Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-01-09
FIRES.

FIRES.
Jan. 81. Grand Opera House. st. Paul, MINI
Feb. Pin business district OF Buffalo n. Y
| 100000.
Feb. 1O-Chemical works, Philadelphia, Pa.
$4,000
Feb. 12-Chemical laboratory of Ohio State
| University at Columbus.
| Feb 13-New court house. with many valuable
| records at Donaldsville, La.
Feb. 19-Business houses in Philadelphia
| $500 CO.. Locomotive and car works c., l. s. &
| c. r. R., Cincinnati; $4,000.
Mar. 5-Theater at Altoona, Pa: 10000.
| Mar. 7-Taranta's Theater in New Orleans.
Mar S-Female orphan asylum. Platt City. Mo
MAJ. 2-Court-house and city hall, Dover,N. II
81, 100000
Mar. 29-warehouse of E. W. Blatchford &
Apr. 4-Three towns in Dakota, hundreds OF
| farm houses, many barns, ETC., reported de-
stroyed by prairie fires.
Apr. Axe. shovel and saw factories, Pitts
Apr 9-Freight houses, cars and contents,
Boston, Mass; $4,000. -. Catholic church,
Mansfield, o.
Apr 11-Jute mills, Brooklyn, N. Y; $4,000.
Apr. 19-CanastOta glass works, Bowling
Green, o.. Elevators and warehouses on east
bank OF North river, New York City; $500,
0O0 five lives lost
Apr. sa-oil refinery, Lima O., two men
Apr. 23-Pork house in Cincinnati. 5000
Great damage by forest fires near New Provi-
May 3-state institute for feeble-minded,
Frankfort. Ky.
May St: yincent's orphan asylum, near
May 20-Steamer John Hopkins entirely de-
strOyed at Baltimore, Md. S2S0,0C0.
June 4-Silk mill al Paterson. N J.
June 5-St. James Hotel, Stevens Point
Wis, young man and two girls perishing in
the flames.
June CENTRE business portion of Seattle
w. T.; S15,0O0,OOO; several lives lost and hun
dreds of people homeless.
June 7-Piano works, Paterson, N ].
June 19-New York Central freight depot,
Buffalo, n. Y. Railroad shops, Osceola, Ia.
June Naturalization Brass Company's works,
New York City; $4,000
July Large brewery in Milwaukee; S750O00.
July l6-French brewery near Fort Wayne,
Ind; 10000
July 2O-Chemical works at Jersey City, N J.;
$500, 600
July 22-Three large grain elevators and con-
tents at Blue Hill, Neb.
July 30-Buildings and contents of the Arms
Poclet-book Manufacturing Co., South Deer
field, Mass.
Aug. 4-Entire business portion of Spokane
Falls, W. t.; S14,0O0,OOO
Aug. 25-Swift & Co.'S packing house, Kansas
City
Aug. 26-Warehouse, etc, at Port Costa, Cal;
100000.
perishing in the flames.
Sept. Din lumber-yard at Winona, Mimi;
over $780, 900.
Sept. Meyer & Co.'S establishment at Will,
iamsburg, n. Y; 100000.
Sept. 9-Immense damage by forest fires in
Montana.
Sept. 15-Large dry-goods establishment in
Louisville KY. 81 600, 900. In exposition build
ing at ST. Joseph. Mo-; S250,0O0.
Sept. 20-Oil refinery at Shady Side, n. Y;
$4,000.
Oct Principal portion Of residence district
of Grand Haven, Mich. $4,000.
Oct. 9-Cotton cotton sheds and presses, Sa-
vannah, Ca; 100000 -. Magnificent residence
of Mr.. Studebaker South Bend, Ind. $4,000.
Oct. Talmage's Brooklyn On. " Taber-
nacle; $4,000.
Oct 28-Four- brick block, Akron, o.;
S250,O00.
Nov Lumber docks, Muskegon, Mich
s125.OOO
Nov. brewery houses and contents at
Va. $4,000.
Nov 8-Flouring mill of St. Paul CMinn.)
Roller Mill Co.: 10000.
