Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-09
FIRES.


child and then himself; domestic troubles
| Jan. 21-Grand Opera House, ST. Paul, MINI.
Feb. 2-In business district Of Buffalo, n. y.
| So 100000.
Feb. IO-Chemica al works, Philadelphia, Pa
s250OOO.
Feb. 1a-Chemical laboratory of Ohio State
Feb t3-New court house. with many valuable
records at Donadsyille. La.
Feb. 19-BusnesS houses in Philadelphia
500 600. Locomotive and car works c., l., S. &
c. r. r., Cincinnati; $4,000
Mar. 5Theater at Altoona, Pa; 10000.
Mar. 1-Taranta's Theater in New Orleans.
| Mar. S-Female orphan asylum. Patt City, Mo.
| Mar. 22-Court-house and city hall Dover n. H.
| Mar. 26-Manierre's warehouse, Chicago;
| s1OO00OO.
| Mar 29-Warehouse of E. W. Blatchford &
| Co, Chicago: $4,000
| Apr. Three towns in Dakota hundreds of
| farm houses, many barns, etc, reported de
| stroyed by prairie fires
Apr. AYE; shovel and saw factories, Pitts
| Apr. 9-Freight houses, cars and contents,
Boston, Mass; $4,000. Catholic church,
| Apr. 11-Jute mills, Brooklyn. n. Y. 500 900.
Apr. ls-Canastota glass works. Bowling
bank Of North river. New York civ; 500
900, five lives lost.
Apr. ea-oil refinery, Lima, O., two men
| Apr. 23-Pork house in Cincinnati. 100000. -.
! Great damage by forest fires near New Provi-
| Qence, ina,
| Nay 3-State institute for feeble minded,
Frankfort. Ky.
May St: vincent's orphan asylum, near
Eincennes Ind.
| May 20-Steamer John Hopkins entirely de
stroyed at Baltimore, Md: $4,000.
| June silk mill at Paterson. n. ].
June St. James Hotel, Stevens Point
Wis: young man and two girls perishinS in
| the flames.
June CENTRE business portion of Seattle,
| W. r: s15OOoOoO; several lives lost and hun
| dreds OF people homeless.
June Piano works, Paterson. \. J.
June 19-New York Central freight depot,
Buffalo. n. Y. Railroad shops, Osceola, Ia.
June 24-Manhattan Brass COmpany's works,
| New York City: $4,000
| July Large brewery in Milwaukee; S750,00O
July l6-French brewery near Fort Wayne
Ind; S30OOOl
| $4,000.
July .amThree large grain elevators and con
tents at Blue Hill, Neb.
July 30-BuildngS and contents of the Arms
| Pocllet-booh Manufacturing Co, South Deer
| field. Mass.
Aug. i-Entire business portion of Spokane
Falls w t; S14OO00OO.
Aug. a5-Swift s Co S packing house, Kansas
City.
Aug. e6-warehouse, etc, at Port Costa, Cal. :;
| 100000.
Sept a-Town of Barker, NJ. T. seven persons
perishng in the flames
Sept. BIN lumber-yard at Winona, MINI. :;
over $4,000.
Sept. Meyer & Cos establishment at Will
iamsburg n Y: 81 100000.
Sept. 9-Immense damage by forest fires in
Montana
sept I5-Large dry-goods establishment in
Louisville Ky. 81. OO00oO. In exposition build
ing at St. Joseph Mo: S250OOO.
Sept 2O-Oil refinery at Shady Side, n Y:
$4,000
Oct Principal portion of residence district
Of Grand Haven, Mich; 100000.
Oct. Cotton. cotton sheds and presses, Sa-
vannah, Ga: S3O00O-. Magnificent residence
of Mr. Studebaker. South Bend, Ind; 100000
Oct. l3-Talmages Brooklyn IN. " Taber
naclc: S115.0O0
oct aS-Four story brick block, Akron, o.;
Nov Lumber docks, Muskegon, Mich.
