Show DISASTERS fires railroad accidents and explosions took a lienay toll of human lifo on land during tile oie year 1918 while tho elements combined with the torpedoed torpedo ei of the german 0 J boats to send thousands or of innocent pcr ous including women and children to their death at s spa oh fifty two children met death in ili a fi fic C NAl which liell destroyed a convent at montreal canada february 14 february 21 1 I the liner florazel Florl zel bound from st johns john N F to new york was wrecked by it bullird blit rd n near car cape raco ill and 02 92 lives were lost seventy ini inmates nates of an insane asylum nt at norman okla were killed in a fire which de destroyed that institution april 1 15 on may 1 the savannah liner city of was is sunk in a collision with a french cruiser oft off the delaware coast ind 16 lives were lost on may Is 13 heinly n hundred persons were killed hy by e explosions in tile the aetna chemical plant near pittsburgh pa sixty tin ee persons including well known clicks performers perished when a circus train was wrecked at oary cary ind tune june 22 fifty persons killed by the collapse of a building at sioux city in ii june 29 A small factory explosion in england killed rn 50 persons july 1 and on the follow lo 10 iniz inc lay day an explosion in a munitions plant near N Y killed ag M eighty 11 fhe C fuel akers perished ulian licit lift an excursion boat sank in tho illinois river july 5 A hundred persons were killed in a collision between two trains near ne jr nashville tenn july 9 A tornado swept a pait of Alinne minnesota gota augut august 21 killing 50 poisons nt at tyler and connor on oil october 6 the united states state transport otranto was sunk in collision off on tile ilish coast and persons lost their ihms four hundred were lost when the british mail boat leinster was torpedoed and sunk october 10 A series of terrific explosions in a shell loading plant at morgan N J on october 3 killed 94 persons person ind and destroyed stroked cl 1 a I vast amount of property A severe earthquake which caused tile death of 1 ia persons was reported in ili porto rico october 11 great forest fires raged in northeastern Alinne minnesota sota dining october many towns veto de dc ind and about 1000 lives wele lost on oil october 23 25 the steamship Pil sophia was ins wrecked rec ked on oil the Al alaskan coast and were lost ninety eight persons were killed november I 1 lit in a wieck on the brooklyn rapid transit lines on november 21 about 1 1500 persons were reported killed hy by the lie explosion of german linins en ell route from belgium to germany one of the most unusual cases la in maritime history was that of the united states navy collier cyclops which disappeared at sea while bound from tile west indies to an american atlantic port an announcement u m n was made april 14 that the boat with persons on board was a month overdue not a single trace of the boat or of its passengers and crew was ever found and the fate of the vessel is a complete mystery |