Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-01-10
THE BOOK rs CLOSED.
Last Page of Volume 1900 of the
Worlds History Written.
A Glance Mt Some of the Dark spots
Statistics of Disasters. Wars
Notable Deaths and Crimes
of Various Is inds.


James Martineau, philosophical and theo-
logical writer. England; January 20 John
Ruskin, art critic and author, England
January q. Richard ID. Blackmore. mover
fst England: FebruaryD 20, LeanderJ' McCof-
mick manufacturer, United States; Feb
ruary 20, William II. Beard. animal painter,
United States; February q, Dr. Leslie
Kelley. gold cure discoverer United states;
March 4 Paul Jean Clays, marine painter,
Belgium: March 8. Edward j. Phelps, ex-
minister to Great Britain, United States;
March 2S Gen. Pietrus Jacobus Joubert,
Boer army, South Africa; April !, st.
George Mivart, scientist, England; April 5,
Gen. Osman Pasha, Turkey; April I, Fred
erick Church, landscape painter United
States; April 49, Jean Falquiere sculptor,
France; APRIL 10, Heinrich Nogl. opera tenor,
Germany May l. Michael Munkaczy. paint
er, Hungary; May %. Giuseppe del Puente,
opera baritone, United States; May 2S, Sir
George Grove, musical writer and con
roisseur. England: June ). Stephen Crane,
story writer United States; June q. Count
Mouraveff, minister of foreign affairs,
Russia: June %. Jasper +. Cropsey, land
scape painter United States June 30, John
W Philip, rear admiral, L. >. N; July ~
Humbert, king of Italy; August 3, DR..
William Liebknecht socialist leader, Ger
many; August 5. Coils p. Hunting
ton. fancier. United States; August
10, John ]. ingalls,, ex-senator, United
States; October 20, Charles Dudley Warner,
author and journalist, United States; Oc-
tober % John Sherman statesman, United
States: October 25 Sims Reeves, concert
tenor, England; October 2S, Friedrich Max
Muller philologist, England; November y,
Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer England;
November q. Cushman *. Davis. states
man. United States; December -, Michael
g. Mulhall, statistician, England.
Disasters.
In January 1000 persons were killed by
nv mil
at Gross Hatcher, Prussia; l3 by storm
at Newhaus Bohemia; All by typhoon on
the Japan coast; p by an earthquake in
Sumatra; 13 by dynamite explosion al
Avigliano; 80 by the fall of church at
Malowzensk, Russia: 9 by an earthquake at
Colima Mexico and by a dynamite eX-
ploson at Ashley, Pa.
In February SO perished by fire at Nava-
oca. Japan; 100 by powder explosion al
Hang Chow. China; 80 by an avalanche in
Turkestan, and 81 by a fire at Komaijura.
Japan.
In March 80 were killed by a mine accident
a t Fire Creek, w. Va; IA by mine accident
at Nicenza. Italy; l6 by mine accident at
Bessages, France, l3 by fire at Newark,
N J.; 81 by an earthquake a Alhakalah,
Asia Minor, and "a by boating accident at
Buda-Pesth.
In April II lives were lost by an avalanche
in Japan; 2S by flood in Colorado river,
Texas: s by a landslide at Naples, Italy; Z
J
II boating accident on the Cornish coast;
IS by a boating accident at Bngen, Ger
many; IS by a flood in Mississippi; 80 by a
powder explosion at Kan Shan, China; 6
by fire at Ottawa. Canada; 60 by an eXplo-
sion at Pretoria, South Africa; 6 by a flood
al Waco, Tex: by cyclone in Texas; 8
ny a falling bridge al the Paris exposition,
and by a mine accident at Tazewell. Va.
In May $50 were killed in mine accident
at Scofed Utah; 16 by fire at Fukin, ia
ht- n hpa fr,tr pt P.f-. 4itFfi
ore, Italy; 20 by a mine accident al Cum
mock Va, and 30 by the fall of an embank-
ment at Ahmedabad, India.
In June 80 were killed in a railroad acci-
cent AT Staffelbach, Ga; 9 by fire in New
York city; by mine accident at Canmore,
y. W. T.; % by a boating accident in Brit
fish Guiana. and 300 by fire in New York city.
In July 10 lost their lives by boating ac-
ciGcnt off Norfolk. Va; u by tenement
house fire in New York city; 90 by a street
car accident at Tacoma. Wash. 6by explo-
sion of an oil tank at Parkersburg w. Va
by a fireworks explosion at Philadelphia
Pa; by a hurricane a Warzerburg. Ba-
varia; 50 by powder explosion at Taking
/ China; 90 by powder explosion at Mirkden.
| Russia: by an earthquake in the eau
\ casus; 10 by flood at Coleman. Tex: $50 by
volcanic eruption in Japan; II by a boa ting
accident at Akron, Ala; 30 by a mine acct
dent at Matchuela, Mex, and u by a flood
in Chilli.
at Tampa, Fla; 10 by railroad accid Mt in
Italy; 200 by hooG in Japan, and 80 by a tor
pedo explosion in China.
In September e9 were killed by a cannon
explosion in Austria; 5000 by the hurricane
al Galveston, Tex. and ad jacent localities
10 by a fire at Cincinnati o.; 3S by an ex.
plosion in China; 35 by a mine accident al
Dux, Bohemia; 20 by a food at Calcutta
'ndia, and u by cyclone at Morristown
Ninn.
In October 20 lost their lives by an explo
sion in the TranSvaal; 10 by a cyclone a
3ridabik, MINI. 10 by railroad acciden
It Heidelberg, Germany; 40 by the collaps,
II a building at Porkoff, Russia; by fire
New York city; by the fall of a school
ouse in Moravia 203 by a typhoon in ia
an; 10 by a cyclone at Lodi Tex; 80 by
piler explosion a Tomsk, Russia is by eX
loson in Tarrant's drug house, New Yorl
ty, and % by an earthquake at Caracas
eneZuela.
In November IA were killed in mine ac
Ident at Philippi. Va; by the collapse o
hotel at Stettin, Germany; I by railroa,
ccident near Frankfurt Prussia: s by
tiroad accident near Nantes, France;
railroad accident at Brueggar, Ger
any; 12 by the fGll of an arena at Pedra
4cr, Spain; l3 by a railroad accident a
ayOnne, France; % by a flood in Calcutta
iia; by a hotel fire at Oswayo Pa:
cyclone in West Tennessee; u by tn
lapse of a building at Darmstadt. Ger
my 1VO DS lypHOOn on the coast q
Jam; II by a mine accident at Awriche
'ance; % by the collapse of a roof Sal
rancisco, Cal, and 1000 by a typhoon il
tpan.
In December 800 were killed by powde
iplosion at Marking, China: % by a rail
ad accident in Mexico; 26 by mine acci
Mt at San Andres de la Sierra Mex; &c
typhoon at Hong Kong China 90
boating accident on West river
lima; by schoolhouse fire at Fredonia
i.
he following table gives the loss of lif
ultng from disasters of various kind
this country during 1900, as reported b
il and telegraph:
JWnlnS .....,.......'...... ................ y, V
p!USlOn .-...'.'.'.''''' .............,.... 4,
'eS ................ 81
ing buildings, etc..................... 81
lone and storms S.......................S,2 g, q
ltnlng ...............,..... 3!
le loss of life by railroad accidents re
ed by mail ana telegraph for 1900 wa
compared with 3552 in 1899, $3.50
and 2,76I in 1897. The number of ser
injured was 3,S70 as compared wit
1899 :, 6l6 in 1895 and 2,42S in 1897.