Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-01-01
NATURES FIERCE MOODS.
Destruction of Life and Property b,
Volcanoes, Floods and Storms.

of Life and Property by
Volcanoes, Floods and storms.
JANUARY.
IS. Heavy loss of life by an earthquake at
Chilpancingo, Mexico.
Is. Earthquake shocks in Missouri, Kan
sas and Illinois.
29. Heavy sleet storm in Arkansas; loss
at Little Rock. $780, OO
FEBRUARY.
IA. A series of earthquakes began at
Shamaka, Transcaucasia; thousands of
homes destroyed and victims reported
at 1000 to 5000
&c. A heavy southeast storm, with wind
at go miles an hour, ragged on the Pa
cific coast.
IS. Great blizzard in Minnesota and the
Dakotas.
6. Heavy storm of snow, sleet and rain
swept over the whole continent.
u. The town of Kyankari Asia Minor,
destroyed by an earthquake; 5000
buildings wrecked.
Louisiana swept by tornadoes; 40 deaths.
30. Loss of $4,000,000 and 20 lives by foods
in Tennessee.
Pittsburg struck by a fierce windstorm.
APRIL.
IS Beginning of 8 days earthquake shocks
q. deaths in wind and lightning storm
in southwestern Oklahoma.
Hot and cold waves in the middle west;
thermometer ranged from 80 to 102 in
Nebraska.
8. The eruption of Mont Pelee, island of
Martinique, caused the death of $50
persons and destruction of property on
the outskirts of St. Pierre.
4. A windstorm in st. Louis caused dam
age of $500 600.
the town to the amount of 5000, 900 and
drowned persons.
s. st. Pierre. island of Martinique, de-
stroyed by the eruption of the vol
cano of Mont Pelee; loss of life sup
posed to have been between 10000 and
10000. The same day the volcano of
La Soufriere, island of st. Vincent,
broke out and destroyed more than
1000 lives; many vessels lost in the
harbor of st. Pierre.
49, About 100 people killed and as many
injured by tornado at Goliad, Tex.
20. Second eruption of the volcano of
Mont Pelee.
"a. Extensive damage to property by Sc
we're storm in Illinois, Nebraska, Mis-
souri, and Kansas.
JUNE
g. 20 persons killed and many injured by
a tornado on the White Earth Indian
reservation, Minnesota.
H. A tornado, with Bloomington for the
storm center, swept over Illinois; IL
persons killed and property damaged
to the amount of $4,000, 900.
25 Indiana swept by windstorm; dam
age, $2,000,000.
g. Damaging wind and rain storms at
Alton, ILL.,; loss, 81, 600, 900.
JULY
9. II persons killed by heat in Pittsburg.
10. Intense heat in southern Europe,
French military maneuvers being aban-
doned on that account.
Is. Great heat in London; many prostra-
tons.
70. Baltimore visited by heavy storm; 13
killed and much damage done.
30. Severe earthquake shocks felt in Cali
fornia; damage done at Los Alamos
and elsewhere.
I3. Island of Torishima, Japan, over
whelmed and all the inhabitants. num-
bering about $50, killed by volcanic
eruption.
I5 Tidal wave destroyed portion of Mex
ican city of Alfalfa; many lives lost and
much property destroyed.
II. 20 villages destroyed and 700 lives lost
STA.
20. Cloudburst and tornado at Pana, ILL.,.
caused $15O.eea damage
30. Mont Pelee island of Martinique,
again erupted; 1850 lives lost.
Train on Chicago and Northwestern r.
r. lifted from the track near Ovation
na Mimi, by cyclone; 8 killed and
so injured.
SEPTEMBER.
1. Over 200 persons killed by explosions
of Mont Pelee, Martinique.
70 persons drowned and more than Is
vessels sunk during storm at Algoa
Bay, South Africa.
3. Another eruption of Mont Pelee, Mar
Unique; 1900 reported killed.
5. La Soufriere. st. Vincent. again in
eruption.
IA. Destructive storms In Germany the
thermometer falling to zero.
q. Heavy earthquake shock felt at Quay
aquil, Ecuador.
rs. 600 killed by storm in Sicily.
20. 600 killed by tidal wave in Japan.
OCTOBER.
49, 5 lives lost in windstorm at Keota,
Mo.
Is. so 900 houses destroyed and 1900 people
killed and injured by a typhoon in
Japan.
90. A hurricane destroyed 100 houses and
killed Is persons at Port Diamante,
Argentina.
$780, Eruption of the volcano of Santa
Maria, Guatemala, devastated the cof-
fee zone with flames and ashes; heavy
loss of life.
NOVEMBER.
II. The volcano Kilauea, Hawaii, in vio-
lent eruption.
3D. Volcano on Stromboh island, off the
Of ff In