The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-30
THE ANNALS OF 1898.
Il aeflEf SUMMARY or THE EVENTS
or The YEAR.
~ IL sad Record Of Accidents ON Sea
Hnd iaDa. Of Cyclones and storms
OF Enormous Fire Losses and
OF Commercial Troubles.
The FIRE RECORD.

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a Dry goods store burned nj Dcnison, Tex:
+ h~s. S13.No
A Slso.OD IRE at Wheeling.
q Loss OF Sl75.cn0 by fire at Memphis.
s. Halleck building burned in Denver; loss.
S2p0DO0
The Omaha Printing company burned out at
& Omaha loss. $4,000.
y. The Troy building burned In Fall River.
Mass; loss. SiB.000
70. several warehouses burned In Boston: loss.
sl.o500N.
II. is stores burned in chatcaugay. N. "; loss,
4 Sl50.OoO
-. Fire caused a loss of $4,000 in Kansas
\ City.
|. The Calumet clubhouse burned in Chicago,
loss S300.O9O
ST. Louis hotel burned in Duluth; loss,
$lo0.OU
~. Allen 8 Gin,er's cigarette factory burned
x IN Richmond: loss. S2500O0.
~. The Mckay building burned In Rochester;
loss. S2sc.0oo.
e. The. .carondelet grain elevator burned In
81, Louis; loss. Si,50O,O00.
A SlQu,OcO fire at Elmw0od. Ind.
%. A SlOO.o0o fire at Clinton. no.
Grain elevator burned at indianapolis; loss,
$Iuo.fK0.
"a The Beehive building burned at Sioux Falls;
W. wheelworxs burned at Portsmouth, o.;
loss. 100000
4. A $4,000 fire at Little Falls. NY.
& Chemical works burned at Fairport, N. Y;
loss. seo0,0Oo
g The warehouse of the Grape Sugar COM
pany burned at Peoria. Ills; loss, 10000.
y A block OF stores burned at Clarksville,
Tex; loss. Sl500O0
Is. Pianing mill burned at FELTON,. Ga; loss,
$4,000.
<4 t MARCH.
4. The state insane hospital at Ogdensburg,
n. ", partially burned: loss. $4,000.
8 Lannon's foundry burned at Pueblo, Colo;
Is loss. slO0.000
O. Kirkham's tile and pottery works burned
n at Barberton. o.; loss, $4,000.
10. A S2.500.O00 fire Ia the old burned district
or Boston: killed. 30 injured.
I3 The Denison compress burned at Denison,
Tex: loss. Sl5o,000.
"a One-half OF Arkansas City. Ark. burned;
loss. 100000.
NJ The Wheeler Opera House and 6 stores
burned at Toledo; loss. s200,O00.
"A The Friend block burned in Milwaukee;
loss. $5O000O.
|o Morsc's thread factory burned at South
Easton. Miss; loss about $4,000.
fremont temple, the famous Baptist house OF
worship, burned in Boston; loss. $4,000.
~ The kehlor flouripg mill burned at Litch-
.
killed and many injured.
n The Morgan House burned in Cleveland 8
deaths.
b. The Elm Park Methodist church at Scran-
ton DESTROYED by fire Il second times less,
SI25.000.
Kirk Bros stock barns burned at Mason
City, Ia; losson horses over S100,0O0.
Tho Montreal Daily Herald burned out for
the fourth time; loss, Sl30,00o.
/.
II The summer residence of Joseph Jefferson,
the actor. at Buzzard's Bay, Mass, burned;
t loss, $4,000.
n Duke a Sons cigarette factory burned In
.1 New York. loss. $4,000.
- paper wayehouse. a malt house. plan
~ ing mill and pickle works burned at Alle-
ghany, Fa.; loss, S2300O0.
A $1,000 fire In the business portion Of An
son, Tex.
4 The College Hill sanitarium. near Cincin-
nnti. burned; loss, S200.D0
4. Lumber yard and "a dwellings burned at
irpnton. o.; loss, S750000.
I neutrality-suspicious. burned at Owensboro,
KY; loss. S350.O0.
Cleveland a. Co.'S. wholesale grocery burned
At Houston; loss. Sl6500O.
y Breeding stables and % valuable horses
burned at Warsaw. Ind; loss, S2O0,00O.
q The Lily block burned at Waterbury, Conn.,;
loss. Sl50.000.
"A. business places burned at st. Mary's. o.;
loss. $4,000.
n A barn was struck by lightning near CAL
latin, Tenn. and % valuable brood mares
Instantly killed: loss over $4,000.
~ Cassyiile. No.. swept by fire; loss. S200,0OO.
y. The Clinton wire works ut Clinton, Mass.
destroyed: loss, S250,000.
~ The business portion of Wardner, Idn.,
burned: loss nearly S700.0O0.
n A $4,000 fire mt Colfax, Wash.
y. Cnrrying factory burned at Woburn, Mass;
loss. I5.O0O.
y Bromley g. Burns yarn dyeing mill burned
&C Frankford. Pa; loss, s2i0.0Co.
y j B. Wells dry goods store burned at Uti-
cn. N. ~; loss over S250O00.
4. Half Of the village of Spring Lake. Mich,
burned: loss. $4,000.
a &lS0,0U0 frc at Pittsburg.
NJ zoo houses burned at Saginaw, Mich: loss
over sl.50O.0O
8 "A $4,000 fire at Belding, Mich, 2 deaths.
Tnnnery burned at South Salem, Mass: loss.
$132,000
n Baltimore lost 81 10000 by tho burning of
sugar refinery.
JUNE.
q The main building of the Cornell Iron works
burned In New York city; loss. $4,000.
\ Lightning set fire 10 Shiverichs' furniture
store In Omaha. causing loss Of over
&-Nti.A@V Htlb " utotio.
u Fire swept away a dozen fine residences in
San Francisco: loss. $4,000; deaths.
A $4,000 fre on the main street of Oshkosh,
Wis.
Tho Bradstreet-T -Thurber Co.'S store damaged
$1,000 by FIRE in Minneapolis
One-half the city OF Fargo, N. d., destroyed
by FIRE; 800 people homeless; loss over
S3.5O000O
q The vale Marie convent, near Montreal,
burned; loss. Sl.0O0.0O.
July.
y The opera house at New Haven damaged
$4,000 By Ere.
d The Glen House, Mount Washington, N.
H.. burned: loss over $4,000.
q. % buildings burned in the business portion
OF London; loss. 10000
U The business portion OF the town OF Even,
MINI. entirely destroyed by fire; loss, $780,
00.
n. 81 buildings burned in Long Island City,
F.. n. Y; loss. SlO0,oOO.
o. Port Louis the capital OF Mauritius. dew
astated by fire.
% OF the principal business houses Of Pauld-
ing. o.. burued lose. S2OO.Op0
n. Caffcr's lumber and single mill burned at
Ludineton. Mich; loss. sl25.OOo.
AUGUST.
2 The barn and other outbuildings on ex-
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