Show DISASTERS ON LAND AND SEA th thousands ad of lives ves were lost last luring the year by the slaking sinking of merchant vessels and warships a aa a result ot at their being torpedoed by aub submarines marmer or blown blow up by mines tile the greatest toss loss of 0 life in D accidents or sit attracta als ot of this kind occurred february mry 28 26 when the trench branch cruiser cioll Pi provence oll was sanat hit ID the illa mediterranean sea I 1 and 3 ill V persona ore or drooled april 23 more the than 1000 ill lives meat cef lost to in a collision between a chinese ahm cruiser and S a transport february 2 the capane Ja pane near liner aiji dailin me baa sunk mok 1 in a collision and ad tile lives were lost last february 8 9 the french cruiser cruise admiral chemist Charn ler was waa torpedoed and sunk oak with a loss hoes of lives february is 18 nine persons were ill it when be the tha vera opera house at MOMS tex tei waa destroyed by fire february 20 great simo sucks in the salzburg nips alps killed nearly persons persona february 22 is ten persons ver were killed l 1 in a triple collision list on an tile the now luck nan havea have hartford railroad near bradge bridgeport P ort conn bebr it february oury 29 an aft explosion in a a mine at kempton bempton W va killed 15 1 men I marsh 5 the spanish tasi steamer pria crim cipe do de As Astur art lag struck a rock and sank air on the coast of 0 brazil with a loss less ofa of it alvea march 28 26 persons were killed and many were in injured j uld la in a leisl on an the piew new york central railroad near cleveland 0 april 19 K Ks kansas s suit and missouri vere swept by t tornadoes which killed 17 persons june 5 turned tornadoes hid 57 hel P persons rv IQ arkansas and ad 49 1 la abel middle western states may 8 the tha steamer kirby sunk sank in lake superior and 20 lives were ost lost may 15 ao an explosion in the du da pont font ponder pander plant at N J killed 13 men hundreds of fishermen wre lost in fa a monsoon oft off the ceylon coast july 20 july 24 23 men were killed by an aa explosion of gas ena la a a water tunnel A at cleveland An comial 0 A trolley wreck at johnstown pa took a toll of 23 25 lives august 12 august 29 the united states state crucher memphis waa wrecked oil by a storm IW the I 1 harbor at t tto hanto to domingo and 41 lives were lost twenty seven men were ere killed bep 12 when hen the central span pa of a gr greit t bridge being built ver over the bt lawrence lawren river at quebec collapsed an and it fell S september p 18 great daro dam near flann bohemia bobtail burt burst and persons vate dro drowned Aed A tore bre in the christian brothers brother ro co loge lefeat at at t louis mo gilld blued nine mett men octo october b er 5 un and it 19 persons persona lost thel their lives in a d fire re chib w faith destroyed a h hospital at aarnham que october 26 I 1 november s or I 1 her 3 t the be steamers t I 1 met Con Connen anra find and not retriever rier I 1 were by a collision 1 in the irish sea and 82 02 were lost last on november 7 60 50 1 lives 1 I were lost last a he hen a bantock L car plunged a off ff a brid bridge an eipl ohlon at BaL balcita rita russia nov ber 21 resulted in the death ot at persons |