Nov. brewery houses and contents at
Petersburg, Va: S7JO,0OO
Nov S-Flouring mill OF St. Paul (Mlnn)
Nov. l3-Capital Hotel Dallas: Tex; S5O0,0oo.
Nov 1s-Pottery factory at East Liverpool,
O.. $4,000.
Nov 26-Eighty acres in the residence anG
business portions of Lynn; Mass burned over;
POO buildings destroyed: 164 families rendered
homeless: two lives lost: S5,OOO.0CO. :. Steamer
Santiago off Nantucket. Mass: 100000.
Nov 2S-Great fire in Boston burned over two
acres OF business blocks; s9'oOo'Oooi four hVes
Nov. so-Trbune building, Minneapolis, Mimi;
100000 100000.
49, Flour mills at Humboldt, Kan. 100000.
Dec. 17.-Adelphi Theater' Brooklyn n y:
Dec. a6-Main building of Western College,
Dee, a7-In addition to the foregoing destruc-
tive confiagrations occurred during the year in
business portions of the following towns: AL
tona, Ill. Bradford. Pa; Madison, Ind: LIE
Jackson Jack; Miss; St Mary, Ala: Carbon, Ind:
Walkerton. Ind: Steelviile, Mo; Fidalia, La
Memphis. Tenn. Chippewa Falls, Wis; Rock
Rapids. Mimi: Butler, Mo: Youngstown, O.:
Guerneville Cal. Riegelsville Pa: Allegany.
n Y: Topeka, Kan. Black Jack, Tex: Bloom
ing Prairie, Mimi: Lostant III; Slater, Mo
Louisville Ky: Wabash. Neb.: La Grange,
Mo: North Branch. Mimi; Ne3man, Ga; Pc
oria, Ill Bay City, Mich: Kenny, H. Havana.
H.: West Haven. Conn; Ashton, III. Long
Leola d. T; Hannibal, Mo; Attica, o.: Sa-
yannah Ca Clarl<sdale, Tenn: Somerset. KY:
Smithfield, n. c.; Princeton. Ky: Client: n.
Y: Camden, Ind; Cannonsburg, Mich: Mil
ford Ky. Muir Mich: Centeryille, r. l.;
Cheney, Wash: West Depere. Wis: Harris
burg. O.; Buckbee Wis: Jone 81 Arki;
ron. Mich; Beaver Dam, o.; Elba, Mimi; =;
North Judson. Ind; Moreland. Ill; Bruce's
Crossing. o Brien Spalding, Sullivan and STAN
baugh Mich forest fires; Danvilc. VT. Shrub
Oak n V: Findlay, o.: Huntingburg, Ind;
Howard City, Mich; Elkhart, IL; Dublin, Ga. :;
Fla; Biloxi, Miss, syracuse: Kan; Livings
Quijotoa. A t.; Johnstown' Pa Durango
w. T.; Geneva, O.. bakersfield, Cal. 4:
Shell Rock, Ia; Georseyiile: @; Little
York, III CHINATOWN, CoI Oh; vienna, Nan. NO No
verify Ill: Delphi, Ia; Fort Wayne, Ind; Edi-
son, o.; Sonoma, Cal: Fairmount: III; Colum
Y: Big Rock. Ill: Black Pine and Gardner,
Mont; Linkville, Ore: Stoughton, Wis: Sea
| ford Del: Rushville, n. V; Cresco. Ia: Pent
water Mich: Cambria, Cal, Rocky Mount. Va. {;
| Norwood. Ky; Virginia H.: Winona. Mimi. ::
Felt's Mills. \. ": Sheffield, Ia; Fayetteville
Tenn: Fort Worth, Tex; Downs, Ill: stone
| Luther Mich: Weston. w. Va; Aurora, S. D. ::
Baldwinsville, n y: EdwardSville, Ill. ; Leech-
| yer Creek, MINI. New CarliseO Gosport, n. Y.