Gilpin observer., 1902-01-09

Prussia; is1 by volcanic eruption n yAya,
z by trolley car accident In Albany,
N. r.; 81 by mine accident In Dayton,
Tenn. !; 20 by drowning at Manana Island,
and by drowning in Schuyll<ill River.
In June 70 lives were lost by fire on
the Tehuantepec Isthmus: by, mine
accident at Iron Mountain. Mich; 9 by
railroad accident in Pretoria; 9 by dy-
Mantle explosion at Binghamton. N. Y;
by cyclone In Oklahoma; Ia by a mine
accident at Jacobs Creek. Pa; u by fire
at st. Petersburg; Is by explosion in cart
ridge factory. Paris; 9 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; 1900 by a flood at
kfang So. China; 800 by earthquake at
Lung King, China; by drowning acci-
dent In Baden; by a storm at Haiti;
. by collapse of a bridge at Springfield
Pa: by drowning at Savannah, Ga :
700 by volcanic eruption in Java; 16 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 perished by collapse of a
wharf at Tampico, Mexico; by a gaso-
line explosion in Philadelphia; 10000 by
food 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 fire
in Philadelphia, Pa; by a 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 Caerphilly Wales; by a
boiler explosion at Oakland, N. j.; II by
drowning off coast of Brittany; by
mine accident at Newcastle. Colo; 23 by
drowning in the Kulpa River. Croatia ;
IL by powder explosion at Ripauit
france.
Bucharest; by fire at Naples; s by gas
explosion at Newark, N. j.; 1S by a
cloudburst in Preside County. Tex: SO
by powder explosion in Cozena. Italy,
and 1s by a mine accident at Nanaimo.
B. C.
In October IA were lost in a gale on
the Japan coast: 20 by styphoon at
Manila: so by a tidal wave in the Sea
of Marmora, and II by flood in Sicily.
In November 40 perished by storm
Hurley. Wis; by an explosion at
Athena sreece; by mine accident at
Pooahontas. w. Va: % by earthquake at
Erzeromi: % by mine accident at Tel
lurfde. Colo; by mine accident at
Biuefields. w. Va: by mine accident
at wilkesbarre Pa: 80 by boiler explo-
sion at Detroit Mich: IS 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 14o by
drowning at Goa, India; II by gas e-.plo-
sion at Pittsburg. Pa; 6 by boiler explo-
sion at Pittsburg. Pa: IS 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. l. T.,
s; by waterspout at Saffee. Morocco 200
The loss of life by railroad accidents
reported by mail and telegraph for 1901
was 1868. as compared with 4.1G9 in 1900
and 1855 in 1899. The number of serious
ly injured was 3,265. as compared with
$50 in 1900 and 1856 in 1899