Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1882 — 1881. [ARTICLE]

1881.

The Wrecks by Sea and Other Ois> asters of the Past Year. Deaths by Suicide* Homicides and Executions. Wrecks ttf the Near iSSL The most disastrous wrecks of the year are given below, with the numbers of lives lost appendedi Lives Lost bark Happy Home, Nova Beotia. * Steamer Earley, coastjof Jutland, all on board lost. .; Ship Indian Chief, mouth of the Thames., 18 Steamer Harrelda and atonmer Leon, collision, both sunk ~ 45 Bark John Eltteson, English coast. 8 Shipsi Cape Sable and Wild Rose 85 Ship LupatS) all Idet. ; Japanese stektofef sunk near Yokohoma..... 61 Ship Leonore) English coast 9 three vessels lost oh English coast ....... . 48 Steamer at Singapore) India. Twelve fishing vessels in Bay of Biscay 46 English steamer foundered 13 Ship Bremen, Shetland isles 13 Steamer Bohemian, Dnnleigh bay 32 Bark Hazard, off Nantucket 7 Bark Fannie, never heard from.. 21 Schooner David E. Wolf 4 Steamer Clatsop Chief ....... 4 Schooner Irving O. Hull, off Newfoundland..... 9 Bark Ajaca, off Bocksway, N. Y . 15 Twenty vessels on Sootch coast 200 Schooner N. H. Skinner, off Capo C0d........... 7 Steamer lost on English coast ............. 14 Schooner Minnie, New Brunswick 4 Schooner Huntington..’. ........... 8 Steamer Mizpah, near C0penhagen.............. 11 Steamer Tararua, New Zealand..... 80 War sloop Doterel.. ..143 Schooner on Nova Scotia coast 30 Schooner Ernestine, Nova Scotia c0a5t........... 0 Steamer Victoria, London, Canada 212 Steamer Teuton, South Africa. 810 Propeller Columtda, lakes 20 Schooner VanValkenberg, lakes... 7 Ship la.:esburg, Oregon. 10 Ship CNcutta..,. 13 Schooner Guy Cunningham, Grand Banks 14 Steamer Cyprian, Welsh coast '. 22 Steamer Corsica, Cape Roca 21 Steamer Clan Macduff. Welsh coast.. 7 40 Steamer Konig der Nederiander 175 Steamer Jennie Gilchrist, Mississippi river 9 Steamer Calliope, Spanish coast, all on board Steamer Calcutta, Melbourne 22 Ship Omaha, all hands Schooner E. P. Dorr, lost on Lake Erie 7 Ship Cuicean, English coast 17 Steamer Albita, near Panama 32 Steam-yacht Lucerne, near Gravesend 7 Steamer Jackal, foundered in St. George’s channel 10 Propeller Jane Miller, Georgian bay 25 Steamer Saxon Monarch, Bay of Biscay 40 Steamer Solway, explosion, Irish channel 11 Bark Helen lee, sunk, Queenstown 9 The total number ot lives lost upon the ocean so far as they were reported will reach nearly 5,000. Disasters. Below we print a list of the great disaster* during the year, with accompanying loss of life, both in tliis country and abroad. The summary includes only those which have been reported oy telegraph, and is as follows in the United States: Lives Lost. Burning of a tenement, New York jo Boiler explosion, Allentown, Pa 13 Burning of asylum, Scranton, Pa 17 Sinking of ferry boat, Elgin, ill 10 Distillery explosion, Peoria, 11l 14 Forest fires, Michigan 400 Sinking of ferry boat, Atlanta, Ga 12 Fire, Philadelphia 20 Sinking of ferry boat, Troy, N. Y..-. 10 Explosion on steamer West Point io Burning of poor-house, Dover, N. II 13 In addition to these detailed disasters we have prepared the following general summary of the loss of life in this country by wind, water, fire, explosions and other causes : Lives lost. Boiler explosions 148 Varnish explosions 4 Powder ezplosions. 30 Nitro-glycerine explosions 26 Xies 91 Kerosene explosions 11 Linseed-oil explosions 13 Dynamite explosions 6 Lightning 7 Snow slides 44 Floods 48 Mines 41 Tornadoes 187 Miscellaneous 49 The more important disasters not in this country have boon as follows : • Lives Lost. Burning of theater, Cronstadt 8 Boiler explosion, Shrewsbury, England 11 Flooding of mine, Cornwall 8 Colliery explosion, (.'hell, England 15 Avalanche, Savoy, Switzerland 15 Torpedo explosion, Melbourne 5 Earthquake, Ischia 300 Burning of opera house, Nice 125 Earthquake, Scio 8,000 Fire, Quebec ( 11 Railroad accident, Gnantla, Mexico 205 Colliery explosion, Dartmund, Prussia 17 Powder explosion, Mazatian, Mexico Gt) Mine explosion, Lourches, Franco 10 Fire, Sail Domingo . 