Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-08-29
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| The wire factory at Ainsvlle, N. Y, was re.
| duced to ashes on the 25th, causing a loss OF
| $4,000.
Early on the morning of the 25th a fire
broke out in the stable of the Forman Hotel
| and was not checked until it burned the hotel
| pOstOthce, a private residence and block OF
brick stores occupied by the Francisco Hard.
| ware Company, j. Slmons, saddlery, S. E
Parker, Heakley & Son, J. Parnell, l.. Banks
| and several others. Two horses burned In tie
stable. The loss aggregates 500, 0OO
Fire at ManitowOc, Wis, on the 25th de
| stroyed property Of the Lake Shore and West
| ern Railroad Company to the value of $780,
| OOO. Three engines one tender and one COM
bined luggage and express car, together with
| several buildings We're partially burned.
The Huntsville (Ala,) Steam FIGURING Mill
| burned on the Goth causing loss of $50, 900.
Trow d Co.'S elevator at Madison, Ind, in
which was stored 100000 bushels Of wheat.
| burned On the morning of the oath. Loss
| 1926, 900; insurance $50, 900.
The p1stoffice and three stores at Brethean,
| Mo-, burned on the 23d. Loss $4,000.
Tracy Brothers sawm1ll, at Toledo, burned
on the Esd. Loss $4,000.
Fire at Gibson, ILL.,, on the oath, destroyed
| the Wabash freight and passenger depots, and
| the Wilson grain elevator, containing q large
| amount of grain. Toss 800, 600.
fire IN the woods south of Milford, Mass,
burned over q hundred acres.
A fire at Brasbear, Knox County, Mo, q
town on the Quincy, Missouri and Pacific Rail
way. on the 23d destroyed the postoffice and
contents, three stores and a carpenter shop
The fire started III the carpenter shop. Loss,
go, 600 to $4,000; insurance light.
The warehouse of the Youngstown, Ohio,
| rolling mills burned to-day. Loss SIG, 900.
The works of the Empire Oil Refining Com
peny, at Long Island City, were entirely de-
| stroyed by fire on the 22d inst. together with
| an immense quantity of oil. The loss is esti-
mated at 5000, 900.
A dispatch from Winnipeg of the 22d says
the sawmill and lumberyard of the Rainy Lake
Lumber company were destroyed by fire. The
mill cost S500,000 and is total loss, together
with lumber, shingles, ETC., to the value Of
S100,000
The papermilI of J. Howard Lewis, near
Chester, Pa, burned on the 22d, Loss $780,
GOO. The boiler exploded and killed John
Lees foundry, Putnam, Conn.,, burned on
tue Dist. Loss 100000.
During severe storm at Chicago on the Dist
inst, the lightning struck the headquarters of
the Western Union Telegraph Company, set
ting 1t on fire. The building was partially con-
sumed, cutting off Associated Press dispatches
almost entirely for the day The loss is esti-
mated at in the neighbOrhOOd of S75, 900.
Vincennes County, Indiana, is infested by
fire bugs. Within two weeks numerous hay
racks, sheds and barns have been fired by in
ceIdIar1eS.
Torty-four houses were burned at Beroizo,
in he province of Como, italy, on the 21st
inst. Loss not given,
Tire at Danforth, N. Y, on the 21st de-
stpyed property to the value of $4,000
Mcdowell & Sons paper mill at Lambertville
Nj, suffered seriously by fire on the morning
ofthe 18th. Loss $50, 900.
IN entire block Of buildings was swept away
byfre at Keene N. f., on the Goth inst. Loss
SO, 1000.
The Eclipse Lubricating Refinery, at Frank
liz Pa, the largest establishment of the kind
inthe world, was partially destroyed by fire on
tb 18th inst. The fire began IN |, 100 barrel
bezine still, which exploded, setting fire to
everything in the vicinity. Five tanks, a num-
be of stills and a large amount of machinery
wre destroyed. The financial loss is not
stted.
Fire at Oshkosh, Wis, on the night of the
och, destroyed property to the value of $685.
90 belonging TO Williamson, Libby & Co.. lum-
be dealers.