The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
CASUALTIES.
Disasters Of Various Sorts in Which
Six or More Lives Were Lost.

D1saSters OF tar1OuS SOrta IN "n1cn
six or fore Lives Were Lost.
Jan. l-Ishrsming, Mich, 6 miners by up
setting hosting cage.
Gin Gulf of Mexico, 8 by explosion on
yacht Paul Jones.
@West Dunellen, N. j., Is in railway col
lision. ..Sunal,, Neb., 4 in railway wreck.
14-Tacoma, Wash, harbor, British ship An
delena sinks; 10 drowned. Gregg coun-
ty, Tex, 6 in cyclone.
ll-Silver Plume, Col, "a miners in snow
slide,.:;.Off Nab. lghtship, ID by founder
l2-Near Yankton, S.. D., II in burning cot
tage of insane asylum.
14-Of South Carolina coast, 0 by wreck of
steamship William Lawrence. -. Corner
stone, Ark, Z In burning home. In Tex
as during 2 days intense cold, IA frozen.
Mar. SNear Norfolk, Va, Il drowned by
sinking of tug.
10-Crede, Col, 6 by explosion in mine.
I7-New York, As during burning of Wind
sor hotel.
l9-Near Edwardsville, Ala, II in cyclone.
27-Chicago, 8 in flames of Armour's curled
hair and felt works.
Apr. sHJopIin, Mo, S by cavins in of a mar
row trench.
4-Eureka, Cal, 10 by capsizing of steamer
in harbor.
New York, II in burning home of Wal
ldIC " aIuIthS
s.Near Glendive, Mont, II by flood in
Yellowstone river.
ls.-Near Beverly, Mass, II in wreck of fish
ing schooner.
|NLkirksville, Mo-, 30 in tornado. New
town, Mo-, Is by cyclone. 80. Onawa, Ia, 5
in tornado.
2s-Milan, Mo, 4 families by cyclone.
29EGarney's Point, Nd, By explosi6nin
.smtkeless powder. works. =.
Mar. 14-0f Grand Marais, in Lake Su-
perior, 9 by laundering of schooner.
N-Near Waterloo, Ia, 8 in railway wreck
caused by washout.. Near Vaudeville, 9
j n burning home. I. in Bijou hills, south
Of Chamberlain, S. D., Z by cyclone.
Near Dawson, Alaska, drowned breaking
through the ice.
S0-Toledq, OF by upsstting Of boat:
by upsetting of boat in Lake of Clouds.
TN New York and vicinity, 25 from eff
fects of warm weather. =
StRoss Hollow, Ark, % by landslide. 4. In
vicinity of Austin, Tex, 25 b~ycloudburst
and consequent floods.
I2-New Richmond, Wis.,, liz by cyclone.
l3-Herman, Neb., 10 in cyclone that prac-
tically destroyed the town.
l6-Rosalia, Tex, q during freshet.
2O-Dunbar, Wis, 6 by upsetting of boat.
29,1n Lake Erie, off Lorain, o., 9 by foun-
dering of steamer. Near GAINESVILLE,
Mo, 5 by upsetting of skif.
Jul. S-Columbus, O., 6 by cars at railway
crossing.
13-New York, 81 to date from lockjaw, due
4th of July pistol wounds.
l6-Bennett Lake, Alaska, II, drowned.
lS-1n northwestern Iowa, TO in emigrant
wagon by c~loudburst.
champion, Va, 7 from yellow fever in
soldiers home. Big Prairie, Mich, 6;
t%hrashing machine exploded.
Aug. l-Crook's inlet, q gold hunters
drowned.
3--St. Mary's and Calvert counties, Md, 6
during storm.
tNear Baltimore, 5 by rowboat capsizing.
l0-Near jackson, La, 5 in burning home.
I-Near Washington, Ind, 6 drowned.
2i-Near Carterville, Mo-, 5 miners by dyna.
mite.
27-Sparkil, N. Y, 5 in St. AIMS convent
fire.
2s-Chicago. . by falling arches of new Coli
scum bids Near Dardanelle, Ark, Z by
capsizing boat.
30-Yuma, A. t., 6 in a fire.
Sep. Pittsburgh, Pa, 5 by boiler explo-
sion. -: EastcG, Conn, 5 cnndren while
sea bathing.
Bath, Me-, 5 by yacht capsizine. ...O OFF
Amhe1stburg, o., 6 Toledo people by
lsESear Mora, N. NJ, 8 by corlapsins of
adobe.
22-Near Cape Pine, N. F., IA in shipwreck.
IN-Reno. Col. 6 in railway collision.