The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-22

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mnaDltats barely escaped with their lives.
Dunng the confusion many yaluables were
stolen, one ltdy losing $4,000 III government
bonds. Several bodies have been found. but
they were 5uIned beyond recognition. Loss
YaHously etlmated at from one TO two million
dollars. he fire originated III the car works.
Tie village Of Stuyvesant, eleven miles north
OF t0ughrtepse, \. y, was destroyed by fire
on the 18th inst, involving loss Of over $500,
600 The ire caught III the stOrehouse Of the
New York and Catskill Steamship Co. A tramp
Is under Arrest, charged with causing the fire.
MllElls sash, door and blind factory, at Fond
On Lac, Wis, burned on the 18th inst. Loss
eSlmated ut Sl25, OO0 upon which there is an
Insurance If SCI, 200.
Tie Whitewater Valley Coffin companys es-
tabllshmeIt at Connorsville, Ind, was destroyed
on TIE l3tl INST. Loss $4,000; insurance light.
Net liberty, o., was visited by a disastrous
conlapailon on the 18th. The total loss Is
esumfedat $500, 900.
bonled warehouse at Bordeaux, France,
was consumed by fire OH the 18th inst. Los.
2,O0C, 900 francs.
The HOSPITAL and stables Of the Carbon coun-
", Pa, alusLOuse were destroyed by fire on the
night OF The 18th inst Nine horses. twenty
Tour head q cattle and forty hogs were burned
to death.
Everett Bedford county, Pa, were DESTROYED
by ire on the 18th inst. The sheds contained
lO,0Ot cord Of bark, valued at $50 600; insured.
The Cuban village of San Luis was burned on
the Ilh INST. Three hundred houses were de-
strOyeC
The village Of Tobyhama Mills Monroe
county Pa, Is almost entirely surrounded by
forest fires which are extending through this
and Pike counties. Large quantities OF bark
and hemlock AID spruce logs have been burned
and the fires 30 threatening the destruction of
all the bark old logs in the woods. The Toby
hanna and Aemgh lumber companies are the
principal sufferers.
New JerSy is still suffering from forest fires.
The air sitting with smoke and the sun j.
ohscurd. Ihousands-of birds and animals are
living C1ad III the woods tell of the destruction.
The tie seems to be feeding upon the half char
red woods of the late great forest fire. The
line coast from the direction OF Toms river
to S0Iam was a sheet of flame, at dusk. on the
evening OF the 18th instant. The damage III
thenclghbOrhuOd of Mt. Pleasant Is estimated
at go, OU0 and III the neighbOrhoOd Of Harri-
soyllc and Irish mills the loss Is about SIS, 900
iucranbeuy hogs alone while the cedar timber
land burned Was the most valuable IN the state.
Although there are no forest fires within ten
mlcs OF Atlantic City, clouds Of cinders are con-
tiually falling over the city. The loss in the
cmnty IN live stock, buildings, timber, ETC.,
Destroyed, is estimated Mt $500, 600. and to yIne-
vrds around Egg IIarbor City at $4,000 In
Galloway township 30 buildings were DESTROYED.
The villages ofOiI Centre and Meddaughvillc,
II the PENNSYLVANIA oil regions. wcr, entirely de
troycd on the 18th inst, by fire, which, at
last accounts, was rayagin@ the oil districts.
about mile above Dukes Centre a nltro-@ly-
'erinc repository came Ill the course Of the
lanes and exploded with terrible force. The
territory over which the tire swept Is vide and
he point SO inaccessible that it is impossible
o gain correct information as to the actual loss.
Bcnsters furniture factory at Buffalo, \. y,
burned on the 18th, Loss $50. 600; Insurance
10000.
The village of Fayette, about thirty miles
louth of Adrian, Mich, was visited by a de-
5tructiye fire on the 9Th. About forty build
in8s, including the principal hotel, the news
paper Office and the Methodist church. were
and the insurance at So. 200. The fire II sup
posed to have been caused by inccndiarics.
Another great fire occurred Ill the oil regions
of Pennsylvania, on the 9Th and 10th inst. the
district devastated being III the neighborhood OF
lteXiord. Eighty light frame buildings, over
10000 barrels Of OIL and Forty denicks were
burned.
Thirty buildings, mostly residences. were de-
stroyed by q blaze at Allegheny City, Pa, on the
9th inst.
The -addlery and harness establishment of
Ebcrhardt 4 Co., Akron, O., was destroyed by
fire on the 10th INST. Loss $40, 600; insurance
$4,000.
Huse, Looms 4 Co.'S extensive ice houses at
st. Louis, Mo, were consumed by fire on
the Sth inst. Loss about $50, 900.
The business portion OF CinderhOok. \. "
was destroyed Ly fire on the 8th Inst Loss
40, UO0; Insurance $4,000.
The Ice houses on the shores Of Queens Lake
st. CLAIR county, Mo, were struck by lightning
on the Sth inst, and consumed. Loss $4,000;
insured for Ouc-half.
keifer Stiefcl & Co. and Wellrich tanneries
together With t,yonty eight bund'nga, including
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