Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-01-11

The Milwaukee Leather Company's tannery
at Milwaukee, Wis, was partially destroyed by
fire on the night Of the 9th inst. Loss esti-
mated at $4,000.
On the morning OF the 9Th inst. fire was dis
covered II, the extensive crockery and fancy
ware establishment Of Oyington Bros, Brook
lyn, and in an hour the store and contents
were completely destroyed. The fire Osiginated
Just back Of the Office and was occasoned by a
boy dropping a lamp as he was about to klndle
a fire in the store. OvingtOn BrOs. estimate
their loss at !25O,00O. In their store besides
brc-a- brac there weIe a number of valuable oil
paintings which could not be saved. The dam
age to property ad Joining OvIngton's buildings
and stocks therein IL $50, ,000 Insured.
The rolling mills Of Morrison, Colnsll 4
Page, the Pilot Mills Of +. Gugerty and Pow
ers q OBrien's knitting mills, at Cohoes, n.
Y, were destroyed by fire on the 9Th inst.
Nearly S700,OOO worth OF property was de-
stroyed.
Peoria, H., experienced an extensive blaze
on the 5th inst. The rear Of the DENIM block
wa destroyed. Loss $4,000.
Other fires on the 5th: DanveTs Mass.
Rolling Mills, 100000; Richtcr'S cap and fur
ST re. Davenport, Ia, $50. 200; Ward. stanton
4 Coz boat building establishment. Newburg.
\. T., s50,0O0: Ander', -four milt i'll Carroll
County. Md. S25, 600; NodsOns plsnlng mil,
Smith 4 DeltiIg's furniture factory, Hartzcll
4 Hartmsnn's planning mill aud several ma
chine shops at South Bead. Ind $50, 600; the
large freight depot Of the Norfolk and Weston
Railroad az Zuli station, Va.
st. MaTy's Episcopal School for children at
Knoxville, ILL.,, burned TO the ground carly on
the mOrnlng Of the +th inst. The scholars.
100 III number had barely time to escape, and
lost all their effects. Two ladies aud a gentle.
man were seriously injured. The loss foots
mp about 100000.
The Montreal rolling mills were destroyed by
fire on the 4th. Loss $500
Fires on the Sd: Construction shop OF the
Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad at Baltimore,
f35, 900; Hanniba "a st. Joe, elevator and
depot at st. J !, NJ, Sl00,C0O; Hood.
Bonbright 4 Co. % u goods store, Phiiadel-
phis, So, ZOO; elevator at Keokuk, Ia, s1l0,.
900.
spoke factory at wapakonets, Ohio, valued
at $50. 1000, was burned on the SOth ult Mar
tiudae's iour-mlls at Burlington. Kansas.
were destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000.
Musselman 4 Co.'S gram ELEVATOR at Eaton,
o., was reduced TO smoking ruins on the I'd
int. Loss $4,000.
A fire at Pine Bluffs, Ark, on the I'd inst,
cut a wide swath in the business section of the
town. Loss $4,000.
The residence of Geo. b. Vanderpool, tax
commissioner Of New York City, at Chatham,
Nj, burned on the I'd. Loss S50,0uO.
Msnistee, Mich. suffered BY fire to the ex-
tent Of S50.0oO on the I'd. About dozen busi-
ness houses were cleaned out.
Breaker No. 10. of the Pennsylvania Coal
Co., was destroyed by fire at Pittsburg, Pa,
on the LIST inst. Loss sl50.0O0.
At an early hour on the morning Of the 3lst
ult., hsmes made their appearance III the
basement Of the Friend building at Milwaukee,
the largest mercantile block in that city. and
burned to the roof. The total loss was about
s40O, 200, most of which was sustained bi
Friend Brothers, although the stocks of Ian
dauer 4 Co.. and Straw. Ellsworth Il Co., suf.
fered somewhat.