Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-01-05
CASUALTIES.
Disaster
Disasters OF Various Sorts I'm Which
Six or More Lives Were Lost.


Six OR More Lives Were Lost.
Jan. !-Ishpeming, Mich, 6 miners by up
setting hosting cage.
Elm Gulf of Mexico, 8 by explosion on
yacht Paul Jones.
9-West Dunellen, n. j., Is in railway col
ision. =. Sunal, Neb.,. 4 in railway wreck.
14-Tacoma, Wash, harbor, British ship An
delena sinks; 10 drowned. Gregg coun-
:, tys Tex, 8 in cyclone c2 .,
slide. OFF Nab. ightship, Is by founder
ing of boat.
12-Near Yankton, S. D., IL in burning cot
tage of insane asylum.
H-Of South Carolina coast by wreck of
steamship William Lawrence. .. Corner
stone, Ark, 2 in burning home. In Tex
as during days intense cold, IA frozen.
Mar. S-Near Norfolk, Va, y drowned by
l0-Crede, Col, by explosion in mine.
17-New York, 46 during burning of Wind
sor hotel.
l9-Near Edwardsyille, Ala, IL in cyclone.
hair and felt works.
Apr. 3-Joplin, Mo, by caving in of a mar
row trench.
4E.Eureka, Cal, 10 by capsizing of steamer
7-,New York, II in burning home of Wal
lace G. Andrews.
901Near Glendive. Mont, II by flood in
Yellowstone river.
lS-Near Beverly, Mass, IL in wreck of fish
ing schooner.
27-Kirksville, Mo-, 80 in tornado. New
town, Mo, Is by cyclone. .Onawa, La,
in tornado.
2s-Milan, Mo-, families by cyclone.
29-Carney's Point, N J., 6 by explosion in
smokeless powder works.
Mar. l4-Of Grand Marais, in Lake Su-
perlor, by laundering of schooner.
27-Near Waterloo, Ia, s in railway wreck
caused by washout. Near Hardeevifle, 9
in burning home. In Bijou hills, south
Of Chamberlain, S; D., Z by cyclone. -.
Near Dawson, Alaska, drowned breaking
through the ice.
30-Toledo, O., 6 by upsetting of boat
Jun. 4-Near Alberta, n. w. T., 80 Indians
by upsetting of boat in Lake OF Clouds.
TN New York and vicinity. IS from eff
S-Ross Hollow, Ark, % by landslide. :. In
vicinity of Austin, Tex, 25 bycloudburst
and consequent floods.
l2-New Richmond, Wis, 1l2 by cyclone.
l3--HermaD, Neb., 10 in cyclone that prac-
tieally destroyed the town.
l6-Rosaila, Tex, q during freshet.
2O-Dunbar, Wis, 6 by upsetting of boat.
2s5ln Lake Erie, off Lorain, O., by foun-
derlng of steamer. Near GAINESVILLE
No, 5 by upsetting of skiff
JUL S-Columbus, o., by cars at railway
ls-New York, 81 to date from lockiaw. due
4th of July pistol wounds.
16-Bennett Lake, Alaska, IL drowned.
lS-In northwestern Iowa, 10 ID emigrant
wagon by cioudburst.
oi-HamPton, va, from yellow fever in
soldiers home. Big Prairie, Mich, g.;
thEashing machine exploded.
Aug. Crooks inlet, - gold hunters
drowned.
st. Mary's and Calvert counties, Md, 6
during storm.
6-Near Baltimore, by rowboat capsizing.
1O-Near jackson, La, in burning home.
l7-Near Washington, Ind. 6 drowned.
24-Near Carterville, Mo-, miners by dyna-
mite.
z..Sparkn, N. z, in st. AIMS convent
FIRE.
2s-Chicago, Q by falling arches of new Cob
scum bldg, Near Dardanelle, Ark, by
30-Yuma, a. T., in a fire.
Sep. l-Phtsburgh, Pa, 5 by boiler expio-
sion; Easton, Conn.,. children while
5--Bath, Me-, by yacht capsizins. OF
Amherstburg, O.. 8 Toledo people by
yacht capsizing.
ia.Near Nora, n. H.. by eollapaing of
| 22-Near Cape Pine, n F., Il IN shipwreci.
z*-kene. COLI IN railway collision