Nov. 13-Capital Hotel, Dallas, Tex; $4,000.
Nov. 18-Pottery factory at East Liverpool.
O.; S250000.
business portions Of Lynn, Mass, burned over:
296 buildings destroyed; 164 families rendered
homeless; two lives lost; 100000, Steamer
Santiago off Nantucket, Mass; S50O,OOO.
Nov. 2S-Great fire in Boston burned over two
acres of business blocks; 100000; four lives
lost.
Nov. SO-Tribune building, Minneapolis, MINI.
100000.
Dec. S-Flour mill at Lockport, N. Y; SEQ, 900
Flour mills at Humboldt, Kan; $4,000.
Dec. 17.-Adelphi Theater, Brooklyn, n. Y:
s25OOOO.
Dec. 26-Main building of Western College
Toledo Ia.
Dec. 27-In addition to the foregoing destruc-
tive con1agrations occurred during the year in |
tona ILL.,: Bradford Pa; Madison, Ind: LIE |
and Miss; Unionville, Mo-; Mckinney, Tex. |
Jackson Miss; st. Mary Ala; Carbon, Ind. |
Walkerton. Ind; Steelville, Mo-; Eidalia, La. |
Rnaly
Rapids, Mimi: Butler, Mo-; Youngstown, O.; |
Cal; Riegelsville, Pa; Allegany, |
\. Y; Topeka Kan; Black Jack, Tex; Bloom |
ng Prairie, Mimi; Lostant, ILL.,; Slater, Mo; |
Louisville KY; Wabash Neb; La Grange, |
Mo- North Branch. Mimi; Newman, Ca; Pc
,ria Ill; Bay City, Mich; Kenny, Ill. Havana,
H.; West Haven, Conn; Ashton, Ill Long
Leola, D. t.; Hannibal. Mo-; Attica, o.; Sa-
,annah, Ga: Clarksdale, Tenn; Somerset, KY;
Smithfeld n. c.: Princeton, KY: Client, n.
ord KY: Muir, Mich; Centerville, R. l.;
Cheney. Wash; West Depere, Wis; Harris
burg, o.; Buckbee, Wis; Jonesboro, Ark;
EcS Beaver Dam on Eba Mnn
North Judson, Ind; Moreland, Ill; Bruce's
crossing, O'Brien Spalding, Sullivan and STAN
,augh. Mich, forest fires; Danville, Vt; Shrub
Howard City, Mich; Elkhart, Ill; Dublin, Ca;
Reno, New; Lynxville, Wis; Jacksonville,
fla; Biloxi, Miss; Syracuse. Kan: Livings
on Aia.: Grlnn6ll Ia. NASHVILLE, AK,
luijotoa A. T.; Johnstown, Pa; Durango.
Jol. HALEY, L T.; Jonesburg, No; Ellenburg,
". t.; Geneva, O.; Bakersfield. Cal:
She'll Rock Ia; Georgeville, O.; Little
FORK, H.; Chinatown, Col Wichita, Kan. Ko-
lomo Ind; Peruville, Mich; Ripley, o.; Wa
-erly, Ill. Delphi, Ia; Fort Wayne, Ind; Edf-
on, O.; SonOma, Cal; Paramount Ill; Colum
Jus, o.; Dansville Mich; Sackett's Harbor, N.
Z; Big Rock Ill: Black Pine and Gardner,
don't; Linlxville Ore; Stoughton, Wis; Sea-
ord, Del; Rushville, n. Y; Cresco, Ia; Pent
water, Mich; Cambria, Cal Rocky Mount Va;
Norwood, KY; Virginia, Ill; Winona. Mimi.
'elts Mills n. Y; Sheffield, Ia; Fayetteville, |
Tenn: Fort Worth, Tex; Downs, ILL.,; Stone
'oro, Pa, Findley's Lake, n. Y; Selma, Ala;
luther. Mich. Weston, w. Va; Aurora, S. D.;
n. Y; Edwardsville, H.; Leech-
urg, Pa; Wesley, Ia; Shell Lake, Wis. Bea- |
er Creek, MINI. New Carlisle, o. GOSport n. Y. |