Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-06

Apr Sin South Dakota, Iowa and Ne
braska foods at least 10 lives lost.
Apr linear Helena, Ark, family of z
drowned by capsizing of boat.
Apr ABeaver Greek, KY family of In
burning residence.
May ION White Oak creek, Tenn, by
May Shear Laurens, S. c., children In
burning home....Nea Pikeville, KY, by
mines.
May 1s-white Oaks Creek. Tenn. in
May N--American Falls. Ind. in rail-
way wreck.
Jun 1-Near Alma, Ill, family of by
train at grade crossing Near Keystone.
w. Va, children In burning home.
Jun +Chicago, 6 by explosion on mud
Jun Near Hudson. Wis. in railway
Jun 26-Near Missouri City. Mo-. by rail-
Jun 2s-Chicago. bathers In various
parts OF city. West Chicago, I'LL, by col
Jun S0-Westfield, Ia, by lightning.
Jul 6-Near Hartsville, Tenn, by boiler
explosion.
Jul T-Bay City, Mich, by trolley car
plunging through open bridge.
Jul Shear Pineville. KY, 6 in burning
Jul 1s-Near Boone. Ia, tramps in rail-
way wreck.
Jul 21-New Haven. Conn, 7 by explosion
In armory Of Winchester Repeating Arms
Jul 28-Near Reno. New. Indians in rail-
way wreck.
Aug smear Cairo. Ill, 10 by explosion of
towboat.
Aug 1S-Near Dahlgren. Ill. 6 by railroad
Aug 28-GaIloway county, KY, poisoned
Aug 30-Gladstone. Mich, by capsizing
of boat.
Sep &Near Glenwood Springs, Col, L
by explosions in coal mine.
Sep 4Broad Ripple, Ind, by explosion
Sep 7-Cygnet. O.. by explosion of nitro
Sep Shear Emporia. Kan. L. in railway
Sep Shear New Castle. Col, 80 in rail-
Sep Ivan Buren,, Ark, in railway
Sep linear Chippewa Falls. Wis. in
Sep 2O-BeIle Allen, Ala. 5 by fire in coal
Sep 2+Johnston City, Ill, by explosion
| in coal mines. ON Tatya trail, in Alaska
oct 2-Near Schuyler, Neb., Z poisoned ~
Oct Near Willow Springs, Mo-, 6 by
train on grade crossing.
Oct 6-Plankinton, S. D., in burning
Oct isHPlano. Tex. 5 by falling of build
Oct HNear Garrisons, n. Y, 10 by
| plunging of New York Central express into
Oct Smear Scranton, Pa. in mine dis
Nov 30-Maplesville, Ala. Z drank mix
ture of wood alcohol and whisky.
| Dec 15-Near Portland, Me-, IN wreck OF
schooner Susan P. ThurloW-
Yellow Fever.
Several cases of yellow fever were re.
| ported from points in Loulsiana IN L tnSt
| first week of September. On Sep. 8 1t mao
made its appearance in New orleans. aIsC
| in Ocean Springs, Miss. In rapid succes-
| sion came reports from Edwards. MISS.
and Biloxi, Miss, and other soutn ner1
points, until on Nov. % the fever was con-
| sidered as practically stamped out. 1t has
been estimated that the Gulf states SUI
fered a financial loss of fully 500 600. 600, the
| chief factor in which account being the
| loss in trade and traffic on account OF the
strict quarantine regulations. On Nov 70 q
report issued by the surgeon general OF
| the marine hospital service, giving the re-
| turns up to a recent date, showed there
had then appeared during the yellow fever
epidemic in the south a total of 4,269 cases
Of which 446 had proved fatal. OF the tota!
| number of cases SAT were reported from
/ Louisiana, 1,625 from Mississippi, 740 from
| Alabama, 50 from Tennessee, 16 from Texas
| from Illinois, from Georgia and each
| from Florida and Kentucky.