The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-12-31
CASUALTIES.
Disasters of Various Kinds which
Resulted In Five or More Deaths.

Jan. Jersey City, n. j., 6 in a fire.
l2-Fort Smith, Ark, 40 during tornado.
900 were injured,)
Feb l-Gloversyille, n. Y, 9 in burning ho-
tel. On Massachusetts, and Rhode Is
land coast, 40 drowned during storm.
6-Boston, fremen at fire.
9-Pttsburgh. Pa, 20 in fire.
24-Fairiield county, s. c., in forest fires.
90 Kalamazoo, Mich, 10 by chemical ex-
plosion West Harvey, H., z; train
crashed into bus.
Mar. 2Near Brewton, Ala, by boiler ex-
ploson.
l3--New York, IL by burning OF the Bowery
mission house.
l6-Chcago, 10 in burning Office building.
l0-Pratt City, Ala, o negro convicts in a
mine explosion.
20 Near Lehigh, /. T., during tornado. ~.
Kent Mimi, in burning home.
Apr. 20 Santa Cruz, CAL, ii in powder mill
explosion.
2s-Near Dover, n. j., by powder explo-
sion.
20-St. Vincente, Mex, Is by explosion Of
powder on pack train. In Dakota and
Iowa, 3 in tornado.
May Gin the Grand, Virdigris and Arkan.
sas bottoms, Tex, floods drown IL fam
lilies.
lo-Near Springdale, Pa, 6 swept of raft
80. In Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, 70
during cyclones.
26-Frazier lake, Alaska, drowned while
crossing the ice. AT Iron Mountain,
Mich, 4 in fire.
27-Pittsville, Pa, drowned in a mine.
Jun. l4-Statts City, Mo-, in mine disas-
l5-Near Kansas City, s by cloudburst. :.
Near New York, 8 drowned in a schooner
collision.
2S-On the route from Seattle TO Alaska, 81
by drowning, cold and hunger.
Jul. Near Beverly, Mass, 9 by capsizing
Of steamer. IL by tornado at Hampton,
o-South Of Sable islands, SOS drowned by
collision Of French liner La Bourgogne
with English, Cromartyshre.
S-Stecloville, Mo-, 10 by waterspout.
ll-Cleveland, o., II by explosion in tunnel.
l2-Pompton, N. j., in powder works ex-
plosions.
30-San Francisco, 8 in burning building 49,.
Humansville, Mo-, O while fording river in
wagon.
Aug. s Near Dover Point, ~ H., 5 by cap.
sizing of boat.
9-In Kuskollwin river, Alaska, Is by sink.
ing Of steamer
l9-Near Pittsburgh, Pa, by drowning
caused by cloudburst.
2l-At Hot Springs, Ark, in burning ho-
tel. Sharon. Mass. q in train collision:
2o-Near Pittsburgh, Pa, by caving in OF
Tenn, by powder plant explosion.
26-Steamer on way to Alaska SINKS, IS by
drowning.
Sep. 2-At Stinesville. Ind, by premature
dynamite explosion.
BIN Mississippi river, near Fort -. Philip,
0 by steamboat explosion. 80 by heat IN
New York city.
Sat Cohoes. n. Y, % by trolley car and
train collision.
ll-Jerome. A. r.. over 30 by fire. Over
Is in Philadelphia by gasoline explosion.
26-1oedo, o., 10 in explosion OF dust IN
elevator
23-At Milan, Mo-, 5 by scalding in sawmill
explosion. \ ear brownsville, IA, 0 IN
mine gas explosion.
Oct. 2-0ver 100 persons missing IN forest
fires in northern Wisconsin Majority
dead
AT least 100 lives lost by storms on
Georgia and FLORIDA coasts. Schooner
Sarah II. Palmer lost near Charleston,
S. c., and drowned.
2O-On torpedo boat Davis at Astoria, Ore,
by bursting Of boiler tubes.
22-In Indian territory, in freight wreck.
2i-ln Alaska, 8 prospectors by wrccking OF
a sloop.
81 Near Canyon City. Ore, 8 Indians and
white man in battle between 10 whites
and 8 reds. Near Sodus, n. Y, schoon-
or ST. Peter goes down in Lake Ontario,
with persons.
3l-At Bellaire, O., in boiler explosion.
Nov. during past season IA vessels Of
Gloucester. Mass, fishing feet lost aud
50 men drowned. Property loss, $4,000.
...ln Alaska 7 gold seekers perish in
Quioksand
5-At West Pittston, Pa. 10 at Exeter col
liery. d. In Detroit, Mich, II by falling
roof Of theatcr
lS-On Oregon coast, near Yaquina bay, 20
by wrtcking Of British ship Atlanta....
Near Hackensack. n. j., IL by train.
23-At Ashburn, Mo, o by explosion at pow
der works.
20--Ncar stockton. Cal, 0 by explosion Of
boiler in steamer.
PIN New York harbor, 3 in storm. on
New England coast more than 20 during
a terrific gale.
28-~Oh Highland light, near Boston, all Of
the i50 an board the Portland in wreck.
Dec Sin New York, o by scalding in
steamer.
Sat Pnole, Cal, 5 by explosion in pow
der works.. on Portland, Me, 3 coal
barges lost with q on board.