The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-14
DAILY INTgLLlGENCER.
Wednesday, Jan. IA, 1880


GREAT FIRES OF the WORLD.
London was almost entirely destroyed
by FIRE in 100. and again in 9S2. In
1886 It was visited BY another terrible
conAsgration. The great fire sf Lon.
don occurred when the city was begin
ming to give evidence Of attaining that
proud supremacy it now 20 grandly
holds. II came on the I'd Of Ssptem.
Der, 1855. and lasted three days. The
FIRE swept over 436 acres. destroying
$4,000 houses and ipAicting loss Of
$50.ooo.o 900 upon the people. In l7ss
600 London buildings were swept out
of existencs. and BY the burning Of tbs
Tooley street wharves. in 1871, S10.-
600. 900 worth Of property was de-
stroyed.
Tho greatest devastation BY FIRE in
Paris WAS that Of 1871, whom the Com.
nunists caused wanton loss Of $780,
100000.
In the year "a ten Of the fourteen
wards Of Rome were destroyed; the fire
raging eight consecutive days.
In 1911 forest fires in Tyrol destroyed
81 villages and hsmlsta
In 1S42 (Msy 4th end 6ts) Hsmburg
lost 1919 buildings. one fifth Of III pop
ulstion were rendered homeless, one
hundred lives we're lost, and property
valued At $35. 0o0, 900 destroyed.
In 1928 Copenhagen lost 1850 houses
and in 1895 1868 houses by fire.
st. Petersburg lost 2OO0 houses by Ere
in 1885.
Moscow has had two terrible fires.
One. in 1852. destroyed $4,000 houses;
the other, in 1912. ct the time Of the
Nspoleonic invasion. burned i've days,
destroyed $4,000 houses and property
valued ct $3.50. 000, 900.
In Constantinople . Are in 1920 de-
stroyed 10000 houses and 1000 persons.
Another FIRE. in 17i5, continued Eve
days. In 1850. three fires destroyed
over 10000 houses. In 1855 $1,000
houses were burned. In 1852 10000
houses and 100 lives were lost. In 1901
several ores destroyed $4,000 houses.
In 1899. $4,000 houses were burned.
Constantinople has been burned over
more than any other city Of ancient or
modern times. It's more recent flres
were the following: 1928. 5000 houses
destroyed; 1s4s. $4,000. 900 Of property
destroyed; 1865. $500 houses and q, 900
people homeless; 1870, 1000 buildings
and $25.000. 900 If property lost
Ysddo, japan. had Ere in 1879
which burned over . region OF six
square miles and left 10000 people
without homes. Ths year following
another ass destroyed 10000 houses.
Boston's biggest dre vas on the 9th
Of November, 1871. when IS acres Of
the richest part Of tho city were burned
over. 77e granite and brick buildings
destroyed. and &75. oo0. 900 Of loss sus-
tanned.
In 1885 the city Of New York lost
$50 buildings and $l5.0n0. 600. In ls4o
700 buildings were burned. IS persona
killed and $500. oOo+in property lost.
Pittsburgh lost. in 1916, 800 buildiaRa
and 80, Gao. 900.
st. Louie Lost. in 1881. BY two firss,
500 houses aud $l4.50o. 900.
Philadelphia lost. on the 9th Of July,
1850. 400 houses. 50 lives and 81, 600.
600.
Portland. Maine. on the 4th Of July.
1893. lost one-half the city, Oh. ooo. 600
and 80 lives.
St. John. N. B.. June aist, 1877. Lost
1850 dwellings and Is lives, and sus-
tainsd pscunisry injury amounting "a
9i9.s00. 900.
Montreal. st Johns, Qusbsc. savan-
nah. Charleston. San Francisco. Troy.
Albany and other cities Of the United
States aud Canada have experienced
terrible fres. destroying in the aggrs.
gate property worth hundreds OF nil,
lions Of dollars, tons Of thoasauds Of
houses and many lives.
By the destruction Of the Jesait
church in Santiago. Chile, 1000 psrsons
psrishsd.
The grsatsst are Of modern tnes vas
that Of Chicago. on the 9Th, 9th and
10th Of October. 1871. On that oeca.
sion 2l2A acres we're swept clean. 25c
lives lost and II $50 buildings burned
IS 800 psrssns we're made homeless
and the pecuniary loss 4 estimated .,
$4,000. 700.
Yachting has become big thing in
Europe and on the Atlantic seaboard
Under The old stvlA NJ all <~>sN ~.