Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-05-20

fercely in the upper portion of the town that the
inhabitants barely escaped with their lives.
During the confusion many yaluables were
stolen, one lady losing &c., 900 in government
bonds. Several bodies have been found, but
they were burned beyond recognition. Loss
variously 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,
New York and Catskill Steamship Co. tramp
is under arrest, charged with causing the fire.
Mihills sash, door and blind factory, at Fond
du Lac, Wis, harmed on the 18th inst. Loss
estimated at $125,00 upon which there is an
insurance of $67,2
tablishment at Connorsville, Ind. was destroyed
on the 18th inst Loss $40, 900; insurance light.
West Liberty. O.. was visited by disastrous
confagration on the 18th. The total loss is
estimated at 5000, 1000.
A bonded warehouse at Bordeaux, France,
was consumed by fire on the 18th inst. Loss
1900, 900 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 10Th inst. The sheds contained
600 cords of bark, valued at $50 1000; 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 threat ning 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
red woods of the late great forest fire. The
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 $20, 900, and in the neighborhood of Harri-
sonvie and Irish mills the loss is about $75, 600
in cranberry boys 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 cnders are con-
tinually falling over the city. The loss in the
county in live stock, buildings, timber, etc..
yards around Egg Harbor City at $4,000. 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 10Th inst, by fire, which, al
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 over which the fire swept is SO wide and
the point SO inaccessible that it is impossible
to gain correct information as to the actual loss
Benster's furniture factory at Buffalo, N. Y.
| burned on the 18th, Loss $35,O0O; insurance
| 2O,00O.
The village of Fayette, about thirty mile
south Of Adrian, Mich, was visited by a de
| structive fire on the 9th. About forty build
| ings, including the principal hotel, the news
paper Office and the Methodist church, wer,
burned. The entire loss is placed at sis, 900
and the insurance at 1913, 900. The fire is sup
posed to have been caused by incendiaries.
Another great fire occurred in the oil region
| Of Pennsylvania, on the 9th and 10th inst, tn
district devastated being in the neighborhood O
| Rexford. Eighty light frame buildings, owe
III, 600 barrels of oil and forty derricks wer
burned.
l.. Thirty buildings, mostly residences, were de
stroyed by blaze at Allegheny City, Pa, on tn
| The saddlery and harness establishment O
| Eberhardt l. Co., Akron, O., was destroyed b,
fire on the 10th inst. Loss $4,000; INSURANCE
| $4,000.