25 Fal of tenement, Vienna 20 Fall of tenement, Marseil es 17 Railroad accident, Charenton, France 83 Forest fires, Algeria 61 Land-slide, Switzerland 200 Earthquake, Anatolia 11 Freshets, Mexico 500 Waterspout, Algeria 65 Storm on English coast 367 Storm at Boulogne 119 Colliery explosion, Spain 15 Gas explosion, Italy 40 Dynamite explosion, England 13 Colliery explosion, Belgium 66 Burning of Ring Theater, Vienna 449 Bursting of dam, Algeria. 4‘J> Colliery explosion 42 Panic in church, Warsaw 40 Total abroad 11,273 Total at home 1,243 Executions. Ninety persona were executed by legal process m the United States during the year 1881, of which twenty-four were in the Northern States and sixty-six in the Southern States. The list by State's is as follows : Arkansas 15 New Jersey 2 Alabama 3 North Carolina 3 Arizona 1 New Mexico 1 California 2 Nevada 1 Colorado 3 Oregon 1 Florida 3 Pennsylvania 4 Georgia.,...; 8 South Car01ina....... .10 Idaho 1 Texas 3 Indian Territory 1 Tennessee 5 Illinois 2 Vermont 2 Louisiana 1 Virginia 1 Maryland 2 West Virginia 1 Mississippi 3 Washington Territory. 1 Missouri 6 New York ;... C Total 90 Railroad Disasters. The year 1831 has been comparatively free from great disasters upon railroads in this country, though the loss of life by minor accidents has been very large, and much larger than the telegraph announces, as it brings but few details of railroad destruction. The principal disasters have been as follows: Lives Lost. Killed by a passing.Jrain at Middle creek. Neb... 7 Postal-car thrown from track at Tioga, N. Y 5 Collision on Northern Pennsylvania railroad 4 Train wrecked on Hannibal and St. Joe railroad.. 6 Train wrecked on Denver and Rio Grande railroad 7 Train wrecked on Northwestern road (Rock Island Division) at Albany, 11l 8 Collision on Texas Pacific 5 Collision on Kentucky Central 7 Col lsion on Wabash railroad 4 Train wrecked on Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington railroad • 7 Collision on New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad 6 Collision on New York and Erie railroad 3 Collision on New York and New England railroad 5 Gang ot convicte run into by a train at Corsicana, Texas ; 23 The total number of persons killed in various ways by railroads during the year, as reported by telegraph, was 1,047 ; of serious injuries, 527. Crime. The following summary includes the number of murders committed in the United States during the year -1881, as reported by telegraph, and their causes so far as ascertained. Of course this includes only a part of the whole number, as many of the murders are not reported. Tho list is as follows : Liquor 105 Jealousy and domestic infiliclty 188 In self-defense 26 Quarrels 493 Insanity 47 Infanticide and child-killing 13 Resenting insult 10 Resisting arrest 66 By highwaymen 57 Burglars and thieves. 30 Women killed in outrages 10 Feuds and vendettas 90 Fratricide 14 Unknown causes 117 Total 1,266 Suicides. The following is a list of the suicides committed in the United States during 1881, and their causes, the list only including those reEirted by telegraph; elancholy 121 > Financial losses 27 Liquor 76 Insanity. 99 Domestic infelicity 82 111-health. 28 Disappointment in love 80 Shame 8 Unknown causes 136 TotaL 605 Decease of Centenarians. The following centenarians have died during the year 1881: Name and Residence. Aos. Harriet N. Cooper, St Louis, Mo. 115 Sarah Johnston, Piqua, Ohio 102 Bridget Gallagher, Cincinnati, Ohio 107 Daniel O’Brien, Scranton, Pa 11l Sarah Clark, Rolla, Mo . .126 Miller Duvitt, Angola, Ind. 105 Samuel Lane, Mount Vernon, Ohio. ....123 Bichard Pease, Rumsome, N. J 101 Jaques Seebo, Mount Clement, Mich 105 Hannah Cole, Bome, N. Y 105 James Gatos, Urban*, Ohio

Abram Johnson, Salem, Pa .... ...108 Rebecca Delaney, Columbus, Ga 105 Thomas Cratty, Rockville, Ct 11l Mrs. Judith Hathaway, Duxbnry, Maaa 1(4 Betsy James, Nashville, Tens 101 Hannah Cox, Huideniesa, N. H 10S Margaret Kane, WiLismeburg, N. Y ~.IOT Mrs. Sarah Moseley, Madison, Ind Ml Gabriel White, Piqua, Ohio 100