The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-01-13
CASUALTIES.
DISASTERS of Various Kinds Which
Resulted In Five or More Deaths.

Jan, Jersey City. n j., G in a fire.
l2-Fort Smith. Ark, 10 during tornado.
90 were inJured.)
Feb. l-Gloversville, y. y, 6 in burning ho-
tel-...On Massachusetts, aud Rhode Is
land coast, 30 drowned during storm
6-Boston. . flremen a, a fire.
9-P!ttshurgh. Pa, ~ in a fire.
2i-Fa.rield county. ;. G.. : IN forest fires.
a6-k4.amaxoo. Mich. 10 By chemical ex-
plOs.oR--..West Harvey, Ill, ., train
crashed into a bus
Mar. 2-Near Brewton, Ala, c by boiler ex-
plosi0n.
l3-New York. II by burning Of the Bowery
mission house.
lG-Ch.cago. 10 in a burning Office building.
l-pratt City, Ala, . negro convlcts IN Z
mine explosion.
2C-Near Ichigh. /. t., 5 during tornado
Kent, Mimi, : in burning home
Apr. @-Santa Cruz, Cal, IL in powder mill
explosion.
2-NeAr Dover. y. j.. 6 BY powder explo-
29-st. VIuceute, Mex, 10 by explosion OF
powder On pack train..--ln Dakota and
Iowa, 5 IN tornado.
May 6-In the Grand. NiriiSris and Arkan-
IS bottoms, Tex. floods drown IL fam
lies.
le-Near Springdale. Pa. G swept of raft
I'm Iowa. limos and Wisconsin, -
during cyclones.
o6-Fraxier lake. Alaska. ! drowned while
crossing the ice----At Iron Mountain,
Mich. 4 ia fire.
G-Pittsvi.le. Pa. 6 drowned in a mine
Jun. H-Statts City, No, ) in mine disas-
ter
l5-Near Kansas City. s by cloudburst....
Near New York. ) drowned in a schooner
collision.
2S-On the route from Seattle to Alaska, OF
4r Iwr.wrr~~ .-fI 81 L.~-
Jul Near Beverly. Mass. 9 BY carsizirS
II zteamer-...l2 by tornado a. Hampton,
y. II.
6-S1uih 81 Sable islands. 5s5 drowned by
collision ~ French liner La Bourgognc
with English. Cromartyshire.
s->ieeieville, No. - by watersrout.
u-llcve.ant. q, II by explosion in tunnel
l2-Pomptou, y. j., > IN powder works ex-
rlos4Cns.
30San Francisco. 5 in burning building.
Hamansville, No, 6 while tording riverin
Aur. s-Near Dover Point. y. H.. 5 by cap
slzlnr ~ boat.
9-ln ku~kokwin river. Alaska, IS by sink
ing ~ steamer.
l0-Nsar Pittsburgh. Pa, 6 by drowning
caused ~ cloudhurst.
2l-At Hot Spring.. ArE. 6 in burning ho-
tel. Sharon. Mass, 6 IN train collision.
@-Sear Pittsburgh. Pa. . hv cavIng IN Of
earth trnnei....5 at Ooltcwah Station,
Tern. hy powder plant explosion.
c5-Stcamcr On way 10 Alaska sinks. 70 b.
drowning.
Sep. AT Stinesville. Ind, . by premature
dynamite explosion.
Sin Mississippi river, near Fort s.. Philip,
g by steamboat explosion ~ b heat IN
New York city.
5-At Cohoes. \. u. Is BY trolley car and
train collision.
il-jerome. A. r., over 80 by fire. Over
II in Philadelphia by gasoline explosion
26-Toledo. o., 10 N explosion OF dust IN
elevator
o3-at Milan. No, 5 by scalding in sawmill
explosion. Near Brownsville, Pa, 5 in
mine gas explosion.
Oct. 2-Oyer 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 f.. Palmer lost near Charleston,
s. C., and 5 drowned.
Con torpedo boat Davis at Astoria, Ore,
: By bursting Of boiler tubes.
PIN Indian territory. 5 in freight wreck.
2i-In Alaska, Q prospectors BY wrecklng o.
a sloop.
2--Ncar Canyon City. Ore. 5 Indians and |
white man in battle between 10 whites
and ) reds. Near sodus. w. schcon-
Ut 81 itAtl kOcc 4S"I az ANNt OaNeA4o
with 3 persons.
3l-At Bcllaire. o., 6 in boiler explosion.
Nov. during past season IA vessels OF
Gloucester. Mass. fishing fleet lost and
81 men drowned. Property loss. $1,000.
In Alaska ] gold seekers perish in
quicksand.
Sat West Pittston. Pa. 10 at Exeter col
liery....In Detroit Mich. II by falling
roof Of theater.
ls-On Oregon coast. near Yaquina bay. %
by wrecking Of British ship Atlanta.
Near Hackcnsack, y. j., IL by train.
23-At Ashburn. Mo, 6by explosion at pow
der works.
26-Ncar Stockton, Cal, Q by explosion Of
boiler in steamer.
I'm New York harhor. 8 in storm OF
New England coast more than 20 during
a terrific gale.
oS-Of Highland light, near Boston, all OF
the 40 on board che Portland IN wreck.
Dec. Sin New York. 0 by scalding In
steamer.
Sat Pinole, Cal, s by explosion in pow
der OF Portland. Me-, 3 coal
barges lost with Il on board.
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