Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-11-27
Mich, were swept away by fire Thurs
day night, with S25, 900 loss

Mich, were swept away by fire Thurs
day night, with S25, 900 loss.
THE Cook Hollow distillery and ware
house at New Hope, Ky, was burned on
the 10Th inst, 1491 barrels Of whisky
and 1900 cords of wood. Loss $4,000
KIELs packing house and soap fac.
tory at Oshkosh, Wis, were burned
Tuesday morning. The structures had
but just been completed.
TWO stores, with apartments in the
upper stories, at Lockport, n. Y, were
destroyed by fire early Tuesday morn
ing, the loss being so, 900. A. T. Olds,
an aged man, attempted TO save trunk
containing valuable papers, but was
bIlraed to death.
DoXEY's opera house (which cost $50,
O0O), a number of business structures,
and a livery stable, containing horses,
vehicles, ETC., at Andersonville, Ind,
were destroyed by fire early Friday
morning
RAILS were removed from the Hous-
ton and Texas Central track, near
Hampstead, Texas, Thursday night, and
early Friday morning an express train
tumbled down thirty-foot ernbank.
nent. Ten persons were killed and a
number wounded.
The steamship Daniel Steinmann
wrecked some months ago on the Nova
Scotian coast, is breaking up, and the
cargo, which still remains in the vessel
will probably be lost Numbers of
corpses have been seen by the divers,
particularly ia the steerage, and efforts
will be made to rescue and give them
decent burial
The Waukesha, Wis, woolen mills the
largest in the state were destroyed by
fire on the 18th inst. The loss is estimated
at $4,000. The insurance on building
and machinery was $4,000. This fire
originated in the engine room. Seventy
five employees are thrown out of work
The payroll of the institution was
So, 400 per month. One hundred and
fifty thousand pounds of wool were
saved, The building was of stone and
four stories in height.
AT Goldsboro, N. c., on the 18th inst
twenty-five business houses IN the bus
ness part of this city were burned
including the extensive machine
shops of w. F. Kornegay & Co.. the
Messenger printing Office and buildings
together with several large stocks of
merchandise and quantity of cotton
The total loss will exceed $250.000. The
heaviest sufferers include f. B. Borden
Bros, j. A. Bonitz, Saleinstein & Co..
Jones &c Yelverton, Miller & Shannon
j. f. Miller, b. NJ. Privitt, Forveille &
Souls, M. E. Castex & Co., W. w
Crawford, Rufus Edmundson, the Singer
Manufacturing Company, w. S. Far
mer, the Methodist Advance office. S.
FL. Denmark, Robert Portner and w. F
Faircloth. The total insurance may
reach $150,000 The fire resulted from
boys smoking cigarettes near lot OF
cotton.
A FIRE at Millbank, d. T., on the 18Th
destroyed two entire blocks on the east
side OF Main street, including the hotel
and the three bank buildings, which are
total loss. Considerable Of the con
tents were saved by removal. The in
surance is about one-half the value of
the property destroyed. The origin Of
the fire is unknown. The loss is fixed
at $3.50, 900. The list of losses is as fol-
lows: Grand Central Hotel, $4,000; M.
E. FELTON,, restaurant, $1,000; M. E.
Doyle, saloon, 200; nj. Rourke, livery
81 500; Shatto C Proctor, building, ST.
200; C.. w. E. SOmmermeyer, building,
$4,000; Joseph Smith, building. $4,000;
B. Stenson, clothing, $4,000; J. Beskins,
saloon, $3,000; j. Bath, bull Sing, $3.50;
Fred Camp, fruit, $4,000; George S.
Keller, lawyer, $500; Buchanan, build
ing, $500; Farmers Bank, 50 900: billiard
hall, $1,000; Bank of MiIlbank, $500;
Mogler Bros, meats, $1,000; Miss Ander-
son, $500; G. G. Hillman, building, $500;
A. B. Alien, machinery, $4,000; M. S,
Dreucker, building and stock, $4,000;
Dakota House; 81, 200; Antelman, har
ness, $1,000; P. FL. Eidee, tailor, 5000;
William Mas, building, $500; Louis
Kape, building, $400; Frank Hughes,
$500; James Lockhart, blacksmith,
$1,000; Mrs. Jones, hotel, $500; NJ. O..
Asved, meat, $400; laundry $500.