FATAL SHOWING OF THE RECORD FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR Jan. 2—Huntington, Va.; train falls through bridge, 7 killed. Jan. 3—Chesapeake bay; steamer cut in two, 14 die. Jan. 6—San Diego, Cal.; immigration launch sinks, 10 die. Jan. 13---Casas Grandes, Mex.; city attacked by rebels, 46 killed. Jan. 13—Oporto, Portugal; steamer Veronese sinks, 43 drown. Feb. 7—Bluefields, Nicaragua; train wreck, 19 drown. Feb. 12—Mexico City; battles in city, 1,000 killed. Feb. 23—Mexico City; President Madero assassinated. March 1—Omaha, Neb.; hotel fire, 10 killed. March 7—Baltimore, Md.; dynamite boat explodes, 50 killed. March 13—New Orleans, La.; storm, 13 killed. March 19—Saloniki; King George of Greece assassinated. March 20—Nationwide storm kills 70. March 23—Omaha, Neb.; cyclone, approximately 200 killed. March 25—Ohio and Indiana; widespread floods, several hundred deaths and tremendous destruction of property. Continue Back Back to Legacy © 2001, Lynn Waterman |