Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-30
SWATHE OF RUINS.
Part Of Seneca Falls Moved Down by
the Fire Fiend.
1T IS CAUSED BY A FIRE TRAP.
Contradictory Reports Today From
Buenos Ayes.
LADY ouNLo WINS HER DIVORCE CASE.
CAUSED BY A FIRE TRAP.
The Business Portion Of Seneca Falls,
NY, Burned Out.

SENECA FALLS. MY, July S0.-The Pew
building, against the erection Of which three
or more years ago such earnest protest was
made, fulfilled its mission as a fire trap this
morning and it is feared that il has also proven
death trap. few minutes after 8 O'Clock
this morning the building. which was directly
opposite Hoag's Opera House in Fall street.
was discovered to be burning in Sutherland a
Saulres restaurant In few minutes the
entire structure WAS on fire. Had naught but
the shell suffered there would have been
triting cause for regret. but at o'clock the
falrest commercial portion of the town was in
ashes or in flames. The Pew building was ap-
proachable from but one side, and the atmos-
phere quickly became SO hot that the firemen
could not endure it. The splendid Phoenix
block. involving the electric-light plant, the
post office, the express Office the Revellle print
ing establishment. the Courier, Sanderson' s
furniture warerooms and the Western Union
telegraph office, succumbed to the flames. and
within four hours fifteen stores east of it, to
the Shelton block, were ruined. The flames
sprang across the street to Hoag's Opera House
before an hour had passed and that con-
sumed, with all of Fall street on that side east
to the sheldon block. while on the north side
the Cooperative block was the limit. On
State street the flames extended to and included
Kelloggs livery stable, but all of his stock was
saved.
EXTENT OF THE LOSSES.
The sufferers, with some approximate losses
on real property, are given below, there prob
ably being fairly average insurance: The
Phoenix block, $4,000; electric light plant,
S3O.OO0 (not wholly destroyed); sylvester Pew,
$1,000; johnson block, $4,000; Howe block,
el2,0Oo; Desky block, $4,000; on sheldon
block. $1,000; Hoag Hotel, damaged probably
els, ,OO0 Hoag's Opera House and block. $40 Oc0;
Daniels block, Sl3, 900; the Mirror block "A 600;
Crowell block 81 500; McCartin's block, $1,000;
Miller block. S2.0O0. In State street the fire
has already Tapped up the Hudson house and
blacksmith shop. Georges barber shop, Far
nese's store, the Noreott block. including Com
bers liquor store, Halls cigar factory, Hanna s
secondhand store. Chinese laundry. Denison' 8
shoe shop. Kellogg's livery and the two rear
houses next thereto, where the fire is now
limited
Among the tenants who lose heavily are the
Journal Office, Nurnold Bros. Nellie Jennings,
X. Z. Wayne, Jacob Allen, John II. Crowell, T.
Il. Lawrence, Sutherland & Squires. Madden s
news room, Maures Bros store and barber
shop, Mrs. Hadley's millinery store, Van Kleecks
Gllmores drug stores and Hoag's drug store,
Hills grocery. Addison's shoe store. Carnsey &
Walters hardware store Phillips 4 Hawley' :
hardware store. Blodgett's dry goods store,
Howe's hat store besides many tenants in the
rooms above the stores.
steamer came from Waterloo soon after
daylight, and about o'clock train came in
with q steamer from Geneva. An extra steamer
from the Silsby works was also in service. be-
sides the two village steamers All three news
papers are burned out and the telegraph and
telephone service is suspended. The Gleason
and Bailey works were several times on fire.
but the flames were kept down with little in
jury; The Western Union Telegraph Company
are doing business at the railroad station The
fire was under control at 3 O'Clock this MORN
ing, but soon broke out anew in Todman &
Gladke's dry goods store, which is now burning.
AUBURN, n. Y, July 30-The latest news
from Seneca Falls places the loss at Il, ,O0O, ,OOO
Fifteen acres were burned over. covered prin-
cipally by three-story brick houses