People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-01-06
Feb 2-.Mear Pacific Junction. Ia, I

10 = eNNS SeHS1oH, -, .
Feb iS-GOuverneur. N. Y. by mine
Feb 2i-Tazewell, KY, James Caldwell
and family drowned by foods. =
Feb 2o-Near Murray. Ky. 5 by premature
eAp!Os.OL VI u!LaLiite.
FEB Si-LaAr Preston, S. D., by gas
suifocatlon.. .Shermen Heights, Tenn,
by cars on sraue crossing.
Mar fBoStOn, 6 in explosion in fremont
street caused by escaping gas.
Mar l,-Stramer dc St. Nazaire sunk off
carolina coast, only 4 out OF 50 on board
known 10 have survived.
Mar 2-Henry county, Ala, drowned In
freshet.
Mar 2+Laddsvilie. Ia. 5 children in
burning residence. :. Near Nashville, Tenn.
In burning residence
Mar % = Near Pensacola, Fla, s by
sWamping OF boat. ...Nemeha county, Kan,
drowned trying to ford creek.
Apr S-knoxville, Tenn. Il by fire.
Apr Sin South Dakota, Iowa and Ne
Draska foods at least 10 lives lost.
Apr linear Helena. Ark, family Of
drowned by capslzing OF boat.
Apr 2FBeaver Creek, KY. family OF In
burning residence.
May lon White Oak creek, Tenn. by
waterspout
May Smear Laurens, S. c., children in
burning home....Near Pikevllle. KY, by
poisoned spring water.
mines.
May l@White Oaks Creek, Tenn, in
fire.
May T-American Falls, Ind, in rail-
way wreck
Jun Near Alma, H.. family Of S by
IRAN at grade crossing Near Keystone,
w: Va, ) children in burning home.
Jun .+Chicago. by explosion on mud
scow in river.
Jun Near Hudson. Wis. C in railway
collision.
Jun 26-Nesr Missouri City. Mo-, by rail.
way wreck
Jun 2eChicago. bGthers in variou.
parts OF city,. West Chicago, H.. 4 by col.
Nslon OF two Christian EEdeaYor trains
Jun 3O-Westfield, Ia, by lightning.
Jul Smear Huntsville, Tenn, by boiler
explosion.
Jul bay City, Mich, by trolley cal
plunging through open bridge.
Jul smear Pineville. Ky. in burning
| home.
Jul 13-Near Boone, Ia. S tramps in rail.
way wreck.
IN armory of Winchester Repeating ARE,
company
Jul 2S-Near Reno, New. Indians in rail-
way wreck
Aug 9-Near Cairo. H.. 10 by explosion Of
towboat
Aug 1S-Near Dahlgren. ILL.,. by railroad
collision.
Aug S-Galloway county. KY, poisoned
by eating stolen melons.
Aug S0-Gladstone, Mich, by capsizing
of boat.
Sap 3-Near Glenwood Springs, Col, y
by eXplo"ons in coal mine.
Sep +Rrosi Ripple. Ind. by explosion
Of natural gas.
Sep 7-Cysnet. o.. 6 by explosion of nitro
glycerin.
Sep Smear Emporia. Kan, u in railway
collision
Sep Smear New Castle. Col, 30 in rail-
Sep Ivan Buren,. Ark. in railway
wreck.
Sep 17-Near Chippewa Falls. WIS.,. in
railway wreck
Sep 2O-Belle Allen. Ala. by fire In coal
shaft
Sep 2-Johnston City, ILL.,, S by explosion
In coal mines. lon Talya trail. in Alaska.
Is by snowslide.
Oct 2-Near Schuyler, Neb, I poisoned ~
strychnine In coffee.
Oct 4-Near Willow Springs, NO., by
train on grade crossing.
Oct 6-Plankinton. S. D.. in burning
dormitory.
Oct 1S-Plano. Tex. by falling Of build
ing scaffold.
Oct 24-Near Garrisons, n. Y, 10 by
plunging Of New York Central express into
! Hudson river.
Oct 30-Near Scranton. Pa. 6 in mine dis
aster.
Nov So-Maplesville, Ala, drank mix.
ture Of wood alcohol and whisky.
Dec 15-Near Portland. Ne, IN wreck OF
schooner Susan P Thurlow.
Yellow Fever.
Several cases Of yellow fever were re-
ported from points in Louisiana In the
first week Of September. On Sep. 5 Il had
made Its appearance in New Orleans. also
In Ocean Springs, Miss In rapid success
sion came reports from Edwards, Miss,
and Biloxi. Miss, and other southern
points, until on Nov. q the fever was con.
sidered as practically stamped out Il has
been estimated that the Gulf states suf.
fered a financial loss Of fully SEQ 900. 900, .the
| chief factor In which account being the
loss In trade and traffic on account Of the
! strict quarantine regulation On Nov % a
| report issued by the surgeon general OF
the marine hospital service, giving the re.
| turns up to q recent date showed there
/ had then appeared during the yellow feve,
| epidemic In the south totai Of 4,2S9 cases
Of which 446 had proved fatal. OF the total
| number Of cases 1,S47 were reported from
Louisiana, 1925 from Mississippi, 40 from
Alabama, 81 from Tennessee. 10 from Texas
from Illinois, from Georgia and each
from Florida and Kentucky.