New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-26
FIERCE FIRES ON CHRISTMAS.
THREE ACRES OF GROUND BURNED OVER
IN CINCINNATI
FACTORIES, DWELLINGS AND FREIGHTCARs
pEsTROYED-TOTAL LOSS OVER 100000
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FACTORIES, DWELLINGS AND FREIGHTcARs
DEsTROYED-ToTAL LOSS OVER 100000
sEvENTY-FIvE FAMILIES HOMELESS.
Cincinnati. Dec 25-There was a great fire in Gin
cnnati today 1t began at 80 in the morning, and
burned to ashes factories and dwellings covering three
acres Of ground. The fire started at Budd ana
Harriet sts, in the rope works OF the Charles Z.
Jacobs Cordage Company. II spread rapidly In this
building IN which tow and other material fed the
flames that soon extended to the large stable OF the
works and to the platform OF the Cincinnati, Hamil
ton and Dayton Railroad, tho track of which ran
alongside the rope walk for over 300 feet. Soon
tho eight box and four fat cars on the railroad
were burning and the fire had extended over
great area. Though the weather was calm the In
tense heat Of tho wooden buildings sent the flames
bounding into the timberyari of the Belts street
Furniture Company, where furniture worth $'oooo
was turned to ashes BY this time the heat was al
most unboarabe. Sooner than 1t takes to write the
words tho factory of the Central Furniture Association
with it's contents worth s75 900, was abiaze doomed
10 destruction and the Queen City Twtne Company s
factory worth 10000 was a minute later In hames
From these the fires spread TO adjacent dwellings,
Two brick dwellings in Buddst, the properly or
Charles H. Jacobs, worth $4,000, were destroyed
three-story brick building in BUDDHIST, belonging to
Harry Mayberry and worth $4,000 burned to the
ground Two franc dwellings In Buddst were also
burned.
The flames destroyed about twenty tenement anu
dwelling houses and nearly seventy-hve fanies os'
their ALL As the flames licked up building AFTER
building the neIghbOrls,od became deTorali'ed, ana
prrsoas wing square away from the main oody OF
the fire carried out and threw away their househoid
effects they knew not where. The block destroyed
was bounded on the east BY Harrdest. on the north
by Budd-st on the South By the Cincinnati. Hamilton
and DAYTON Railroad and tho west by the southern
Railroad bridge Every factory. house and saoie IN
tho SQUARE was destroyed with the exception of four
dwellings
The loss Of tho ropewalk, long wooden ouilnihg'
was about $4,000; that Of the Cincinnati, Hamiitoh
and DAYTON Railroad including its twelve cars, all
of which were burned with their contents, Is ABOUT
ooOoO In addition TO the houses destroyed, there
were a score or more Of dwellings in the neighoor-
hood that were more or less scOrched.
A large part of the force Of the Fire Department
was kept busy extnguIshing and ree1tnguishing IN
cipIent fires in dwellings. In fact, the department
had its hands full to keep the fire from becoming
sweeping confagration. and in this the camness OF
the day was a great help The total loss and dam
aces IS rather over than under 100000 The prop
erty was all fairly well insured, but not one OF the
families who lost their all had one dollar Of Insurance.
Three fremen injured, but none OF tnem arc
seriously hurt It is said that sparks from passing
locomotive caused the fire.