Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-01-08
CASUAL TIES.

Jan. 2-Macon, Ga. in explosion.
3-Steamer Malla ANalla sunk in collision
7-Negaunee, Mich, 5 through caving in
of mine.
Sin New York city trains collide in
tunnel: Is killed. 80 injured. Steamer
I2-Buffalo N Y. Z in a fire.
l4--Bow, |. T.. 10 killed in mine explo-
20 -Wolsenburg, Col, 6 killed, 10 injured
in mine explosion.
21-Near Paramount w. Va, s lumber
men burned to death.
24-0skaloosa; Ind, 81 men killed. in
jured through mine explosion.
27.-Explosion in tunnel Of New York Rap,
caused property loss of 100000
2S-Boston, 10 in tenement fire.
Feb. EBetween Newport News and Bos-
ton. 13 drowned by sinking coal barges
~ Killed, injured in a fire at ST.
Louis; .Pittsburg. boiler explosion
kills 6.
5-Chicago, explosion of gas main kills
Empire hotel of St. Louis burns kill
ing II, injuring s.
14-Bowlder wrecks train near Little
Rock, Ark, killing Z, injuring IA.
Mar 1-Snow slide at Liberty Bell mine
near, Telluride, Col, kills II; 80 others
missing.
New Jersey. Silverton, Col. 20 by
6TMonongahela, Pa, mine explosion
Kills 5.
macon; Tex, Southern Pacific train
u-Shinhopple,, N. Y, 5 in fire.
I3-Lone Landing, Miss, steamer cap
sized; q drowned
3-Kosciusko, Miss. negroes cremated
while trying to burn their way out of
prison.
25ECleveland, O.. lives lost by cave-in
oe gas tank excavation.
S1-At Dayton. Tenn, % killed in mine
Apr. Philip B. Mitchell and 5 children
meet death in burning home. at Prosser
Hollow, Pa.
2O-steamer city of Pittsburg burns at
Cairo. ILL.,, co lives lost.
2S-Cyclone nearly destroys Glen Rose,
Tex, killing Z. injuring 40
30-At Philadelphia killed 42 injured by
panic in cigar factory caused by fake
May 7-At Toledo, O.. members of First
Baptist S. S. drowned in sinking naph-
tina launch.
l2-At Sheridan, Pa, 25 killed. between
200 and 800 badly burned in naphtha
1S-In Atlanta, Ga, fire started by half
breed Indian. destroys business block,
kills and Injuries 5.
19-At Coal Creek, Tenn, over 100 lives
lost by. explosion in FratervilIe shaft.
Jun. New York harbor. in gale.
9-Chicago, 10 in burning sanitarium
W-Near Staples. MINI, in railway coll
ision.. Near Wanatah. Ind, family of
drowned.
powder kills q and Injuries 172 through
out country. :. .Gloversville, N. Y, 13 in
trolley car collision.
7-Offerman. Ca. by lightning.
l0-Johnstown, Pa, ia by fire damp expIo-
sion in Cambria rolling mill mine.
n-Near Long Beach, n. Y, u drowned
l21Chicago and vicinity, drowned while
16-Park City, Utah, 30 by explosion of
powder magazine
Aug. ,1--Wollongong. Victoria. 81 by mine
6-Near Rhodes, Ia. 10 in railway collision.
Near Trinidad, Col, 10 by explosion in
coal mine.
1e-San Angelo, Tex, { in burning hotel
@-Wilmington, Del, II by explosion in
pulp works.
8-Gehring, Neb., 6 as result of starting
fire with kerosene.
21-Near Illinois Station, /. T., in railway
= wreck
Sep. Near Berry. Ala, 81 in railway
-Williamsburg. =. Y. by collapse of
steel tank.
1s-Witmer station, Pa, 6 in railway col
2GPrinceton, ILL.,, 5 in railway collision.
Oct. I-Roeky Hills. KY, by boiler explo-
sion
2-Black Diamond, Wash, y by mine ex-
plosien: .Cornwailis. w. Va, in rail-
l4of Azhtabula. O., 10 by laundering of
steamer.
Nov New York. l5 by premature explo-
14-Lebanon, Pa, by boiler explosion.
23-Steamer Sylvanus ]. Macy, with Is
men, sunk in Lake Erie.
9-Chicago. Is by boiler explosion in Swift
Packing Cos plant.
Dec. S-san Francisco. u by oil tank ex-
plosion.
4-Chicago. IA in fire that destroyed Lincoln
hotel.
S-Baker's Hill. Tenn, by explosion.
Gin navigation season, just closed, 40
seamen lost on great lakes. greatest num-
her in history lake ffjf,
i2-F'ri6ley. MINI. 6 IN railway wreck.
lS-Near Buckiin, Mo-, 5 in freight wreck.
16-Fort Lee, n. j.. children by explosion
of acstyiene gas tank
2l-Byron, Cal. . in railway collision.
22-Iu Massachusetts Bay, II sailors in COL
lsion of sehooners.