The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-05-27
Fire Record.


less with dispair.
1t is stated that the fires ia tho
Dothern oil field destroyed 81 ,000,-
900 worth Of property.
A man named Don Smithson con-
lesscs that hc sot fire to the UUitod
brethren Church ia Groensburg,
Pa.
Tho lumber yard OF Barber 4
Henderson, at Ashbury Park, New
Jersey, was partially destroyed by
fire few days ago,
Fire destroyed palcn's sash and
blind factury, at Kingston. on Mons
day night. Loss, $4,000; insur~
ance, 1909.
A fro startod in tho woods near
Codarville, Now Jersey, has destroy
od Amos Lowis' house aud
small farm house..
Wood fires aro spreading rapidly
in the mountains around Kingston,
n. Y, and the whole brow OF the
Catskills ia one mass Of smoke aud
llamo,
Tho forest fires around Milford,
Pike county, have destroyed ovor
100000 feot OF lumber, besides
large quantities Of growing timber. II
is stato,! tho G,000 acres of land
wero covered with tho 1amos at one
timo.
The firos that havo boon dosolat.
ing tho pocono and Moosio moun-
taius have advanced within o short
distance of Scranton, and that city
is SO filed with smoke that il is
impossible to SOC moro than two or
throe blocks.
AsSApoLts, Md, May ia de-
structivo fro in the Third district
near Annapolis, which Inns boon rag
ing since Scn1ny, destroyed ono
thousand acres of woodland, entail
ing heavy losses to nearly a dozen
farmers. The origin Of tho fire is
unknown.
HAaRsBURG, May 17.-Quite au
excitement was caused this morning
by fire breaking out suddeuly iu a
back building Of Stars grocery
storo, Ridge avenue, above Broad.
On account of wind aud largo VOL
umos Of blaze aud smoke it was fear
cl il would take tho whole block
composed OF franc buildings.
Forest fires have ragged furiously
along Boar Crook, Luzorno county,
aud vast quantities Of ldmhor havo
been destroyed On Sunday night
tho iro reached Boar Lake and
quickly consumed barn with its
contents, consisting Of hay, corn
oats and farming impl omonts, and
an ice house containing sixty tons oI
ice.
Tho Bradford Era tells briefly
IA follows how some recent Gros oc
Cured in thai region. A man visit
cd 2j,O00>bGrrol oil tank with a
naked lantern aud Rod Rock wai
burned. A man built fire near q
we'll aud won't to dinnor tho de
struction OF Row City was tho ro.
sult. 4 woman upso. u gas stove
and Rixford went up in smoke ant
go, 900 barrels Of oil were lost.
| HUDSON, May l3.-Tho village oI
Stuyvesant, eleven miles above thi'
city, WAS destroyed by fire thii
morning. Tho loss is over $500,
900. Among tho buildings burnoC
!, arc the post-oflico, house OF the New
Jersey Zee company, railroad depot
, Clapps hotel, tho Stuyvesant fouu
. dry, st. Mary's church, and all th
/, buildings on both sidos OF the rail
, road track, covering a radius Of owe
/, a square mile.
CoUpERsPoRr, Pa., May 10
: fro broke out hero few minute
before clock on Tuesday after
noon, and before the astonisho,
: citizons could recover from tn
q shock it was sweeping away build
n ing aftor building. Of the thirty
a seven business houses in tho towi
O not one was left. Every store an,
q shop was as 80 much tindor in th
@ path of the flames. Three hour
Il aftcr tho first smoke was seen tn
4 paralyzed citizens saw nothing bu
smoking ruins Thirty-oight build
ings were burned loss probabl
100000 insurance $4,000, at
8 very rough estimate.
/, EMLESroN, Pa., May % Eden
, burg,Yonce tho liveliest and most
= prosperous town of tho lower o
. regions. ia again in ashes At 0 o
clock last night the cry OF fire stsrtl
y cd the citizens Of this place. Tn
= fro WAS first discovered in tho ol
= United States Hotel, which was un
y occupied at tho timo. Sevont
b uildings right in the hoart of til
town, covering five acres, wore con
pletely destroyed. Little or no i,
. suranco was held in tho town, Ill
: companies having decliood to TAX
. risk, since tho town was swept o.
q q provious occasion. Upward q
u one hundred families nre bpmolos
- aud many who slopt on tho grouu
y u last night
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