The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-01

10 the seolllAk rite fraternity aha known
~ is the nu0ai complete w Tie vest W
vss largely ilia result ~ the lifa lsnH
lalioss ~ Mr., linO0l Z. Nsfsuni who has
devoted inneh time aud study, ~ woll
~ money, ~ making this cathedral Tue
niosi complete ~ lta Kind. Tie. loss
~ the Masrnlo ifalofuily vii 20.
lass, as water dostfpyod what
NAV Ice Tn by tho IRE, Total loHA must
Tench above flOOOW. Two bremen were
Hnrluusly Injured by falling waits.
Ht n O'Clock the ire WAS fllly under
cunttui, and was Gov fined tptho Masonic
touple, and mainly to its north halt the
suldiug being divided by Wide hall
running from cast To west. The Ma
snnlo temple " tho property Of Nova
Csszroa lodge Of MhsOns, and was
quilt ~ q cost Of f200,eO, IL II insured
Tor Sl25, 900, much more than enough 10
cover the loss on the building. The
principal item Of loss N that of the scot
tish Rites, whose property was on the
third aud fourth floors, tho portion OF
the building first damaged by the fire,
the loss IL estimated NJ from SbO,OoO TO
$4,000, and containing works impossible
To replace, was wholly lost. The insured
| ssps TO other lodges are not so heavy,
q u q IA Ut the property was carried out,
j, II. Mills & 90, In whose establishment
the fire started, cannot estimate
their loss, hut ~ tho printing house
WA, separate from tho other, Is not
burned. IL il thought $4,000 will cover
the loss, on which they have an insur-
ance of $4,000. The total loss To the
Masonic temple building IL estimated
at 100000; to the Scottish Kite, SI5OOO;
to j. X, Mills & Co., $4,000; others, Sl0,-
900; Scottish Rte insurance, $4,000
! The insurance Offices and banks on
Third street removed their property.
| The fame was destructive, but they ss-
capped with q wotting.
AT MOUNT CALM, rENAs
Mr.. CALM, Dec. 4.-tSpocial.l This
morning about o'clock fire destroyed
two business houses aud their entire
stock.
r. M. Pitts, sr., drugs and groceries,
loss. $500; insured for $4,000.
Pitts 4 Pitts, groceries, loss, $780,
n. A, Hanson, groceries. loss. $4,000
! insured for sl,2Q0.
| Nothing was saved from either house
The express Office, which WAS in IT,
Pitts store, sustained small loss. II,
origin Of the fire could not he sscef
tanned.
THR CINCINNATI TEMPLE.
CINciNsATI, Dec. 25.--on the Masonic
temple fire OF yesterday the revised
losses and insurance is as follows:
Masonic temple building, $4,000; in
| surance, Sl25,0OO.
Scottish Critic loss, $4,000; insurance
81, 200.
RI Mills & Co., loss, $4,000; insur-
ance, $l2,50O.
All other losses, 5000.
Total loss, Sl50OO0; aggregate insur-
anoe, $l59,6O0
AT HOPE, ARK.
LITTLE Rock, Dec. o. Special The
| Gazette's Hope, Ark, special says: This
evening at s o'clock fire was discovered
in S. b. Woods store and extended to
the stores of w. G.. Wood & Son, A. A.
Lee. Bracy Il Gibson, and f. NJ. ThomP-
son. All were destroyed. Among the
losses are:
Wood, $4,000; insurance, $500.
A. A. Lee, insurance, $500; loss m
known.
Total loss estimated at s25, GOO.
AT PLANO.
PLANO, Dec. 25.-[Special. IA fire. in
Housewrght's brick house caused Sle'
damage. 1t occurred last night.
AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 25.-The loss incurred
} by the late lumber-yard fire amounts Il
100000 There was an additional loss o
} The latter was fully insured.
ANOTHER NINE FIRE.
, WILxEsBAREE, PA, Dec. 25.-The on
: gine-house, boiler and the machinery q
Mineral Spring colliery, Of the Lehigl
! Valley Coal company, burned last even
ing. Three hundred men and boys az,
thrown out of employment.
AT MINNEAPoLIs.
, MINNEAPoLIs. Dec. 25.-Tho five-storl
building formerly known as the Acai
envy OF Music, but lately occupied as
store and Office building was Quilted h.
| fire this afternoon. The gross loss viii
reach $500, GOO, with q total insurance o
$4,000. The fire originated OF
the fifth floor in the rooms
The fire d partment was Il little slow il
responding, and the intense cold pre-
vented first class work. Every foo
above the first is mass of charre'
, wood, and tho libraries and papers in
number of the Offices are either burned
, or ruined by water Th
considered fire trap, and when it wa
used IA a place of amusement it wa
pronounced one of the most dangerOu
/ buildings in the country. The princi
/ pal losses are:
r Herrick, Lowry & Herrick, loss OF
building, 200; insurance, 100000.
II. Still, clothing, loss $4,000, insur
, ance $4,000 This firm had a stock o
, $4,000 worth of goods, but succeeded
f in removing most of them.
Minneapolis Bar association, law Ii
brary. loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
The remainder of the building WIS oc
, cupied as Offices by about fifty lawyers
physicians, etc. Tha loss on books, pa
pers, Instruments, etc, will range from
500 TO 1880; well insured.
A Fatal. FIRE.
PIlTsBURG, Dec. 25.--In the suburbs
Of Mansfield early thi
. morning there was scene at the burn
, ing of two houses, in which one maj
persisted and family narrowly es
capped like fate. The house was occu
pied by John Holmes and wifi
and live no, children are ,,v and s,o .,
AT 8 o'clock this morning Holmes en-
, tered the house and accidentally upse
lamp, setting fire to the building
which burned so quickly that Holmes
: had barely time to save and rescue hi
, family. The efforts of Bell were futile
He is supposed to have been sleepin,
soundly at the time and was completed,
,, realized his position. His charred body
,, was found in the ruins this evening
and the coroner notified.
' AT HENRIETTA, TEXAS.
HENRIETTA, Dec. 26.-lSpecial. IL
fire broke out here this morning at
o'clock. in a two-story stone building
, owned by Eustis q Stone, and occupied
! by Bell Il Slaton rs a grocery store. TIT
!, cause Of the fire is not known, hut il
less than an hour three of the fines
! stone buildings in town were burned
down and one other badly damaged. i
has cast gloom over the entire city
The following are the losses and the
, amounts of assurances:
+ Eustis 4 Stone, three stone buildings