The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-21

NJ CARTILAGE \. Y.
WArERTowN, n. Y, Oct. 2O.-Fire is
raging IN West Carthage. Revil's tam
merry, Eton's sash and blind factory.
Mirror, Ross & company's furniture fac,
tory are now in flames. The fire is at
one end of quarter of mile of manu-
iacturiug institutions. Watertown's fire
department has gone to the Carthage
departments assistance. Carthage has n
good department, but il is unable 10
stay the flames.
a special to the Times from Carthage
says the conllagration began i'm the Ea-
ton planning mill, in West Carthage, IL
spread rapidly aud doomed Mirrors Il
Ross furniture factory, Farrar's tub
shops, Eaton's sash and blind factory
Revclps tannery and his house and
other buildings. The fire has jumped
across the river and is now burning
hercoiy with high winds rising at times.
IL looks AZ If the entire village woujd Inc
destroyed. Fully thirty dwellings hoyo
burned and the lamlies,are homeless.
Many did not save anything. The
pump shops Of Guiotts, Hope wooden
mills. three saw mills, furnace, grist
mills, story & Pringel's foundry and
machine shops, the PRESBYTERIAN and
Baptist churches, school houses, the en-
! CINE house, the town hall, the Peek
house and other principal buildings are
! burned outside of tho residences. Tho
fro is now on both sides OF the PRINCIPAL
parts of Main street, and water ssems
| powerleSs to stay its progress. IL is i'm
possible to describe the scenes incident
70 The fire, or to get any estimate of the
loss. Many people are moving their
goods to the country; those not getting
teams carry them by hand into Vncapt
I Iaa
and Lowvillo fire companies are now as
| sisting the Carthage fromen. The teIe-
graph and telephone wires are down. To
reach the def0t from Centreville, a re-
porter Is obliged. to make a circuit of "A
mile and a half Leaves, dry grass and
ana trees are helping the spread OF the
flames.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
UTICA, Oct. @.-'rho most destructive
fire that has over visited northern Now
York broke out in Carthage at Ii O'clock
tins morning and burned all the AFTER
noon.
The fire began from ashes thrown
rom a tannery, which set fire TO
Easton's planning mills. The fire spread
rapidly To Ross furniture mauufactorv
and the Faner tub factory. crossed tba
river to East Carthage, catching upon
Gulsts planning mill, totally DESTROYING
the factories and buildings I'm Ryther Il
Prlnglo's island. The flames
then spread to all tho houses In
Spring street, Mechanics street. Church
street, tho new opera-house, Peck's
hotel and acauemy on Main
street. The Episcopal and Presbv-
terrain churches were burned
aud many residences on School
street, upper James street, Clinton street.
the east side Main street Is all In ruins,
me flames spread 80 rapidly the fire.
men could not keep up with
them. At $3.50 they seemed TO he
nearly under control, and II was hopod
70 save the business blocks OF the VIII
lage. II is estimated that 200 houses
were destroyed, and the loss will reach
SlWO,OOO. There are not sufficient
dwollir gs left in the town TO shel.
ter the inhabitants. Carthage was
extensively IN manufacturing and all
its industries are in ruins.
IT WAS \ Bia nLAgE,
UTICA, y. ", Oct. 2O.-Tho latest from,
Carthage IL that 100 buildings verp do.
stroyed to-day. the loss Is regarded rs
not less than the previous statement oi
$l,c00,0D0. '''>'''' VI
DRUGS, WINES, ETC,
NEW NoRk, Oct. 2O.-There was n fir,
thia hVInlnB IN tno building Opgupind
by Gantz, Jones n Co., dealers i'm chemi.
Gals and drugs. The loss on stock il es
ima'ed at 10000; ON the building. so.
wv; The damage by water TO the stock
OF Lenk Y Co., dealers In Ohio wines
was $1,000; covered by insurance.
COTTON DESTROYED AT ATuENs.
ATHENS, Oct. Especial, i-Ahont
loo bales of cotton were burned nj tbe
Texas n 81. LOUIS depot yesterdny
Afternoon, here, having caught from M,
engine Of apassing freight train. Abont
sixty bales ON the platform were saved
Inc railway company arc tho losers.
RACE CoURsR WARNED UP,
81. LOUIS, Oct. 20.-The grand stnnd
and two sets of stables, at tho race trael
OF the IT. Louis Jockey club, burned to
uay. The fire broke out in three diiter
eht places, and IL believed 10 have bee,
the dhe work Of an incondiary. Loss. y siS
o nIc,oa a negro has been arrested on sus
The Shut Down Came,
' FALL RIVER, MASS, Oct, Nth,