Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28
ACCIDENTS.

THE Wilmington, Del. Glass Works
suffered loss of 5000 by fire on the
morning of the 18th inst.
A FIRE at Savannah. Ga, on the night
OF the 18th destroyed 100000 worth of
property on which the insurance is lit
tie over $4,000. The fire was the work
of incendiaries.
THREE warehouses at Pittsburgh, Va,
containing 100000 pounds of sumac,
were destTo Dyed by fire early Saturday
morning.
THE Cook Hollow distillery and ware
house at New Hope, KY, was burned on
the 18th inst, 1491 barrels Of whisky
and 1900 cords of wood. Loss $4,000.
KIEL's packing house and soap fac
tory ut Oshkosh, Wis, were burned
Tuesday morning. The structures had
but just been completed.
TIE Matthew's Hotel, at Duluth,
MINI, was burned, and M. Kollmesch,
u tailor, perished in the flames. Loss
on the hotel, $6,500; insurance, $3,700.
Two stores, with apartments in the
upper stories, at Lockport, n. ", were
destroyed by fire early Tuesday morn
ing, the loss being $4,000. A. t. Olds,
an aged man, attempted TO save a trunk
containing valuable papers, but was
buried to death.
THE Waukesha, Wis, ,woolen mills, the
largest in the state were destroyed by
fire ON the 18th inst The loss is estimated
at $75. 900. The insurance on building
and machinery was $4,000. The fire
originated in the engine room. Seventy
five employees are thrown out of work
The payroll of the institution was
81 400 per month. One hundred and
fifty thousand pounds of wool were
saved. The Building was of stone and
four stories in height
A ST. LOUIS special of the Gath, says
tee Grand Opera House here was en-
tirelv destroyed by fire. The fire broke
out III a heap of rubbish w der the box
office at about o'clock i'll the afternoon,
completely destroying the building.
Nat. G. Goodwin was to open III Con
fusion" and all his baggage was in the
theater when the fire broke out, but by
the prompt assistance of the theates
employees it was all saved. There was
quite high wind blowing at the time,
and but for the efforts of the firemen
other buildings would have been burn
ed. The loss will be over 500, 900.
1T Goldsboro, n. c., on the nth inst,
twenty business houses IN the busi-
ness part of this city were burned
including the extensive machine
shops of w. +. Kornegay & Co, the
Messenger printing office and buildings,
together with several large stocks of
merchandise and n quantity of cotton.
The total loss will exceed $3.50. 900. The
heaviest sufferers include +. h. Borden
Bros, j. A. Bonitz Saleinstein & Co..
Jones & 1elv2rton. Miller & Shannon,
j. L. Miller. b. VI. Privitt Forveille &
Souls. NJ. L. Castex & Co., w. w.
Crawford. Rufus + imundsen. the Singer
Manufacturing Company. w. S. Far
mer. the Methodist Advance office s.
II. Denmark, Robert Portner and w. F.
Faircloth. The total insurance may
reach S150000. The fire resulted frem
boys smoking cigarettes near a lot of
cotton.
a FIRE at Millhauk, d. T.. on the 1Stn
DESTROYED two entire blocks on the east
side of Main street. including the hotel
! and the three bank buildings, which are
! a total loss. Considerable of the con-
tents were saved by removal The in
! suranee is about one-half the value of
| the property destroyed. The origin of
/ the fire is unknown. The loss is fixed
at $3.50. 600. The list of losses is as fol-
! lows: Grand Central Hotel. S6, 600; NJ.
! +. FELTON,, restaurant, $1,000; NJ. E.
Doyle, saloon. $1,000; NJ. Rourke, livery
81 500; Shatto & Proctor, building, ST.
900; c, w. f. Sommermeyer, building,
$4,000; Joseph Smith, building, $1,000;
b. Stenson. clothing, $4,000; ]. Beskins
saloon, $4,000; J. Bath, bull ting, $3.50
Fred Camp. fruit, $1,000; George s
Keeler. lawyer, $500; Buchanan, build
u = ID L Az -
| hall. $500: Bank of Mnlbsnk, So. 500
Mogler Bros, meats, $500; Miss Ander
son. $500; G. C. HilIman, building. $500
| A. Il. Al.en. machinery, $4,000; NJ. S
Dreucker. building and stock, $1,000
Dakota House; 200; Antelmsn, har
ness, $1,000; P. II. Eidse, tailor, $500
William Mas, building, $500; Leui:
Kape, building, $500; Frank Hughes
$500; James Lockhart, blacksmith
1000; Mrs. Jones, hotel, $500; II. o
Asved, meat, $500; laundry $500.