Pa. 5 in trolley ac-
cident.
Aug. 1G-At R~ridesburg, Pa. 5 drowned.
Aug, 11-At New York, 5 In fire.. Deaths
from hot wave recorded as follows: 14f
in New York, % in Brooklyn. IS in Phila-
delphia, Il in st. Louis, 16 in Terre Hautc.
Ind. s in Chicago and 81 in various other
towns.
Aug. 12-Near Bourbon. Ind. o by flood.
Aug. 15-In New York city, 651 deaths
from heat during week ending with date.
Aug. 16-At Augustine, Ala. Is by cy-
Aug. I7-At Troy. S. c.. 8 by boiler ex-
plosion.
Aug. 1S-Near Butte. Mont, in St. Law
renee mine, 5 by falling cage.
Sept. 1-At Hercules Station, Cal, u by
explosion.
Sept. at Benton Harbor, Mich, IL by
falling walls of burning building.
storm.
Sept. 2~G-Schooner Edward E. Webster.
Of San Francisco, lost in Pacific; Is
Sept. 2a-At Savannah Ga. 7by cyclone.
Sept. S11n Florida, 125 by hurricane.
on the sea islands in Georgia cost
100 lives...:In Pennsylvania. at PottsvilIe.
6: at Reading, 2; at ~Shamokin, 2, by hur-
Oct. lat Philson. Pa. 6 in railway
Oct. Shear Usage City. Kan. Z in rail-
way wreck.
Oct. linear Linden, Wash. c In burn
ing home.
Oct. lG-Near Van Buren,. Ark, C by dyna-
mite explosion.
Oct. 2i-In Smiths lake. near Denver, 6
UnSetting of boat. |
Oct. 2J-In Big Bear cut, near St. Louis, |
5 in railway collision.
Oct. 29-In Lincoln and Payne counties, |
O.. T, Z in cyclone....At Wilkesbarre, Pa. |
y ~ Soo "a BABoINA III Vi u 1
La, 6 by cyclone.
Nov. NOf Muskegon. Mich. lin lake dur
storm.
Nov. 22-Near Hamilton, Mo, 5 in burning |
houSe....On q Point Arena, Cal, Shy steamer
San Benito going ashore.
Nov. 24-Near Rochelle, o., 16 in prairie
fire.
Nov. 29-Near Perry, N. Y. 5 in burning
home. Six persisted in storm in Dakota.
Nov. 3O-Near Conway. Ark. ) in burn
ne home.
Dec. 5Near Waelder, Tex, 3 in railway
Dec. Tn navigating the great lakes dur
past season, 60 lives lost.
Dec. Sat Seville, Ga, 6 by boiler eX-
plosion.
Dec. 1s-Near Redclin. Col. 6 by falling
earth in tunnel.
Dec. 1S-At Ouray. Col. 5 in falling Gag
In mine
Dec. 2-At New York, 5 in burning home.
Dec. 2l-At Wilkesbarre, Pa. 6 in mine
explosion.
Dec. 27-Near birmingham, Ala, q in
wreck..-.At Princeton. n d 6 in
explosion.
CRIMES AND SUICIDES.
SOME OF THE MORE STARTLING DO
MESTIC TRAGEDIES MENTIONED.
Jan. 13-At Chicago, Peter Hougaard as