IS 1913 UNLUCKY?
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.



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