New-York tribune., 1908-01-01
RATH'S TOLL In MINES
DISASTERS OF THE YEAR.
f5ecembcr Leads Other Months tN
1907 in Number of VictimS.

sane-esrhth OF the total number OF S.S2 killed IN
e pgzncipAI accidents OF the calendar year 1s0s as
setaIlec IN The Tribune yesterday, were victims OF
nhs disasters. explosions Of various kinda nres
nd me eoliapsing OF buildings CT other structures
shteen per cent OF the total OF z-ST seriously In
aared are debited to the same causes
Mime disasters of various kinds. chieny Que 70
4he explosion Of rredamp and explosions or other
kss head the totals OF both killed and injured IN
khe classes OF accidents. The killed in these dis
snters sotaiied soss and the injured an Fires
eazas second. with .soa killed ard s6 manned BY
ne cola psing cf buildings and other structures ."
fcet their lives and sS3 were injured.
sseoenbcr took the lead over all the other months
N the combined total Of vtctims In the number OF
80 killed Il surpassed June the nearest approach
4e ita sctGi hy Including the injured tie excess
essF October, the next in the totals. vas liA In
ehe number OF injured the sotal of IS IN December
NAs surpassed by Ss5 in October. $40 in August ss
Ia Nareh. Sss FIJI July anc sss In September
The appalling total of killed in December mine
assssterp due chiefly 60 the explosion OF hrs-
camp ~ FzSetts city, Penn, on December /; q
similar visitation at MonenRah. W. Va, on Decens
Der g. q third of the same kind at felande. Ala &,
Ra December ID, and Ell sNPloeiaa akin to Il al
4eeee'H Greek. fehn,, December 10 Other hotH-
ele she herrors sGplestens In the year Included
fhe Mhe eAhesoa ~ eaAFhrueken, Prussia, On
daAasFy a. 81 Fayetteville, ", Va, oa the neat
9kSi 81 Cahuahaa. MsKteel eR February Is, the
paaaeF MaEaEine the French hstitsHhP lena,
aesF TeulaH, March is aine eNploaen al
Alesa%eesein. Germany, or March l6 dynamite In
eha hFStaHtetn mine, IA South Africa, aR March
~ . guhpoWdeF mAgaSRs in China, On May s. an
exhlosiaR iR the GuzGenhetm mine at Velardens,
Asxteot on May 10; an explosion In = japanese
EEtRe In nunEo province, July =, powder
keuse ~ BOWldeT, Col, on August 10; mine ex-
peeioa in China, on August So the boiler of q
cotton gin 81 Holland, Tex, on September Z; gas
81 ToUon. III. September Ii; q dynamite factory
81 Osaka JAran, October 3: powder In the Du
FoE; plant at Fontanet Ind. on October iS and q
saiiitaTy powde! magazine at Palermo. Sicily. on
December ls
while i.ss persons met death in nres in the year.
aside from I5l minor fires. So seriously
iajUred. the United States fortunately free
c%cM any appalling disaster Of this nature. Forty
per cent OF the killed victims OF theatre
nFe in sIonG Kong similar that of the Iroquois
) heetre horror IN Chicago four years ago. Other
E1es largely contributing TO the total were those in
Protestant school at Montreal February 26. q
Chicago business block on May 1, the University
BalIdinE at Kansas City. Mo. May S; q lodging
hense at San Jose, Cal, May Is; tenement
house IN Stanton street New York. July 81
toe destruction OF two-thirds OF Hakodate. Japan.
On September g. and the destruction OF tho village
Of Wu-Chow. China. On September q
In the colIapsing of buildings and other struc-
lures the principal accidents Included the giving
cay of circus seats White Plains n. Y,
April =; similar collapse in the ChautauQua
auditorium at Evansville. Ind. on July IS; the
breaking OF a derrick at the Union Gas Companys
plant in Brooklyn. August i; the falling of the
bridge over the St. Lawrence channel at Quebec,
August 80; the giving way OF platform in lot
terry drawing Oporto. August 30; the settling Of
building at a funeral at York. Penn. No
Sember %. and the collapse Of bridge the
Susquehsnna River MifflinsviIle. Penn. De-
cenber TO-
LIST of the years accidents through explosions,
mine disasters and the coiapsng OF buildings and
other structures, to and including Saturday De
reneer =. arranged chronniogcaIly. follows:
EXPLOSIONS AND NINE DISASTERS