Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-01-02
ACCIDENTS
JANuARY.

JANOAR1-
q IS deaths in a wreck on Chicago Rock
Island and Pacific at Volland, Kan.
49, 16 deaths in collision on the Big Four
at Fowler, Ind.
"a dead and 27 injured in a wreck caused
by powder explosion on the Big Four
system at Sanford. Ind
e. 20 miners killed by explosion in coal
mine near Primere Colo.
g. Fire damp explosion in a coal mine at
LEVIN, France, caused heavy loss
of life.
u deaths in a mine explosion at Lo-
rentz. w. Va.
g. 14S miners killed by fire damp explosion
at Johann-on-Saar Prussia
49, Explosion in the Stewart mine, Fa-
yette county, w Va, killed 70 miners.
FEBRUARY.
4. 10 miners killed in an explosion IN the
Thomas mine at Elkins. Va.
s. killed by explosion on the French
torpedo boat Spod at L'Orient, France.
Is. "a killed and over 100 injured in an
electric express train wreck on the
New York Central at New York city.
IL. 80 coal miners killed in an explosion
at Coahuila, Mexico.
MARCH
r. 1903 French seanien killed by explosion
on the battleship Lena at Toulon.
Is. A cage cable accident at the Saarlouis
mines, Rhenish Prussia. killed % min
ers.
Fire damp killed rs miners in the coal
mines near Forbach, Germany.
%. rs killed and 100 injured in a wreck on
the Southern Pacific near Cotton, Cal.
APRIL.
z. firemen, including a captain, killed
In fire which destroyed the Metro
politan Street railway power house
and car barns in New York city.
%. killed and IS hurt by the collapse Of
3. and o. pier at Baltimore.
MAY.
/. IA killed by gas explosion in the ship
pie mine at Scarboro w. Va.
II. So dead in wreck on the Southern
Pacific at Honda, Cal.
JUNE.
IL. II men belonging to the battleship
Minnesota lost from a launch off Nor
folk, Va.
Is. 10 killed and II injured by a mysteri-
Gus explosion in the turret of the bat
tleship Georgia during target practice
at Boston.
II. persons killed and many injured by
the collapse of building in London.
Ont
20. 80 killed and many injured in a wreck
on the Pere Marquette road near Sa-
lem Mich.
n. lives lost by the burning of the
steamer Frontenac on Cayuga lake.
AUGUST.
Is. killed and so injured by explosion in
dynamite factory at Doemitz. Ger
many.
30. 27 persons killed and 50 injured in
head-on collision on the interurban
electric line at Charleston, Ill.
SEPTEMBER
8 6 killed and 20 injured In wreck on
the Canadian Pacific near Caledon.
Ont
6. IL killed and many injured In a coli
lision on the Rock Island and Pacific
at Norris, Ia.
l5 Is killed and as many injured in a
head-on collision on the Boston and
Maine at West Canaan. N. II.
20. 80 persons killed and as many more
injured in collision on the Mexican
Central at Encarnacicn.
%. killed and 20 injured in a wreck on
the Baltimore and Ohio at Bellaire. @.
OCTOBER.
Is. 10 persons killed and 80 injured by the
derailment of a passenger train on the
London and Northwestern at Shrews-
bury. England.
ss persons killed and over 80 injured
by explosions in the Du Pont powder
mills at Fontanet. Ind.
DECEMBER
2. 40 deaths from gas explosion In the
Naomi nine near Pittsburg. Pa
8. Explosion of black damp IN mines Nos.
and of the Paramount Coal Co. at
death Of between 800 and 400 miners.