The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-01

Feb. 12-Near Dexter, o., in railway
wreck
Feb. 1S-Near New Castle, Col. % by gas
explosion
Feb. 20-At Buffalo. NY, 10 drowned dur
ing storm.
Feb. 2-At Baltimore, in burning home.
Mar lin New England, II Lost in freshet.
Mar. e-At Harold, Wis, Z in burning
home.
Mar PIN New River Valley. W. Va, /
by falling of car in coal mine.
Mar. 1T-Tug Mascot Qeft Baltimore in
Nov, 1850 lost; 9 drowned
Mar. 1S-At Rifton, NY, 5 by explosion of
powder mill
Mar. 23-At Dubois, Pa. ID miners by gas
explosion.
Apr LIN Lee county, Va. in freshet.
At Greenville, Miss, ; by boiler explosion
At Brooklyn, n. Y, 10 in burning tene-
ment.
Apr 2-Col A F. Naf. a L. s. deputy
marshal, and men drowned In Rainy river
in Canada
Apr 3-on Little Sexton and Buffalo
creeks in Kentucky; IS in cloudburst. In
Montcalm county, Mich. S from milk of
diseased cows
Apr. Sat Ogden. Utah. by powder ex-
plosion.
Apr lat Butte, Mont, 6 by explosion of
giant powder.
Apr. Sat Nichart Mont. by mine ex-
plosion.
Apr 25-In Clay county. Kan. II in cy-
clone.
Apr. sO-Of Newport News, in sinking
steamer.
May 11-Below vicksburg, Miss, IL by ex-
plosion of a tow-boat's boilers.
over 100 in cyclone.
May I'm northeastern Kansas and
southeastern Nebraska, IS in cyclone.
At Elva, KY. 5 in tornado.
May B-On Pawnee reservation in Ne
braska, 40 by cyclone.
May lsNear Shumway, Ill. by light
ming.
May Zl-On Usage reservation in Okla
hona, 10 by cyclone.
May 23-Nesr Boston, 10 In colliding
schooners.
May 24-At Palaria, Ia. in cyclone
May Elm Polk county. Ia, 90 in cy-
clone. In northern Illinois, by cyclone.
In Oakland, Macorub and Lapeer coun-
ties, Mich, 50 by cyclone.
May 2S-At Cairo, Ill, IA by cspsizing of
May 27-At St Louis and East St. Louis
si7 in cyclone. AT Labsddie, No, 10 by
tornado.
May 50-At Seneca, Mo, Is drowned dur
June AT Buck Ridge colliery, near
Shamokin, Pa, 5 by gas explosion.
June 16-Near Baker City, Ore, by col
laQsing of reservoir.
June 22-At San Francisco. 5 by cellapsing
OF building AT Donchette, Tex, by
boiler explosion.
mine, 100 by cave-in.. AT Shawano, Wis.
by capsizing of yacht,
July Pat Lawrence, Kan, 5 swept over
a danl...-At Chicago, 5 in wreck of eNcur
sion train-...At Logan, Ia, 81 in wreck of
excursion train.
July 15-At Santiago, Mimi, 9 by poisoned
July If-At Cleveland. O.. Ia drowned
July H--Near Frankfort KY, in Benson
creek, 10 by food.
July eB-At Morrison and Golden, Col. 2s
July Sat Cecil. Pa. in food In
Pittsburgh and vicinity, Is by storm.
July 20-Near Atlantic City, n. J., a in
railway wreck
Aug. e-At Niagara Falls, N. YIN a
Aug. Near Leighton. Ia. in railway
Aug. AT Columbia, Pa, in trolley &C
ErS. ro-At Prfdeehurg. Pa. drowned.
Aug. lat New York. 5 in fire Deaths
from hct wave recorded as follows: ! q
n NV YORK. - in BROOKLYN, Is in Phila-
Ird-. S IN Chicago and "a in various other
towns
kur. 12-f-ear Bourbon. Ir7d.. q by flood.
aug. I'm New York clay. 81 deaths
from heat during week ending with date.
Aug. 16-At Augustine, Ala, Is by cy-
-tg-. 17-At Troy. 5. c. by boiler ex-
.Aug. 1o-Noar Futte. Mont. in ST. Law
renee mine, 3 by falling cage.
SeUt: lat Hercules Station, Cal, y by
Sent. at Pertor Harhcr. Mich. IL by
falling walls II bur0i0~ buil1t-E.
Sept. G-Cn Dorchester. Mass, 6 il
Sent. 2s-schoorer Edward F. Webster.
OF San Francisco, lost in Pacific; Is
drowned
Sept. Sa-At Savannah Ca. = by cyclone.
Sept. S0-In Florida, 10 by hurricane.
Tornado on the sea Islands il Georgia cost
100 lives IN Pennsylvania, ~ PCttsville.
6: at Reading, 2; at ShamolNin, 2, by hur
oct, IA; Philson. Pa. in railway
Oct. s-Near Usage City. Kan. in rail-
way wreck
Oct. 15-Near Linden. Wash. in burn
irC Ec1e.
Oct. Ie-Near Van Eu-en. Ark. s by dyna-
mite expo sion.
Oct. 2i-In Smiths lake. near Denver. c
by upsettirg e heat.
Oct. SIN Big Bear cut, near St. Louis.
in railway collisic7.
Oct. 2a-In Lincoln and Payre counties,
=. T. = in cyclone. At NiiSCsfaTre, Pa.
by gas explosion IN mine. In Tensas par
is,l. La. . by cyclone.
Nov. s-Cn Muskegon, Mich, : in lake dur
ing storm.
No-. C2-Near Hamilton, 40, n burning
house. or Point Arena. Cal, by steamer
San Penjto going ashore.
Nov. 24-Near Rochelle, O., Is in prairie
fire.
Nov. 2a-Near Perry. y. Y. in burning
Ecme....Six persisted in storm in Dakota.
Nov. 3]-Nesr Conway, Ark. in burn
ing home.
Dee. 5-Near waelder. Tex. in railway
collision.
Dec. I'm navigating the great lakes dur
ing Sst season - lives lost.
Dec. Sat Seville, Ga, by boiler ex-
TlOsion.