The Chanute times., 1902-01-10

Prussia; 1Sl by volcanic eruption In Java;
Z by a trolley car accident In Albany,
N Y; Il by a mine accident in Dayton.
Tenn. 20 by drowning at Manana Island,
and by drowning In Schuylkill River.
In June 70 lives were lost by fire on
the Tehuantepec Isthmus; by mine
accident at Iron Mountain, Mich; by
a railroad accident In Pretoria: by dy-
Mantle explosion at Binghamton, N. Y;
by a cyclone In Oklahoma; 10 by mine
accident at Jacobs Creek, Pa; ~ by fire
at st. Petersburg; 10 by explosion In cart
ridge factory, Paris by n cyclone at
Naper, Neb.; "a by explosion at Pater-
son, N. j.; and 10 by flood In Elkhorn
Valley, w. Va.
In July II were killed by lightning
strcke in Chicago; 1000 by a food at
Kiang So, China; 800 by earthquake at
Lung King, China 7 by drowning acci-
dent In Baden; 4 by storm at Haiti;
by collapse of a bridge at Springfield,
Pa; G by drowning at Savannah, Ca
700 by volcanic eruption In Java; l6 by
oil explosion at Stockholm; 2G by flood In
the Danube River; 40 by oil explosion at
Batoum, and by fire at Louisville, Ky.
In August II perished by collapse OF
wharf at Tampco. Mexico by gaso-
line explosion in Philadelphia; 10000 by
flood in China; 100 by fire at Witebsk,
Russia: 10 by fire at Cleveland, o.; by
floods in Louisiana; Z by explosion at
steel works, Youngstown, o.; by hre
In Philadelphia, Pa; by a dynamite
explosion in Herklmer, N. Y; by hur-
ricane at Villarego-Jilota, Spain, and 6
by fire in Brooklyn, N. Y.
In September 10 were killed by mine
explosion at Caerphilly. Wales; by
boiler explosion at Oakland, N. j.; II by
drowning off coast of Brittany; by
mine accident at Newcastle, Colo; % by
drowning in the Kulpa River, Croatia
IL by powder explosion at Ripault,
France; 80 by railroad accident near
Bucharest; by fire at Naples; by gas
explosion at Newark. N. j.; 10 by a
cloudburst in Presidio County, Tex; 30
by a powder explosion in Cozena, Italy,
and 15 by a mine accident at Nanaimo.
b. e.
In October "A were lost in a gale on
the Japan coast 20 by typhoon at
Manila so by a tidal wave in the Sea
of Marmora. and II by flood in Sicily.
In November 10 perished by a storm
at Lake Baikal, Siberia; 0 by fire at
Hurley, Wis; 7 by an explosion at
Athens, Greece; Q by mine accident at
Pocahontas, w. Va; % by earthquake at
Erzeromi; 20 by mine accident at Tel
luride. Colo. 8 by a mine accident at
Bluefields, W. Val by mine accident
at Wilkesbarre, Pa; 80 by boiler explo-
sion at Detroit, Mich; rs by railroad
disaster at Seneca, Mich, and 10 by
drowning in the Hawaiian Islands.
In December 25 were killed by rail-
road accident at Kabron, Russia; 20 lost
their lives by drowning in Japan 140 by
drowning at Goa, India; II by gas explo-
sion at Pittsburg, Pa; by boiler explo-
sion at Pittsburg, Pa; 3S by railroad ac-
cident at Altenbrechen, Germany; by
railroad accident at MalePnanO Italy. 40
by fire at Zacatecas, Mexico; 81 by rail-
road accident at Liverpool, England;
by mine accident Hartshorn, l. T.,
6; by waterspout at Saffee Morocco, 200
The loss of life by railroad accidents
reported by mail and telegraph for 1901
was 1869, as compared with 4,169 in 1900
and 1886 in 1899. The number of serious
ly injured was 3,265, as compared with
$3.50 In 1900 and 1885 in 1899.