THE RECORD OF DISASTER

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, February 5, 1880

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 6

THE RECORD OF DISASTER.

The Kansas City Journal of Jan. 8, 1880, gives the record of disaster for the year 1879, as follows:—

Jan. 13, explosion in Dinas colliery, Wales; 60 lives lost.

Feb. 16, British ship Adriatic stranded near Dunkirk; 42 lives lost. The 26th, 13 vessels of Gloucester, fishing fleet, lost, with 143 lives. The 22d, boiler explosion at Stockton, Cal.; 16 killed, 26 injured.

March 2, business part of Reno, Nevada, burned; loss, $1,000,000. The 12th, Szegedin, Hungary, overflowed; 900 lives lost; damage, $3,000,000. The 19th, French floating battery Arrogante foundered; 47 drowned.

April 17, fire-damp explosion near Mons, Belgium; 187 lives lost. The 18th, destructive tornado at Walterborough, N. C. The 30th, Orenburg, Russia, nearly destroyed by fire; 949 dwellings burned.

May 5, explosion of blasting powder at Stratford, Canada; 50 cars wrecked, 3 workmen killed. The 30th, tornadoes in Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska; over 40 killed, 80 wounded. Avalanche at Fontana, Switzerland; 6 killed.

June 12, waterspout burst at Buffalo Gap, Black Hills, drowning 11. The 17th, earthquake near Aci, Sicily; 5 villages destroyed. The 28th, collision of steamship City of New York with bark Helen, sinking the latter; 5 drowned.

July 3, colliery explosion near Glasgow, Scotland, killing 31. The 10th, five tons of giant powder exploded at Bodie Mine, California; 8 killed, 40 wounded. The 12th, steamship State of Virginia wrecked on Sable Island; 9 killed. The 14th, Egyptian steamer Sammaot lost at sea, with 25 lives. The 16th, terrific storms in Massachusetts; over 20 killed. The 26th, storm in Butler county, Pa., with immense damage to property. The 31st, steam-yacht Josephine upset at the Thousand Islands; 5 drowned.

Aug. 15, hotel near Bath, L. I.; burned; 5 lives lost.

Sept. 12, a colliery explosion at Lycett, Eng.; 5 killed. The 17th, a tenement house burned in South Boston, Mass.; 5 lives lost. The 22d, the boiler of a tug-boat burst near Chicago; 4 lives lost. The 26th, the business part of Deadwood, Dakota Territory, burned.

Oct. 9, a collision on the Michigan Central railroad, near Jackson, Mich., killing 15, wounding 31. The 14th, great floods in Spain; about 1,000 persons drowned; damage $6,000,000. The 18th, the steamer Nuevo Pajaro del Oceano burned at sea; 33 lives lost. The 20th, the schooner Petrel lost in the North Atlantic, with 15 lives. The 23d, Bethany College, Virginia, partly burned. The 30th, 80 buildings burned in Parker, Pa.

Nov. 7, collision of the Champion and Lady Octavia, off the Delaware capes; 30 lives lost. The steamship Arizona narrowly escapes total wreck by running into an iceberg. A factory at Kansas City falls, killing 7. The 14th, destructive tornadoes in parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky. The 19th, a fleet of dredges and barges wrecked in Lake Ontario; 31 lives lost. The 26th, Mound City, Ill., mostly destroyed by fire.

Dec. 2, the steamer Borussia foundered at sea; only 15 of 234 on board known to be saved. The 13th, great fire at Red Rock, Pa. The 28th, a train goes down at Tay bridge, Scotland; all on board drowned. The 28 and 29th, a conflagration in Boston, Mass.; loss $2,500,000.