The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-06
CASUALTIES.
Disasters OF Various Kinds which
Resulted in Five or More Deaths.

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Jan. Jersey City, n. j., 6 in fire.
l2-Fort Smith, Ark, 40 during tornado.
900 were injured.)
Feb. l-Gloversville, n. Y, 6 in burning no,
tel .. On Massachusetts and Rhode Is.
land coast, 40 drowned during storm.
6-Boston, firemen at a fire.
9-Pittsburgh, Pa, 20 in fire.
24-Fairfeld county, s. c., 7 in forest fires.
26-Kalamazoo, Mich 10 by chemical ex.
crashed into a bus
Mar. 2-Near Brewton, Ala, 6 by boiler ex-
posion.
l3-New York, II by burning of the Bowery
mission house.
Chicago, 10 in burning office building.
l0-Pratt City, Ala, negro convicts IN
mine explosion.
26-Near Lehigh, |. r., during tornado.
Kent, MINI, in burning home
Apr 2j- Santa Cruz, Cal, Ii in powder mill
explosion.
2s-Near Dover, N. j. 6 by powder explo
sion.
29-St. Vincente, Mex, Is by explosion OF
powder ON pack train. In Dakota and
Iowa, s in tornado.
May 6-ln the Grand, Nrdigris and Arkan-
sas bottoms, Tex, floods drown II fam
lies
l9-Ncar Springdale. Pa, swept off raft
....I In Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, ~
during cyclones.
6-Frazier lake Alaska, drowned while
crossing the ce...At Iron Mountain,
Mich, in fire.
27-Pttsville, Pa, drowned in a mine.
Jun. 4-Statts City, Mo, > in mine disas-
ter.
Near New York, drowned in a schooner
collision.
2S-On the route from Seattle to Alaska, 81
by drowning, cold and hunger.
Jul. 4-Near Beverly, Mass, 9 by capsizing
of steamer. ~ by tornado at Hampton,
n. III.
6-South of Sable islands. 565 drowned by
collision of French liner La Bourgogne
with English, Cromartyshire
| S-Steelevile, Mo, IL by waterspout.
| ll-Cleveand, o., II by explosion in tunnel.
! l2-Pompton, y. j., IN powder works ex-
plosions.
3O-San Francisco, in burning building. ..
Humansville, Mo, while iording riverin
wagon.
Aug. s-Near Dover Point, y. H., by cap
sizing of boat.
I 9--In Kuskokwin river, Alaska, IS by sink
ing of steamer.
lO-Near Pittsburgh, Pa, 6 by drowning
caused by cloudburst.
, 2l-At Hot Springs, Ark, in burning ho'
tel. Sharon, Mass, 6 in train collision.
22-Near Pittsburgh, Pa. by cavng IN OF
earth tunnels at Ooltewah Station,
Tenn, by powder plant explosion.
26-Steamer on way to Alaska sinks, 43 by
drowning.
Sep. 2-At Stnesvile, Ind, by premature
dynamite explosion.
Sin Mississippi river, near Fort st. Philip,
by steamboat explosion. 80 by heat IN
New York city.
Sat Cohoes, n. Y, 2S by trolley car and
train collision.
ll-Jerome, A. r., over 80 by fire. Oyer
Is in Philadelphia by gasoline explosion.
26-Toledo, o., 10 in explosion of dust IN
elevator -,
23-At Milan, Mo-, 3 10y scalding in sawmill
explosion Near Brownsville, Pa, IN
mine gas explosion
Oct. 2-Over 100 persons missing ~ forest
fires in northern Wisconsin-MaJorlty
dead
AT least 100 lives lost by storms OIL
Georgia and Florida coasts. Schooner
Sarah L. 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.
24-In Alaska, o prospectors by wrecking OF
27~Near Canyon City. Ore, 5 Indians and
white man in battle between 10 whites
and 8 reds Near Sodus, n. Y, schoon
er st. Peter goes down in Lake Ontario
with persons.
3l-At Bellaire, o., @ in boiler explosion.
Nov during past season IA vessels o
Gloucester, Mass, fishing fleet lost ant
50 men drowned. Property loss, Sl7O, 600
80. In Alaska 7 gold seekers perish ii
quicksand.
SAT West Pittston, Pa, 10 at Exeter col
liery In Detroit, Mich, IL by fallin;
roof of theater,
ls-On Oregon coast, near Yaquina bay, Q
by wreclling of British ship Atlanta.
Near Hacllensack, n. j., II by train.
23-At Ashburn, Mo, @ by explosion at pow
der works.
20--Near Stockton, Cal, 0 by explosion o
boiler in steamer.
PIN New York harbor, in storm. OF
New England coast more than 70 durin
terrific gale,
23--OR Highland light, near Boston, all o
.he $50 on board the Portland in wreck
Dec. Sin New York, @ by scalding il
steamer.
Sat Pinoe Cal, by explosion in pow
Ger works. OF Portland, Me-, 3 Goa
barges lost with 81 on board.
CRIMES.
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