The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-12
CASUALTIES.
disasters OF various Kinds whtch
NesnIted In Five or Morc nenfhs

NJ
Resulted In Five or More Deaths.
Jan. Jersey City, N. j., 6 in a fire.
l2-Fort Smith, Ark, 40 during tornado
, t90 were injured.)
Feb. l-Gloversville, N. Y, 6 in burning no
tel On Massachusetts and Rhode is
land coast, 40 drowned during storm.
0-Boston, iremen at a fire.
o9-pittsbureh, Pa, 20 in a fire.
22i-Fairtield county, S. C., in forest fires
% !amazoo,. Mich, 10 by chemical ex
plosion,. West Harvey, H., Z; trair
crashed into bus.
Mar; Near Brewton, Ala, 8 by boiler ex
l3-New York, IL by burning of the Bower,
mission house.
i0-Shieago, 10 in burning office building.
-rratt City, Ala, negro convcts in 4
mine explosion.
26-Near Lehigh, |. T., during tornado.
hent, Mimi, in burning home
apr. 20-Santa Cruz, Cal, IL in powder mill
2S-Near Dover, N. j., by powder explo
sion
2o-St. Vincente, Mex, 10 by explosion OF
powder on pack train. In Dakota and
Iowa, in tornado.
May Gin the Grand, Virdigris and Arkan.
lilies.
l9-Near Springdale, Pa, 8 swept off raft
LIN Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, ~
during cyclones
26-Frazier lake, Alaska. 7 drowned Will,
crossing the ice. AT Iron Mountain,
Mich, in FIRE
21-Pittsville, Pa, 6 drowned in mine.
Jun. l4-Statts City, Mo-, 5 in mine disas.
ter.
l51Near, Kansas City, by cloudburst.
Near New York, drowned in schooner
2S-On the route from Seattle to Alaska. O;
=, by drowning, cold and hunger.
Jul. 4-Near Beverly Mass 6 by capsizing
o. steamer. II by tornado at Hampton,
6-South of Sable islands, 565 drowned by
collision OF French liner La Bourgogne
with English, Cromartyshre.
S-Steeleville, Mo-, 10 by waterspout.
il-Sleveland, O., II by explosion in tunnel.
l2-Pompton, n. j., s in powder works ex.
ploslons.
SO-San Francisco, in burning building.
Humansville, Mo-, 6 while fording river in
wagon.
Aug. s-Near Dover Point, N. H., 5 by cap.
sizing OF boat
9-ln Kuskokwin river, Alaska. is bv sink
ing of steamer
l9-Near Pittsburgh, Pa, by drowning
caused by cloudburst.
9l-At Hot Springs, Ark, in burning ho-
te! Sharon, Mass, 6 in train collision
22-Near Pittsburgh, Pa, by caving in CT
earth tunnel. IS at Ooltewah Station,
Tenn, by powder plant explosion.
26-Steamer on way to Alaska sinks, 43 by
drowning.
Sep. 2-At Stinesvile, Ind, by premature
dynamite explosion.
Sin Mississippi river, near Fort St. Philip.
6by steamboat explosion. so by heat in
New York city.
Sat Cohoes, N. Y. 2S by trolley car and
train collision
A. T., over 30 by fire. q. Over
10 in Philadelphia by gasoline explosion.
o., 10 in explosion OF dust in
elevator
23-At Milan, Mo-, by scalding in sawmi,l
explosion. Near Brownsville, Pa, in
mine gas explosion.
Oct; 2-0ver loo persons missing in forest
fires in northern Wiseonsin-MajurityI
dead
AT least 100 lives lost by storms on
Georgia and Florida coasts. Schooner
Sarah E. Palmer lost near Charleston,
s. c., and s drowned
,O-On torpedo boat Davis at Astoria, Ore.
by bursting of boiler tubes.
Pin Indian territory, 8 in freight wreck.
'4-ln Alaska, prospectors by wrecking OF |
sloOp.
'7-Near Canyon City. Ore, 5 Indians and /
white man in battle between 10 whites /
and reds. Near Sodus, \. Y. schoon- |
u - L NNSl goes OoNu IN Lake OntdrlO, /
with $ persons.
il-At Bellaire, o., in boiler explosion.
\ov during past season IL vessels of /
Gloucester, Mass, fishing fleet lost and |
81 men drowned. Property loss, $40. 600. /
-. In Alaska I gold seekers perish in /
quicksand.
5-At West Pittston, Pa, 10 at Exeter col.
hery.. Ia Detroit, Mich, II by falling
roof Of theater.
S-On Oregon coast, near Yaquina bay. u
by wreeklng of British ship Atlanta.
Near Haekensack, y. j., II by train.
Sat Ashburn, No, 6 by explosion at pow.
der works
g Near stockton, Cal, by explosion of
boiler in steamer.
I'm New York harbor, s in storm of
New England coast more than 20 during
a terrific gale
Son Highland light, near Boston. all of
the $50 on board the Portland in wreck
Dec, Sin New York, 8 by scalding in
steamer.
Sat Pinole, Cal, BY explosion in now.
der works. of Portland. Me, 8 coal
bSrges lost with u on board.
S-Near Corfu, y. Y, 6 workinen run down
by train.
S-on line Of White Pass railway in Alaska.
~ men by avalanche. Near Madison.
RIA, o IN railway collision.