Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-26
FIRES AND ACCIDENTS.
Immense Losses of Life and Prop
erty.


out at IL o. clock yesterday morning. All
the public buildings except the Catholic
and Methodist churches were burned About
two hundred houses were also destroyed.
Twelve hundred people arc houseless All
escape was cut off by the woods taking fire.
No lives were lost. The loss is estimated
at over 100000.
OsCEoLA, PA, May 2l.-Hundreds of
people are homeless. A large number of
cars and trestle Of the railroad has been
burned. The shipment of coal will be
suspended for ten days.
OsCEoLA, May 22.-The Methodist and
Catholic churches with a few buildings in
the vicinity we're saved. The rest OF the
town was utterly destroyed. A thousand
or fifteen hundred people lost everything.
The village of Hantsdale was also burned.
Hundreds of w0rkmen have lost their homes.
The losses in this region including Hants-
dale reach S3,00O,000 The fire swept ten
of the eleven townships in Pike county.
The fire originated by tramps breaking into
a hut and firing it.
NoRwALK, VI, May 21.-Fairfleld Fire
Insurance CQmpany's building was burned.
Loss $3.50, 900.
CoHoEs, n. v, May 2l.-The saw mill,
handling shop, polishing room, finishing
and packing departments connected with
the Weed and Breekess Axe Manufacture
ing works, were burned this morning. Loss
S50 600
SCRANTON, Pa, May %. "A school house
81 Froaoo o. Cta5dord,,;,io "a GoiSs
SoraI,eb - L,,rnoJ Tbarsands 81 ooros of
SSs.s ~ ~ ~ a a. o,bnr so,,io,,o,,ts
Iole s% "to Throo IL 90 49, ponn
"1in,io CO Coranonvis ,rrov;,v roa5 an
oy yiNt.oS Iia, Ion5 =, S na.oo f ,rrslya
81 80, Snn 49, l. doatrouod Col
miles rom Soiant' orIo,oS,, o,,t.o 10
~no , Wi.io,, on 400 sp,,aro ,,,;Ias of
500 IA 49, ~ Soomnd Tbis sootion froT,
;tS hoomtr IL tnown nc tho American Switz-
orIan edU''' 10 '''o -''-'0' '1'' =
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C,n;,,s oro I,Tn,,,,, 20 bavo hoan saved bnt
sarontu-six oro INTESTINE oil of whom ere
believed to have been drowned.
PITTsBuRGH. Nav 2O.-Lightning fred
10000 barrels of oil in tank at Harms
CITY. Efforts were made to draw the oil
ont hut failed for fear of the tank explod-
inT
SCRANTON. PA, May PA drenching
rain has subdued the forest fires id this Sec
ton, thus saving a half-dozen towns.
LEXINGTON. Nav "a "A ire originated
in Davis & Adams livery stable the whole
Hlock was burned, and the fire spread to the
adjoining squares, But one engine and the
H6uoket bripader saved the town. Loss
81. 100000
NEW. YoRK NAV 24.-The schooners
AGNES ]. Grace, arrived at this port from
Havana and renorts that on the DIST inst.
in latitude "a and 80. lonsitude 75:47, she
fell in with the ton of a vessels cabin with
two mon on III and rescued them. They
moved IN he Contain Hurst, of the schoon.
or Mary and Eliza from Savannah. for Da-
mariscStta and WIN. Griffin n seaman
Canaan Hurst reports that ON Nav 10th,
during n heavy gale his vessel sprung a
leak and capsized, and the rest of the crew
capsized in small boat. Captain Hurst
and Griffin were on the house VI hours
without food or water.
The Forest Fires still Advancing.
NEW YORK. May GA dispatch
from Nutford, Pennsylvania, says the
forest fires are sweeping over ten out
of eleven townships ia Pike county
and unless rain comes -oon there will
be great suffering aud loss of life.
TYRONE, PA, May 22.-Reports
were received here late last night that
the fire was approaching Phillips
burg, and in order to save the town
the burgess ordered the brush around
the place set on fire About $50 men
were sent out to fight the flames al
points from which most of the danger
was to be feared
MAUCH CHUNK, Pa, May %
Very severe mountain fires have been
raging in Carbon county for the pas
few days. An immense amount o
lumber and saw-logs, and many dwell
ing houses, have been burned in the
Hickory Run and Mud Run regions
Back of Weissport and Parryville
the fire is spreadinp rapidly, Tn,