Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-01-10

Prussia; 1871 by volcanic eruption in Java
Z by trolley car accident In Albany
N. Y; 2l by mine accident in Dayton
Tenn; 20 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
railroad accident In Pretoria by dy-
Mantle explosion at Binghamton. N. Y;
by a cyclone In Oklahoma: 16 by a mine
accident at Jacobs Creek. Pa: ~ by fire
at st. Petersburg; is by explosion in cart
ridge factory, Paris; Q 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 II were killed by a lightning
stroke in Chicago; 1000 by flood at
Kiang So, China; 800 by earthquake at
Lung King China: Z by drowning acct
dent In Baden; 4 by a storm at Haiti;
by collapse of a bridge at Springfield,
Pa; 9 by drowning at Savannah, Ga;
700 by volcanic eruption in Java: l6 by
oil explosion at Stockholm; 26 by flood 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 gaso-
line explosion In Philadelphia; 10000 by
flood in China; 100 by fire at Witebsk,
Russia; 10 by fire at Cleveland, o.; 6 by
floods in louisiana; Z by explosion at
steel works. Youngstown, o.; by fire
in Philadelphia, Pa; by dynamite
explosion in Herkimer, N. Y: by hur-
ricane at Villarego- Jilota. Spain, and 6
by fire in Brooklyn. N. Y.
In September 10 were killed by a mine
explosion at Caerphily. Wales; by a
boiler explosion at Oakland, N. j.; II by
drowning off coast of Brittany; 6 by
mine accident at Newcastle, Colo; % by
drowning in the Kulpa River, Croatia;
IL by powder explosion at Ripault,
France; 30 by railroad accident near
Bucharest; by fire at Naples; by gas
explosion at Newark, N. j.; 10 by a
cloudburst in Preside County, Tex; so
by powder explosion in Cozena, Italy,
and 10 by mine accident at Nanaimo,
b. C.
In October "A were lost in gale on
the Japan coast; 20 by typhoon at
Manila; so by tidal wave in the Sea
of Marmora, and IL by flood in Sicily
In November 10 persisted by storm
at Lake Baikal Siberia; by fire at
Hurley, Wis; by an explosion at
Athens. Greece; by mine accident at
Pocahontas, w. Va: % by earthquake at
Erzeromi: 20 by mine accident at Tel
luride. Colo; by mine accident at
Bluefields, w. Va: by mine accident
at Wilkesbarre, Pa: 80 by boiler explo-
sion at Detroit, Mich; &c by railroad
disaster at Seneca, Mich. and 10 by
drowning in the Hawaiian Islands.
In December rs were killed by rail-
road accident at Kabron, Russia; 20 lost
their lives by drowning in japan; $40 by
drowning at Goa, India; II by gas explo-
sion at Pittsburg, Pa; 6 by boiler explo-
sion at Pittsburg. Pa; 80 by railroad ac-
cident at Altenbrechen. Germany: by
railroad accident at Melegnano. Italy: As
by fire at Zacatecas Mexico; 81 by rail-
road accident at Liverpool. England;
by mine accident, Hartshorn. /. T.,
9; by waterspout at Saffee, Morocco. 200.
The loss of life by railroad accidents
by mail and telegraph for 1901
was 1868. as compared with 4,169 in 1900
and 1856 In 1899. The number of serious
ly injured was $685. as compared with
$3.50 In 1900 and 1885 in 1899.