The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-09
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Jan. 2--Near volland. Kans., sS in train
 wreck; over 50 injured. s-At Wnooski. Vt, six by suffocation..
 Near Kenosha, Wis. nine by powder
 explosion.
 s-At Pittsburg. 30 by explosion in steel
 furnace.
 la-At sanford, Ind, as by wreck due to
 powder explosion, S2 injured. At
 Fowler, Ind, IS in collision. 25-Near. Primero, Colo, 24 in coal mine 2e-At Lorentz. W. Va. 12 by fire damp
 explosion in mine.
 29-Near Fayetteville. ". Va. 50 in mine Feb. At Monarch, Colo, 12 in snowslide
 ....At Thomas. w. Va, P in mine dis i2~Tn New York harbor. lss by drowning
 and exposure by burning of steamer 1sITn New York city, 2 in wreck due to ls1At Las Espranzas, Mexico. over 100,
 mostly Japanese. in mine disaster. :6-At Montreal, Que. principal and N
 pupils in burning school Mar 1--At Pedro Wyo., seven in collision
 ....At Dossett. Tenn, four by powder
 mill blast.
 At Tsylor, Pa. six in mine explosion 2o-Nsar Emporium, Pa. six in powder
 mlll blast....At Woodward. Ala, five in
 falling furnace.
 2s-Near Cotton. Cal, 2s in wreck; nearly
 100 injured.
 Apr. Near Fort Worth, Tex, six train
 men in collision.
 11-Nesr Chaplau, Ont, IS in train wreck l3-Near Gunter. Tex, eight by gasoline 23-on Lake Michigan, lumber barge witf
 crew of IA lost.
 27-At Baltimore. eight drowned by col May i-At Whipple. W. Va. Il in mirss
 disaster
 l1-At Honda. Cal. 21 in wreck due to 21-At Pittsburg, five by explosion in steel
 furnace... On Lake Michigan, hye by
 burning of steamer,
 23-At Chicago. five by ammonia expio-
 sion in stockyards plant.
 sl--Near Garden Valley, Idaho, seven
 drowned.
 capsizing of launch.
 B-At Priceburg, Pa, seven by explosion
 of mine gas..sAt Monahan, Wash, five 2sNear Toia. Va, eight by dynamite
 blast.
 Jul. 4-Fourth of July celebrations caused
 g deaths; injured number 2.l53. 9-In Penobscot Bay, Me, six by capsiz-
 ing of a sloop
 h-At Honeybrook. Pa. seven miners by
 white damp explosion. 2-Near Russell, Pa, six by capsizing or
 launch.
 15-In Cape Cod Bay, Mass. ten officers
 and men on battleship Georgia by gun
 powder explosion.
 H-Near Salem, Mich, s2 in collision;
 
 22-off California coast. s7 by sinking of 27,-In New York city. IA in tenement
 house fire.
 Aug. i-At San Pedro. Cal. four by col
 lapse of wharf.
 l6-At Chicago, five by collapse of build
 ing during windstorm.
 2s-At Somerville, Mass, five by suf-
 location.
 2s-Near Quebec 75 workuen by collapse
 of new bridge being built across St
 IA
 30--Near Charleston. ILL. F in collision
 between tnterurban trains, Sep. 2-Near Charleston, w. Va, seven in 51,At shelton. Wash, ten in burning s--At Norris, la. 12 In wreck. 14-Near Canaan Station, 25 in head-on
 collision.
 1s-At AspinwaIi. Pa. six by drowning. 20--At Negaunee Mich, il by falling of
 cage in mine shaft; seven fatally hurt. 22-On Lake Superior, seven drowned by
 wreclSing of steamer.
 26-Near Jackson, Ala, IA by caps!zing of cs-Near Bellaire. O.. eight in railroad wreck; four fatally hurt. Oct. 5-At Butler. Pa. four by upsettng
 of molten metal pot; 30 badly Injured. lS.ln Gloversville, N. Y., six by suffoca- 15-ExplosIon of powder magazine at Fontanet Ind, caused death of sS; over 6oo injured; nearly every building in town ruined io Ncaf Joiet', Ill., hNe Dy tdpSiAihB oh 24-Near Ashland. Wis, four by explo- sion in powder mill. Nov 6-At Steubenville. O., five by boiler explosion.
 Is-At South. Milwaukee. Wis. six at grade crossing 25-In New York city. IS Italians in tene- ment house fire. Dec. s-At Monongah. W. Va, about 4O0 miners by explosion in colliery. B-At Jacobs Creek, Pa, about 300 min CTS by explosion of gas in colliery. F-over 70 men killed or injured by ex- plosion on Japanese battleship Kash- ina. near Kure 2l-Gen. Drude burned Moorish camps near Cassablanca- zS-Delegates of three important tribes Of Moors accepted terms of peace by French and hostilities ceased 24-Strike of Antwerp dock laborers, on since June, ended with sweeping victory for employers T-Overhow of Otonashigawa river in Japan, cost lives of 600. Oct. b-Explosion in ammunition factory at Osaka, Japan. killed 6S girls and in- 1s-Iiague peace conference ended. SS-Gen. Maximoffsky, director Of prisons of ministry of interior of Russia, assas- sinated by woman in St. Petersburg. sl-Town of karatagh, Russian Turke- stan, destroyed by landslide following earthquake; A,0oO persons perish. Nov S-Hurricane caused great damage at Marseilles, France several people killed s-rire at Iquiaue. Chin. caused $i. Ooo coo loss and rendered 900 persons homeless. Dec. S--Oscar IT., king of Sweden, died ct Stockholm and Crown Prince Gustaye V. succeeded 10 throne,