The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-04
DEMONS or OBSTRUCTION.
Property and Lives Sacrificed During the
Year Through Fires, Explosions, Etc.

Property and Lives Sacrificed During the
Year Through Fires, Explosions, Etc.
JANUARY.
2 Fire in Nashville; loss, $4,000; 8 deaths.
8 Town of Saybrook. Ills, destroyed by fire;
loss, $4,000.
in Illinois.
s g. deaths from fire damp explosion at
Krebs, l. T.: injured, ll5.
L. Fire destroyed brass factory In Water
bury, Conn; loss, S2GO,0o0
l6 4 s200.0o0 grain warehouse fire IN New
York city; death.
Grand opera house block burned in Wau-
san, Wis. loss. s200,000.
10 buildings burned at Au Sable. Mich.
Is. killed by explosion at Phoenix Powder
mills. Central City. W. Va
p. 10 patients killed and II injured in q hos
pital fire at Indianapolis.
-. Pine Bluffs. Ark. lost Slj0O00 by fire.
. 500 people made homeless by Ere at Bev-
eTly. WA.
.. block Of buildings burned in Columbus,
O.: loss. $4,000.
A ssso0oO IRE at Ellzabethport, Nj.
Cotton factory burned al Chester, S. c.;
loss. Se20.c00.
2. Railway shops burned at Meridian, Miss;
FEBRUARY.
2 The Appomattox Va court house building
destroyed b fire.
5. Shoe factory burned at Danvers, Mass;
loss, Si0,Nn.
6. Cuisines Blocks burned in Rochester. Ms;
loss. S125.0CO.
:. Hotel Royal burned in New York city; 90
deaths.
g Large fire IN business portion of Memphis;
loss, nearly Sl,O1n.G0.
II. Grand Central hotel burned at FL Paso,
Tex: loss. slt0.0c).
L. The opera house block burned at Mon
mouth. Ills; loss. $1,000.
IS Town Of Murta. Ark. nearly destroyed by
fire: loss. sl25.0O1.
u. State insane asylum burned at jackson,
Miss; lose. s200GO0.
L. million dollar blaze in New Orleans.
q Library block burned in Decatur, Ills; loss.
$1,000
A $1,000 FIRE at Malvern. Ark.
3. 2 acres c1 business properties burned In
san Antopio. Tex; loss. $4,000.
MARCH.
l. The state female reformatory burned at
Indianapolis; ~ inmates escaped.
Seven worknen killed in railroad COLI
sion ia Milwaukee.
g. Detroit loo. S5O.cc0 by fire.
East Liverpool, o.. lost $4,000 by fire.
s. The Eden Musee at Omaha burned.
:. The Allouz block burned in West Superior.
Wis: loss. Sl2O.00O-
IL. Fire damp exploded in the Anderlino coal
mine near Chartered, Belgium, destroy
ing orer 200 lives.
Opera house aud stores burned at Bloom
field, Ia; loss. $4,000.
IS. Gun store burned at Fort Worth. Tex:
loss. S150.oOO.
Kittanning. Pa. lost $4,000 by fire.
A slm,O0 blaze ia Denbury, Conn.
%. TbeCuston house at St. John, y. B.. burned;
loss. 53o0.OO0.
81 10 killed by the explosion of a mill boiler
al East Jordan. Mich.
- A Sl4j.ooO fire at Cambridge. Mass.
q Alto. Tex. lost over $4,000 by fire.
&. Glass works burned near Braddock. Pa;
q. Hardware company burned out at Omaha
loss, saO.OQ0
90. A $4,000 factory fire in Cincinnati
a seooOOo fire in Erie, Pa.
Greenville, Miss. lost $4,000 by fire.
g. New Orleans lost nearly 10000 in 2 fires
deaths by explosion and fire at Fort
Madison, Ia
Furniture factory burned at Piqua. o.; loss,
Lead works burned at west st. Paul: loss.
:. Distillery burned at Portland, Or: loss
SlO0OoO.
IL Factory burned at Manitowoc. Wis; loss
$Z0000.
10. edeaths by gunpowder explosion at Moo
sic, Pa
IA The main building Of Clarke university
near Atlanta, burned; loss, $4,000.
L. $4,000 lost by incendiary fires at San An
tonic. Tex.
Is killed BY a powder mill explosion near
Lake Hoptacong. y. J..
sblccks burned at kenosha, Wis: loss over
s600On
% Is buildings destroyed by incendiary fires
at Louisville.
IL miners drowned in flooded mine near
Ninersvillc. Pa.
e. The town OF Sights. Mich, destroyed b.
fire.
g A scoooOO incendiary fire at Gainesville.
Tex.
z. The Central tbeafer and The Times Office
burned in Philadelphia; loss, 81. 10000. Il
deaths and nearly 100 people injured.
a. 50 buildings burned at Chase, Mich; loss.
$4,000
% Pittsburg lost $40 900 By fire.
NAY.
Furniture factory burned at Rushvfile,
Ind: loss. sl5Q0O0
7killed and % injured by train crashing
thrc Ugh q trestle near Revere No.
Salt works burned 81 Ludington, Mich: loss.
$4,000.
Car factory burned At Robinsdale, Mimi;
loss. $4,000.
schildren buried under the falling roof of
seyclone cave at Anthony. Kan.
NJ Gas exploded IN coal mine at Roslyn-
Wash. killing a miners