Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-12-29
CAsUA LTIEs.
Disasters of Various Kinds which
Resulted in Five or More Deaths.

Disasters of Various Kinds Which
Resulted in Five or More Deaths.
Jan. Jersey City, \. j., in fire.
l2-Fort Smith, Ark, 46 during tornado.
go were lnJured.)
Feb. 1-Gloversville, n. u, 6 in burning ho-
tel. On Massachusetts and Rhode Is
land coast, 40 drowned during storm
6-Boston, firemen at fire.
9-Pittsburgh, Pa, 20 in fire.
24-Fairfeld county, s. c., in forest fires.
Kalamazoo, Mich, 10 by chemical ex-
plosion. West Harvey, H., Z; train
crashed into a bus
Mar. Near Brewton, Ala, by boiler ex-
plosion.
l3-New York, II by burning Of the Bowery
mission house.
l6-Chicago, 10 in burning office building.
l9-Pratt City, Ala, negro convicts in d
mine explosion.
26-Near Lehigh, |. T., during tornado.
Kent, Mimi, in burning home.
Apr. 26-Santa Cruz, Cal, III in powder mill
explosion.
2s-Near Dover, n. J., by powder explo-
sion.
est. Vincente, Mex, Is by explosion OF
powder on pack train. In Dakota and
Iowa, in tornado.
May Elm the Grand, Eirdigris and Arkan-
sas bottoms, Tex, floods drown II fam
l9-Near Springdale, Pa, 8 swept off raft
-. In Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, 70
during cyclones.
26-Frazier lake, Alaska, ! drowned while
crossing the ice. AT Iron Mountain,
Mich, in fire.
27-Pittsville, Pa, 6 drowned in mine.
Jun. l4-Statts City, Mo-, in mine disas-
ter
15-Near Kansas City, by cloudburst. -.
Near New York, 8 drowned in a schooner
collision.
q. n
by drowning, cold and hunger.
Jul. Near Beverly, Mass, 6 by capsizing
of steamer II by tornado at Hampton,
n. II.
6South of Sable islands, 565 drowned by
collision of French liner La Bourgogne
with English, Cromartyshn
s-Steeleville, Mo-, ID by waite po...
ll-Cleveland, o., IL by explosion in tunnel.
2-Pompton. y. j., s in powder works ex-
plosiOns.
30 San Francisco, 5 in burning building. .
Humansville, Mo-, 6 while fording river in
wagon.
Aug. S-Near Dover Point, y. H., 5 by cap
Elm Kuskokwin river, Alaska, IS by sink
ing of steamer.
l9-Near Pittsburgh, Pa, by drowning
caused by cloudburst.
Plat Hot Springs, Ark, 6 in burning ho-
tel. Sharon, Mass, in train collision:
earth tunnel. IS at Ooltewah Station,
Tenn, by powder plant explosion.
26-Steamer on way to Alaska sinks, 43 by
drowning.
Sep. 2-At Stinesvilie Ind, by premature
dynamite explosion.
BIN Mississippi river near Fort st. Philip,
6 by steamboat explosion. 80 by heat IN
Sat Cohoes, n. Y, IS by trolley car and
train collision.
ll-Jerome. 4. r., over 80 by fire. Over
IL in Philadelphia by gasoline explosion
26-Toledo, o., 10 in explosion of dust IN
elevator
23-At Milan, Mo-, 5 by scalding in sawmill
explosion Near Brownsville, Pa, in
mine gas explosion.
Oct 2-Over 100 persons missing IN forest
fires in northern Wisconsin-Majo
dead.
Georgia and Florida coasts Schooner
Sarah E.. Palmer lost near Charleston,
5 c. and S drowned.
20-On torpedo boat Davis at Astoria, Ore,
Z by bursting Of boiler tubes.
22-In Indian territory, in freight wreck,
24-In Alaska, Q prospectors by wrecking o.
27-Near Canyon City, Ore, Indians and |
white man in battle between IS whites
and ) reds Near Sodus, n. ~, schoon-
er st. Peter goes down in Lake Ontario,
with $ persons.
3l-At Bellaire, O., 6 in boiler explosion
Nov. during past season II vessels OF
Gloucester, Mass, fishing fleet lost and
81 men drowned Property loss, $4,000.
In Alaska : gold seekers perish IN
QuIeksaus
5-At West Pittston, Pa, 10 at Exeter col
lierv. - In Detroit, Mich, II by falling
root OF theater.
lS-On Oregon coast, near Yaquina bay, rs
by wrecking of British ship Atlanta. +.
Near Hackensaek. y. J., II by train.
23-At Ashburn, Mo-, 6 by explosion at pow
der works.
26-Near Stockton, Cal, by explosion of
boiler in steamer.
PIN New York harbor, s in storm. OFF
New England coast more than 20 during
terrific gale.
| 2S-Of Highland light, near Boston, all Of
the 80 on board the Portland in wreck.
| Dec Sin New York, by sealding in
steamer.
5-At Pincl Cal by explosion in pow.
der works Off Portland, Me-, coal
harges lost with II on board