Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-08


Jan. 4.-At schooley'a station. O.. s In rail
way collision.
Jan. lf.--At Highland Light. 3 by sinkin
Of schooner from Boston.
Jan. l7--Near Williams 3. c.. by Gavin
In Of underground camp.
Jan. 28--On Long Island. 10 by f0underin
of steamer conveying party Of Cuban tili
busters.
Jan. sO--At HoliidaysburG, Pa. sby boiIe
explosion
Feb G--Near Bristol. Conn, II by collaps
ing Of bridge. AT Morristown N y. y b.
breaking Of dam.
Feb. i2-Near Dexter O.. in raiwa,
wreck.
Feb. Goat BuraIo. NY. 10 drowned dur.
! ing storm
Mar lin New England, 70 lost in freshei
Mar. 6--At Harold Wis. In burning
home.
by falling of car in coal mine
Mar, 17-Tug Mascot def Baltimore IN
Nov. 1850 lost: drowned
Mar. lS-A Rlfton. NY, by explosion OF
Mar. 2S-At Dubois. Pa. 10 miners by gas
explosion
AT Greenville. Miss, & by boiler explosion
.-At Brooklyn, N. " 10 in burning tene-
ment
A. a I.
marshal, and men drowned in Rainy river
Apr. s@on Little Sexton and Buffalo
creeks in Kentucky. 10 In cloudbursf IN
Montcalm county. Mich, from milk OF
diseased COWS.
Apr. Sat Ogden. Utah, 7 by powder ex-
Apr ii-At Butte, Mont. by explosion of
Apr Sat Nichart. Mont Z by mine ex-
Apr 25-In Clay county Kan. II in cy-
Apr soon Newport News. in sinking
steamer.
May 11--Below vicksburg Miss. II by ex-
plosion OF a tow-boat's boilers.
May 15-At Sherman, Tex, and vicinity.
over 100 in cyclone.
May 17-In northeastern Kansas and
southeastern Nebraska, IS in cyclone.
At Elva, Ky, in tornado.
May 1S-On Pawnee reservation in Ne
braska, 90 by cyclone.
May 2l-on Usage reservation in Okla
homa, 10 by cyclone.
May 23--Near Boston, 10 In colliding
May 24@At Palaria. Ia, in cyclone.
May 25-In Polk county, Ia, so in cy-
clone. In northern Illinois, by cyclone
I'm Oakland, Macomb and Lapeer coun-
ties, Mich, 60 by cyclone.
May 26-At Cairo, ILL.,, Ia by capsizing OF
May 27-At St Louis and East st. Louis
SE in cyclone. AT Labaddie. Mo, 10 by
tornado.
May SO--At Seneca. Mo. 25 drowned dur
Ing cloudburst.
June lat Buck Ridge colliery, near
Shamokin, Pa, S by gas explosion.
June 16--Near Baker City, Ore. by col
lapsing of reservoir.
June 22-At San Francisco, by collapsing
of building. AT Donchette. Tex. by
boiler explosion.
June 27-At Pittston, Pa. in Twin Shaft
nfra ~ - a We
C by capsizing of yacht.
July PAT Lawrence, Kan, swept over
n dam AT Chicago, in wreck of excur
sion train. AT Logan, Ia, 81 in wreck of
excursion train.
July l5-At Santiago. Mimi. 9 by poisoned
lemonade
July 21-Near Frankfort. Ky. in Benson
creek. 10 by flood
July 26-At Morrison and Golden, Col. IS
and vicinity is by storm
July 3O-Near Atlantic City. N. j., A in
Aug. SAT Niagara Falls. N. Y. in
Ire.
Aug. 7-Near Leighton. Ia. in railway
wreck.
Aug. 9-At Columbia. Pa. in trolley &C
.ident.
Aug. 1O--At Bridesburg. Pa, 5 drowned.
Aug. 11-At New York. in fire. Deaths
rom hot wave recorded as follows: lag
n New York, % in Brooklyn IS in Phila-
lelphia, 10 in st. Louis, 16 in Terre Haute,
nd, in Chicago and 81 in various other
Aug 12-Near Bourbon, Ind 25 by flood
Aug 15-In New York city, 651 deaths
rom heat during week ending with date
Aug. l6-At Augustine. Ala, 10 by cy-
lone.
Aug. 17-At Troy. S. c.. by boiler ex-
llosion.
Aug. 1S--Near Butte, Mont, in St Law
once mine, by falling cage
Sept. lat Hercules Station, CAL ~ by
xplosion.
Sept 6-At Benton Harhor. Mich. IL by
alling walls Of burning building
Sept 2l-On Dorchester, Mass, in
torn.
Sept 26-schooner Edward e. Webster,
q San Francisco, lost in Pacific; %
Sept 2a-At Savannah Ca, 7 by cyclone.
Sept. SO-In Florida, 1875 by hurricane 80.
tornado on the sea Islands in Georgia cost
90 lives In Pennsylvania, at Pottsville, +
; at Reading, 2; at Shamokin, 2, by hur-
iCanc.
Oct, lat Phnson, Pa. in railway
oct. S-Near Usage city Kan. 7 in rail
Oct. i5-Near Linden, Wash, in burn
Oct. ie-,Near vaa Buren,, Ark, G by dyna-
mite explosion.
Oct. 2i--In Smiths lake, near Denver,
Oct. 25-In Big Baar cut. near ST. Louis, .
in railway collision.
oct. TIL lAnColn ana Payne counties, /
). r., in cyclone. AT Wilkesbarre Pa. !
by gas explosion i'm mine. 49,. In Tensas par {
sh, La, by cyclone
Nov. S-Oh Muskegon, Mich, in lake dur /
ng storm
Nov 22-Near Hamilton, Mo. in burning /
rouse OFF Point Arena, Cal. by steamer
San Benito going ashore.
Nov 24--Near Rochelle. o., 16 in prairie |
ire.
Nov. 29-Near Perry, N. ". in burning |
rome. Six persisted in storm in Dakota.
Nov. 30-Near Conway, Ark, 8 in burn
Dec. 5--Near Waelder. Tex. in railway /
collision.
Dec Tin navigating the great lakes dur /
ng past season, go lives lost.
Dec Sat Seville, Ca. by boiler ex-
Dec, l6--Near Redclin, Col, by falling
Earth in tunnel
Dec. 1s-At Ouray, Col, 5 in falling cage
n mine.
Dec. 2O-At New York, 3 in burning home
Dec. 21-At Wilkesbarre, Pa, in mine
explosion.
Dec 27--Near birmingham. Ala, 27 I'm
wreck. AT Princeton, Ind. in
nine explosion.
CRIMES AND SUICIDES.
SOME OF THE MORE STARTLING DO
MESTIC TRAGEDIES MENTIONED.