Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-01-24
ACCIDENTS

JANUARY.
i % deaths In a wreck on Chicago Rock
Island and Pacific at Volland, Kan.
II 10 deaths in u collision on tho Big Four
at Fowler. Ind.
y dead and n injured In q wreck caused
by powder explosion on the Big -Four
system at 6andford, Ind.
u 30 miners killed by explosion in a coal
mine near Primero Colo.
u Fire damp explosion In a coal mine at
Levin. France. caused heavy loss
Of life.
IL deaths in q mine explosion at Lo-
rentz W. Va
q l4s miners killed by fire damp explosion
ut Johann-on-Saar. Prussia.
.. Explosion in the Stewart mine, Fa-
yette county. w. Va. killed Is miners.
FEBRUARY.
1 10 miners killed in an explosion in the
Thomas mine at Elkins, Va.
killed by explosion on the French
torpedo boat Spod at LOrient. France.
IL "a killed and over 100 injured in an
electric express train wreck on the
New York Central at New York city.
IL. 10 coal miners killed in an explosion
at Coahuila. Mexico.
MARCH.
Il los French seamen killed by explosion
on the battleship Lena at Toulon,
IL A cage cable accident at the Saarlouis
mines. Rhenish Prussia. killed 20 min
ers.
Fire damp killed 75 miners in the coal
mines near Forbach. Germany.
q % killed and 100 injured in a wreck on
the Southern Pacific near Cotton, Cal.
APRIL.
!. firemen. including captain, killed
In a fire which destroyed the Metro
politan Street railway power house
hn In, Vnrir ott
Is. killed and IS hurt by tho collapse Of
b. and o. pier at Baltimore.
!. II killed by gas explosion in the ship
pie mine at Scarboro, w. Va
II. & dead in wreck on the Southern
Pacific at Honda. Cal.
JUNE
IL II men belonging to tho battleship
Minnesota lost from a launch on Nor
folk. Va.
Is. 10 killed and II injured by a mysteri-
GUS explosion III the turret Of the bat
tleship Georgia during target practice
at Boston.
II. 8 persons killed and many injured by
the collapse OF q building In London.
Ont
10 a2 killed and many injured in a wreck
on the Pere Marquette road near Sa-
lem, Mich.
q. lives lost by the burning Of the
steamer Frontenac on Cayuga lake.
AUGUST.
u. Q killed and 80 injured by explosion In
dynamite factory at Doemitx. Ger
many.
81 81 persons killed and 30 injured in
head-on collision on tho interurban
electric line at Charleston. Ill.
sEprEMDER
I killed and 20 injured in a wreck on
the Canadian Pacific near Caledon,
Ont.
& II killed and many injured In a COL
lision on the Rock Island and Pacific
at Norris. la.
Is. S killed and as many injured in q
head-on collision on the Boston and
Maine at West Canaan. N. ii.
-. ~ persons killed and as many more
injured In a collision on the Mexican
Central at Encarnacion.
z killed and 20 injured In a wreck on
the Baltimore and Ohio at Bellaire, o.
OCTOBER.
Is. 10 persons killed and 80 Injured by the
derailment OF q passenger train on the
London and Northwestern at Shrews.
bury England.
3 persons killed and over 50 injured
BY explosions in the Du Pont powder
mills at Fontanet. Ind.
DECEMBER
I ~ deaths from gas explosion In tie
Naomi mine. near Pittsburg, Pa.
{ Explosion of black damp in mines Nos.
and Of the Fairmount Coal Co. at
Aonongah. w. Va. resulted in the
death Of between 300 and 100 miners.