, 1880-07-30
LOSSES BY FIRE.
Buffalo Visited by the Worst con,
tlagration Known There
in Years,
Several pianing-N1ills and n,
Immense Amount OF L,ltn.
bor Destroyed.
The Total LOSE Estimated nt Aho,.
$500, ,ooo-Partially Insured,
Tho Singer Sewing Machine corun,,,
Burned Out In New York City.

A~ 3nsGS* 1V""sk ~4'AGSAa&AE N0T1Nant
Buried Out in Now York City.
IN BUFFALO,.
Special Dtspateh 10 7hs Cheago 7rtounk
Dt:rrAt.o, N. Y, July e0.-Fire broke mt
In II Enigu planlng-mlllo byJ. +. De W'Is
In this city today, and proved one Of thu
most disastrous and extensive eonflaera,|on.
ll1nl 's visited Buffalo III mauy years. II
originated III tho shaving room, mud whsn Il
wns first a"en 1t was snlnll md could casI,s
have been extinguisl,et, but there was M
winter at hand, and the flames spread yerv
rnpitlly. An alarm ,vns at once sounded. Int
rs The fire piade sMcll fearful hcadwuy a
general alarm was sapn given. lna
engine OF the mill was running At
the time, md could not 10 ston.
ped. When tho belts burned Its spread
increased to terrible velocity, md Tie as.
wheel, weighing twenty tons, burst and tba
pieces lew MANY yards, fortunately not In.
jurlng anybody. The fire lnaslo clean
sweep of Do Wits Mill, then partially burned
Wilson'S plantng-lntll nenr by, and complete.
ly destroyed Senrles s. Dtunning's p!aa1oe.
mill.
Continuing their awful onward march, tbs
flames next attacked n1l swept benson L
Locks iulnbcr-yard, D. A. Welcl & Cn,.
lutnbcr-yirl, G. T. Hazard g. Co.'s lumber.
yart. besides number OF dwellings and
other fratue structures. Including some Of
tic outbutltlfngs Of Mill T. Co.'s dn.
dock. The itro also communicated 10
thu lloatIng elevator at BrItlgewater, owned
by Capt. Frank Porow, and lying Hear By IN
tho Blackwell Canal. III Il few minutes this
also fell q victim to the rapaatous ncnj.
taxard s. Br0s.' largo lumbcr-yard neat
canlo III tho pathway Of the fire, and, allied
BY good ssiH breeze, It made short work Of
this ynrtl. and then moved on 10 Thomas
Robfnson's yard. An Immense amount ot
lumber here perfslled. The tlrenen were now
working zcalously, mid, although the mates.
nj was very lnflalhnlAble and Tie water lad
but little effect, they continued to fight tho
fumes desperately. Tho last building that
fell into It's greedy ntnw was n planing-luIl
belonging to tho Dry-Dock Company.
The flaincs had now reached the big coal.
duck OF the Pennsylvania Railway Company
OH the ono sltl0 md the like and harbor On
nll other Sides On the C0al-sh,tes the fire.
men made dying effort, aiNl by almost ~.
| lerllui1A1l exertii>nS kept tlle huge ttese
| from fire. It WIS many hours, however, b.
fore they gained complete control over Lie
| flames.
The burnt district covers near twentY
acres Of ground, aud represented tue ln9st
prosperous part nf the lumber trade In TIL,
l'he loss IS estimated ut over $500, Co., and
abont abont z, ,Wo, 600 feut Ut lumber wns burned.
uaSartl 4 &'Biiro.ni'enrsylyanla Fire, $500;
North America, $4,000 Lacaisse Genkrale,
sl,o9o; g, Irving, sl,5oo; NIaEara, $1,000 To,at
Floating cleyator-1.a,.cashtre. ST ,ooo; CIT.
/ fyCn3f 3f,iO1: First National. 81 900: L0n.
i: 9. We!eh 4 Co., lumber-commor
wealth, Sl.510; Franklin, $5o0: Con!u!erciaf
S S5s W$stsl;esssr Ms*tSr s: iS, FsSS,s !s''@I|s;s @
ton, $1,000; Nuw York City, Sl.600; British.
American, $1,000: National. So Coz; Huffman
$500; ;uMle!Wrlters': s5ooo London. ssqo
Ineas,irs @ S3o; LgRao1 g y Lnness!,s S
Providence, WasliilEto,, $1,000; Queens
$1,000; Liverpool, 1Annttun IL Glnbe, 81 700:
Henson y LOck lulnber-0rfellt, 3l,GD,
Northern. S2.vo; Pacl!tc., S. 900; I'InenlT,
Iiarifar;t. $i, ,Sdo; t'srn!an 'XMerl;as', $s!
Itcserve. SlU; Lancashire, ST50; st. Paul
$50. First National, sl:ooo.;, fnlHral :
Nes1tasI sa'',iI. 2; S k,udo'' s'@i North British
Ssarlcs i Browning's planlng-mll- Man.
fucturofs'. 81 ,0tO; Traders ST ,0OJ; lmpsrlal&
s"se %ss,ast6n. 'ss'''S s,osG; ississs fs dsa
erntc, 81 ,VM 49,.
j. Il. DaWttt's plantng. .mtll-Com,naa.
wealth, S5Cl; FrulklLn. S501; Mechanics,
MUTUAL, $50: Mechanics u Traders $50;
Royal, $1,5ou: Western. s1,5oO, Westche,tet.
$l,6W; fjn!fain, S50m; turillard, SyN;
Association, S5o0; United Firelnes,s. $yo;
Mertlen, 81, ,001; Fnirhe1l. Sft,5; Mercantile,
sG5, Nmrth German. SG2'; New liaalp-
Shire, $W,5.
q. r. Wilson's planlng-tnilI, Springfield.
500; {i1rn,n,l-Alnerlcnn. Gi50. Il. Mills =
Cn.,. Iontlon md Lni,chasre, Sl,H49s;
Irnstesmesl's, SI5O; Manhattan, SGs1.i9i
TRANSATLANTIC, SG37,t0.
One s,tller ltlilber-ynrl hatl no insurance,
n'ul tl,cre WIS yct.about $4,000 distributed
In slnall amounts.