Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-08
THE FIRE RECORD.

AT Ashley, Mich. Salliott 4 Chittenden's
stave and hoop fsbtory burned. Loss, $4,000;
insured for 81, ,0O0.
AT Syracuse, N. r, fire did $40. 900 damage
last night to the building and stock of J. w.
Eager and three tenants: half insured.
LINCOLN ENGINE COMPANY. Allegheny, re-
sponded yesterday morning to . till alarm for
a fire on Ohio avenue in house owned by the
Whitmer estate. The loss was $l00
% AT Newburg. N. Y. the Caldwell Wilcox
Company's foundry and machine works were
totally destroyed by fire early yesterday morn
ing. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000
AT Covington, KY, the tobacco warehouse of
F. W. Dohrman & Son. near the Suspension
BRIDGE was completely destroyed by fire yesrer-
day. Estimated loss, $26 QUO; insurance, 900.
THE ties of the Panhandle bridge in the
West End caught fire from . passing loco
motive about S o'clock yesterday morning. A
still alarm was sent to No. 10 company, which
put 1t out with babcocks.
AT Philadelphia. shortly after Wednesday
midnight, fire destroyed the provision store and
slaughter house Of George Abrams, at Twenty
seventh street and Susquehanna avenue.
sIeeping in lott over the store. was burned to
death. The loss on buildings is estimated at
1000; partially insured.
WINoNA, MINI, was visited by another
disastrous fire Wednesday night, when the
entire plant Of the schroth Ahrens Mill
Company went up in flames. The mill ware
house and three blocks of lumber were burned.
At O'Clock yesterday morning the flames were
under control. A large number of window
sashes and doors were stored in the warehouse.
Loss will approximate sloO. 600; insurance be-
tween $40, 600 and $4,000.
ONE of the coal tipples at the Mutual Coke
Works of the United Coke Company, near
Scottdals, closely allied with the Frick firm,
was burned last night Though 1t crippled op-
yesterday, The burning of the tipple is re-
garded as especially significant at this time.
This plant was one of the first to start up under
the Frick sliding scale, and has been running
to its full capacity for some time with lao ovens
in full blast.
In the vicinity Of Warren, Pa, there has
been great loss by the forest fires which
have been raging for the past several days.
Farmers report their houses endangered and
large loss in fences and small buildings, while
the damage to young trees has been inealcu-
liable Many OIL oesriexs Sa. naye M Geen ourned in
alone having lost II. Other smaller producers
also report loss of rigs and tool houses. while
several gas wells have been set afire and are
still blazing.
AT Long Island City's big lumber and oil
fire the aggregate losses will reach probably
s5O0.00O The losses Of the Export Lumber
Company will probably reach s250,000 The II.
F. Burroughs Company's lumber yards were
also entirely destroyed, and the loss is about
5000 OO0 Doncaster & Bros, iron founders will
lose SIS 900; the Whiting, Lumber Company.
s.. 600; Hummel's stone yards. 5000; Clark &
Sampson, hay and feed. SIS, 900; Macintosh &
Co., lumber, SIS 00O; the Tunls-Sims Company
81, 600 and E. W. McClaire, $4,000. All the
above firms are partially insured. Nothing
definite about their exact losses and insurance
can be learned, from the fact that the offices
were destroyed, and IL any of the books were
saved they are in the safes lying in the ruins.
NEAR>Somerset destructive forest fire is
raging and is sweeping rapidly to the east.
Great losses Of valuable young timber are re-
ported. and fences. barns and houses along the
ridges are threatened. Some farmers have
been kept hard at work for several nights and
DAYS. The fire was started by q spark from q
locomotive falling among some dry leaves, and
the loss already aggregates thousands OF dol
lars An eyewitness states that it, is the most
destructive timber fire ever seen in the county.
Thousands of acres have been burned over,
and for miles there Is nothing but desolation
on every side. In the vicinity of Bears Rock,
seven miles southeast Of Somerset every tree
and plant has been consumed. There Is also
q fierce forest fire raging IN the north of the
county, which originated In the vicinity of
Scalp Level. Nothing can be done to quench
the drg until rain comes