The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-12-27
FIRE RECORD.


FIRE RECORD.
JANUARY.
s. Fire in Toledo destroyed 2 elevators the
Chamber Of Commerce, museum and
wholesale drug store; losses, sS501U.
Hnchuann Il Sons drug house burned in
Detroit, loss Sl60.UcD,
g. A granite block burned in Worcester.
Mass. I; loss, $4,000
g. The Albany theater burned Mt Albany loss,
$125, coo.
g. Large fire in the Worlds fair buildings
loss about $l,OU,0W.
TO- The Starr Manufacturing company's fac
tory at Richmond Ind, totally destroyed
by fire; loss, s2j0,00,
10 Tinkham's WOODEN mill burned at Elarri
sunvillr, Il. |. loss S4SluO
3 blocks burned ut Ipswich. Mass loss,
100000.
% Purdue university, Lafayette. Ind. almost
destroyed by fire: loss, SlS0,WO.
"a The Sherman oil and cotton mill burned at
Sherman, Tex. loss, sldO,0OO.
IS At Bath, Me, hotel, banks and
eral stores were burned loeS, S500,00
fEtRt AIRY
g. In Omaha 2 stores, Catholic church
and IA schoohouse destroyed by fire; loss,
$3.50 900.
0. AT Dublin, Tex, u cotton press burned
loss, Sl50,0O0
z. II stores and offices burned at Montgomery,
Mo; loss, $lDOO0.
0. 9 tobacco factories burned at Henderson.
Ky; loss $AO,0JO
II. Fire destroyed over 500 900 worth of busi
ness property at wnpa Koncta, O. T.
AT Duluth the board of trade building was
burned loss, $94, 00C
10. The State Normal school at Oncunth N
Y, burned; loss, about $500 900,
10. The main building and annex of Knoxville
college burned at Knoxville.
Is. At Ottawa Stewards stable of valuable
trotters burned; loss, SELDOM.
The Griswold Linsecd Oil company at War
rem, o., lost mill plant valued at 500, 00O
by fire.
"a. 20 buildings burned at Mcdonald. Pa
loss, 100000.
20. Feeble s sanitarium burned at San Antonio.
Tex.
Davis Bros bazaar burned in San Francis
CO. loss, $l20,000
MARCH.
l. Alum Springs hotel, near Danville, Ky,
destroyed by fire; loss, $1,000
Henry's Opera House block burned Mt North
Baltimore, o; loss, sl00,000,
8. AT Shreveport La, wholesale drug house
burned; loss, 1925 900
8. Deadwood, s. D., nearly destroyed by fire
loss, sl25,000.
10. The Lansing Lumber company mt Glare,
Mich burned out loss, sl75,0u0.
II. block of stores burned at Gloucester,
Mass. loss, SIPS 600.
IS. The Union depot in Denver destroyed by
fire; loss 5000
20. Business property to the value of sl50,000
destroyed by fire at Fort Worth, Tex
%. A lumber plant creosote works, 30 dwell
ings and schooner burned at Money Point,
suburb of Norfolk; loss $4,000.
30. The business portion of the town of Barry
Ills, destroyed by fire; loss, 500, OOo.
APRIL
Q. The Davidson hotel and theatcr burned In
Milwaukee o deaths; loss, SOL. 600.
10. Manions livery stable, with 1870 horses and
$50 carriages, burned in Baltimore; loss,
s400, 0O0; death.
IL. The American Glucose works and other
property burned in Buffalo loss, 81. 200, 100
IL workmen killed.
IA. "A buildings burned in Santa Cruz, Cal.
loss, $255 CD.
II. Iron and steel works burned at Burnham
Pa. loss, $4,000.
Is. The City Electric Power company of Sac
ramento destroyed by fire; loss, 10000.
90. The National Linseed Oil works at st
Louis destroyed by fire; loss, $4000OO-
&c. The village of Townsend, Vt, nearly de
stroyed by fire.
The Colorado smelter at Butte. Mon de
stroyel by fire; loss. 800, 600.
e. The business portion OF Gasport, N Y
destroyed by fire.
%. The famous old st. Charles hotel in New
Orleans destroyed by fire; loss. $4,000
30. The Vaughn Library building burned at
Ashland, Wis loss $4,000
O. The william N, Whitley Reaper and Mower
works burned ut Muncie, Ind. loss, $2la,
10. The town Of Norway Me. destroyed by
fire; loss, $3.50 600.
49, Rev. DIR. Talmage's new Tabernacle and
the Hotel Regent adjoining destroyed by
fire; LOSSES over 100000.
L. II acrcs Of territory burned over in Boston
nearly 200 buildings destroyed; loss, 81, 100,
TO- Coal and lumber yards burned at Pawtuck
ct, r. /. loss, 100000
49, Hillsboro college burned at Hillsboro, o.
loss, $4,000
20 Fire destroyed several millinery lace and
trimming establishments in Philadelphia
loss, SljO00.
q The residence of Z. B. Haskell, one of the
proprietors Of the Boston Herald. burned
at Auburndale; loss, 100000.
70. acres Of icehouses and other property
destroyed by fire at Arlington, Mass. loss
over 100000
0. 10 shops and stores and 20 residences burned
at Ottumwa, la. loss, 1925, 60; 2 deaths.
Q. Lumber mills and buildings burned at Du
buque. Ia loss, SfO0,0 600
II. agricultural warehouses burned in Kan
sas CITY; loss, $4,000.
Is. 800 buildings destroyed by fire at Panama
loss, $3,00o,WO
10. The abattor Of the Central stockyards OF
Jersey City burned; loss 81, 5000
JULY.
2. The mill Of the Vermont Marble company
at Proctor Vt, destroyed by fire; loss
$4,000
4. % buildings in Judson, Mass, destroyed by
fire; loss S500000.
81 buildings burned at Edwards. N. y; loss
SG2,OUU.
B. The great structures surrounding tht
court Of honor ut the World fair grounds
destroyed by incendiary fires.
Il - buildings burned in Edon, o. (; loss. sl75.
~
-. tN In I'll Paso, MS. destroyed the busi
ne-- portion Of the town loss, $4,000
~ The Central Market block burned in Min
neapolis. loss, $4,000
q. The Caldwell hotel and other property
destroyed by fire at Birmingham Ala
LOSSES, over 10000
Is. The Knox Express company and Adams
Express company stables burned IN WASH
ington loss over $7,N,utJ. 8 tir,lncu killed
SUI 1cd at Norton. Mass. loss
4 % business places at Celina