The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-28
DISASTERS

Jan 3.-Explosion on oil tanker Aztec
at New York killed ten
Jan. 5;-steamer Kanawha sank in Ohio
Jan. . -Du Pont powder mills at Car
ney's Point, N. j., blown up; six killed.
Jan. l5.-U. S. submarine E-2 blown up
at New York navy yard; four killed, Is
Jan Is-Fire did s1OOOO.OOO damage in
Bergen. Norway. and ;1.5OOOOO damage in
Jan. r.-Fire destroyed most of wir..
Jan; 4-FIre at Molde. Norway. did
Jan. 22.-Great Northern train wrecked
by avalanche near Corea, Wash; six
Jan. 2S-Otay valley dam near San
Diego, Cal, broke; 80 dead
Feb. 2.-Japanese liner Daijin sunk in
collision; 160 lives lost
Feb. 3.-Canadian parliament building At
ottawa destroyed by fire; seven lives lost
Feb. l6-Three British steamships, many
Lighters 1 and nd a pier burned at Brooklyn;
Feb. 16.-Holland suffered from great
storm and floods
Feb. 9O.-Great snowslides in salzburg
Alps killed nearly 100 persons
Haven road.
Feb. 2S.-Fifteen men killed by expIo-
sion in mine at Kempton, w. Va
March 5.-Spanish steamer Principe ce
lost
March 22.-Fifteen million dollar fire at
Nashville Tenn, and f5.O00,0O0 fire at Au-
gusta, Ga
March 29.-Twenty-six killed and many
injured in collision on New York Central
lines near Cleveland.
April S.-Bob Burman of Detroit and
two others killed in Corona, Cal. AUTO
April T.-six killed, 20 injured in wr~ck
on New Haven road at Bradford, r. !
April l9.-Tornadoes in Kansas and MIS-
souri, killed II.
April 22-More than 1000 lost in coll.lrn
between Chinese cruiser and transport
May S-Steamer Kirby sank in Lake Su-
perior; % lost.
May 13-Carl Limberg. driver, and r.
Pallotti, mechanician. killed in road race
at Sheepshead Bay.
May 15-EXplosion in Du Pont pow der
plant at Gibbstown, n. j.. killed 13.
June 2;-Thirteen killed in train wreck at
June Waterfront fire at San Francis
co did $4,000 damage
June 5.-Tornadoes killed 81 in Arkansas
and 49 in other middle Western states
June 13.-FOur killed in two-million-dol-
lar fire at Baltimore.
July 4-Eleven killed. S76 hurt in Fourth
of July celebrations.
July 14.-U S navy collier Hector sunk
in storm off Charleston s. c.
July 4.-Hundreds of fishermen lost in
monsoon off Ceylon coast
July 2Z-SlX Killed ana ~ hurt by bomb
during San Francisco preparedness pa
rade.
July 4.-Twenty-two men killed by gas
explosion in a Cleveland water tunnel
Aug. 9.-Cloudburst in West Virginia re-
suited in nearly 100 deaths
Aug 12-Trolley wreck at Johnstown
Pa. killed q.
Aug 29-U. s armored cruiser Mem
phis wrecked in Santo Domingo harbor; Al
dead
Sept 12.-Central span Of great bridge
over st. Lawrence at Quebec fell; q
Sept 1S-Great dam near Hannwald.
Bohemia. burst: 300 dead.
Oct 26.-Nineteen killed in burning of
hospital at Farnham, Quebec
Nov. 3.-Steamers Connemara and Re-
triever sunk by collision in Irish sea- 80
lost.
Nov. Fifty lives lost when Boston L
car plunged off bridge
Nov. 21.-Explosion at Bakaritza, Rus
sia, killed 341.
Dec. 1.-Sixty-six persons killed in
train collision in Austria
Dec. S.-Thousand killed by explosion in
Russian ammunition factory.
Dec 11.-Mllion dollar fire destroyed
Quaker Oats plant at Peterboro. Ont.
Dec. 13.-Canadian torpedo boat Grilse
foundered; 45 lost