Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-01-07


Fee, ia-Near Dexter O.. in railway
Feb. ls-Near New castle. col. 8 by r,s
Feb. -o-At Buffalo. NY. IS drowned dur
Feb. e3-At Baltimore. : in burning home.
Mar. lin New England Il lost in freshet
Mar AT Harold, Wis. in burning
Mar. PIN New River Valley, w. Va. !
BY falling o. car in coal mine
:. Mar, l.-Iug Mascot Qeft Baltimore in
Nov. $50 lost. drowned
Mar, lsIAt Rifton. NY. 3 by explosion of
Mar. 28--At Dubois. Pa. IS miners by gas
knr. lin Lee county, Va. s in freshet.
At tfreenNlAe, Miss, 5 by boiler explosion
AT brooklyn, n. y, 10 in burning tere-
Apr. 2-Col. a. F. Nan. a Il. s. denutv
marshal, and men drowned in Rainy river
Apr son Little Sexton ana Ruffalo
creeks in Kentucky, il In cloudburst liz
Montealm county, Mich, from milk Of
Apr. Sat Ogden. Utah. BY powder ex-
piosi0n.
APR. ll-At Rut1e Mont. s By explosion Of
,Apr- iS-At Niohart, Mont. Z by mine ex-
plosion.
Apr 25-In Clay county. Kan. II in cy-
Apr. 9o-on Newport News, s in sinking
steamer.
AAHl lk--AaEl0W y ltkSDNrer. Y IS. III by
May 15-At Sherman, Tex. and vicinity.
over ie0 in cyclone.
May 17-In northeastern Kansas and
southeastern Nebraska. Is in cyclone
Al Elva, Ky. in tornado
May N-on Pawnee reservation in Ne
braSka, 10 hy cyclone
May 1s-Near Shumway, III. by light
May 2l-on Usage reservation in Okla
May 23-Nesr Boston. 10 in colliding
scAooncrs.
May 2i-At Palaria. la. 2 in cyclone.
May 25-ln Polk county, Ia, 90 in cy-
clone....In northern Illinois, by cyclone
ties. Mich. 60 by cyclone
May 26-At Cairo, Ill, IA by capsizing of
ferryboat.
May 27-At St Louis and East St. Louis
S47 in cyelone,.,A AT Labaddie. Mo, 10 by
May 9o---At Seneca. Mo. p drowned dur
tng cloudblust
June 1-At Buck Ridee colIierv. near
Shamoktn. Pa, by gas explosion.
June linear Baker city, Ore, by coll
lapsing of reservoir
June pat San Francisco, 5 by collapsing
of building. =. At Donchette, Tex, by
boiler explosion.
June 27-.At Plttston. Pa, in Twin Shaft
mine. 100 by cave-in. AT Shawano, Wis,
by capsizing of yacht
July Pat Lawrence. Kan. swept over
a dam. AT Chicago, in wreck of excur
sion train At Logan, Ia, 81 in wreck of
July 15-At Santiago. Mimi. by poisoned
july 16-At Cleveland. O.. Is drowned.
July H-Near Frankfort, KY. in Benson
July 26-At Morrison and Golden. Col. IS
July 2s-At cecn, Pa. I in food In
Pittsburgh and vicinity, IS by storm.
July S0-Near Atlantic City. n j., AZ in
Aug. 6-At Niagara Falls. N Y, in a
fire
Aug. Near Leighton. Ia. In railway
wreck.
Aug. Sat Columbia. Pa. 5 in trolley ac-
Aug. 1o-At Bridesburg. Pa. drowned.
Aug. 11--At New York. in fire. Deaths
from hot wave recorded as follows: 14G
In New York. p In Brooklyn. IS In Phila-
delphia, IL in st. Louis, Is in Terre Haute
Ind. in Chicago and "a in various other
towns.
Aug. 12-Near Bourbon. Ind. 2s by food
Aug. 15-In New York city, 651 deaths
from heat during week ending with date.
Aug. 1S-At Augustine. Ala. Is by cy-
Aug. 17-At Troy. 8. c.. by boiler ex-
Aug. 1s-Near Butte. Mont, in st. Law
renee mine, by falling cage.
sept; lat Hercules Station. Cal, u by
Sept e-At Benton Harbor. Mich, Ii by
falling walls of burning building
storm.
Sept 26-Schooner Edward T.. webster.
of Saa Francisco, lost in Pacific: rs
drowned
Sept 29-At Savannah Ga, by cyclone.
Sept 30-In Florida, 125 by hurricane.
Tornado on the sea islands in Georgia cost
100 lives. In Pennsylvania, at Pottsvile,
g.: at Reading, 2; at Shamokin, 2 by hur-
rieane
Oct. lat Philson. Pa. in railway
Oct. Shear Usage City. Kan. in rail-
way wreck
Oct. I5-Near Linden, Wash, in burn
ing home.
oct 1G--Near Van Buren,, Ark, G by dyna-
mite explosion.
Oct 2i-In Smiths lake. near Denver. 6
by upsettng Of boat.
Oct 25-In Big Bear cut, near St. Louis,
in railway collision.
Oct. 29-In Lincoln and Payne counties,
o. T.. in cyclone. AT Wilkesbsrre, Pa,
Gby gas explosion in mine. In Tensas par
ish, La, by cyclone.
Nov. son Muskegon, Mich, z in lake dur
ing storm
Nov. 22-Near Hamilton, Mo, s in burning
house. OFF Point Arena Cal, 6by steamer
San Benito going ashore
Noy. 24-Near Rochelle, o., 16 in prairie
Nov 29-Near Perry, N ", S IN burning
home. Six persisted in storm in Dakota
Nov 3Q-Near Conway, Ark. in burn
Dee. shear waelder Tex. s in railway
collision.
Dec. I'm navigating the great lakes dur
ire past season, 60 lives lost.
Dec. Sat Seville, Ga, by boiler ex-
t,lac