Chronological 1893 Record of Disasters and Obituaries
A condensed diary of 1893 events lists 29 major railroad accidents with 230 deaths and 627 injuries between January and November, plus cyclones, fires, and numerous obituaries. It notes the World's Fair, conventions, and wide maritime and industrial disasters across cities like Boston Chicago Memphis Denver and New York, with many prominent figures and institutions named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Boston
Chicago
Long List of World Disasters and Obituaries Across 19th Century Events
A sprawling summary notes numerous incidents including mine explosions in Thornhill England killing 133, a Russian steamer explosion near Romanov with 26 dead, and Paris student riots. It lists fires in New Haven and Mount Washington, tornadoes in Pomeroy Kansas, and multiple obituaries such as Commodore Francis Lockwood and Guy de Maupassant. It mentions international conventions, royal weddings, and various railway and maritime accidents with high casualties.
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Omaha
Schierick
Iosa
New York City
Jaimes G. Blaine
Blaine
England
Frank Ives
John Roberts
London
People's Bank
Little Rock
Woodington
Fargo
N. D
Oshkosh
Wis
San Francisco
Joss
Minneapolis
Bradstreet-Thurber G Company
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Paris
Edwin Booth
J. E. Hendricks
Des Moines
Montreal
Ville Marie
O. R. Blue
Methodist Church South
Greenshoro
Ford
Old Opera House
Washington
Lincoln
Romeo
Joseph A. Hall
Maine
New York Central
Syracuse
Norway
New York Harbor
Duluth
Minn
Parkville
N.Y
Sheepshead Bay
Lizzie Borden
New Bedford
Mass
River Falls
Jefferson County
Kan
Leland Stanford
California Capitalist
Palo Alto
Cal
Nanticoke
Victoria
Camperdown
Mediterranean Sea
Admiral Tryon
Sporting
Boundless
Chicago
Wakefield
Umber Yards
Tremont Hotel
Fort Scott
Altgeld
Mllinois
United States
Denison
Tex
W. Goff
New York State
Gettysburg
Lieut. Peary
Arctic
Thornhill
Volga
Romanov
Russia
New Haven
Opera House
Commodore Francis Lockwood
Flushing
N. Yu
McDonald
Pomeroy
Guy Dé Maupassant
Christian Endeavor International
Duke of York
Prince George of Wales
Victoria Mary of
Charles Brenneke
Marshalltown
West Superior
West Shore Road
Newburg
International Convention of the Baptist Young Peoples’ Union of America
Indianapolis
Mernam River
David W. Miles
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
D. O. Kelton
U.S. A
Mount Washitton
N. U
Edward Jardine
Har
U. 8S
Yire
Llosa
Educational Congress
Voghera
Casteggio
Italy
Denver
Emen
Miss
J. G. Walker
Confederacy
Long Island City
N. Y
Melancthon Smith
O. B.N
Green Bay
Paulding
Port Louis
Mauritius
Columbus
Ohio Transfer and Storage Company
Erie Railway Company
George W. Morgan
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Ludington
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Carter
Lockport
United Industrial Fiber Company
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A. C. Henderson
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New Rochelle
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Edward Murphy, Jr
New York
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Rochester
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Ind
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Phillips Brooks
Massachusetts
Sioux Falls
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United States Supreme Court
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Joe Goddard
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Thomas Reynolds
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Charles E. Taylor
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Luke Schoolcraft
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