Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-27
Work vi the Flames

GabieI's piano naanufactorv in New York CITY
was completely destroyed by fire on the a4tt.
Abont 3U0 plan os, nearly completed and a. lal,g
quantity Of stock. were consumed. L nss o,
Budding and stock $4,000. The workn Aen Eos
tools valued at 'ss5 600
Quesnele Forks q town III British Columbia
was wiped Gus by fire on the 2Kth. The blaz
originated in a Chinese shaaty. Forty build
ing5 were consumed.
Leinua Roggs' freight warehouse ana eleva
tor at Emwood, Pickaway o9un4sy, O.. ryas con
sumed by ere on the 24th Three freight carr
were consumed in the wazeL ouse Total los
$4,000.
Mr.. J. II. Estabboek' s livery stable, atDenver
Col, waS burned to the ground On the 22d
Sixty horses which were in the building per
ished in the flames Tee loss is placed at 500,
600, welie the insurance is only $4,000.
On the morning of the 23d, fire DESTROYED
every stable III Quincy ILL.,, together with large
number Of hacks and carriages and AZ horses
including the stallion Amboy. owned by Wash
Corbin, valued at SfS, 900. Total loss 1929, 900
mostly insured.
A tye-story brick building on Canal street
near Thompson, Philadelphia, occupied by
Alexander Mcconnell, morocco manufacturer
and John L. Mcconnell, manufacturer of cotton
and WOODEN yarns, burned on the 22d. Loss OF
stock and machinery $50, 900; insured.
A whole block of buildings in Russell street
London, was destroyed by fire on the 22d inst
Loss ESQ., 600.
A large portion of Mt. Vernon, Ind, was de.
stroyed by fire on the 21st inst. Loss about
$780, 1000, on which there is an insurance OF 1915.
900.
At Piqua, Ohio, at 1 O'Clock on the morning
Of the goth inst. the Enseed oil mills OF Orr,
Leonard d Daniels were totally destroyed by
fire. The fire began IN the fourth story and,
in two hours, the fine structure was ruined
with It's valuable contents. Thousands of bush
els of seed and 600 barrels of oil were in the
I,,.l Ill
900 to $780, 1000, with an insurance of from
$75,000to $50, 900; divided among ~ 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, $4,000.
A fire at Portage. Wis, on the Goth inst,
destroyed the Pettibune Block and contents.
The loss will reach S50,o00.
An oil lamp exploded in the fine residence of
Col. Thomas Moore, at Tiltonville, jefferson
county, O., on the 18th. 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 - ut thu 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 persisted. Loss
$4,000.
Stones clothing store and several other
smaller places of business were destroyed by
fire at Wyoming, ILL.,, on the 18th inst. Loss
GOO to $780, 900.
At Charleston, S. c., on the 18th inst, a fire
broke out in a cotton shed and spread rapidly,
consuming two large cotton sheds, brick ware
house partially filed with cotton, and a 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. mate of the Bedford was killed by
q falling derrick. Total loss $3.50, COO; fully
covered by insurance