Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-07-27
Work of the Flames.

The loss by the burning of the warehouses
and other buildings at Bordeaux, France, on the
night of the 21st inst, is estimated at from two
to three million francs
New Orleans on the 23d inst, involving loss of
800, 600; insurance $85, 900.
One-third of the village of Chippeway, Ont,
was swept away by fire on the oath, caused by a
spark from locomotive. Loss, $50, 600.
Wright & Co.'S cotton warehouse, Thomas
vile, Ga, burned on the Oath, with l, 400 bales
Of cotton. Less, $4,000.
Duncan & Co.'S store with the postoffice and
residence, burned at Camden, East Ont, on the
Oath. Seth Duncan persisted in the flames.
A fire in q warehouse in Bordeaux destroyed
5000 casks of wine.
per Company, at Lock Haven, Pa, burned on
the 22d. The establishment covered an acre of
ground and was owned by Armstrong & Dixon,
of Philadelphia. Loss, 100000 insurance
about $40, 900.
The Harrison Wire works, near st. Louis,
Mo-, were damaged to the extent of $15,0 900 by
fire on the 22d inst.
The town of Hanford, Washington Territory
has been destroyed by fire. The loss is heavy
A fire in Ada, O., destroyed eleven business
houses, the loss footing up $1,000.
Lamson & Sessions lose $50, 900 on machin-
cry and 900 on buildings by the burning of
their mandatory at Cleveland en- the 21st
inst.
At New Albany, n. S., Voce & Co.'s gang
mills were wiped out by fire, together with 2O0,-
600 laths and a large quantity Of slaves and
pckets.
One hundred and sixty shocks of wheat,
owned by George Sacketts, of Delaware county,
O., were burned On the night of the Goth. The
fire is supposed to have been communicated by
sparks from locomotive.
The wholesale drug house Of J. e. Davis &
Co., at Detroit, Mich, burned on the Goth inst.
Loss, $4,000.
Two of the Pequot cotton mill buildings, at
Philadelphia, burned on the Goth. Loss, $780,
900.
The Cincinnati Coffin Factory burned on the
10Th, causing loss of $3.50, 600.
The Wieting Opera House block, at Syracuse,
N. Y, burned on the morning Of the 10Th inst.
Loss on building and contents, 100000; insur-
ance, 1875, 900.
Saginaw, Mich, was visited by disastrous
fire on the 18th inst, whinh consumed barn,
mill office, several hundred cords of wood, Pear
son & Sons saw mill and salt block, the Hard
ing House, store, seven tenement houses,
$500 feet of tramway, 5000 feet Of dockage,
and 4, 500, 900 feet of lumber. Total loss, $780,,
600; insurance, $75, 900.
Lord & Burnhams horticultural house,
Hvington, N. Y, became food for the flames on
the 18th inst. Loss, $40, 600.
The propeller Winnipeg was totally destroyed
by fire at Duluth on the morning of the 18th.
Four of the crew are missing, and it is thought
they were burned to death. The passengers es-
capped but lost their effects. The burning
steamer was towed into the lake, where she
sunk.
The numbering town of Wallace, Mich, was
totally destroyed by fire on the evening of the
18th. The village contained twenty-five houses,
which were destroyed. with one exception.
Nine buildings were swept away by fire at
Red Bank, N. j., on the 18th inst. Assistant
Foreman VIM. Conroy, of fire engine died of
heart disease during the excitement. Loss
$4,000.
The extensive lard refinery of Ring & Son,
st. Louis, Mo-, became food for the flames on
the 18th inst. Loss estimated at $40, 900.
Bush & Denslow's oil works, South Brooklyn,
burned on the 18th. Loss $50, 900.
The entire western portion of the town of
Vestaburg, Mich, small station on the Chi
cago, Saginaw and st. Louis road, including
the depot buildings, 1,250,O00 feet of lumber
and about IL, 000,000 shingles, burned at a late
bour on the Nth inst