The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
FIRES.
AT EAYETTE MO

| al FAGETTE, MO.
81. LOUIS, JAN IA fire at Fayette, No.,
yesterday, destroyed several stores, involving
a reported loss OF $1,000; partially insured.
AT SUWANEE SPRINGS.
,JACKsoNvILI.E, Fla. Jan. 1.-THE Times
o oOns Lve0ak, special says: Scoville Gull
pepDer s., nue. new hotel at the lower suwanee
spring was burned. Loss SIS, 900.
AT CON0STA, N. Y.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, Jan IA fire at Conosta.
Madison county, this morning DESTROYED a
large part of the business portion of the town:
losses aggregage upwards of $4,000; mostly
AT EAU CLAIRE, WIS.
EAU CLAIRE, Jan. II. = kaufman & Back
rachs store, known as Cheap Charley's," is
burning and neIIghboringo buildings are in
the most crowded business part of the city.
AT MONTEZUMA, n. NJ.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. IA private dispatch
states that the MOnteZuma Hotel, at Hot
Springs, near Los Vegas, N. M, was DESTROYED
by fire With all ITS contents. The, fire origi-
mated uear the water reservoir. which cut off
Inc water supply before anything could be
dene This hotel was one of the finest IN the
west, and was the property of the Santa Fe
AT NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. Jan. IA fire in the Exchange
court, starting in the office of +. w. Lock-
wood q Co., caused damage of from $3.50, 600
to 100000 worth of West Shore 8 per cent
road were known to have been consumed. The
building was occupied by many brokers and
bankers. AT O'Clock the fire was unuer con-
troll. The building in which the fire occurred
extends from 56 Broadway TO the Exchange
court. In the bas ement are the offices of
lockwood & Co., brokers, and when the fire
was discovered the flames had made such
Roadway that the clerks had to leave their
books and, with, ut stopping for coats or hats,
beat hasty retreat On the floor above the
alarm being Immediately sounded, the clerks
OF Alexander Taylor & Son had barely time to
put their books into the safes before binding
smoke filled the halls, passage ways and
rooms, ard the clerks rushed Deltmell down
stairs. A large crowd gathered before the first
engine arrived. Three alarms were sent out
ana dozen engines were soon upon the
scene. When the hose had been dragged into
position and great streams of water were
help was heard 1t came from the laboratories
IN The corner of lOckwood'S Office where one
clerk was shut IN and unable to GIT o {. Two
or three hremen rushed below and dragged
the youth into open air as soon as possible.
The fireman tore up the FTatings over the areas
IN the Exchange place, III order to afford a bet
ter oppo, tunlty for directing their streams of
wafer. No flames were VISIBLE, but dense |
columns OF yellow smoke pouring out from rhe |
windows and filling the Exchange court showed |
that a lire was fiercely burnng somewhere |
Ihe police had the greatest difficulty In keep
ing back the crowds, and the firemens work |
was rendered more than unusually difficult on |
account OF the water freezing as ii fell thereby
forming perfect glaciers on the Exchange |
place on which 1t was almost impossible To |
Keep the feel nrm. Lockwood & Co. g loss will |
Shore bonds, 100 shares of Union Pacific stock |
and larfya Qila0tifV n