The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-04-08
Loss of Life and Property by Fire.

The building in New York, formerly oecu-
MED by w. Duke, Sons & Co. as a cigarette
factory, but more recently by the American
Tobacco Company as a mandatory oil snok
ing and chewing tobacco, was destroyed oy
fire on Sunday. The loss Is placed at S4oo,
OO0. fully covered by insurance. The girls
emnloved in, the building. numbering between
500 and 600. were sent to Baltimore, Mo-
where they viii find temporary work IN the
factory OF Gail, Ak X Co.
Eight or ten stores and tobacco houses and
the hotel at GAINESVILLE, Virginia, were burned
on Saturday night Two negroes were burned
TO death.
An oil car in the Missouri Pacific yards at
Omaha exploded on Saturday, and five cars,
including Two carloads OF cattle, were totally
DESTROYED. Cattle in other cars were badly
scorched.
The Temple Opera House, in Elizabeth,
New Jersey. was burned Sunday night.
Loss, $50. 100; insurance, S2O,O
An explosion of gas occurred in the Neil
son shaft at Shamokin, Penna., on Saturday,
caused by u miners lamp. fire resulted,
and ten men who were at work IN another
part of the mine were su.focated. The hire
is still raging, and it is thought 1t will take :.
month 10 flood the mine. One thousand
hands are thrown out Of work.
The Higgins Hotel, the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburg Railroad station, the Higgins
cigar factory aud j. Leroy's grocery store, at
Bradford, Penna., were destroyed by hire on
Saturday morning. The hotel was full OF
guests and the fire had gained such headway
when the alarm was gwen that number per,
shed in the flames, and many were Obliged
to lump from the windows. Thomas Colen,
| Miss Georgia Bond and George Parks, oil
| Bradford f. Havelin, of Sunbury, and
two wear old child of Mrs. Tucker, drowned
in the creek adjoining the hotel, are known
| to be dead, and others are missing. twenty
| five or thirty persons were either burned or
| injured by jumping from the windows. The
| total loss is estimated at 100000.
The summer residence of Joseph Jefferson,
the actor, at Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts,
was destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon,
and Helen McGrth, the cook, persisted III
the flames The fire was caused by an ex
plosion of gasoline, aud Mrs. Jefferson and
| The other members of the family who escaped
were unable to save anything. The loss,
which includes the actors costly collection
/ of curios and paintings, is estimated at sou,
600
Thirteen houses, inclusing the Star Hotel
at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, were buraed OF
! Friday night of last week, and man and
| child were burned to death. Another man
was probably fatally injured, and two others
sustained broken RIBS by jumping from The
windows of the hotel. Inc loss will aggre'
gate 100000.
| The Cleveland saw mill, a stable with IA
horses, aud tenement, in Cleveland, ONO
were burned early on Saturday morning
Loss, S55, 900. Three persons IN the upper
part of the tenement were saved by hremer
after having been made unconscious b.,
smoke.
Montrose, Pa, aud Wilton, Maine, OF
Monday, had each $4,000 fire.
Five unknown tramps were burned TO death
in barn at haywood, Bergen county, New
Jersey, Monday morning.
S. D.. Liedy & Co. S hay press at Poin
| Pleasant Bucks county. Pa. was burned or
| Sunday, and the charred remains OF ). ID
liedy were found in the ruins. de had beer
out collecting the day before, and no trace o
the money can be found. 1t is believed to b'
a case of robbery and murder.
A score Of buildings in Florence, Soutl
| Carolina, including the Central Hotel, Bant
OF the Carolinas. City Hall. Knights ofPytha
Hail, were burned Monday. Several iiremer
were injured by falling walls. The estimatel
/ Is
Roseyile. New Jersey had Sl50.OOO fir'
on Monday
On Tuesday night Is places of business, ;
| boarding house. dwellings and restaurant
were burned in Cumberland, Nd; loss $3.50,
| O00 On the same day a fire at Pimlieo, nea
| Baltimore. destroyed number of stables, &c
loss $500.
Accounts from Weldon. n. c.. state that
/ all the upper portion Of the county was swept
| by the most destructive woods fire ever know
| in that section last Saturday. The wind was
| blowing IA heavy gale during the entire day
and the fire was driven over large scope
! territory. Great damage was done TO tim
| Der and miles of fences were reduced to ashes
| Several farms was almost entirely destroyed
and stock in the fields were roasted alive
| The fire originated Friday night on tarm'
where new lands were being cleared up Ih'
/ BrinkIyNille. Heathsville. and Aurelian Spring
sections all suffered heavy loss. The hr'
swept over the county line and damaged many
| farmers in Warren county. It's impossible
| to estimate the damage. To timber alone !
will run well up into the thousands. Sehoo
| houses and many out-houses were burned a
most destructive fire has also ragged in North
| ampton county and considerable damage ha
been done. In many instances farmers Wi
be unable to replace the fences burned. Mar
4 tina Cook, a colored woman living near inc
county line OF Northampton and Greenvlll'
| counties. left her children in house alon'
| Saturday and went over to do work fer
neighbor. During her absence the hous.'
caught on fire and was entirely consumed
One of the children was burned TO ashes
| Only few bones were found,