The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-03
ACCIDENTS
JANUARY.

2 30 deaths in a wreck on Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific at Volland. Kan.
H. 10 deaths in a collision on the Big Four
at Fowler, Ind.
"a dead and q injured In a wreck caused
by powder explosion on the Big Four
system at Sanford Ind. -
q. 20 miners killed by explosion in coal
mine near Primero, Colo.
26. Fire damp explosion In a coal mine at
Levin. France, caused q heavy loss
of life.
II deaths In mine explosion at Lo-
rentz, W. Va.
g. las miners killed by fire damp explosion
at Johann -Saar. Prussia.
p Explosion in the Stewart mine, Fa-
yette county, w. Va, killed IS miners.
FEBRUARY.
T. 10 miners killed In an explosion In the
Thomas mine at Elkins Va.
g. killed by explosion on the French
torpedo boat Spod at L'Orient. France.
10 "A killed and over 100 injured In an
electric express train wreck on the
New York Central at New York city
H. 80 coal miners killed in an explosion
at Coahuila. Mexico.
MARCH.
Il. 103 French seamen killed by explosion
on the battleship Lena at Toulon.
l6- A cage cable accident at the Saarlouis
mines. Rhenish Prussia. killed % min
ers.
Fire damp killed 70 miners I'm the coal
mines near Forbach Germany
q. 26 killed and 100 injured in wreck on
the Southern Pacific near Cotton, CAL
APRIL.
Z. firemen. including a captain, killed
In a fire which destroyed the Metro
politan Street railway power house
and car barns In New York city.
2s. killed and Is hurt by the collapse of
B. and o. pier at Baltimore.
MAY.
l. II killed by gas explosion in the ship
pie mine at Scarboro. w. Va.
IL. So dead in wreck on the Southern
Pacific at Honda. Cal
JUNE.
II. II men belonging to the battleship
Minnesota los; from launch of Nor
folk. Va.
10. 10 killed and II injured by a mysteri-
Gus explosion in the turret of the bat
tie5hip Georgia during target practice
at Boston.
II. persons killed and many injured by
the collapse OF building in London.
Ont
20. 81 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. killed and so injured by explosion In
dynamite factory at Doem.tz, Ger
many.
10. q persons killed and 60 Injured In
head-on collision on the interurban
electric line at Charleston. Ill.
SEPTEMBER.
3. killed and 20 injured in a wreck on
the Canadian Pacific near Caledon.
Ont
s. IL killed and many injured in a COL
lision on the Rock Island and Pacific
at Norris Ia.
Is. Is killed and as many injured in a
head-on collision or the Boston and
Maine at West Canaan. N H.
20. 81 persons killed and as many mora
Injured In a collision on the Mexican
Central at Encarnacion.
g. killed and 20 injured in a wreck or,
the Baltimore and Ohio at Bellaire, o.
OCTOBER.
Is. 10 persons killed and 80 injured by the
derailment of a passenger train on<the
London and Northwestern at Shrews-
bury. England.
80 persons killed and over 80 injured
by explosions in the Du Pont powder
mills at Fontanet. Ind.
DECEMBER
?. 40 deaths from gas explosion In the
Naomi mine. near Pittsburg Pa
6. Explosion OF black damp in mines Nos.
and of the Fairmount Coal Co. at
Monongah. w. Va. resulted In thu
death OK between 800 and 400 miners.