Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08
Work of the Flames.

Seven buildings fell victims to the flames at
Havre de Grace, Nd. on the 9th inst, Loss
$4,000.
The kearsage cotton mill at Portsmouth, N.
H., was reduced to smoking ruins on the 4th
inst. Three hundred and fifty operatives are
thrown outof work by the disaster. Those who
were in the mill when the fire broke ont. made
their escape with great difficulty, one of the
number perishing in the attempt The loss is
estimated at about half million dollars In
surance $411,000.
Martin Laudenberger's wooden mill at PhiIa-
delphia, Pa, was destroyed by fire on the 4th
inst. Loss $4,000. -Four firemen were injured
by falling walls.
Liveli th Greenwald & Co.'S clothing manu-
factory, Philadelphia, p, was damaged to the
extent or $4,000 by fire on tie 4th INST
The Union Pacific depot at Salma. Kansas,
containing large amount of freight and ex-
press matter, was wiped out by a blaze on the
4th INST.
The Beckwith house. Oshkosh, Wis. brick
four-story hotel, built in 1876, took Gre at 5
O'Clock, on the evening of the Sd ult, and was
entirely destroyed. Loss, 1000; insurance
$8, on furniture, and $4,000 on building
MIS-. S. B. Page, boarding in tho hotel, was
sutfocated by the smoke and died. Her body
was recovered. Mrs. Chas e. Harlow, visiting
Mrs. Page bravely jumped from the fourth
story window and escaped with bad burns.
Molhe HollOran, waiter gnl, is missing and is
believed to have perished The fire originated
from broken kerosene lamp.
A fire broke out suddenly in clothing store
at Toronto, Canada, on the Sd inst. and spread
SO rapidly that the inmates of the upper stories
of the building were compelled to escape by
ladders. William Crawford, Berthe Crawford,
Nellie Edwards and Lawrence Steward were
seriously burned. None of the unfortunates
were expected to recover
At Nevada, Storey county, Iowa, on the Cd
fifteen
fire. Total loss $4,000.
The cotton houses OF the Pepperell Manu-
featuring company, Biddeford. Me-. was burned
on the night of the Sd inst, together with 400
bales OF cotton. Loss $4,000; insured
The Walnut Valley elevator and Bonanza
mills, at EldOradO, Kansas. owned bv T. K
White, burned no the 1st inst, together with
some 10, 600 bushels of wheat and several thou
sand bushe s of corn. Loss about $40. 900; in
surance small.
O'Brien Bros plug tobacco manufactory at
COvlngtOn, KY. burned on the I'd inst Loss
about $4,000; insured.
Crawford's Opera bonse at Topeka Kansas,
burned to the ground on the I'd inst. Loss,
$50, OGO
The Auburn high school building at Waterloo,
Ind, burned on the evening of the 3Oth ult
Loss, S14. O00; insurance, $1,000.
Durham, n. c., experienced a heavy fire on
the 1st inst. Severa buildings were DESTROYED.
The loss on buildings foots up $25,0O0 Loss
on stock not reported
tobacco factory was destroyed at Naples,
Italy. with loss Of several million lire.
The wheelbarrow factory of Stevens & Co., at
Coldwater Mich, was burned on the 10Th ult.
Loss, $4,000.
The barns of John and Robert Carruthers, in
the suburbs of Elmira, n. Y. were reduced to
ashes, on the 18th ult., cremating fifty Attorney
and Jersey COWS.
The WOODEN mills of Oliver Willy & Co.,
Weston. Ont, burned on the 30th ute Three
hundred hands are thrown out of employment
A fire in the mining town of Highland, in
southwest Wisconsin, on the Doth ult, destroyed
So 600 worth of property, including four stores
and three dwellings.
A fire occurred at West Point, Va. on the28th
ult., which destroyed the extensive wharves
and sheds of the Richmond, York River and
Chesapeake Railroad company and the COM
panys steamer Shirley, also the telegraph and
freight offices and all the freight on the wha,ves,
including 2,600bales of cottou- Loss, estimated
at S250,U00. Insured.