Worldwide Disasters and Their Losses
By Editor
Supplementing our casualty list, on page 13, we record a great and destructive fire April 30 in Fez, Morocco; May 8 earthquake shocks in Connecticut and Scotland, showing no part of the earth to be exempt; and April 26 a fearful tornado swept over Clay County, Texas, destroying the towns of Bellevue and Stoneburg. Many were killed and wounded and the property loss was very heavy. Earthquakes are by far not the only peril to which the inhabitants of this world are subject. May 7 a cable despatch from China tells of vast floods and hundreds drowned. It is utterly impossible to estimate the loss of lives or property in these disasters. Roughly the following figures may be given, not attempting to include the late earthquake on the Pacific Coast, for as yet the figures can not be secured: |
Loss of life |
Loss of property |
|---|
| Earthquakes |
15,000 |
$100,000,000 |
| Fires |
|
600,000,000 |
| Accidents |
5,000 |
100,000 |
| Tornado |
19 |
1,000,000 |
| Volcano |
No estimate |
No estimate |
| Disease, Famine |
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