The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-03
Last Nigh It's Dispatches.
FIRES.

EAzSxAS.
CHESTER. Pa. Jan. IA fire broke out
in the Picker room of HaiRh. Grinrod &
Bottomley's large cotton and wooden mills.
at Bridgswater, yesterday. and the entire
structure with iii valuable machinery was
entirely DESTROYED. q number of opera
tives narrowly es,aping with their lives.
Loss will exceed k25. 900. insurance $40.
600.
New ORLEANS Jan. IA FIRE to night
DESTROYED FL. Hanselps saddle store, %
Magazine street Isadore Levy & Cos
crockery store, aid rhe clothing establish
ment of L Cohen Thurer & Becker's
warehouse on T.houpitoulas streets was
totally destroyed Morris McGraws' ware
house and the etocks in several stores
in the blocks With the buildings. were
damaged by wata. Total loss estim ate d
at $3.50, 600. probably fully covered insur :
ance.
New ORLEANS Jan, 2. This forenoon
a fire fire brok, out in Aaron Wolf,s
crockery store, cdner Magazine and Com
mon street, destroying the building and
contents; valued it $4,000 and insured
for $55, 900. the fre from Wolk' q
building spread /, Joseph Lewis station
cry store and to i'll Of Hansell's stablish-
ment on sCommh street, and to j. IL,
Seott's oil and Amp store jnvolviug a
further loss of Sd, 900; covered by insur-
ance.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, Jan. l-The
store and warehouse Of Wells. Stone &
Co, wholesale groceries aud provision
dealers at Saghaw City, burned this
morning; loss to al and estimated at 500.
600; insurance q stock $24, 900; on build
ing $1,000.
PHILADELPHIA Jan. 1.-The calendar
room and store h,use of Martin and w.
FL. Nixon's papes mill, ut Mauchu nix. was
destroyed by frethis morning Total loss
between $50,O00Aand $50, 600.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 1.-The large
tannery of Frostls& Gallun on North Riv-
er street was damaged by fire this morn
ing. Loss So, 500 10 building and $4,000
on stook-insureL
Sentinezs Madson special says: The
Norwegian Hote at that place was. de-
stroyed by FIRE ths morning, Mrs. N. b.
Miller. wife of q hewer here, and child
perished in the flames. Loss on building
and furniture $2.D0
NORTH ADAMsI Jan. 2.-The Com"
mercial House was burned this morning.
Loss $50, 600; insurance SIS 900, About
thirty boarders WEE 10 the house, nearly
al Va WuUEl SuACiA iUcs Va GtOi HtuSS WhfC
some who had furnished their rooms lost
all their furnitura The domsstics who
were sleeping on tle fourth floor, escaped
in their night clahing. The FIRE was
caused by boarded mokiug his pipe in
bed.
Special to the Cleveland Herald states:
During service to lay. the first Nj. f..
Church of Canten, belonging to the
wealthiest church society of the city. was
discovered to be oulire. caused as after
wards found by detective fue. The church
which cost $45, ,000was destroyed; insur
ance $25, ,O00 No ,ne injured and nothing
saved except some cushions The people
left the church without any panic.
New YORK, jar. 2.-The San furnish
es the following: The old land mark on
Mt St. Vincent, ID the northeast part of
Central Park. whith for many years has
been used as hot,l and restaurant, was
totally destroyed lby fire to-day. So
fierce were the flames and so quickly did
they spread that TIC occupants had barely
time to escape withtheir lives and small
amount of clothint. The property be.
longed to Central fark and the loss will
reach 100000; pattially insured.