Show Deaths and Disasters I 4 JANUARY 19 Carlotta Carlota 87 67 wi widow o of Maximilian Maximilan emperor of Mexico 26 Lyman 26 Lyman J. J Gage 90 oo form former r secretary of the trea treasury u Y FEBRUARY U 13 Dr Percy Stickney Grant liberal l clergyman New y York rk 18 Eldridge T. T Gerry 89 philanthropist t 19 Georgo Georgo Brandes 85 Norwegian author and author and cri critic ic MARCH 5 Ira R Remsen sen 81 scientist APRIL 4 Captain 4 John M. M M. M Bartlett Bartet 64 explorer r 27 Albert Albert J J. J author form former r U. U US S S. s senator tor In Indiana lana MAY U 6 Hudson n. n Maxim 74 inventor 23 H. H. H. H E. E Eo Huntington 77 7 California railroad magnate 25 Payne 25 Payne Whitney 52 52 New York c capitalist and sp sportsman i J f J JUNE U N E. E I i 10 Mrs Victoria Claflin Woodhull Martin artin 88 88 pion r America 14 eron Jerom Jerome K Jeome Jerome English author 17 17 John John hn R. R Thompson 62 Chicago restaurant n man an J JULY LY Drew eminent American merica actor M 9 John John 73 lO Kevin Kevin O OH Higgins OI vice vice president Irish free state 15 Henry Henry White 77 7 American diplomat 20 Ferdinand 20 Ferdinand 62 king of Rumania 29 Benjamin Benjamin n F. F Bush 67 rai railway ay executive AUG AUGUST ST ST. 4 John John Dillon 76 veteran leader of Irish home rulers rule 4 Dilon 7 General 7 General Leonard Wood 66 governor general of the Philip Philippines 15 Elbert Elbert H. H Gar Gary 80 SO head of U. U l. l S. S Steel corporation Wg 16 J. J. J Ogden Armour 64 Chicago packer M 23 23 Pasha former anti anti- British anti British premier of or gyp s SEPTEMBER I. I U jf Marcus Marcus us Loew 57 director of extensive theatrical enterprises Sr 5 Wayne Wayne B B. B Wheeler 57 general counsel and gent of the league 14 Isadora Duncan 49 American dancer Hi j o United d States tates 23 Baron Ago von Maltzan 49 German ambassador to OCT OCTOBER BER t 2 Austin Austin 51 governor of Tennessee Tennesse who sign d antievolution law I 3 Private Private John M. M Dalzell Dalzel 82 former congressman fr from m Penn Penn- n s sylvania tT- tT 24 S. S. S Davies Warfield 68 American railway executive 1 29 John John J. J Mitchell Mitchel 74 noted Chicago banker I I fj 30 Max Max H Harden 63 celebrated German d agitator NOVEMBER 17 Hafid sultan of Morocco Morocco- i 7 U 24 lonel lonel ronel Bratianu 63 premier of Rumania U 26 John 26 John Cardinal Bonzano former papal delegate to United States and papal legat legate to C Chicago Eucharistic C Congress 1926 DECEMBER A 1 Ur Dr Herbert S. S Hadley Machey 55 educator and former and former governor governor of Missouri fw w 14 Ellen Elen Ellen W. W Stone 81 missionary whose in Macedonia in in 1902 was a celebrated case cne jj 19 Benjamin Benjamin in Purcell Purnell venerable leader of Hous J 1 f David w t Gr Greater ter Disasters of th the Year U JANUARY 4 9 Fire Fir Fire and panic Quebec Canada 77 a 77 killed mostly children hiden 9 R Railway Railway iway wreck ner near Moscow Russia Russia Russia 19 killed 20 Motor Motor bus hit by train Round Rock Tex Tex 10 college athletes killed t A 4 FEBRUARY e 4 14 Earthquake 14 Earthquake Serbia reported killed I 18 17 17 Storms Storms middle western states stater U U. U S S 32 32 2 deaths deathe reported U MARCH 1 1 Two Two British coal mine disasters 14 14 14 killed In In In- England 51 In Wales U 7 7 Earthquake 7 Earth uke and nd storms tors torm central centra Ja Japan Japan 2000 2000 to 40 reported ted killed U U APRIL 8 Explosion oil oi refinery Parco wo Wyo- Wyo Wyo 18 1 16 killed 12 Storms Storms R Rock ck Springs Tex 56 56 reported killed Flo Flood d lower Mississippi s see se e Day pay Record MAY Y rA I 1 Coal Coal mine explosion ion Va 97 97 killed 7 Storms 7 Storms M Missouri and ands southwestern y states states reported killed Explosion 19 Explosion school Bath 44 killed 37 children 23 Earthquake Interior of China conflicting reports of thousands killed 3 Unprecedented 3 flood eastern Kentucky Kentucky 39 89 killed great property property prop prop- erty loss JULY 3 Explosion two boats near China over China over killed 4 Fireworks and automobile fatalities over fatalities over 7 Railway Railway wreck wreak near Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina 24 24 killed 14 Earthquake Palestine Palestine over over reported killed 28 Excursion Excursion boat Favorite capsized Chicago Chicago 28 28 drowned 29 Flood Flood river rivert China China h perished x AUGUST 1 Shipwreck Japanese mine layer iyer 38 38 perished 3 Coal Coal mine explosion Clay City Ky 15 15 killed s 18 Floods Floods Serbia Serbia lOP villages inundated scores drowned 26 Storms Storms Atlantic coast 23 23 deaths reported 27 Storms Storms Japan Japan 52 killed 4 t x SEPTEMBER 29 Storm Storm St. St Louis and v vicinity 89 killed loss approximately I OCTOBER 14 4 Traction wreck Indiana Indianapolis 15 15 killed 25 Shipwreck 25 Shipwreck Italian steamer Mafalda off Brazil Brazil perished T 26 Railway Railway train fell over precipice Bosnia Bosnia reported killed NOVEMBER 3 Unprecedented flood New England reported dead property loss immense 5 Collapse of of Shanghai China killed 14 Explosion Explosion gas tank Pittsburg 32 32 killed J DECEMBER U 13 Fire St St. Charles Hospice Quebec Canada Canada 33 33 p perished mostly children M 17 U. U. U S S. S submarine S S 4 sunk Provincetown Mass Mass 43 43 believed lost 26 Shipwreck T Gulf of 40 lost |