Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-01-03
cAsuALTIEs.
Disssters OF Various Kinds Which
Resulted In Five or More Deaths.

Disasters of varIoss Kinds which
Resulted in Five or More Deaths.
Jan. Jersey City. a. j., 6 in fire.
| l2-Fort Smith, Ark..{46 during tornado
100 were injured)
Feb. l-Gloversville, n ", 6 in burning no
tel On Massachusetts, and Rhode L.
land coast, 80 drowned during storm
6-Boston, 8 iremen at fire.
9-Pittsburgh, Pa, 20 in ire
"a fairfield county, 5. g., IN forest 6res
% Kalamazoo, Mich. 10 by chemical ex
plosion. West Harvey, H., I; train
crashed into bus.
Mar 2-NeaT Brewton, Ala, by boiler ex-
plosion.
l3-New York, II by burning of the Bowery
mission house.
l6-Chieago, 10 in burning Office building.
l9--Pratt City, Ala, negro conviets in a
mine explosion.
26--Near LehiGh, l. r.. during tornado
Kent, MINI, z in burning home.
Apr, Santa Cruz, Cal, II in powder mill
explosion
% Near Dover, n. j., 6 by powder explo-
sion.
% st. vincente, Mex, Is by explosion OF
powder on pack train. In Dakota and
Iowa, 8 ia tornado
May Gin the Grand Vrdigrs aud Arkan-
sas bottoms, Tex, floods drown II fam
lilies.
l9-Near Springdale, Pa, 6 swept of raft
-. In Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, -
during cyclones.
26-Frazier lake, Alaska, drowned while
crossing the ice....At Iron Mountain,
Mich, 4 in FIRE
27-PittsviIle, Pa, drowned in a mine.
Jun. l4--Statts City, No, in mine disas-
l5-Near Kansas City, BY cloudburst
Near New York, 5 drowned in a-schooner
collision.
2s-On he route from Seattle to Alaska, o.
by drowning, cold and hunger.
Jul. 4-Near Beverly, Mass, 9 b. capsizing
S q steamer # p by tornado at Hampton
6South of Sable islands, 565 drowned BY
collision of French liner La Bourgogne
with English, Cromartyshire
S-Steeleville, Mo, l3 by waterspout
ll-Clevelsnd, o., II by explosion in tunnel
-Pompton n. D., in powder works eX-
blossoms.
30-San Francisco, 8 in burning building
Humansville, Mo, 8 while fording riverin
wagon.
Aug. 8 Near Dover Point, n H., 5 by cap.
sizing Of boat.
o-ln lluskokwin river, Alaska, IS by sink
ing Of steamer.
49, Near Pittsburgh, Pa, 5 by drowning
caused by cioudburst.
Plat Hot Springs, Ark, in burning no.
tel Sharon, Mass, in train collision.
% Near Pittsburgh, Pa, Z by caving in of
earth tunnel. 8 at Ooltewah Station,
Tenn, by powder plant explosion.
20 Steamer on way TO Alaska sinks. l3 by
drowning
Sep. 2-At Stinesville, Ind, by premature
dynamite explosion.
J-ln Mississippi river, near Fort st. Philip,
8 by steamboat explosion. 80 BY heat in
NJ ANhUalH -
Sat Co6oes, Il. Y, % by trolley car and
train collision,
II Jerome, A. r., over 30 by fire. Over
10 in Philadelphia by gasoline explosion,
20 ToSedo, o., 10 IN explosion Of dust. III
elevator
% At Milan, Mo, by scalding in sawmill
explosion. Near Brownsville, Pa, in
mine gas explosion.
Oct. 2--Over 100 persons missing IN forest
fires in northern Wisconsin, Majority
dead
AT least 100 lives lost by storms oil
Georgia and Florida coasts p. Schooner
Sarah f. Palmer lost near Charleston,
5. c., and drowned.
2O--On torpedo boat Davis at Astoria, Ore,
Z by bursting of boiler tubes.
22-ln Indian territory, in freight wreck.
24-In Alaska, projectors by wreckinS Of
Near Canyon City, Ore, 5 Indians and |
n 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
81 Al Bellaire, O., in boiler explosion.
Nov during past season "A vessels Of
e Gloucester, Mass, fishing fleet lost and
81 men drowned. Property loss, $4,000
In Alaska ! gold seekers perish in
quicksand.
8 AZ West Pittston, Pa, 10 at Exeter col
liery. In Detroit, Mich III by falling
reof Of thester.
10 9On Oregon coast, near Eaquina bay, %
by wrecking of British ship Atlanta,
Near Hackensack. n j., II by train.
a2Sl-.it Ashburn Mo- 6 by explosion a pow
s,isy works.
90 Near Stockton, Cal, 8 by explosion Of
boiler in steamer.
PIN New York harbor, s in storm OF
Now England coast more than 20 during
terrific gale.
29-Of Highland light near Boston, all Of
the $50 on board the Portlsad in wreck
Dee 3TIn New York, 8 by scaidng in
steamer.
I 8 "a i'anols, Cal, 5 BY explosion 10 pow
der works.as0H Fortsnd Me, 3 coal
barges LOST with y on board
CRISES.
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