Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-05-19
Work of the Flames.

large furniture warehouse at st. Paul
Mimi, was burned on the 10Th. Loss 1926, 900.
Trowbridge's stave factory at East Toledo, O..
was almost entirely destroyed by fire on the 16tI
inst. Loss about $4,000
| r. r. Jones' tobacco factory and adjoining
buildings were somewhat damaged by fire
which originated in the factory, on the 18th.
Loss by fire and water foot up $22,3 300.
Several business houses In Glendale, Hamil-
| ton county, o., burned on the 18th, involving a
loss of $4,000; fully insured.
The town of Milton, Pa, was almost entirely
destroyed by fire on the 18th. Three thousand
people were left homeless. and destitute of
clothing and provisions. The fire ragged SO
iercely in the upper portion of the town that the
| inhabitants barely escaped with their lives.
| During the confusion many valuables were
stolen, one lady losing $4,000 in government
bonds. Several bodies have been found, but
they were burned beyond recognition. Loss
varlously estimated at from one to two million
dollars. The fire originated in the car works.
The village Of Stuyvesant, eleven miles north
of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, was destroyed by fire
on the 18th inst, involving loss of over $780,
600. The fire caught in the storehouse of the
| New York and CatskiI Steamship Co. A tramp
is under arrest, charged with causing the fire.
Mihills sash, door and blind factory, at Fond
du Lac, Wis, burned on the 18th inst. Loss
estimated at $125,000, upon which there is an
insurance of $67, 200.
The Whitewater Valley Coffin companys es-
Enlistment at Connorsville, Ind, was destroyed
on the 18th inst. Loss $1,000; insurance light.
West Liberty, O., was visited by disastrous
confiagration on the 18th. The total loss is
estimated at 100000.
A bonded warehouse at Bordeaux, France,
was consumed by fire on the 18th inst. Loss
2,000,0 600 francs.
The hospital and stables of the Carbon coun-
ty, Pa, almshouse were destroyed by fire on the
night of the 18th inst. Nine horses, twenty
four head of cattle and forty hogs were burned
to death.
Four large bark sheds at Tecumseh tannery,
Everett, Bedford county, Pa, were destroyed
by fire on the 18th inst. The sheds contained
10000 cords of bark, valued at 800 900; insured.
The Cuban village of San Luis was burned on
the 18th inst. Three hundred houses were de-
stroyed.
The village of Tobyhanna 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 and spruce logs have been burned
and the fires are threatening the destruction of
all the bark and logs in the woods. The Toby
hanna and Lehigh lumber companies are the
principal sufferers.
New Jersey is still suffering from forest fires.
The air Is sitting with smoke and the sun is
obscured. Thousands of birds and animals are
lying dead in the woods tell of the destruction.
The fire seems to be feeding upon the half char
line of coast from the direction Of Toms river
to Squam was sheet of flame, at dusk. on the
evening of the 18th instant. The damage in
the neighborhood of Mt. Pleasant is estimated
at 800, 900, and in the neighborhood of Harri-
sonville and Irish mills the loss is about S75, 900
IN cranberry Dogs alone, while the cedar timber
land burned was the most valuable in the state.
Although there are no forest fires within ten
miles of Atlantic City, clouds of cinders are con-
tnually falling over the city. The loss in the
county in live stock, buildings, timber, etc.,
destroyed, is estimated at 100000, and to vine
yards around Egg Harbor City at $50, 900. In
Galloway township 80 buildings were destroyed.
The villages Of Oil Centre and Interchangeable,
in the Pennsylvania oil regions, were entirely de-
stroyed on the 18th inst, by q fire. which, at
last accounts, was ravaging the oil districts.
About mile above Dukes Centre nitro-gly-
cerine repository came in the course Of the
flames and exploded with terrible force. The
territory which the fire swept is SO wide and
the point SO inaccessible that It is impossible
to gain correct information to the actual loss.
Benster's furniture factory at Buffalo, n. Y,
burned on the 18th, Loss $35, 000; insurance
500, 900.
The village of Fayette, about thirty miles
south of Adrian, Mich, was visited by de-
structive fire on the 9th. About forty build
ings, including the principal hotel the news
paper Office and the Methodist church, were
burned. The entire loss is placed at $4,000,
and the insurance at 1913, 900. The fire is sup
posed to have been caused by incendaries.
Another great fire occurred in the oil regions
of Pennsylvania, on the 9th and 10th inst, the
district devastated being in the neighborhood of
Rexford. Eighty light frame buildings, over
10000 barrels of oil and forty derricks were
burned.
Thirty buildings, mostly residences, were de-
stroyed by blaze at Allegheny City, Pa, on the
9th inst
The saddlery and harness establishment of
Eberhardt & Co., Akron, o.. was destroyed by
fire on the 10th inst Loss $40, 900; insurance
$4,000.