People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-02
GREAT FIRES.

The Metropolitan Opera House In New
York Burned-Fire at Atlanta Ga.-Fatai
church Panic Caused by Fire at Forest
vile, o.
NEw YORK. Aug. 20.-The Metropol-
itan opera house, one of the most mag
nlhcent and expensive of modern play
houses, occupying the entire block
bounded by Broadway, Seventh avenue,
Thirty-ninth and Fortieth streets. was
ruined in the short spaee,of an hour
Saturday morning. The Broadway front
was saved by the fremen, but fully
three-quarters of the square was de
stroyed by the flames. q a p. yea
Just where the fire started is I'M
known, but it must have been in the Vi
cinity of the stage which backs on Sew,
enth avenue How it managed to get
such Roadway without being discovered
is also problem that Chief Bonner can.
not solve.
Cornelius Maans, employed by Alfred
Operti, the scenic artist, who was using
a part of the opera house temporarily
as his studio was hemmed in by the
flames on the third floor, but made his
way to one of the windows on Thirty
ninth street and from there leaped
down to stOrm-door shed on the
ground floor. He is not believed to be
seriously hurt.
Before 10 o'clock the roof had been
burned through and the flames shot
high in the air. This assisted the fire.
men materially in saving the Broadway
front. Half an hour later the flames,
having in the meantime eaten every.
thing before them, had literally burned
themselves out and the fire was thenre-
ported under control.
Artist 0perti arrived at the theater
just as the fire was discovered and saw
works of art upon which he had spent
considerable of his time and had tray
eled over the world to get sketches of,
burned up. 8U ..E.
The police estimate the loss by the
fire at $4,000 but when Secretary Ne
Laren was asked if it would reach that
amount he said that he thought it would
not exceed $4,000 Had it not been
that the structure was freproof it would
doubtless have been wholly destroyed.
AUGUSTA, Ca, Aug. GA destruct.
i've fire broke out here at 2:3O this morn.
ing and the Alexander Drug & Seed
Co., Fleming & Bowles' furniture ware.
house, E. D. Smiths crockerv store,
Harry Halls photograph gallery, ]. R.
Lamar's law Office, Thomas G. Barton.
wholesale music and sewing machines;
the residence of Leroy Miller and the
Chronicle office were totally destroyed.
The loss is roughly estimated at S4OO..
600.
The entire morning edition of the
Chronicle was worked off while the
building was in flames. Everything
was wiped out in the shape of type and
machinery, but the files of the paper
from 1900 to date and the books and
subscription list were saved.
The insurance is about $500. 900. very
generally distributed among companies
represented here.
CHURCH PANIC.
FoREsTvILLE, O., Aug. 20.-The
Roman Catholic church, three miles
from this place, was burned to the
ground yesterday and the following
people were burned Miss Title Gus.
tin, fatally; William Grand, seriously:
Mrs. Jane Armstrong, seriously.
The fire was discovered while services
were being conducted and wild panic
ensued among the congregation. WON
en- and children were trampled upon and
many of them badly bruised. Miss Gus
tin, who was fatally burned, was so
seriously hurt during the mad rush for
the doors that she was unable to make
Horoscope andw caught by the flames.
IN KANSAS CITY, KAN asa
KANSAS CITY, Kan, Aug. 29.-Gasoline
stoves have caused the fire department
more trouble than any other source of
fire known. Saturday night the ex.
plosion of one of these Misunderstanding
little appliances caused the destruction
OF the block in the bottoms bordered
by Central, James, Seventh and Ewing
streets. Thousands of dollars worth
OF property and score of horses were
completely destroyed. Among the
buildings destroyed were pool rooms
and saloons.