Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-31
Notable Events in the
Worlds History
in 1902
GIVEN DAY BY DAY
Volcanic Upheava1S in
West IndieS--Gen-
era1 Review.
JANUARY.

Q Shipwreck: The Alaskan steamer
Bristol wrecked on Green island; the
captain and sailors lost.
l. Shipwreck: The British steamer AL
fonso and the Spanish steamer Vilelva
sunk in collision off Aveiro, Portugal;
10 sailors drowned
5. Obituary: ]. 3. Polk, veteran actor,
in Baltimore; aged 81.
z. Obituary: ElEridge S. Brooks. writer
of popular books for boys. at Somer
vile, Mass; aged So Baron Jean de
Bloch, author of THE War of the Flu
ture," the book which led to the peace
congress of 1899, at Warsaw; aged 50.
Fire: At Richmond, Cameron & Cam
eron's tobacco factory burned; loss,
sl5O,OO0
s. Obituary: Gen. Francis J. Heron,
noted Federal officer in the civil war,
in New York city; aged CO.
IL. Obituary: Horace L. Scudder. noted
author. at Cambridge. Mass; aged Ga
L. Railroad Accident; II people killed and
over 80 injured in a rear end collision
in the New York Central tunnel in New
York city.
1a Fire: At Syracuse the Central City
Masonic hall burned; loss. S2n0 900.
Accident: 10 miners killed by the ex-
pIosion of firedamp at Dow, l. 7.
IA. Accident: A miners drowned by the
flooding of the Jupiter mine. Brux
coal district. Bohemia.
Fire: at Manchester, n. H; loss OF
$500 900 by burning of Kennard block
and Park theater.
Obituary: John Howard Bryant, brother
OF the late Wlllan Cullen the
poet, at Princeton, ILL.,; aged "a.
Is. Fire: AT Los Angeles. Cal; loss, $780,
600.
Is. Obituary: Prof. Alpheus Hyatt. IA
nous paleontologist. at Cambridge.
Earthquake: AT Chflpancingo. Mexico;
heavy loss of life.
Fire: At Kalamazoo. Mich; loss Of
500. 900 by burning of a wagon factory.
19 Obituary: The Infanta Christina Isa-
bella of Spain, in Madrid: aged SO.
Fire: At Fall River; loss of 100000 by
burning of Globe Yarn mills.
Accident: 60 people killed and 100 in
jured by explosion in a spinning mill
at ManreSa, Spain
20 Accident: 10 people killed and 90 IN
jured by collapse of floors in Smith
field mills, Belfast.
Fire: At Memphis; loss of 100000 by
burning of Wetter Stove foundry
: Colombian War: The Colombian fleet
defeated in battle by insurgent squad
ron. Gen. AIban, Colombian leader,
killed.
u Fire Accident: men burned to death
at Camp No. ). Hambleton, w. Va.
! Obituary: Aubrey Thomas de We're, Irish
poet: aged IS. Camilla Urso. famous
violinist. in New York city: aged 60.
] Fire: At Columbus. o.; loss of S2JO,OOO by
flames in business district
o. Fire: At New Britain. Conn, St
Mary's Roman Catholic church burned;
loss, $3.50. 900.
Accident: % miners killed by dust ex-
plosion in the Lost Creek mine. near
Oskaloosa. Ia
25. Earthquake: Shocks in Missouri, kan
Fire: In business district of Mobile; loss.
$500. 900.
&C. Obituary: Dr. Lachlan Tyler. son of
President john Tyler. in New York
city.
2s. Fire: At Mount Clemens. Mich; loss
of 100000 by burning of two hotels
and bathhouse.
Obituary: Rear Admiral Lewis Ashfield
Kimberly, L. s. N. retired, at West
Newton, Mass; aged 70. Eugen Du
Pont head of powder manufacturing
firm, at Wilmington, Del; aged 81
q. Fire: In business portion of Wolcott,
Ind: loss. $4,000. In st. Paul the
Peoples church destroyed; loss. $1O5,-
o0O
storm: Heavy fall of sleet in Arkansas;
damage in Little Rock. 100000.
80. Fire: In Norfolk hotels, an apart
ment house and stores and offices
burned; loss, 100000.
FEBRUARY.
L shipwreck: The French ship Chanarai
wrecked in a fierce storm off Brittany;
I 81 sailors lost.
Accident: 100 deaths in explosion at
the Hondo mines. Mexico.
2 Fire: At Waterbury. Conn; blocks
burned: loss, 49, 100000.
Obituary: Paul F. Munde, gynecologist
of worldwide fame. in New York city;
9. Fire: At New Milford. Conn; loss.
500, 900.
4. Accident: men killed and many in
5ured fighting fire in St Louis.
5. Accident: 13 killed by explosion of
gas main in Chicago.
g. South African War: Hard fighting on
the blockhouse line between British
and De Vets Beers; the burghers'
loss reported at 300 by Kitchener.
T. Obituary: Thomas Sidney Cooper. ia
nous animal painter, in London; aged
90.
Fires: At Minneapolis the Vendome no.
tel, valued at $2OO. 900. Quilted by flames.
At Horton Kan, car works of the
Rock Island railroad damaged to the
extent of $2500O0.
g. Obituary: Vice Admiral Montijo, COM
rnander of the seanish fleet at the bat
tie of Manila. at Madrid; aged IL
Fire: At Wabella. ILL.,, the town nearly
wiped out; loss, $780, 600.
g. Fire: In Paterson. N j.; rs blocks
burned: loss. Sc. O00, 600.
IL Convention: Annual session of the
National American Woman Suffrage
association began in Washington.
12 South African War: British patrol on
Kip river entrapped by Beers. with
loss of killed and wounded.
Obituary: Lord Dufferin. formerly gov
ernor general of Canada, at Clande-
boye If and; aged IS.
Riot: II killed in battle between on
GERS and mountaineers near Middle
boro, KY.
il Riot: is .illed and 100 injured in col
lision between troops and rioters at
Triest.
Fire: In Jersey City N j.; loss of goods
and shipping at the Lehigh Valley
Co.'S pier, $500. 600.
r. Convention: The 18th araa-.l SESSION aL
the National Society D. A L. opened
I'm Washington
r. Obituary: Albert Bierstadt, noted
American landscape painter, in New
York city: aged "a Rev DR.. Newman
Hall noted Congrega tionalfst minister.
fw,sT God TIrrr L.