The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-01-04
A HEAVY TOLL
I Of HUMAN LIFE
Marked Disasters Occur
ring inz1OlO.
COSTA RICA'S AWFUL QUAKE
Was the Most Fatal-Traged-
les in Various Parts Of
the World,
LIST OF THE MAIN CASUALTIES

LA6 A'NaAANf CAAAPN AA%A 49,
Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 1.-The yeal
1910 shows fewer great disasters
han previous recent years, but
enough were recorded to emphasize
the weakness of man against the
great forces of nature and his imper-
feet guardianship against accidents
4 Greatest of the years disasters
was the earthquake in Costa Rica,
which destroyed the city of Carriage
,ausing 1900 deaths and the wound
ng of almost as many people. More
han 10000 survivors were made
homeless and starvation and pesti-
lence followed in the wake OF the
great calamity. This was the only
Earthquake of very serious results
Turing the year.
! Next to the Costa Rica disaster in
atal results was the destruction
aused by floods near Tokyo, Japan,
arly in August. More than 1000
Ives were lost and 100, 900 persons
we're made homeless. The damage
t, the rice crop was estimated at $4,-
500, 700. Floods caused great de-
sruction in Europe.
FOREST fires in the United States
cil5ed immense damage to property
aid the loss of many lives. These
tIas were so extensive in Montana
an Idaho that in August the War
department. sent soldiers to aid in
the work of fighting the fires, which
dsUstated more than 100000 acres.
- The most notable of the fires of
the year in cities was that which de-
strQed a great part of the BRUSSELS
Exposition. causing loss of more
than $40, 100000, August IA. A
FIRE in a dance hall in Hungary,
Mar,h %, brought death to more
than 800 persons.
A cyclone and cloudbust in the vi
chit. If Naples, Italy, October "a
broufht death to 200 and immense
damsge to property. July 2S cy-
clone killed 60, and caused property
losses Of many millions of dollars at
Milan Italy.
The most serious mine disaster of
the year was that at Palau, Mexico,
OctobG 1, in which 200 men were
entomed by an explosion. January
81 abut IS miners lost their lives
in cal mine explosion at Primero,
Colo. February l a gas explosion
in the Browder Coal Mine, near
Drakesloro, KY, killed "a.
Y April % a gas explosion in a coal
mine MAJ Amsterdam, Ohio. killed
IS. (MW mine explosion near
.Birmtaam, Ala, caused 20 deaths.
May II Al explosion in the WelliDg-
ton Goa Mine, near Manchester,
England Killed 1877.
The mist fatal marine disaster>o OF
the year was the laundering of the
Japanese steamer Tetsurei, off Chin
do, Kores in which 210 of the $50
passenger were drowned. Almost
as heavy toll was exacted by the
sea in the laundering of the French
steamship, General Chanzy, of the
Island of Iinorca-16S lives.
Few rairoad disasters were of
magnitude in 1910. January 81
passenger tain on the Canadian Pa
cifc Railwa plunged into the Span
ish river n8r Sudbury, Ont, 40 or
more persols being killed. March 2
there were n killed in the wreck OF
Rock bland passenger train near
Green Mourain. Iowa.
March 2Inore than 100 persons
were killed ly the burying of Great
Northern Railroad train under an
avalanche in a gorge near Yelling
ton, Wash. i
The expiodon of 5000 pounds OF
dynamite in he barracks of the Ru-
raj Gut rds It 'Pinar del Rio, Cuba,
killed TOO soldiers.