Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09
DISASTERS OF THE YEAR.
Record Is Long, and tho Number of
Deaths Involved Excessive.

JackSonNllie, RIA, was the scene of the
most disastrous fire of the year in Amer
lea. The greater part of the city was
laid in ashes May 3. causing a total loss
of about 81 100000. Another serious
fire was that in Montreal, Jan. &c. The
loss was S2.5O0.000. Twenty lives
were lost by the burning of the Rochester
IN. " orphan asylum Jan. S; nineteen
persons were killed in furniture-house
fire in Philadelphia, Oct. %, and 100 or
more were lost in a great oil fire at
Baku. Russia. Feb. s.
Tornadoes, cyclones and floods were
fortunately few in number compared to
other years. The worst disaster OF this
sort was a storm and food In the Elk
horn valley of West Virginia June %
Between fifty and sixty lives were lost
and property to the value of about $780,
600 was destroyed.
The following IS a list of the most
prominent disasters in 1901:
In January 10 were killed by an explo-
sion at Lei-Tung. China; s by a fire at
Minneapolis; 6 by railroad accident at
Mikala, Austria; 20 by a panic at Tokyo
Japan; 100 by blizzard in south Russia;
so by the capsizing of a barge OFF the
coast OF Madagascar: 400 by a storm on
the coast of Japan; 20 by an explosion
at Hang Chow. China; 10 by a boiler ex-
plosion at Recklinghauser. Bohemia; and
IS by hurricane at Trondjhem. Nor
way.
In February 81 persons persisted in
mine accident at Durango. Mexico: 1892
by storm on the coast of China; by
an explosion at Guilford, England: by
railroad accident In New South Wales;
GO by a mine accident in Cumberland b.
c., and 5 at Hermoslllo. Mexico; q by
fire at Tokyo, Japan; 40 by storm at
Odessa. Russia by fire at Birmingham
England; and % by mine accident at
Kemmerer. Wyo.
In March 50 persons were killed by an
explosion in China; by explosion in
Spain; 30 by railroad accident at Wa
lovo, Russia; II by a mine accident at
Yabori Japan; 10 by mine accident at
Gilsenkirche, Prussia; by cyclone in
Texas; 16 by a cyclone in Arkansas; 10
by boiler explosion in Chicago; by an
avalanche at Lake Como 20 by flood in
Bolivia; Is by bursting of a dam at Bo-
logna, Italy; by railroad accident in
New South Wales; IS by cyclone at Biz
mingham, Ala and by a mine acct
dent in Fayette Co., Ala.
In April rs lost their lives by mine &C.
cident in the Transvaal; 6 by a hotel fire
at st. Mary's, w. Va; IL by cyclone in
the Canary Islands; Is by an explosion at
Griesheim Germany; Is by n mine acct
dent at HoInu. Belgium: 20 by a snow
slide in Alaska; by a railroad acct
dent in Pekin; by fire at St Jean
France; 6 by railroad accident at Gale
don. South Africa, and Is by the fall Of
a church in Albania.
In May IS persisted by FIRE at AmreeII
India: 100 by ferryboat disaster on the
Dnleper River; by fire in Chicago: by
an avalanche in Alaska; 1870 by a boiler
explosion in China; S by an avalanche in
Switzerland; I by a mine accident in
Fairmont. w. Va; Is by an avalanche at
Ayacenza, Italy; rs by fire at Sohendorf
Bohemia; IA by floods In Tennessee; 30
by an explosion at Cape Town: 70 by a
mine accident at Langhewydd. Wales;
q by a mine accident at Wolsenburg
Prussia; ISL by volcanic eruption In Java;
I by a trolley car accident in Albany.
N. y; q by mine accident In Dayton.
Tenn; % by drowning at Manana Island,
and by drowning in Schuylkill River.
In June 20 lives were lost by fire on
the Tehuantepec Isthmus: by a mine
accident at Iron Mountain, Mich: Q by
a railroad accident in Pretoria; by dy-
Mantle explosion at Blnghamton. N. Y;
by cyclone in Oklahoma; 16 by a mine
accident at Jacobs Creek, Pa; u by fire
at St. Petersburg; Is by explosion in cart
ridge factory, Paris; by a cyclone at
| Naper. Neb.; "a by explosion at Pater-
! son, N. j.; and 10 by flood In Elkhorn
Valley. w. Va.
In July Il were killed by a lightning
stroke in Chicago; 1000 by food at
| kiang So, China; 900 by earthquake at
| Lung King China: by drowning acct
| dent In Baden; 4 by a storm at Haiti;
9 by collapse Of a bridge at Springfield,
| Pa; by drowning at Savannah, Ca;
| 200 by volcanic eruption in Java: 16 by
| oil explosion at Stockholm: 2s by food in
the Danube River; 40 by oil explosion at
| Batoum. and by fire at Louisville. Ky.
| In August II persisted by collapse OF a
! wharf at Tampico, Mexico; by a gaso-
| line explosion In Philadelphia 5000 by
! food I'm China: 100 by fire at Witebsk.
| Russia; 10 by fire at Cleveland, o.: by
| foods in Louisiana; by explosion at
steel works, Youngstown, o.; by fire
in Philadelphia, Pa; by a dynamite
explosion in Herkimer, N. r.: 6 by hur-
ricane at Villarego-Jllota, Spain. and 6
| by fire In Brooklyn. n. Y.
In September 10 were killed by a mine
explosion at Caerphilly, Wales; by a
| boiler explosion at Oakland, N. j.; II by
drowning of coast of Brittany; by
mine accident at Newcastle. Colo: q by
drowning In the Kulpa River. Croatia: