Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-03

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1Eaxhlehead. 1Eass-. Nearly Wiped Out
Three AcreA Of Buildln9s Dsstxoyed ae
Cancinnati-Eirss Klsswhers. So
BosroE, Dee. 96.-A confagrafion Is rag.
ing IN Marblehead. the larger part Of the
town being ON lire. Help has been sent
from Salem. Lynn and other places but
the firemen seem to be unable to check the
names. Salem reports all the telephone
wires to Marblehead down. and nothing to
be obtained from there. The Western IN
ion ofnce at Marblehead was burned out,
but the operator succeeded in opening
communication by establishing a tempo
rary ONCE IN q field some distance outside
the village.
70 IN ruins and the following firms were
burned out: Cropley & Bros, e. s. Wood.
bury Johnson Horner. J. C. Peach, w. N.
stevens, Jr., & Son, Edward Hathaway
ana Joshua lie Favour: also the Boston
and Maine depot and several other build
lngs. 1t is the largest fire that ver visited
the place and the people are panic stricken.
The news was sent with great difficulty
over hastily improvised wire and COM
munication is liable to be interrupted at
any moment
The fire started about ten d. M in the
basement of D. p. Powers furniture store.
ON Pleasant street, and is said to have
been caused by the explosion of can of
benzine. At midnight it was estimated
that seven acres had been burned over and
that the entire loss would be over $500. OOo
Inc burned buildings are the Powers
block, the Rechabite block, Goldthwait's
three story building, Monroe's large shoe
factory, q three-story block occupied by
dry goods stores and the Boston branch
grocery on the first, the Masonic Hal on
the second and q skating rink on the third,
the four story Allerton block, the Amer
lean express building, Simon's store the
dwelling of Dsniel Broden, George Church
and Thomas Falls Metcalfe's box factory
and other buildings.
Nearly the same territory was burned
over about twelve years ago, the fire
starting in nearly the same place. MANY
OF last nights victims were also sufferer,
by the former fire. The she's business.
which had been quiet for several months,
was just starting up and many operatives
will now be thrown out of work the entire
winter.
The fire is still burning. It is impossible
to get definite losses owing to the great
excitement prevailing among all classes.
THE CINCINNATI BLAZE.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 26.-There was a great
fire in Cincinnati yesterday. 1t began at
$3.50 in the morning and burned to ashes
factories and dwellings covering three
acres of ground.
At the corner, of Budde and Harriet
streets, in the rope walk of the Charles c..
Jacobs Cordage Company. the fire started
and spread rapidly in the building il
which were tar and other material for the
flames. 1t soon extended to large stable
of the works and the platform of the Gin,
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad,
whose tracks were beside the rope wa. (
for over 300 feet. Soon eight box and four
fat cars on the railroad were burning aud
the fire had extended over great area. .
Though the weather was calm the in
tense heat of the wooden buildings sent
the flames bounding into the lumber yard
of the Belts Street Furniture Company
where $75, 900 worth of furniture was soon
turned into ashes By this time the heat
was almost unbearable.
Soon the factory of the Central Furni-
ture Association, woI tn with its contents
S75. 600, was ablaze and doomed to destruc-
ton and the Queen Irvine Company's fac.
tory, worth with its contents $50, 600 was
a minute later in the merciless embrace Of
the flames.
In addition to the houses destroyed there
were q score or more OF dwellings in the
neighborhood more or less scorched. A
large part of the fire department is kept
busy extinguishing and re-extinguishing
incipient fires on dwellings. In fact tee
department had its hands full to keep the
fire from becoming sweeping conflagra-
ton, and in this the calmness of the day
was a great help.
The total loss is estimated at rather over
than under $500, 900. The property was all
fairly we'll insured.
Three firemen were knocked out of SER
vice by injuries, but none OF them are seri-
ously hurt
A WISCONSIN THEATER BURNED
ASHLAND, Wis. Dec. 26.-The Olympic
Theater and two saloons adjoining burned
Yesterday morning, causing a loss of $780,
900 with $25, 200 insurance. The actors in
weather was very cold and it was difficult
to obtain water from the frozen hydrants.
BURNED IN A TENEMENT HOUSE.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-During fire in
the tenements - and 81 Bowery at two
O'Clock yesterday morning Charles Stack
Ter, aged twenty six, was probably fatally
burned and a number of other tenants
were with difficulty saved by the police
and firemen.
ENGLISH MILL BURNED.
LONDON. Dec. 26.-The Abbey -four mills
at Waltham have been burned. Tne loss
is 100000.
Wires Destroyed.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec 26-About one
O'Clock this morning there was a crash
along Grand avenue from Fifth to Eighth
streets which awoke people for blocks. A
half dozen telegraph poles had snapped in