Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-24
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Fire at Cincinnati on the goth caused a
loss Of over $4,000 on stock belonging to
Mack, Stader & Co., wholesale clothing
dealers, and Marcus Fechheimer & Co., in
the same business. The loss on buildings is
placed at $4,000. A number of fremen
were hurt by the fall of g. floor.
Two sleepers on the Grand Trunk road
were destroyed by fire at Toronto, Ont,
on the 18th. The passengers were saved,
but most of them lost their clothes.
All the business blocks on the island in
the river between East and West Joliet,
Ill.,, and between the canal and river bridges,
were destroyed by fire on the 18th. The
total loss is $4,000; insurance, $26. 600.
No single loss reaches over $4,000.
The high school building at Macomb, H.,
was burned On the 18th. The loss was
$35, 900; insurance, $12, 800. 1t was sup
posed that there was no fire in the building,
as school was dismissed at noon on &C.
count of some defect Ia the heating appa.
ratus, which had to be repaired.
The planning mill Of j. K. Russell q Co.,
in Chicago, burned on the night Of the 18th.
Loss, 100000.
The First Presby terrain Church Of the
town of Lake, a suburb of Chicago, was
totally destroyed by fire on the 18th. The
loss is about $50, 900; insurance unknown.
A fire on the night of the 18th, at Mo-
mona, eleven miles west of Mt. McGregor,
Ia. destroyed the business part of the
town, including Odd Fellows Hall, two
drug stores, grocery stores, meat market,
etc. Loss is estimated at $50, 900; insur
ance, one.half.
Fire on the 18th damaged the warehouse
of Burrough Bros. on Camden Street, Bal
timore, $4,000, insured; Woodford d
Shelberg, straw goods manufacturers, $15,-
600, insured The truck of one of the lad
der companies fell. killing Firemen Frund
and Kerr and fatally iniuring Ryan.
Fire in the yards OF the Ganahl Lumber
Company, at st. Louis, on the 18th, did
$4,000 damage
Fire broke out On the night Of the 18th
in the four-story brick sash factory, 467
West Pratt Street, Baltimore. Almost the
entire block, occupied exclusively by wood
workers, was destroyed. The aggregate
loss is $f55, 900; Insurance. $4,000.
fire originated in the grocery store of
r. e. Atwater, on the 10th, and burned a
large part OF the business portion of the
town of Durham. N. G. The loss is $780,
600, and the insurance $15O,00O. The
heaviest losses are the great tobacco ware
houses of E. J. Parrish-thirteen brick
buildings; the prize houses of Umstead &
Co. and Parrish & Co. The loss on tobacco
amounts to 100000 pounds. There
were 700 hcgsheads in Parish's warehouse
alone. Immense quantities were removed
into adjacent streets, but could not be
saved. All the mail matter in the post.
Office was saved. The tim lock in the bank
of Durham was set for 9 A. M. and could
not be opened. The Tobacco Plant news
paper was burned. The mills and factories
were not in that part Of the town and were
not involved.
A dispatch OF the 10th says: A great FIRE
is raging on the Blue Mountains near Ham
burg, Pa. The dry leaves are causing the
flames to spread with remarkable raDidity.
Arthur Miller, who was appointed path.
master by the county commissioners, sent
a telegram to the latter at Reading, and
was authorized to employ as large a force
OF men as necessary to fight the fire.