The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-10-20

for the thermometer stood at zero, anil
the wind was exceedingly fierce from
the northwest. On the following night.
Wednesday 10th, the great calnnity be-
Tel the city. "A fire commenced in a
store OH Merchant street, and itcxteud-
ed and continued 10 destroy FOR fifteen
or mere hours, until finy-,wo acres of
houses, chiefly great stores, " ere burned
down, AT a loss ofpropcliy worth from
Hftccn 10 twenty millions Of dollars. IN
Guiding recently erected aud suncni
Merchants Exchange. with several iine
churches, and, indeed. almost every
oui.uih1 Wililn lis range. The confia-
grafton was only stopped ~ an cxten-
sivc blowing UP of houses by gunpow-
der, obtained from distance Of fiyd
niiics-tAc depot OF llle nav, Yard a,
brooklyn. The engines and the cxei-
tIohs of the Iremcn were pu,gerlcss. As
ihc water either fioze solid in the hose
or was scattered in hail from the nozzels
OF The pipes. The par! OF HE CITY swept
py The lire was eiDnhatically tie busi-
ness lai', inc great commercial empori-
lm. The following il The estimate o.
Tie honscs dcsiroycd: Wall sircct9:
Pearl 20; Souil! 81 Water 76: Front 81:
Merchant 10: xchangc Place g.: En-
change street 81; William IA; Old Slip
80; Ioentles slip is <; Stone street co:
Hanover Square 8; Beaver 23; Cover
nors Lane 20: Jones Lane 10: Cuv,er',
alley 20: Mill street -. The burnt
portion was. however, quickly rebuilt,
and Ike city suffered bui !iulc. save ina
tcipofar! cheek OF business. The city
corporation raised so,nOU.tCO on It's
bonds 10 lend 10 its sufferers /: and the
lnlicd States bank. though about " ind
ihg UP ITS affairs. amvancediwo millions.
Philadelphia. Iosion. and baltimore a.-
80 lent helping hand. Ten years later
New ork was visited by another terri
Die con.laeraiion. which Mas accom-
panied by fearful explosion. which
Affected tie destruction OF SjOuO.guU
worth OF property, and causcd 4 loss OF
30 lives.
Next 10 New York. san Francisco
has suffered Tie most severely in previ-
Gus time, from the dcv"nrime element.
On Tic 81 OF May, 1891. the city was
literally laid in ashes. Two thousand
five hundred OF its buildings were de-
siroycd. and in less than nine hours
Il ON the beginning OF the coi'iagralinn
more than 20 squares existed Only III
and the ascending yo,umcs OF
smoke and flames which covered the
site Of the city. The loss was estimated
II @lI,UtU.UpC. On Tie cath oil Deems
Der IL suffered from til, in y ..irh sl,I
o.Uuco worth oi property were destroy
cd ~ May. TOO. from auoil."r. costln@
lie city 5000. 20; Ia Jiiiy, OF the same
ear. nom sti.l another. al v v'ith The
css was S5CUu.rCU. and IN juno, 1851.
)nc destroying -, GO worth of prop
,riy.
Sacramento fcll prey. In 1s52, To Il
off.agraion which len ilie city in rn-
ns. after destroying ten lives and S11.-
tO,OtO in public and private buildings.
In March ol the saine year Tie city Of
Nevada was consumed ut a loss of ST.
O0,COO, and Stockton. three months la
c;. q; a loss OF $4,000.
Among the seycrcst fires OF Tie coun-
~ was that which broke out on the
9th Of April, 1916, in Pinsbnrg. Before
Is flames could be checked they had dc
troyed the most valuable portion Oft tho
lily, and consumed property valued at
l2.COO,UOO.
Savannah was nearly destroyed in a
onflanration which commenced Oh I'D
OH OF January, 1920, in a private board
ng house on Market square. Iourhun-
red and siNiy-il.isc buildings were de
lroycd in The short space Of eight hours.
nd ut tie estimated loss of SS,UU0O0u
Among the other notable fires Of ti.c
Ountry have been tie following: In
albany, August 18th, 1919. loss $1,000
70: in Charleston. Al pril 27tiI. 1888. loss
30 JU,UGO: in Mobile. October 2lst.,
s27, loss sl,rOD.CCO: ana in New Or
aus BhilnIrl,.l,iu mil f'rnai,. .f .-n.
ous times.