The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-14
FIERCE FLAMES.
Fires Raging With Great Fury in
Many Places.
IMMENSE LOSS REPORTED
In the Michigan Lumber Districts From.
Forest Fires.
AT ALLISTON, CANADA.

Six Blocks of Buildings are Licked Up hr'
the FIames-Fourteen Families Home
less by Big Blaze at Chicago.
PHILLIPsBURe, Pa, May GA forest
fire two miles from Houtsdale yester-
day afternoon destroyed the tipple
shaft, several railroad cars and other
property belonging to the United Col
lieries Company, and for an hour tha
lives of eight miners were imperiled by
being caught in the shaft, which was
surrounded by fire. A strong wind was
blowing the flames in the direction Of
Whiteside run on which there are To-
Gated four extensive coal operations
Should they reach Whiteside the loss
will not be less than $4,000.
PITTSBURGH, May GA fire at Glen
field, eight miles below Pittsburgh, last
night burned $4,000 worth of property.
The fire started in Philips Bros store.
An engine was sent from Allegheny,
but before it arrived a bucket brigade
had extinguished the flames. Five
made to check the fire by blowing up q
small frame building, but the flying
sparks only increased the danger
CHICAGO, May 9.-Fire yesterday at
ternoon devastated large portion OF
the wooden block bounded by Purple.
Elgin and Twenty-frst streets and
Stewart avenue, destroying fifteen
homes and rendering fourteen families
homeless. The monetary loss was about
So, 900, and there was little insurance.
The fire was caused by boys playing
with matches in a shed.
ALLIsToN, Ont, May Six blocks.
of buildings were burned here yester~
day afternoon. They contained six
hotels, forty-five stores, twenty-five res
licences, the post office, market build
ings and fire hall. The fire originated
in the stables of the Queens hotel and
the control of the small fire brigade.
The loss will reach into the hundreds of
| thousands.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 9.-At 7:30
o'clock last night fire started in the rags
of the basement of A. f. Walsh g. Cor
tin factory, and in a short time the
whole five-story building was in flames.
A portion of the east wall soon fell and
the greater part of the walls on the
other sides followed. Nobody was in
jured, however. Kelly, of the fire pa
troll, had his hands and face severely
burned while trying to cover up soma
goods. Total loss about S1O0, 200; partly
insured.
CLINTON, Mo-, May 9.-Keith G. Per-
rvs coal shaft at Deepwater burned at
noon yesterday and all the machinery
and buildings are in ruins. Two hum
dred men were in the mine when the
alarm was given, but all with possibly
one exception escaped by the air shaft.
The loss will reach $4,000 and tenn
porarily put about 100 miners out of en-
ployment
GRAvENHURsT, Ont, May 9.-Fieroa
forest fires are raging on both sides of
this place and every effort is being made
to check their progress. A lumber yard
at Taslxers switch containing 1000, 600
feet of lumber and eight loaded cars is
burning and will prove total loss.
MUSHROOM, Mich, May 9.-Fire in
the wholesale lumber yard of Bennett
Bros, at Lakeside early yesterday
morning, destroyed 100000 feet of
lumber, estimated to be worth 10000
fully insured. Origin unknown.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, May 9.-The cord
age works of G. w. Lawrence g. Co., in
Greenpoint, were burned last night
Loss, $4,000