Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-07-16
FIRES AND CASUALTIES

FIRES AND CASUALTIES
A ERE at Merristown, Shelby county,
Ind, destroyed most of the business
houses in the city.
THE fire losses IN this country during
| the first six months of the present year
foot ~ total of $50, 750000.
THE Belgian glass works, in Mead
vile, Pa, We're consumed by fire. Loss,
| sos, 600; insurance, $30, 5000.
AT Fort Atkinson, Wis, the Water
bury FIGURING mills were DESTROYED by
fire. Loss, $4,000; insurance, ST., 0O5.
A HALF-DOZEN stores and building
were burned Wednesday night at Dun
kirk, Ohio, the loss being $18,000 with
Insurance Of about $11 900.
d. L. HoovER's general store and
CLANCY, Brook C Co.'s factory at Grid
ley, ILL.,, were burned Tuesday morning.
the loss reaching $4,000; well insured.
FIRE in the Future City oil works at
ST. Louis entailed loss Of $50, 900.
Three firemen were badly burned while
fighting the flames.
THE Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph
and express offices in New York were
damaged by fire to the extent OF $780,
900.
AT Gridley, Mclean county, ILL.,, fire
destroyed d. L. Hoover's general store:
loss, SIS, 600; insurance, $40, 900.
@. NIGABoWER's furniture store and
Michael Burke'5 saloon in Ilion. n Y,
burned Wednesday. Loss, $15, 600. In
cendiary origin.
FIRE at Cleveland early Wednesday
morning in premises occupied by the
Garry Iron and Roofing Conn any, the
Cleveland Iron Ore Paint Company, and
w. G. Langenan & Co.. entailed losses
in excess of $50, 600, with insurance of
about $4,000.
PISHTIAGO, Wis. the village that was
swept away by flames in 1871 during
the great forest fires of Northern Wis
consin, has just suffered the loss of a
$4,000 fire.
A RAILROAD train struck a wagon at
crossing in Winthrop, Massachusetts. the
occupants, P. Fl. Allander, of East Bos-
ton, and his two sons being Instantly
killed, and his daughter MORALLY injur-
ed.
J. STRACHANs grist and saw mill and
5000 bushels of wheat, 100000 feet of
lumber and $50 cords of pine wood
burned at Lisle, Ont. Loss, $4,000;
insurance 81, 900.
IN Brattle street Boston, Saturday the
dress cf Miss Bessie daug hter of Gen
eral E. w. Hincl1s, Caught fire FROM a
smouldering fre-cracker, resulting in
burns which caused her death Sunday.
Deceased was 90 years old.
The works Of the Chicago Fire retort
and Brick Company, south of Chicago,
Ia the town of Lake, were destroyed by
fire. A portion of the contents was
saved. Loss, SIS, 600; insured for $50,
900.
SUNDAY morning at StoughtoD, Wis,
fire destroyed ten large tobacco ware
houses with their contents, besides the
St. Paul Railway Depot, six cars laden
with lumber, and ten empty freight
cars, creating a total loss of 5000, 900,
upon which there is insurance approx
mating $450,000. The amount of tobacco
destroyed is said to equal one-third of
the entire crop of Wisconsin of 1884.
A wEsT-BoUND freight train on the
Panhandle Railroad jumped the track
near Holidays Cove, w. Va, Wednes-
day, reducing to kindliDg wood sixteen
cars, and instantly killing Fireman
Thomas Wilson and seriously injuring
Engineer James Mccullough, Fireman
OShaughnessy, and Henry Leirigness.
The loss to the company will reach
$4,000.
FIRE in an apartment building at
Cleveland, Ohio, early Wednesday
morning, caused the burning to death
of Miss Rosa Meisel and two children,
aged 9 and II. Mr.. Trau, travelling
man, who was to have been married to
Miss Meisel in few days, escaped by
jumping, breaking his arm and badly
cutting his face, and the Cohen family
also escaped by jumping, Mrs. Cohen
dropping her four children on bedding
that she had previously thrown out.
It is believed that the fire was of in CEN
diary origin.