In the following tables are given statistics of deaths and accidents from lightning in the various countries referred to.
In the case of the United States, the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics writes that no record of deaths or fires caused by lightning is kept--a somewhat curious admission on the part of such a practical and methodical country. A similar reply has been received from the authorities in Spain.
CAS DE MORT, OCCASIONNÉS PAR LA FOUDRE, DANS LES 49 GOUVERNEMENTS DE LA RUSSIE EUROPÉENNE, SANS COMPTER LA FINLANDE ET LES GOUVERNEMENTS DU CI-DEVANT ROYAUME DE POLOGNE.
+--------------------------------+--------+--------+ | ANNÉES | HOMMES | FEMMES | +--------------------------------+--------+--------+ | 1870 | 261 | 139 | | 1871 | 260 | 167 | | 1872 | 404 | 216 | | 1873 | 300 | 179 | | 1874 | 227 | 117 | +--------------------------------+--------+--------+ | Total (en cinq années) | 1,452 | 818 | | De ce nombre dans les villes | 75 | 34 | | De ce nombre dans les villages | 1,377 | 784 | +--------------------------------+--------+--------+
INCENDIES, OCCASIONNÉS PAR LA FOUDRE, DANS LES 49 GOUVERNEMENTS DE LA RUSSIE EUROPÉENNE, SANS COMPTER LA FINLANDE ET LES GOUVERNEMENTS DU CI-DEVANT ROYAUME DE POLOGNE.
+--------+-----------------+-------------------+ | ANNÉES | DANS LES VILLES | DANS LES VILLAGES | +--------+-----------------+-------------------+ | 1870 | 11 | 571 | | 1871 | 23 | 767 | | 1872 | 28 | 1,217 | | 1873 | 19 | 908 | | 1874 | 12 | 636 | +--------+-----------------+-------------------+ | Total | 93 | 4,099 | +--------+-----------------+-------------------+
Dans le gouvernement de Cherson les villes Odessa et Nicolaev ne sont pas comprises, à cause du manque de renseignements.
The returns from Russia, which include the years 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874, are here printed as they were received from the President of the Commission for Statistics at St. Petersburg.
The returns from Sweden, extending as they do over a period of more than sixty years, are highly interesting. In this case the difference in the number of men and women killed is not so noticeable as in other countries:—
