The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-20
sYRACUsE sCoRCHEp.
And several Hundred Thousand NJ
IRFH' Worth OF BuIltlInKR Oentruvad.

And several Hundred Thousand DOl.
lars worth OF BaIIdiIES Destroyed.
SYRACUSE, July 1s,-'rhe yelling Opera
HouEe building In the centre Of the city,
the handsomest opera house In the Ssste,
was burned this morning. II was wholly
destroyed within two hours. It was the
most dSastrious fire In Syracuse In thirty
years. The estimated loss is upwards OF
$3.50 OOO.5 Fully fifty tenants oCCu pied The
block, who are losers to considerable
amount The block was four storIes high,
containing half an acre, and was valued at
S200DOOi insured for SS5, ,0OO.y The other
principal Losses are as follows: .Rosen.
bloom Bros, Rhoe dealers, $50, 900; In.
suranc0, $4,000, G. W. ingalls, 4 Co.,
shoe dsllsrs, $35 900; insurance, $4,000,
EVeraon, FTisaelle & Co.. hard ware deal.
ers, $4,000; insurance, $4,000. Giles
EVereoh, blank books, $4,000; no inshr.
anCe,, q. H. shattuCk, saloon, "a, ,000i iu-
surapcei $1,000 Charles j. Powers,
drugs, 5000; insurance, $500. p. B.
Cfofue 4 Co.,sesds and agricultural i'm.
plelnenls, 81, ,000;, insurance, 50. 900. War.
ner &0o.s Q and many other Offices were
but slightly insured, The New York
State banking Company saved iIs money
and papers. Half q dozen persons were
more Of leSs injured by the falling walls,
and II 10 feared one or two persons per.
ished 10 the burning building. This 10
the third time In twenty-five years that
the buildings on this. site have been
Il \, OTHER VlRES IEsTERDAY.
IRvSeTos, N. Y, July 19.-A ere this
morning destroyed Lord & Burnham'B
horticultural building, on A street, and
burned tho block to B street. Loss, $40,.
900; insurance, $32, 900. f.@,
HAMILTON, 0NTp July lo.-Anexplosion
In the wire works establishments Of Dixon
Bros. iited the root tofthe building, which,
falling on William aud John Dixon, in.
jnfed them seriouBly. The former was
also badly burned, Immediately follow.
ing The explosion flames broke out, and
the building with It's contents was
burned, ..It.t.
QUEBEc, July 1o.-The Roman Catholic
PteShytery, at Raxton Falls, has been
burned. Father Larue perished In the
flames His nephew escaped BY leaping
out Of an upper window. Father LSrue
had been ill for aome days.
NRw YoRK, July l0.-The Irving honSe
At Long Branch was destroyed by FIRE
10 day Many Of the guests lost oil Of
their effects. The hotel property was
partly Insured.
CiEcIsNATl, July l9.-The Cincinnati
Coffin Company's siI.story msnuIsCtory
and Gtorerooms, fronting on Richmond,
Carr And Fillmore streets, was entirely de-.
stroyed by Are this evening. A large
qusnLlLy Of lumber was also burned. Five
small buildings on fillmore street were
ruined, and seven were damaged. The
lose oithe Coffin company 10 estimated at
1926, 900; insurance, 100000. .t4
" FATAL BURNING or A LAKE vEsSRL
81. PAUL, July 19.-This morning short.
ly afer her arrival, the Duluth propeller,
Wihhepeg, caught FIRE and butned while
being towed into the Lake, and sank.
The passengers esnaped, losing most Of
their clothing and Baggage.
Joseph Smith, the fireman, aged 30. who
leaves wife and several children at Col.
lingwuGd, James BfGnscom, Of Oven
Sound, the head waiter; VIM. Howery,
aged 10, Becond porter, and pantryman,
nAtne unknown, are missing, and sup.
posed 10 have been burned.