The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-09
CASUALTIES.

Jan. 2-Macon, Ga, 5 in explosion.
3-Steamer Walla Walla sunk in collision
off Mendocino, Cal. Al persons missing.
7-Negaunee, Mich, 5 through caving in
of mine.
tunnel; Is killed, 80 injured. Steamer
Bristol sinks off Alaskan coast. 7 lives
lost.
lss- -B07TalG I. r +. 70 il I killed iR a in aFf mine explo-
sion.
2o-Wolsenburg, Col. 6 killed, 10 injured
in mine explosion.
Ne Paramount, w. Va, 6 lumber
men burned to death.
2~4--Oskaloosa, Ind. 81 men killed. 8 in
jured through mine explosion;
i'd Transit Co., kills 6. injuries 100 and
caused property loss of s. ,OoO.O 900.
I T.h 10 in tenement fire.
ton. ID drowned by sinking coal barges
I'll killed. s injured in a fire at ST.
...Pittsburg. boiler explosion
SChicago. explosion of gas main kills
IL, Injuries 20 others.
1o-.Empire hotel of st. Louis burns. kill
ing II, injuriig s.
14.Bowlder wrecks train near Little
Rock. Ark, killing 7. injuring IA.
Mar. Snow slide at Liberty Bell mine
near Telluride Col, kills II; 80 others
S-25 lives lost in floods in New York and
New Jersey. .Silverton, Col, 20 by
Snowslide.
6-Monongahela, Pa. mine explosion
kills s..
Macon, Tex. Southern Pacific train
wreck kills Is. Injuries Is.
lS-Lone landing, Miss, steamer cap
sized; q drowned.
2S-Kosciusko Miss. S negroes cremated
prison.
25-Cleveland, O.. 7 lives lost by cave-in
OF gas tank excavation.
31-At Dayton, Tenn, % killed in mine
explosion.
Apr. Philip B. Mitchell and S children
meet death in burning home. at Prosser
2o-steamer City. of Pittsburg burns at
Cairo. ILL.,. 60 ives lost.
2sTTCyclSne nearly destroys Glen Rose.
3o-At Philadelphia. s killed, AZ injured by
panic in cigar factory caused by fake
May AT Toledo. O., 7 members of First
Baptist S; 8. drowned in sinking naph-
tina launch.
200 and 300 badly burned in ~naphtha.
1S-In Atlanta. Ga, fire started by half
breed Indian, destroys business block,
kills s and Injuries 5.
19-At Coal Creek, Tenn, over 100 lives
lost by explosion in Fraterville shaft.
Jun. New York harbor. 7 in gale.
9-Chicago, 10 in burning sanitarium.
2-Near Staples: MINI, 6 in railway COL
lision....Near Wanatah. Ind, family of
5 drowned.
Jul. 4Celebration accidents due to gun
powder kills q and Injuries ZIP through
out country. 49,. Gloversville, N. Y, 13 in
trolley car collision.
7-Offerman. Ga, 5 by lightning.
~10eJohnstown, Pa, ia by fire damp explo-
sion in Cambria rolling mill mine.
linear Long Beach, N. Y, u drowned.
l2-Chicago and vicinity, 9 drowned while
boating or swimming.
Pa City, Utah, 30 by explosion of
powder magazine.
Aug. ,1-Woliongong. Victoria, 81 by mine
6-Near Rhodes, Ia, 10 in railway collision.
Near Trinidad, Col, Is by explosion in
coal mine.
@-Wilmington. Del, II by explosion in
8aGehrIng, Neb., 6 as result of starting
27-Near Illinois Station, 1. T., 6 in railway
wreck.
Sep. 1-Near Berry, Ala. q in railway
s-Williamsburg, -. Y, S by collapse of
steel n
1s--Witmer station, Pa, E. in railway COL
8-Princeton, ILL.,, 5 in railway collision.
Oct. ROCKY Hills, KY, s by boiler explo-
sion.
plosion:. ..Cornwallis, w. Va, S in rail-
way collision.
14-Off Ashtabula. o., 10 by laundering of
steamer.
Nov. New York, Is by premature explo-
sion of fireworks.
5l44TLLebanon, Pa. by boiler explosion.
men, sunk in Lake Erie.
29-Chicago, Is by boiler explosion in Swift
Packing Co.'S plant.
Dec. 7San Francisco, 70 by oil tank ex-
plosion.
4Chicago, IA in fire that destroyed Lincoln
hotel.
Shakers Hill, Tenn, 5 by explosion.
Gin navigation season, just closed, 140
seamen lost on great lakes, greatest mum
Der in history of lake traffic.
12-Fridley, MINI, 6 in ailway wreck.
13-Near Bucklin, Mo-, 5 in freight wreck.
Effort. Lee, N. j., 5 children by explosion
of acetylene gas tank.
21-Byron, Cal, 25 in railway collision.
PIN Massachusetts Bay. ii sailors in col
lision of 2 schooners.