River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02

Mar. lat Pedro, Wyo., seven in collision
..:;At Dossett, Tenn, four by powder
PAT Taylor, Pa. six in mine explosion.
11-At Pitt, Cal, q laborers by drowning.
20-Near Emporium, Pa, six in powder
mill blast....At Woodward. Ala, five in
2s-At Los Angeles, Cal, six in head-on
collision.
2S-Near Cotton, Cal. &c in wreck; nearly
Apr Near Fort Worth, Tex, six train
men in collision.
linear Chaplain Ont, Is in train wreck.
23-on Lake Michigan, lumber barge with
crew of IA lost.
27-At Baltimore, eight drowned by col
May AT Whipple, W. Va, II in mine
disaster.
11-At Honda, Cal, q in wreck due to
defective switch.
21-At Pittsburg, five by explosion IN steel
furnace. On Lake Michigan. five by
burning of steamer.
23-At Chicago five by ammonia eXplo-
sion in Stockyards plant
31-Near Garden Valley, 1daho, seven
Jun lin Hampton Roads, IL seamen by
capsizing of launch
l8-At Priceburg, Pa. seven by explosion C,a
of mine gas. AT Monahan, Wash. hve
by drowning.
23-At Hartford, Conn, six killed. 40 in
jured by collision. Near Pittsheld, n.
Y, four in collision.
261Near lola, Va, eight by dynamlte
blast
Jul. EFourth of July celebrations caused
81 deaths; injured number 2,153.
Sin Penobscot Bay, Me-, six by capslz-
ing of sloop.
11-At Honeybrook. Pa, seven miners by
white damp explosion.
l2-Near Russell, Pa, six by capslzlnS OF
launch.
and men on battleship Georgia by gun
powder explosion.
21-Near Salem, Mich, 80 in collision;
100 injured
22-Of California coast, So by sinking Of
z--1n New York city, IA in tenement
Aug. AT San Pedro, Cal, four by col
lapse of wharf.
Sat jamestown, Va, four by drowning
Cat Kelly, Pa, four in wreck.
11-At Boulder Colo, 100 persons injured
by explosion of 1000 lbs. of dynamite
16-At Chicago, five by collapse of build
ing during windstorm.
1S-At Seaman, Pa, five by fall of cage in
23--At Somerville, Mass, five by suf-
location.
25-Near Sapulpa, l. T. four in collision.
29-Near Quebec 70 workmen by collapse
Of new bridge being built across ST.
Lawrence river.
30-Near Charleston, ILL.,, II in collision
between interurban trains.
Sep. 2-Near Charleston, w. Va, seven in
wreck
Sat Shelton Wash, ten in burning
6-At Norris, Ia, Il in wreck.
10-Near. Newburg, w. Va, five negroes
14-Near Canaan Station, 25 in head-on
collision
16-At Aspinwall, 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
wrecking of steamer.
26-Near Jackson, Ala, IA by capsizing of
ferry boat
28-Near Bellaire, O., eight in railroad
wreck; four fatally hurt.
Oct. Sat Butler, Pa, four by upsetting
of molten metal pot; 80 badly injured.
3.In Gloversville, N. Y, six by suffoca-
ton.
15.7,Explosion of powder magazine at
Fontanet, Ind, caused death of So; over
600 injured; nearly every building in
town ruined.
16--Near Joliet, ILL.,, five by capsizing Of
boat on canal.
24-Near Ashland, Wis, four by explo-
sion in powder mill.
Nov. Cat Steubenville, o., five by boiler
explosion.
11--At New Haven, Conn, five in burn
12---Near Pine Bluff, Ark, five by boiler
blast
bat South Milwaukee. Wis, six at
grade crossing.
25-In New York city, 10 Italians in tene-
ment house fire.
Dec Cat Monongah, w. Va, about 400
miners by explosion in colliery.
1S-At Jacobs Greek, Pa, about 800 min
ers by explosion of gas in colliery.