Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-05-22

FIRES.

a rlFrY rnousAN d DOLLAR blaze. i
GolldEs, N. Y, May 9l.-A saw
mill, handling shop, polishing room,
fishery a,,d packing depot, connected
viii, the axe manufacturing works Of
Weed s Brccckcr Manufacturing Co.,
burned this morning. The building
is three. stories, brick: The upper
story was packed with goods ready
|lors. Shipment. Loss estimated at
fifty thousand, dollars, fully insured.
\ large number of employees are
out OF employment.
ANOTHER TAKES sloo,oooa
-Nisw KolaS, May al.-The Fair
child county fire insurance building,
SouthsNorwick burned this morning.
Loss, one hundred til onsand dollars.
sl2D,O00 FIRE IN VIRGINIA.
Z NORFOLK, Va, May 21.-A fire
this morning burned Lamp Bros. 4
co. and Roctwell's shoe factory, the
Fairfield Insurance Co.'S office, and
other buildings. Total loss sl2O,OOO;
insurance SIS, ,000.
CARS. AND MAIL BURNED.
LONDON, Ont, May 2l.-Two bag
gage cars Of the through express
caught fire at Paris this morning,
s. all through baggage and mails
burned.
4Es,H1BLE FIRES In pESSSsy1,yASIA.
Ty,soSh,SP Pa, May 2l.-Thc confu-
sionis so great and telegraph lines so
busy with her. R:sbusinsss that II
is impossible bgct fdrthersb particulars
of the fire at Osceola. Hundred of
people are homeless and destitute
sfhezbargess OF Huntington vas=tclcss
ttgraPhed ll1s moIping for food and
Islothing. Relief is badly needed
Largeinumbers. Of cars and many feet
Of trestle work on the railroad de.
i4troyed. The shipment Of coal will
be delayed at least ten days. Total
insurance reported amounts to nearly
ono hundredrtn tnguSalld dptfars. = ire
is raging in a.s, woods aYshofe, wl.sre
several houses, a number of cars and
lrcstle work have been destroyed.
WLKEsBARRE, Pa, May 2l.-Thc
|stoodardville hotel, barn and shed
a~elSs houses! Tl:. ssss, ces assd sfnt} s5
xas,burned to death. The buildings
caught from the fires which are sti1l
raging in the woods.
Po1TsvlLLE, Pa, May 2l.-The fire
on the mountain is tubsiding. Tho
damageto,day is not as great as yes.
terday. The fire in the vicinity OF
Rtangawan Colliery in this town de.
sfroyed twelve houses.
TYRONE, Pa, May 2l.-Fire is
stiti raging fcarftilly. throughput tho
woods. In the neighhorhood Of Os-
ceola mills twenty-five houses were
consumed; also 800 families cren.
Edercd homeless. Great credit is due
to N. D::-Word, train master at Ty:
rete,5 who through, his heroic conduct
and plesence ofmind, sdvcd grea,
many lives. He gotta lot of box cars
and after filling them with men, WON
en- and children, sent them through
the burning forest. at an extremely
fast rat IsApee4 tQ Plfill psbirg
f4.e,t4t - u re hadesana aboa,
1000 people taken to place of safe
!. ty.
Hosss9Akn, May 2lsA place Of
about 900 Inhabitants, Six miles from
/ Oscaola, is reported entirely destroy.
led. Thy fee is spreading through,
the woods. At latest accounts Par
sonville and Milltown, six miles dis.
tant fromlaH aHonesdah, were burnel
through ooh l,eais. Provisions have
been sent from this town and vicini
ty, and meetings will .he-held Il
. raise funds for the sufferers. Th,
heaviest losses by The Osceola fire ar,
| Pennsylvania railroad SG5, 600; Live
s;Es5 VIA, sSsil fsyss5 sySS, &c Z,
numerous others whose losses ranpss
from $4,000 to $4,000. Later &c
ports say that one woman name,
StoneberGer was burned to death.
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