The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-08
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Cleveland, Ohio, Pensacola and Rich.
mond, Virginia, In Flames.
AN UGLY RECORD AT LoNevlEw
Killed With an Oar-Murdered and
Thrown or the Cars-Shot for =
sQuirrel-Murder in Ken
tusky - At Cleveland
Fire Record.
At RICHMOND,

Al hltHMOND,
RICHMOND, VA, Sept. III. C. Smith.
Ice company's building, with 1000 tons,
Henry Metzger's cooper shops and large
quantities of wood and coal in Charles
IL. Pages yard, burned to-day.
Total loss, $4,000.
me Smith Ice company was In
sured.
AT CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, o., Sept. IA great con-
Migration is raging ON the flats. The
entlre lire department Is in service and
kilograms are sent to Akron, Younps-
town, gainesville, Erie, Sandusky and
ioledo Tor assistance. The origin of the
ilre is unknown. Incendiarism is sus-
pected by some, but the most probable
theory is that sparks from a tug sci fire
early In the evening to pile of shay.
ings, from which The flames spread nm
I'll Woods, Perry " Co.'S extensive
lumber yards were ablaze. The
nre continued to extend, defy-
ing. all efforts of the firemen,
The lumber yards of Potter, Birdsall
" Co. and c. G. King Il Co. were also
consumed. The variety iron works are
destroyed. Stenley's candle factory IL
destroyed, and also part OF Sherman,
Williams Il Co.'s varnish works.
Az lO O'Clock the fire threatens TO be-
come still more extensive. About ten
acres of lumber and frame buildings
were ailame Mt one time, and huge
clouds of smoke, thickly studded with
blazing cinders, were blown by a shift
ing wind for miles, causing intense ex-
element, lest the myriads of sparks
should kindle fires in every direction.
ana perhaps lay in waste large part of
the city.
The story OF the watchman throws no
Ilght ON the origin of the fire. About
O'Clock the flames seemed suddenly 10
shoot up i'll the air right in the middle of
lumber pile. Millions of sparks
zen, setting fire to all surrounding piles
OF lumber. The lumber was pied no
nigh that the tiremen could
do nothing. until the flame
reached one OF the piles, when stream
would be directed shat way. The
lanes or alleys were SO mar
row that IL was impossible to get
irs stream TO play fairly upon the lumber.
me spot where the fire started was
punt up OF green pine. The heat
was intense. The firemen were in nj.
leys almost completely surrounded by
ilre and to keep from burning the
stream OF water was directed against
them. Nearly every nan was wet down
and only thus could they work,
AL $50 p. IN. Carter street became i'm
passable. The heat prevented any one
from going by the buildings, and only
IN some places could the fremen stand.
The owners of the Vanity iron works had
been on tho roof of their large brick
building for u l.alf hour past
throwing water and guarding in hone
that the hre might be kept within
bounds and they escape without loss. In
low moments the Names reached
me great lumber yard of {. q. King
son, licked up nearly 4,0O0000
ieet OF lumber. Creeping to the south,
the variety iron wG,ks were next
attacked by the hery monster.
These large works were only partially
burned about the roof q, ID out buildings.
All the numerous sheds belonging TO
the variety Works, also TO Woods, Perry
" Co.i were consumed with tho contents.
number of the lesser concerns bur ned
out. IL is impossible 10 give the exact
extent OF the fire tonight. The burning
region is so intensely hot that the
reporter could not get near enough TO
observe what was burned and what was
saved.
At a late hour the flames were under
control, The loss viii probably reach
Naf'NNfNHNs
AT IRVING.
CHICAGO, Sept. daily News, Irv-
ing, Illinois: McDavid Il Witters' ele-
Vator aud contents burned last night.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $500.
AT SCRANTON,
SCRANTON, Pa, Sent. THE Florence
coal breaker. at Pleasant Valley, nine
miles from this city, was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $4,000.
AT PENSACOLA.
PENsACOLA, Sept, 1.-Molen's lumber
mills, twenty three miles from Pensa-
cola, burned to-day,
IL belongs to the estate of General
sullivan, except ono-quartcr interest,
willed by Sullivan to w Davis.
The latter had $4,000 insurance.
No other insurance.
Loss about 100000.
The Louisville Il Nashville Railway
furnished special train to carry steaIn
hre engines TO save the millions feet of
lumber stacked in the yards.