The Irish standard., 1901-01-05
THE BOOK is CLOSED.
Last Page Of Volume 1900 of the
Worlds History Written.
"A Glance at Some of the Dark Spots
Statistics of Disasters, Wars,
Notable Deaths and Grimes
of Various Kinds.

4 names probably the most conspicuous are
;Sthe following: January /, Karl Millocker,
opera composer, Austria; January4, Dimitri
Grigorowitch, novelist, Russia; January II,
James Martineau, philosophical and theo-
logical writer, England; January 20, John
Ruskin, art critic and author. England;
January p, Richard D. Blackmore, novel;
list, England; February20, LeanderJ. McCor-
mick. manufacturer, United States; Feb
ruary 20, William H. Beard, animal painter,
I: United States; February 81 DR.. Leslie
Kelley, gold cure discoyerer, United States;
March z, Paul Jean Clays marine painter,
Belgium; March g. Edward ]. Phelps, ex-
minister to Great Britain, United States;
March 49, Gen. Pietrus Jacobus Joubert,
!. Boer army. South Africa; April l, st.
George Mivart. scientist England; April 5,
Gen. Osman Pasha, Turkey; April Z, Fred
Z erick Church, landscape painter, United
States; April 10. Jean Falquiere, sculptor,
France; April19, Heinrich Vogl opera tenor
Germany; May /, Michael Munkaczy, paint
er. Hungary; May Is, Giuseppe del Puente,
opera baritone, United States; May %, Sir
George Grove, musical writer and con-
notsseur, England; June S, Stephen Crane,
story writer, United States; June g. Count
Mouravieff, minister of foreign affairs,
: Russia: June %, Jasper F: Cropsey, land
scape painter, United States; June 3d. John
W. Philip, rear admiral, U. S. NJ; July 20.
Humbert. king of Italy; August S. DR..
William Liebknecht, socialist leader. Ger
IAdllys August ., COILS T..
ton, fiancier, United States; August
16. John ]. Ingalls,, ex-senator, United
States: October 20. Charles Dudley Warner,
author and Journalist. United States; Oc-
tober q. John Sherman statesman, United
States; October Is, Sims Reeves concert
tenor England: October 2S, Friedrich Max
Muller. philologst, England; November %,
Sir Arthur Sullivan. composer, England;
November e. Cushman K. Davis. states
man. United States; December 10, Michael
G. Mulhall. statistician. England.
Disasters.
In January 1000 persons were killed by
earthquake at Tiflis; ~ by mine accident
at Gross Hatcher. Prussia; 10 by a storm
at Newhaus Bohemia; All by a typhoon on
the Japan coast; 81 by an earthquake in
sumatra; 10 by a dynamite explosion at
Avigliano; 30 by the fall of church at
Malowzensk. Russia: 9 by an earthquake at
Colima. Mexico, and S by dynamite ex-
plosion at Ashley, Pa.
In February 60 persisted by fire at Nava-
eca. Japan; 100 by powder explosion at
Hang Chow, China; 80 by an avalanche in
Turkestan. and 81 by fire at Komaijura.
Japan.
In March 50 were killed by mine accident
at Fire Creek, W. Va; IA by mine accident
at Vicenza, Italy; l6 by mine accident at
Bessages, France. l3 by a fire at Newark,
: N. j.; 81 by an earthquake at Alhakalah,
Asia Minor. and "a by a boating accident at
Buda-Pesth.
In April II lives were lost by an avalanche
in Japan: Is by flood in Colorado river,
Texas; by landslide at Naples, Italy;
by flood in Rio Grande river, Texas; II by
boating accident on the Cornish coast;
13. by a boating accident at Bingen, Ger
many; IL by a flood in Mississippi; 80 by
powder explosion at Kan Shan, China; 6
by fire at Ottawa Canada; 65 by IN explo-
sion at Pretoria, South Africa; by flood
" il,
by falling bridge at the Paris exposition,
and by mine accident at Tazewell Va.
In May $50 were killed in mine accident
at Scofield. Utah; 16 by a fire at Fukin, ia
pan; q by>a boating accident at Rencigli-
one, Italy; % by a mine accident at Cum
rock, Va. and 80 by the fall of an embank-
ment at Ahmedabad. India.
:. In June 30 were killed in a railroad acct
dent at Staffelbach, Ga; by a fire in New
York city; S by mine accident at Canmore
Z N. w. T.; % by a boating accident in Brit
tsh Guiana, and 800 by fire in New York city.
In July 10 lost their lives by a boating ac-
Z cident off Norfolk, Va. u by tenement
house fire in New York city; 60 by street
car accident at Tacoma. Wash. 6 by explo-
sion OF an oil tank at Parkersburg, w. Va. {;
by fireworks explosion at Philadelphia
Pa: 6 by hurricane at Warzerburg, Ba-
varia; so by powder explosion at Taking,
China; 80 by powder explosion at Mirkden,
Russia; by an earthquake in the eau
casus; Is by flood at Coleman, Tex; $50 by
4 volcanic eruption in Japan; II by a boa ting
accident at Akron, Ala; 80 by mine acct
dent at Matchuela, Mex, and u by flood
q in Chilli
In. August 20 were killed by an explosion
ataTampa, Fla; IS by railroad accident in
Italy; 200 by flood in Japan, and 80 by tor
pedo explosion in China.
In September 90 were killed by a cannon
explosion in Austria; s. 900 by the hurrca ne
G1lveStO 36i in 20 Mt tiar.
10 by fire at Cincinnati, O.; 50 by an ex-
Z ploson in China; 35 by a mine accident at
Dux, Bohemia: 20 by flood at Calcutta,
India, and y by cyclone at Morristown
MINI.
In October 20 lost their lives by an expio-
sion in the Transvaal; 10 by cyclone at
!; Brtdabik Mimi: 10 by a railroad accident
at Heidelberg Germany; 40 by the collapse
of building at Porkoff, Russia; s by a fire
in New York city; by the fall of school
house In Moravia; 203 by a typhoon in ia
Z pan; 10 by cyclone at Lodi, Tex. so by a
{ boiler explosion at Tomsk, Russia; is by ex-
plos1on. In -Tarrant's drug house, New York
city. and % by an earthquake at Caracas
Venezuela.
In November ID were killed in mire ac-
cident at Philippi. Va; 8 by the collapse of
hotel at Stettin, Germany; by railroa.
accident near Frankfurt, Prussia s by a
railroad accident near Nantes, France; G
( by railroad accident at Brueggar, Ger
many; IL by the fall of an arena at Pedra-
quer Spain; IL by railroad accident at
Bayonne. France; % by flood in Calcutta,
India: by hotel fire a Oswayo, Pa; 20
by cyclone in West Tennessee; 12 by the
collapse of a building at Darmstadt. Ger
many 300 by a typhoon on the coast OF
Guam; u by mine accident at Awriche,
7 France; % by the collapse of a roof / Sar.
Francisco. CAL, and 1900 by typhoon in
! Japan.
a. In December 300 were killed by powder
= explosion at Marking China; % by rail-
road accident in Mexico; 26 by mine acct
dent at San Andres de la Sierra, Mex; 300
by typhoon at Hong-kong, China; 200
by boating accident on West river
China; by schoolhouse fire at FreGonia
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