, 1881-11-12
mont and: -Fiske Hotels burned mere last

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night Loss, ST, ,oOo ::. i: =. !. =:
FoHEIT q: Asp; s,p; a1e; NOV, 11-At Old Orchard
tle Aidine, St. Cloud, Fiske, Belmont, Law
renee, and Blanchard Houses were destroyed
last night By fire, started BY inccndiarics.
M9til,nS ~ 1ii;,s vas saved from any Of the above
other smaller buildings burned. Tie losses
a1ld assurances are as follows: Lawrence,
i, ioss, Sl9uW;; insurance, 600: Blanchard,
loss, .5ls,g0; insurance.: $1,000. Aldine.
loss iesS Ss @ Safsacs inSHraass @ fsks FL e!Gg
$1,000. insurance, 5000. Belmont, loss
So,oeo: insurance, 1000.
Burning OF an Orphans, Home Mt wo-
melsdorf, Pa.
READING, Pa, Nov. 11.-Shortly after mid
night fire was discovered in the Bethany Or
phans' Asylum at Womelsdorf,: and a wild
scene OF confusion followed. Sixty-fiye chill
dren occupied the dormitories. One Of the
little orphans, suffering with malaria1 fever,
was awake at the above hour and first gave
the alarm. The Superintendent and his as
sistants were aroused, and seeing the flames
Issuing from an apartment in the lower sec
ton of the building, which was not in use,
they at once concluded that the place had
been fired by an inccnliary. The children
were hastily aroused and led safely into the
open air. Many OF them were scantily
dressed, and they suffered considerably i'll
the cold hight air. The home sfAnds entirely
by itself, quite Il distance from the village,
OF the edge Of dense woods. It was inl-
possible to extinguish tile flames. so much
headway had they obtained, tl1d the shirer-
ing orphans, ip tears, witnessed the Speedy
destruction OF their home. All the furniture
@1.n- h1FrIt IncEI l. =
00o;. insurance about $4,000. The Villagers
aroused promptly, and, wrapping the chill
drcn in slawls and oyercoats, carried them
to their various. homes. An examination Of
houses had been broken open BY thieves
during the night, which still further EN-
pliasizes the impression of incendiarisn
The home was ulider control Of the Re-
formed Church.
AT Modesto. CAL, Loss 500, 900.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Nov. ia fire was
reported early this morning at Modesto, in
Stanistaus County. Tic loss is estimated at
sl00,O00. No particulars yet.
THE LATEST PARTICULARS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1.-THE Modesto
fire OF this morning destroyed the Arentlt
and Modesto Hotels and.a number Of stores
loss aggregates ABOUT $4,000. The remains
found in the ruins Of the Modesto Hotel The
explosion Of a quantity OF powder in one Of
the stores, and Of cartridges III shooting
gallery in which the fire originated, scat
tered Tie crowd and checked the efforts to
extlnguish the flames. No one was injured
by the explosions. The insurance is light.
Destruction of u DistIi1ery Mt Aurora,
Ind, One Han Killed. Loss 100000.
CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 11.-Late last night
a terrific explosion was heard at the rectify-
ing house of 7. & J. ". Gaff's distillery at
Aurora, Ind, followed by a brilliant fire.
The rcctifying establishment was destroyed,
involving loss of $4,000 to 81, GOO, with i'll
surance Of $4,000. William Foster, ware
houseman, who. during the absence of his
family, was sleeping III the building, WAS i'll
stantiy killed, and his remains were found
among the ashes this morning. The eN-
plosion was the bursting of a column by too
heavy pressure Of steam. This liberated. the
gas-llsht. and instantly the whole building
was i'll fumes.