Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-03

EInE,
A SERIES of Dessructive Cesnasrations.
The Norwegian hotel at Madison, Wis,
has been burned at q loss of 81, 500. Mrs.
B. l. Miller and child were burned TO
death.
The large tannery of Froske s. GalIum,
Milwaukee, was damaged by fire on Sat
urday morning to the extent of IS. 500.
The loss on stock was S1S. 900.
The Kanawaha county peQr house and
smoke house attached, at Wheeling, con-
tanning 20, 600 pounds Of bacon and other
articles, were destroyed BY fire yesterday.
1t is believed that the building was fired
by paupers. The loss is $40, 600 insured
for q, 600.
The famous hotel the Mount st. Vim
cent, kept by MeSrs. Ryan s. Radford, in
Central Park, was burned to the ground
yesterday morning, aud thousands Of New
Workers are for the time being befeit Of a
convenient, comfortable and hospitable
resting place between the city and g. the
road"
The most disastrous coniiayratiOn ever
known in Rock Island visited the city Oil
Saturday night. The flames first appeared
in the pattern shops of 3. d. Buford d
Co., plow manufacturers, and owing to
the inflammable nature Of the material
they spread rapidly, the bursting OF the
gas pipes Of the building aiding them ma
terially. There was also trouble with the
water works and by ) a. IN. the entire
building, 90 by $50 feet wide and three
stories high, was CONSUMED. The floors
were used for hardening room, pattern
shop, wood working and storage. The
store rooms contained u, 600 p!ows, which
were destroyed. The proprietors state the
loss at s250,000; insurance, sG6, 900.
About 400 men are thrown ont of employ
ment.
At o'clock, a. m, yesterday, fire
broke out in Aaron VOLTS crockery store,
on the corner Of Magazine and Common
streets. New Orleans, destroyed the build
ing and it's contents, valued at 515, 900
insurance. sjj, 900. The building was sep
arated from Hansclrs establishment OF
Magazine street, which was burned the
previous night, by double fireproof wall,
and the opinion is that the fire was not
communicated, but, like that in Lewis
store the night before, was the work of al
ince ndiary.
Public Hall Burned.
In Kingston, n. Y, yesterday, smoke
was seen issuing from the Odd Fellows
building. a four-story brick structure o,
North Front street, one Of the leading
business thoroughfares. The flames sprea6
rapidly aud soon were beyond control.
The building was occupied by Theodore
Spoke, dealer in stoves and hardware, and
Il. E. Best, dealer in hats and caps. The
adjoining building was 4 frame one, occu
pied by William, a dealer in boots and
shoes, and George W. Shaw, saddler
While the iiremen and others were ell
gagged in removing goods from Holiness
store the high brick wall of the Odd Eel
lows building fell in with q crash, bury
ing several persons among the debris.
Every effort was made to rescue them.
After working about twenty minutes.
Andrew Buntin, young man, was brought
out in badly burned aud bruised condi-
tion. He began to rave wildly, and it took
the combined efforts Of three men to hold
him 1t is believed that he will recover:
Two other persons arc thought to have
Oeen killed. John Schoonmaikcr, Il mem
Der oi the Sauhler hook and ladder com.
pany. is thought to be one Of the victims.
A Church Destroyed.
III Canton, Ohio, yesterday while pari
OF the congregation in the First Methodist
Episcopal church, Of which the Rev.
Hiram Miller is pastor, was kncelinG
! around the altar taking communion, and
while two hundred persons were i'll the
pews, just as the minister said ''Amen ~
All ominuus cracking was heard overhead,
and from the ventilatins register in the
ceiling burst a volume of flames. BY the
efforts Of the preacher and a few TosOlute
men the congregation was kept rs quiet
us possible and a panic was averted, so
that everybody got safely out, only u few
being bruised. Had there not been al
easy cgress the result would have been
appalling, for the auditorium just vacated
was soon furnace of fire and the city was
clOuded with smoke. Owing to the cold
and the putting in Of new pumps at the
water works the fremcn could not get
more than y twenty foot stream, and they
only tried to save the adjoining property.
Had it not been for the covering Of snow
which rests npon it the central part Of the
city would have been destroyed. The
Massillon fire department was sent for,
but not until after the flaming spire,
which was very tall, fell, nearly buryins
several fircmen. The tircIncn were able
to Keep the flamcS from the other build
ings. The spire, while still standing, was
visible for miles around. and thousands
of people Of Massillon, eight miles away,
and the surrounding country, thinking
that the city was burning, crowded into
town. At seven o'clack the ccnlagraticn
was under control.
The church was erected in 1865 and cost
$50, ,O00.. 1t was insured for $25, 900. Fly
ing fire brands ignited some stables sever
at blocks away, and the awning Of the St.
Cloud hotel, causing panic among the
guests. Tho church was built on the site
of the old St. Cloud hotel, which was con-
sumed by fire.
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