Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-27
Work of the Flames.

GaDlers piano manufactOry III New York city,
was completely destroyed by fire on the oath.
About 300 pianos, nearly completed, and large
quantity of stock, we're consumed. Loss on
building and stock $80,000. The worknen lost
tools valued at $4,000.
Quesnele Forks, a town in British Columbia,
was wiped out by fire on the oath. The blaze
originated in a Chinese shanty. Forty build
ings were consumed.
Lemuel Boggs' freight warehouse and eleva-
tor at Elmwood, Pickaway county, O.: was con-
sumed by fire on the Oath. Three freight cars
were consumed in the warehouse. Total loss
$4,000.
Mr.. J. H. Estabboeks livery stable, atDenver,
COL, was burned to the ground on the 22d.
Sixty horses which were in the building per-
ished in the flames. The loss is placed at $685.
600, while the insurance is only $4,000.
On the morning of the 23d, fire destroyed
every stable in Quincy. ILL.,, together with large
number of hacks and carriages and AZ horses,
including the stallion Alnboy, owned by Wash.
Corbin, valued at $4,000. Total loss $29, 5000;
mostly insured.
A five-story brick building on Canal street,
near Thompson, Philadelphia, occupied by
Alexander Mcconnell, morocco manufactured,
and John l.. Mcconnell manufacturer of cotton
and woolen yarns, burned on tho 22d. Loss on
stock and machinery $50,000; insured.
A whole block of buildings in Russell street.
London, was destroyed by fire on the 22d inst
Loss ESQ, 900.
A large portion of Mt. Vernon, Ind, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 21st inst Loss about
$3.50, 1000, on which there is an insurance OF 75,-
900.
At Piqua, Ohio, at o'clock on the morning
of the Goth inst. the lnseed oil mills of Orr,
Leonard & Daniels were totally destroyed by
fire. The fire began in the fourth story and,
in two hours, the fine structure was ruined
with its valuable contents. Thousands of BUSH
els of seed and 600 barrels of oil were in the
building. The loss is estimated at from $780,
900 to $500,0O0, with an insurance of from
$75, 1000 to 10000; divided among 81 companies.
The country residence near Baltimore, Nd,
Of Charles J. Baker, president of the Franklin
National bank, of at that city burned on the
goth inst. Loss, 100000.
A fire at Portage: Wis, on the 2Oth inst,
The loss will reach S50,o00.
An oil lamp exploded in the fine residence of
county, o., on the 10Th. which, with its con-
tents. was consumed. The building was one of
the finest in the county, and, with its contents,
was valued at $4,000; insured for $1,000.
A tramp being refused ''grub at ths resi-
dence of G. s. Moury, near Reading, Pa, on the
18th inst, the villain set fire to the barn, des-
troying it, together with the contents. Three
mules and several head of cattle perished. Loss
$4,000.
smaller places of business we're destroyed by
fire at Wyoming, ILL.,, on the 10Th inst. Loss
$40, GOO to $4,000.
At Charleston, S. c., on the 18th inst, a fire
broke out in cotton shed and spread rapidly,
consuming two large cotton sheds, brick ware
house partially filled with cotton, and quantity
of cotton lying on the wharf. The fire also
communicated to the steamships Borrowsdale,
Travancore and Bedford, badly damaging the
former. The two latter escaped with slight
damage. A mate of the Bedford was killed by
falling derrick. Total loss $3.50 fully
covered by insurance