The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22
THE FLAMES.
Destruction OF Property in Different
Cities


NORFOLK, Va, Nov. IA fire
broke out in the freight warehouse of
the Norfolk & Western railway depot
other freight house. 1t consumed
1000 bales of cotton, fifty car loads of
lumber, twelve cars and quantity of
miscellaneous freight. The wharves
of the company are badly damaged.
The 1000 bales of cotton burned
at the Norfolk s. Western depot, were
consigned to the Merchants & Miners
transportation company, the bulk to
have been shipped to Boston to-mor-
row. The steamer CASTOR, from Bal
timUre, had just unloadcd large
quantity of freight for the Virginia,
Tennessee 81 Georgia air line which
was ali consumed. A large lot of Pc
ruvian guano was stored in the ware
house, for shipment by the same line,
and that with large quantity of wal
nut lumber and all other freight IN
both warehouses and on the wharves
was destroyed. A hundred bales and
boxes of miscellaneous freight floated
down the river and was carried out
with tide water. The front was lined
with tugs, helping to Subdue the con-
migration which at one time threat
ened to destroy everything in that
part Of the city. Two frame build
ings, half mile off in the suburbs,
burned. Several men were painfully
injured. The cause of the fire is I'M
known. 1t is stated the loss does not
exceed $4,000; fully insured. The
business of the Norfolk s. Western
suffers no interruption.
DULUTH, MINI, Nov. 14.-Eight
buildings were burned this morning
on Lake avenue, Minnesota Point, in
Guiding the store and warehouse of
Mclean d Co., and the new residence
| of Capt. Lloyd. The others were sa-
loon buildings or small residences.
Robert Kennedy, asleep over Pratt's
saloon, was burned to death. James
Herbert escaped by jumping through
window. Mclean & Co.'s loss is
$4,000. Total loss, $4,000; insurance
light.
ASHLAND, KY, Nov. 14.-The Nor
ton iron works rolling mill and nail
! mill burned to-day. Loss not stated.
Partly insured. Two hundred hands
are thrown out of employment.
Loss, 100000; insurance, $4,000.
The fire caught in the oil room and
spread by the bursting of an oil tank.
Nearly 1860 men, including coal min
ers, are thrown out Of employment.
Railroad Doings.
CHICAGO, Nov. 14.-The general
passenger and ticket agents of the
| Transcontinental association have is
sued circulars in accordance with the
Topeka compact directing connecting
lines to withdraw from sale tickets
via San Francisco to points in Oregon,
Washington territory and British Co
lumbia, and all tickets into San Fran
cisco via st. Paul, Duluth, and
Portland. The general passenger
agents of roads west from this city are
in recent information that Commits
sioner Pierson has ordered the New
Y ork trunk lines to discontinue SELL
ing through tickets from the east to
points west Of Chicago and st. Louis.
This is to overcome the alleged abuses
growing out of ticket scalping. The
new regulation will compel travellers
to repurchase tickets after reaching
the two cities named, and the
action of the commissioner is stated
to have occasioned unusual wrath
among the officials OF the western
roads.
The Trans-C Continental railroad as
ISOLATION adopted rates from Missouri
river points to San Francisco as fol-
lows: First-class, $95; second-class,
SIS; emigrant, $45; theatrical, $75. A
proposition was presented to make
the rate from Chicago to San Francis
co, $1O3,50; st. Louis to San Francisco,
500; and Chicago or st. Louis to
Portland, Oregon, $1035O. No de-
cision had been reached up to the
hour of adjournment. The matter
will be further discussed tomorrow.
The passenger agents of the roads
between Chicago and Kansas City
meet tomorrow to discuss the passen-
ger rate troubles, which have been in
existence for some time. The Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy threatens to
inaugurate a war on rates unless
some satisfactory arrangement is
made.