The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-06
LAND AND SEA DISASTERS

a beibuIC uOTTUE WHICH EoC1boO V00
Messina earthquake Of seven years,
ago. occurred January 13. A large dis
trict In central Italy. east Of Rome,
was laid waste and nearly $4,000 lives
were lost. At Aveszano, Se psr cent
OF the population was Destroyed and.
the property loss, was more than $l0e,.
100000.
February 10; earthquake. hurricane
and an accompanying tidal wave vis-
tied the American Samoan group and
caused great destruction on the Nanua.
islands. In the latter part OF June.
severe earth shocks were fslt through,
the Imperial valley. in southern Cali.
fornia. July Z, violent storm swept
over Missouri. Illinois, Ohio and In.
diana and left wide destruction In its.
wake. July II, southern China foods
destroyed 1000 persons. Some parts
of Canton were ten feet under wator.
August 3. cloudburst st Hrie, Pa,
flooded . large area Of tho city,
drowned Is persons and caused great
damage to- property. August II, an
earthquake shock was felt In Italy,
and Vesuvius; Etna and. strumboM be-
came active. August 16. . tropical
storm which developed into. Q hurri.
cane struck the Texas coast and ragged;
violently for two days: Nearly 200
persons were the victims Of its fury.
and the property loss was computed
In millions. September 70; q lturri-
cane dashed over the lower Mississip.
pi valley and gulf coast destroying;
800 persons and great amount Of
property.
January 81. boiler explosion ON
the armoredi cruiser San. Diego OF
the west coast Of MEXICO, resulted. in
the death Of six American sailors.
March. 2. there was an. explosion Of
gas in mine at LeylandI W. Va, and
over 100 men were killed. outright.
March 25 was the date Of the shock
ing submarine accident which, resulted
in the sinking Of the United States.
boat F.4 during maneuvers in HOMO.
lulu harbor. Her enttrs, crow Of IL
was drowned. April 8, . Dutch
steamer. the Prins Aauritx, foundered
on the Virginia coast and; 50 persons
Loaf their lives.
On this last day Of April; . big fire
at Colon. Panama, destroyed ~ blocks,
killed II persons and antailed . prop.
erty loss Of $3,500Ose: May q. Eng.
land experienced the most esassdsr.
able wreck in the. history Of ~ rail-
way system. More. than fs0 PERSONS,
mostly soldiers going into Qnortses
were killed near CaElisle.
Steamer GaakSand lssesse.
The most conspicuous horrsr oe The
year for Americas. was tAs overtven-
ing Of the excursion stseanss EasGhnnA
1t her pier in. Tie. Chicago siSsr, Jxly
~. In broad diylight, q fsv feet frsn
the shore, $50 Dersoas. hepsly wsensn
and children cut fer . hoaiday, were
drowned.
A tornado Of huge propoztioas
swept over parts Il Nebraska. South
Dakota, lswA and Kansas, November
10, destroying muck property and
causing the death q dozen persons.
October 2S, 4 parOehial school at Pea.
body Mass, which was unprovided
with ire escapes. was burned and 81
girls lost their lives. A factory IRE
in Brooklyn, N. Y. November s, re-
suited In the death Of - persons. On
November 10 the gun plant of the
Bethlehem Steel company burned with
loss Of 100000, and next day
there was a million-dollar fire In the
war material plant Of the RoeblinR
sons company at Trenton, N. ].
Flames destroyed much of Avalon,
Catalina island on November 20. The
same day an explosion in the DUPONT
Powder company plant at Wilmington,
Del. killed 81. On December 9 the
DUPONT powder town Of Hopewell,
Va, was burned down.
Copyright, 1915. by the Necl ire Newsps.
per syndicate.