Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-01-07
CASUALTIES.
Disasters of Various Kinds which
Resulted in Five or More Deaths.

Jan. Jersey City, N. j., 8 in fire.
l2-Fort Smith, Ark, 46 during tornado.
100 were njured)
Feb. l-Gloversville, N. Y, 6 in burning ho-
tel. On Massachusetts and Rhode Is
land coast, 40 drowned during storm.
6-Boston, firemen at fire.
9-Pittsburgh, Pa, 20 in a fire.
24-Fairfeld county, S. c., Z in forest fires
26-Kalamazoo, Mich, 10 by chemical ex-
plosion. West Harvey, H., 7; train
crashed into bus.
Mar. 2-Near Brewton, Ala, by boiler ex-
plosion.
l3-New York, IL by burning of the Bowery
mission house.
16-Chicago, 10 in burning Office building.
l9-Pratt City, Ala, 6 negro convicts in d
mine explosion.
26-Near Lehigh, |. T., during tornado.
Kent, Mimi, 7 in burning home.
Apr. 26-Santa Cruz, CAL, IL in powder mill
2s-Near Dover, N. j., by powder explo-
sion.
29-St. vincente, Mex, l5 by explosion OF
powder on pack train. In Dakota and
Iowa, in tornado.
May 6-In the Grand, Virdigris and Arkan.
sas bottoms, Tex, floods drown II fam
l9-Near Springdale, Pa, swept off raft
LIN Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, 10
during cyclones.
26-Frazier lake, Alaska, 7 drowned while
crossing the ice....At Iron Mountain,
Mich, in fire.
27-Pittsville, Pa, drowned in mine.
Jun. l4-Statts City, Mo-, in mine disas-
l5-Near Kansas City, by cloudburst. ..
Near New York, 8 drowned in a schooner
collision.
2s- On the route from Seattle to Alaska, 81
by drowning, cold and hunger.
,Jul 4-Naar Rayerly Mass q hv consizino
of steamer. .l2 by tornado at Hampton,
n. Ii.
e-South of Sable islands, sos drowned by
collision of French liner La Bourgogne
with English, Cromartyshire.
S-Steeleville, Mo-, l3 by waterspout.
ll-Cleveland, o., ii by explosion y sunnel.
l2-Pompton, N. j., in powder works ex-
plosions.
O-San Francisco, in burning building E..
Humansville, Mo-, 8 while fording river in
Aug. S-Near Dover Point, N. H., 5 by cap
sizing of boat.
s-In Kuskokwin river, Alaska, ls by sink,
ing of steamer.
l9-Near Pittsburgh, Pa, 6 by drowning
caused by cloudburst.
2l-At Hot Springs, Ark, in burning ho-
tel. Sharon, Mass, in train collision:
22-Near Pittsburgh, Pa, 7 by cqving in OF
earth tunnel....S at Ooltewah Station,
Tenn, by powder plant explosion.
26-Steamer on way to Alaska sinks, 43 by
drowning.
Sep. AT Stinesville, Ind, by premature
dynamite explosion.
Sin Mississippi river, near Fort st. Philip,
6 by steamboat explosion. 80 by heat in
5At SH coRoes SGe '' \. Y, % by trolley car and
train collision.
ll-Jerome, A. T., over 80 by fire. Over
10 in Philadelphia by gasol line explosion.
26-Toledo, o., 10 in explosion of dust in
2sNAt Milan, Mo, 5 by scalding in sawmill
explosion :. Near Brownsville, Pa, 8 in
mine gas explosion.
Oct. 2--Over 100 persons missing in forest
fires in northern Wsconsin-Majorit
dead.
AT least 100 lives lost by storms on
Georgia and Florida coasts. Schooner
Sarah E. Palmer lost near Charleston,
S. c., and drowned.
20-0n torpedo boat Davis at Astoria, Ore,
7 by bursting of boiler tubes.
22-In Indian territory, 5 in freight wreck.
24-In Alaska, 8 prospectors by wrecking OF
27-Near Canyon City, Ore, 5 Indians and l
white man in battle between 10 whites
and 5 reds. =. Near Sodus, n. Y :, schoon-
er st. Peter goes down in Lake Ontario,
with 8 persons.
3l-At Bellaire, o., 8 in boiler explosion.
Nov. l-During past season IA vessels OF
Gloucester, Mass, fishing fleet lost and
80 men drowned. Property loss, $l70, 900.
-. In Alaska gold seekers perish in
quicksand.
5-At West Pittston, Pa, 10 at Exeter col
liery. :: In Detroit, Mich, II by falling
roof Of theater.
lS-On Oregon coast, near Yaquina bay, 90
by wrecking of British ship Atlanta.
Near Hackensack, N. j., ~ by train.
| 03-At Ashburn Mo. q bv aNnlosiOn at now
der works.
26-Near Stockton, Cal, @ by explosion of
boiler in steamer
27-In New York harbor, in storm. Off
New England coast more than 70 during
a terrific gale.
28-Of Highland light, near Boston, all OF
the $50 on board the Portland in wreck.
Dec. Sin New York, by scalding in
steamer.
Sat Pinole, Cal, by explosion in pow
der works. of Portland, Me-, coal
barges lost with 81 on board.