Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-27

ly at Brisbane. Australia.
Colonel Lindbergh given first master
OF aeronautics degree by New York
June IO-Southern Cross landed at
Sydney. Australia.
June 12-Captain Carranza completed
nonstop flight from Mexico City to
June 17-Amelia Earhart and COM
panions in airplane Friendship. hoped
off from Trepassey. N. F.
June 18-Captain Amundsen and tve
companions lost in attempt to reach
Mobile party in plane.
Airpiane Friendship landed in BURY
inlet Wales.
Mobile AMI five companions by airplane
nc June S4-swedish\ airman rescued
July s-Ferrarin and Del Prete.
July 5-Italian flyers landed near
Port Natal. Brazil. having made new
distance record Of 4449 miles.
July il-IRussian aviator discovered
Doctor Malmgren and two companions
members of Mobile party who had wan
dered over ice ~ days. but he could
not land
July l2-Russian icebreaker Krassin
rescued Malmgrens companions but
found Malmgren had been dead a
month: it then rescued the five men
left near Foyn island by Mobile.
July 13-Aviators rescued Sora and
Won Dongen. who were lost while
hunting for the Italia survivors.
Capt Emilio Carranza, Mexican good
will flyer. killed by lightning in New
Jersey.
July 15-Icebreaker Krassin picked
up Russian Aviator Chukhnovsky and
four companions. who had crashed
July s1MNobiIe e and ip survivors, iSos of his
party reached Rome.
Aug. 2-Capt. c. T. Courtney and
three COMPANIONS flying from the
down in midocean and picked I'D by a
steamer.
Idzikukowski and Kubala, Polish
aviators. started flight from Paris to
Aug. 4MPolish flyers fell in ocean
and were picked up by steamer.
Aug. 16-Hassel and Cramer flew
from RoeafS ord, NJ to cochrane. Ont.
Aug. 1S-Rockford flyers left Coch-
Eane for Iount Evans. Greenland. and
Aug. 2O~Art Gobel few from Los
Angeles to New York in IS hours So
minutes. without stop.
Sept. 2-Hassell and Cramer found
safe in Greenland: plane disabled.
ter of air and commerce. and four aids
killed in airplane accident.
Sept. 5-Thirty-seven airplanes start
ed from New York in transcontinental
Sept. io-Earl Rowland. Kansas. won
in Glass A of aerial derby.
Sept. 18-Spanish inventor flew
across English channel in new gyro-
Oct. 1.-THE Graf Zeppelin. great
German dirigible, started from Fried
richschafen. Germany. for the United
Oct. l5-The Graf Zeppelin landed
safely at Lakehurst. N. j.
Oct. l7-Commander H. c. Mcdonald
fro started tie s0H gh
small piane and was lost.
Oct. 25-Tucker and Collyer few
from New York to Los Angeles in "a
Oct ss-Graf Zeppelin began ITS trip
back to Germany.
Nov. 1-Graf Zeppelin arrived at
Friedrichschafen: Germany;
continent record holders. killed in Ari-
zona in crash If plane.
Dec. l2-International civil aviation
conference opened in Washington.
Dec. 17-Delegates to aviation con-
ference celebrated at Kitty Hawk. N
c.. the twenty-fifth anniversary Of the
first fight by the Wright brothers.
DISASTERS
Jan. Russian steamer foundered in
Black sea: 200 drowned.
Ian. 9-Twenty-one men killed by
mine explosion at West Frankfort. Ill
Feb. 10-Twelve men killed and SO
hurt in oil refinery explosion at Ev-
Thirty-nine killed in fire in HoIlinger
gold mine at Timmins. Ont.
Feb. 12-Thirteen killed by mine ex-
Olf FeS sMne exp1osio nsa at Jenny
Lind. Ark. killed 10 men.
March 10-Two hundred killed by
Mount Serrat landslide in Santos. Bra
zil
March l3-San Francisquito dam,
water supply for Los Angeles broke
March s7-Earthquake in udine
province. Italy. killed ten and injured
March al Earthquake shattered
Smyrna. killing many persons
April W I$mEx p9Iss Nd DESTROYED dance
April l4-Forty-three killed by
earthquake in the Balkans.
April 16-DisaStrous earthquake in
Peru, many killed
April 22-Earthquake in central
Greece ruined Corinth and killed many
persons.
May 19-ExpIosion in mine at Ma.
May 22-Mine explosions at Yukon,
W. Va. and Kenvir. KY, killed 80 men.
June l6-Tornado in Oklahoma killed
July volcanic eruption wiped out
town of Libog in Philippines.
July chilean army transport sank
800 drowned,
Aug. 6-ElSnt killed, 6Z Injured in
Illinois Central train wreck near
Mounds, Ill.
. Italian submarine sunk in collision,
with 81 men aboard. all of whom per-
tshed.
in New York subway wreck.
Sept 13-Fourteen killed by lorna
does in Nebraska and South Dakota.
Rico and Lesser Antilles: hundreds
killed.
Sept. l4-About 20 persons killed by
tornado in and near Rockford. III.
Sept. 15-Tropical hurricane reached
central Florida. doing great damage
and killing 1900.
Sept. 23-About 12O persisted In the
alter fire in Madrid. Spain.
Oct. 3-French submarine sunk by
collision with Greek steamer: 43 men
Oct 26-Thirty -one killed in train
wreck in Rumania.
Nov. 6-Several Sicflian towns de-
stroyed by eruption of Mt. Etna.
Nov l2-Liner Vestris sank $40 miles
off the Virginia capes: III lost. 215
rescued
Nov 24-rerrif1c storms in the Philip
pines and on the coasts of Europe.
Dec. Earthquake in southern
Chile wrecked several towns and killed
about 200 persons.
NEUROLOGY
Jan. 2-Loie Fuller, dancer. in Paris.
C. NJ. Kittle, president of Sears. Roe
buck & Co., in Chicago.