The Holly chieftain., 1899-01-13
CASUALTIES.
Disasters of Various Kinda which
Resulted In Five or More Deaths.

Disasters of Various kinda which
Resulted In Five or More Deaths.
Jan. l.-Jersey City, n. j., in fire.
l2-Fort Smith, Ark, i6 during tornado.
40 were n!ured.l
Feb. l-Gloversville, n Y, in burning no
tel. On Massachusetts and Rhode Is
land coast, 20 drowned during storm.
6-Boston, 6 firemen at fire.
9-Pittsburgh, Pa, 20 in a fire.
2l-Fairheld county, S. C., in forest fires.
26-Kalamazoo, Mich, 10 by chemical ex
plosion. West Harvey, H., I; train
crashed into bus.
Mar; 2-Near Brewton, Ala, by boiler ex-
plosion.
l3-New York, II by burning Of the Bowery
mission house.
lG-C Chicago, 10 in burning office building
ls-Pratt City, Ala, negro convicts in a
mine explosion.
28-Near Lehigh, /. T., 5during tornado.
Kent, Mimi, in burning home.
Apr. 26-Santa Cruz, Cal, II in powder mill
explosion.
2s-Near Dover, n. j., by powder explo
siop.
29-St. .Vincente, Mex, 10 by explosion oil
powder on pack train. In Dakota and
Iowa, s in tornado.
May Gin the Grand, Nirdigris and Arkan
sas bottoms, Tex. floods drown II fam
lies
lo-Near Springdale, Pa, swept off raft
lin Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, ~
during cyclones.
26-Frazier lake, Alaska, ] drowned while
crossing the ice. ...At Iron Mountain,
27-PIttsville, Pa, drowned in mine.
Jun. li-Statts City, Mo-, 5 in mine disas-
ter.
l5--Near Kansas City, by cloudburst. E.
Near New York, 5 drowned in a schooner
collision.
pS- -ba fra., ~
by drowning, cold and hunger
Jul. i-Near Beverly, Mass, @ by capsizinz
OF steamer. IL by tornado at Hampton,
G-South of Sable islands, SOS drowned by
collision of French liner La Bourgogne
with English, Cromartyshire.
s-Steeleville, Mo-, l3 by waterspou..
ll-Cleveland, o., IL by explosion in tunnel
l2-P -Pompton, N. j., in powder works ex-
plosions
3O.San Francisco, in burning building. ..
Humansville, Mo-, while fording river in
wagon.
Aug. s-Near Dover Point, n. H., 5 by cap.
9-In Kuskokwin river, Alaska, is by sink
ing OF steamer
l9-Near Pittsburgh, Pa, by drowning
caused by cloudburst.
ol-At Hot Springs, Ark, 8 in burning no.
tel. Sharon. Mass, 8 in train collision.
DN III OF
earth tunnel. IS at Ooltewah Station,
Tenn, by powder plant explosion.
26-Steamer on way to Alaska sinks, 43 by
drowning.
Sep. PAT Stinesville, Ind, by premature
dynamite explosion.
3-ln Mississippi river, near Fort ST. Philip,
sby steamboat explosion. so by heat in
Sat Cohoes, N. Y, IS by trolley car and
train collision.
ll-Jerome, A. T., over 30 by fire. :. Over
Is in Philadelphia by gasoline explosion.
o6-Toledo, o., 10 in explosion of dust in
elevator
23-At Milan, Mo-, by scaldng in sawmill
explosion. :. Near Brownsville, Pa. in
mine gas explosion.
Oct. 2-Over 100 persons missing in forest
fires. in northern Wisconsn-Ala Alajority
dead.
AT least 100 live. lost by storms on
Georgia and Florida coasts. Schooner
Sarah Z. Palmer lost near Charleston,
S. c., and s drowned.
20-On torpedo boat Davis at Astoria, Ore,
7 by bursting OF boiler tubes
PIN Indian territory, in freight wreck.
A-ln Alaska, prospectors by wrecking OF
sloop.
o7-Near Canyon City. Ore. 5 Indians and /,
white man in battle between 10 whites
and reds. Near Sodus, n. V. schoon.
er St. Peter goes down in Lake Ontario,
with persons.
3l-At Belaire, O., 0 in boiler explosion.
Nov. l-During past season IA vessels OF
Gloucester, Mass, fishing fleet lost and
50 men drowned. Property loss, Sl70, 900.
-. 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, 20
by wreeking of British ship Atlanta.
Near Hackensack, n. j., l2 by train.
23--At Ashburn, No, 6 by explosion at pow
der works.
26Near stockton, Cal, by explosion of
boiler in steamer.
27-In New York harbor, 8 in storm. Off
New England coast more than 70 during
d terrific gale.
2s-Of Highland light, near Boston, all of
the l5O on board the Portland in wreck.
Dec, 3-In New York, 6 by scalding in
steamer.
Sat Pinole, CAL, by explosion in pow.
der works. of Portland, Me, 3 coal
barges lost with 81 on board.
l3-Near Corfu, N. Y, 0 workmen run down
by train.
l5-On line of White Pass railway in Alaska,
20 men by avalanche. Near Madison.
Fla. 9 in railway collision