This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
Aggregate Property Loss. | Aggregate Insurance Loss. | Years'. | Aggregate Property Loss. | Aggregate Insurance Loss. | |
1890....... | $108,993,792 | $65,015,465 | 1897....... | $116,354,575 | $66,722,145 |
1891....... | 143,764,967 | 90,576,918 | 1898....... | 130,593,905 | 73,796,080 |
1892....... | 151,516,098 | 93,511,936 | 1899....... | 153,597,830 | 92,683,715 |
1893....... | 167,544,370 | 105,994,577 | 1900....... | 160,929 805 | 95,403,650 |
1894....... | 140,006,484 | 89,574,699 | 1901....... | 165,817,810 | 100,798,645 |
1895....... | 142,110,233 | 84,689,030 | 1902....... | 161,078,040 | 94,460,525 |
1896....... | 118,737,420 | 73,903,800 | 1903....... | 145,302,155 |
Total property loss in the United States in 14 years..........................
Total insurance loss in the United States in 14 years..........................
Total property loss, United States and Canada, Jan. 1, 1904, to Sept. 1, 1904.....
$3,371,912,031
1,988,644,949
194,172,850
 
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