The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-19
Fire Record
AN orKgA-u U,E BURNED.

sr. LoUIs, Jan lS.-Fhc opera-house nj
Washington, Kansas, Owned by Il c
Know les and valued a. $4,000 was d S.
trovtd ny tire early Yesterday murnln '.
T. was insuiei for sl3 c00 The s.ote OF g.
T. Little, N .tha "a ne huiidius, was Il 80
hurned: les, S4 900, insured Tor SIS 600
]. II. Il iCkieller : .Oh gad -tatioaery store
aud tus pnstoliice were also destroyed; loss
'''' s95 oo0 BtA1F.
JUNCTION CRY, Ky JNl. lS--A fire yes
terd4N oestrOv.d Well l. luttie's general
s'or.. Turn7nn A O. store, and The post
ofioe, ioial loss f3j 90; insurance, S2J coo.
RAILWAY OFFICE. pEsTR YKD
CuIcAoo jan. Is - The Journal's Kan
kak.e, iilino ?, special says the general
oCice Of the Illinois, Indiann & lows rail.
road was burned last night, destroy log all
the compsnv's papers and accounts. The
loss, outside ihesr, is only 81 500.
Lnss $4,000
LooKPoRr, n. Y Jau. is -Nsips paper
board mill was burned; loss, $4,000; in
sured.
AT BxwARK, MI.
NEWARK, N. j.. Jan. 10 Fire in the big
hammer department NJ the new steel works
caused q less OF $4,000.
ApALLISG WALL.
New YoRK, Jan. ia falling wall OF the
burned factory, Nos. l28 and l25 West
Tweniy-righth Street, crushed the build
ing M. l2l. The losses aggregate $50 900;
distributed among u number OF firms. Ths
insurance is so per cent. OF the Losses.
TIN MoHTIzUxA HorsL.
DENVER Jau. lS S-rbe correct list OF in
surance on tho Moutezuma hotel st Los We
gas, it at present uuootainable. The to- al
loss was S25O,O00 Tue insurance is atr,de
over 100000 1t 10 generally conceded by
the attaches of the house that the fire orig
mated IN the basement un Ter the office
containing the gasoline apparatus. The
gas generator is CHARGED from resevoir on
the outer grounds. The weights of the ap-
terdsy timer was employed in the
basement OF that house, un-
der sno,her par' OF the house
AID while party of plumbers
wAo had been engaged in the morning
we're at dinner. the timer saw an outward
burt of smokr tom the c. lar Ia ali
instance the fame. appeared ~ the cell
lar entrance. At The same lime the smot @
was discovered in the ladies' reception
Dom, on the Office floor. Immediately At
ter wards "a tmall Hime WAS discovered hY
an atiache Just creeping through tho dinin &
ioom floor He ran to the hre-pug neHr
the entrance OF the 0owin galley aud iound
10 frozen, as were the others in the house
Everything was now in Urriblc confusion.
and made efforts to reach their rooms and
il nnssiblp, save their ,fftcts. The flames
spread with lightning rapidity and nearly
all the guests we're forced to fee for their
lives.
Coloael Benton Of Wisconsin sustained a
sprain.d ankle by a fall from the versnds.
The GU, SIS lost effects valued q. from 500
O as 600 each. Miss Philbins, the house.
Keeper, lost 5000 IN cash. Mrs. II. ii. Car
pepter, Of Lawrence. Kansas. lost u dlt-
mond valued at S3 Ov0 and a wardrobe
valued at 81 900. Further details OF the
losses are unob "a ainabie at present.
Among the people stopping at the Mon
teEuma and now safely lodged, who lost
heavily, are B. SlrIson and vile OF Phila.
delphis, John r. Brrtrick. Of New Yors;
James w. Dury, ot Georgia; John
Boswick, OF Georgia Lsiayett..
Jo. eph, Of Louisville; Q. O. Gore, wite and
dsueht.r, of CiDcinpst'; Mrs. Simsop,
Miss S,imsop, OF Musksgon; ii. Foster, OF
New York The above are at the Plaza
hotel. ID Burr, w Le-t and family, X
Kendall, Mrs Lindsurr and trulily and
muse. Mrs, Ktiser, ot Chicago; y X. Hoo
YER. OF 81 Louis; Richard o L,ller, OF Gin.
CHINA l. Mr.. 4. W. Kendall, Mis- lneIl, oi
San Francisco; Joe Vincent. OF 81. Lous,
ore at the Depot hotel
The building was OF wood and erected
t~o years ago Ii is said II will he rebuilt
of stone There Was 20 loss OF lives and
none were seriously " i1rsd.