Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-09
THE FIRE RECORD.

A SLIGHT fire occurred at the residence Of
Henry Poke. 90 Boggs avenue. about noon, yes,
! terday.
THE Mnlwood Park station house, near
Greensburg, with all It's contents burned
Thursday night.
AT Soottdale, Copeland's general store was
damaged by fire to the extent OF 81 900 yesterday
morning. Loss, 500; origin unknown.
AT Chicago. the lumber yard and planning
| mill Of William A. Cook d Son burned late
last night Loss, sSo, 900; insurance. $4,000.
AT Milwaukee last night F. A. Walsh & Co. 8
tinware factory burned. 1t was fve-story
brick building, and all its contents were de-
| stroyed. Loss, $4,000.
AT North Kingsville, O.. w. II. Lockwood's
barn, Mrs s. F. Morse's residence and the
skating rink burned Friday. The loss is S5, 900,
with but little insurance.
AT Rotterdam IN the Netherlands, the State
bonded warehouse and the main portion of its
contents were destroyed by fire early Thursday
morning. Damage estimated at 81, ,25O.00O.
AT Lakeside, Mich, fire in the lumber yard
of Bennett Brothers, yesterday morning de-
stroyed 100000 feet OF lumber estimated to be
worth s2O0O0; fully insured Origin unknown.
AN alarm from box 81 about I:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon was caused by
slight fire on the roof OF a house occupied by
John Steuber at No. Sc Miller street. Loss
about sl00.
AT Manson, Ia, the large livery barn of
August Hauntzman burned Thursday night.
Nineteen horses. including two thoroughbred
stations. were burned. Loss SIC. 600, with light
insurance.
AT Allison, Ont. six blocks of buildings
burned yesterday afternoon. Tney contained
hotels. As stores, Is dwellings, the postofice,
market buildings and the fire hall The loss
will run up into the hundreds of thousands.
AT Montreal the dwelling occupied by Zol-
lieue Demer burned yesterday morning, and
one Of his children perished in the flames. An
other child was SO seriously injured that it cam
mot recover. The fire was caused by the explo-
sion of lamp.
THE stables of the Austin (Tex.) Street Car
Company was totally destroyed yesterday
morning. Twenty-Five cars and "a mules were
consumed. the suffering of the poor animals be-
ing terrible Loss. $4,000: partially insured.
A lighted cigarette carelessly thrown in some
loose hay caused the fire.
DISASTROUS forest fires have been raging in
Upper and Northern Michigan. Some of the
finest patches of timber in the State are being
DESTROYED, and several places report much
damage TO farm property. In large section
OF the lower peninsula the farmers are unable
to do any spring work because of the dense
smoke.
SLIGHT fires on the roof OF Jones d Laugh.
Inns mill, on South Twenty.seventh street,
called the department out twice yesterday
uuInIuef On tne nrst call the men were n0tis
fed that the fre was out. Shortly after their
departure flames broke out again. On the
second call the men went to work and had it
out In short time.
AT St. Petersburg Pa, Friday morning,
Hugh Gleason and his sister Sarah, aged re.
spcctfully land years, were playing In their
grandfather's barn, whom In some way they
set nre 70 the nay, which soon spread aud con-
sufnod the barn. Hugh was rescued, but the
little girl perished In tue flames, her body be.
lug reduced TO ashes.
AT Galveston disastrous hre occurred yes.
terdAy morning at the Gull, Colorado and Santa
Re shops. The fire broke cut IN the oil room.
destroyed the entire repair shops, four ieoemo'
tives, hve cars loaded with oil, two with iums
efope baggage oar and slx passenger coaches,
besides all tools belonging 20 the workinsn,
aged.
AT Chicago. boys playing with matches In .
wagon she'd IN the south western peFtion Of the
city. yesterday evening, started D. hrs, which
rendered q dosen families homeless and Do.
stroyed 10 twostpry buildings. Tbs tenants
were AZ poor people. and In many instances lost
theif oil. One old lady was badly burned In
trying % save her heussheid goods Lesh t2q.
oooI little insurance.
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