Show DISASTERS while there was in 1924 no such terrific disaster as the japanese earthquake of the previous year the list of 0 quakes conflagrations mine explosions tornadoes and other visitations was long and the loss of life was heavy the red cross wms was kept busy throughout the year the worst of these occurrences were as follows january 3 explosion in starch factory in pekin ill III 38 36 killed january 10 british submarine with crew of 43 sunk in collision january 15 and 16 severe earthquakes in japan india and colombia january 20 coal mine explosion at Shank town pa 40 killed february 5 42 killed when pond broke through into iron mine near aror r e minn glnn march 1 explosion of TNT trtat at nixon N J killed 18 march 4 san jose costa rica elca half wrecked by quake march 8 mine explosion at castle gate utah killed march 23 6 landslide near amalfi italy killed april 28 mine explosion at wheeling W va fatal to april SO 30 destructive and fatal tornadoes in southern states may 27 tornadoes in south killed 45 may 28 bucharest arsenal blew up with great loss of life may 31 22 inmates of defective girls school in california burned to death june 12 turret explosion on battleship mississippi killed 48 june 28 tornado killed and did vast damage at lorain ohio in august thousands killed hilled in floods in china and formosa and SO 80 lives lost in virgin islands hurricane september 16 mine explosion at sublet wyo killed 39 September 21 storms lu in wisconsin fatal to 58 october 20 14 killed by explosion on U S S trenton november ber 12 hundreds of lives ives lost in earthquakes in java november 14 and 10 16 destructive conflagrations in jersey city N J |