The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-02
THE ANNALS OF 1898.
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS
OF THE YEAR.
It Is q Sad Record of Accidents nm Ga,
and Land. of Cyclones and Storms,
OF Enormous Fire Loosen and
of Commercial Troubles,
THE FIRE RECORD

Dry goods store burned ut Dcnison, Tex:
loss, S1j.uUO
A $4,000 fire ut Wheeling
Loss OF Sl75.OO0 by fire at Memphis.
o. Halieck building burned In Denver; loss.
S290,0OO '
me Omaha Printing company burned out at
Omaha: loss, 100000
Z. Tho Troy building burned In Fall River
Mass loss, Sl35,0OO.
~ Several warehouses burned In Boston; loss.
S1,650,O00.
IL. Is stores burned In Chateauray. N. ". lose
$4,000.
d. Fire caused loss of s2i5.OOO in Kansas
City.
The Calumet clubhouse burned in chicogo.
loss, S3O0OOO.
st: Louis hotel burned in Duluth: loss,
100000.
n. Allen & Gintcr's cigarette factory burned
In Richmond; loss, $25O,OOO.
n. The Mckay building burned in Rochester:
loss, S250OOO.
r. Tho Carondclet grain elevator burned in
St. Louis; loss, Sl,5O00OO.
a 100000 fire at Elmwood Ind
10. 100000 fire ut Clinton. Mo.
Grain elevator burned at indianapolis; loss.
u. The Beehive building burned at Sioux Falls;
%. Wheelworks burned at Portsmouth, O.;
loss, 100000.
l. A 100000 fire at Little Falls N
4 Chemical works burned ut Farport n Y:
loss, S2000OO.
9. Tho warehouse of the Grape Sugar COM
pany burned Mt Peoria, Ills; loss, $4,000.
v. a block Of stores burned Mt Clarksyille
Tex; loss. $4,000.
~ Planning mill burned at Felton, Co.; loss,
Sl50OOO.
T. The state insane hospital ut OCdensburp
n. Y, partially burned; loss, $4,000
D. Lannon's foundry burned mt Pueblo, Colo;
loss, 100000.
g. Kirkham's tile and pottery works burned
urhnrfnn n lace
10. A S2,500.O00 fire in tho old burned district
of Boston; killed. 10 injured.
H. The Denison compress burned Mt Denison,
Tex; loss. SlJO.OOO.
II. Onc-half of Arkansas CITY Ark burned.
loss, 100000.
II. The Wheeler Opera House ana q stores
burned ut Toledo; loss S2OO,OOO.
H. Tho Friend block burned in Milwaukee:
loss, S5OOO0J.
10. Morse's thread factory burned ut South
Easton. Miss; loss about S200.00O
fremont temple, the famous Baptist house of
worship, burned in Boston; loss $4,000
II. The kehlor Touring mill burned at Iitch-
Held, Ills; loss over 81 10000: an employee
killed and many injured
I'd The Morgan House burned in Cleveland;
deaths.
81. The Elm Park Methodist church nj Scr,n
ton destroyed by fire second time; loss
Sl25OOD.
Kirk Bros stock barns burned at Mason
City, Ia; loss on horses over SlOOOCO.
The Montreal Daily Herald burned out for
the fourth time; loss, $4,000.
April.
L The summer residence of Joseph Jefferson.
the actor, at Buzzards Bay, Mass. burned;
loss, S250UO0.
e Duke DC Sons cigarette factory burned in
New York; loss, 100000
4 a paper warehouse. a malt house. a plan
ing mill and pickle works burned ut Alle-
Rhany, Pa; loss, S2.,000O
$4,000 fire In the business portion OF An
son, Tex.
G. The College Hill sanitarium near Cincin
natl. burned; loss, $4,000.
z. Lumber yard and 81 dwellings burned at
lronton, o.; loss, S150,000
&distillery warehouses burned at Greensboro,
KY; loss, S350,OOO.
Cleveland & Co.'S. Wholesale grocery burned
at Houston; loss, Sl65,0OO
Breeding stables and % valuable horses
burned at Warsaw, Ind loss, S2uO,COU,
q The Lily block burned ut Waterbury. Conn.,;
loss, Sl5O,OOO.
IL business places burned at ST. Mary's O.:
loss, S2O0,0O0.
IL A barn was struck by lightning near Gal
latin, Tenn, and 25 valuable brood mares
instantly killed; loss over SIOOOOO
ID. Cussvilc, Mo-, swept By fire. loss 100000
10. The Clinton wire works at Clinton Mass
destroycd loss, S250,0OO.
10 Tho business portion of Wardner. Ida,
burned: loss nearly S7000OO.
e a S0O,OOO fire ut Colfax Wash
% Currying factory burned at Woburn, Mass;
loss l75.OO0.
g. Bromley * Burns yarn dyeinp mill burned
at Frankford Pa: loss. S24O,WO
o. j. b. Wells dry goods store burned Mt Uti-
ca, n. Y; loss over S250OOU.
IL Half of the village OF Spring Lake Mich
burned: loss. $4,000.
A SlSO.NU fire ut pittsburg.
30 2UO houses burned at Saginaw, Mich loss
over 81 ,5OUD.
q. a SlD,OOO fire at Bclding Mich; deaths.
Tannery burned ut South Salem. Nlass loss
Sl;S.0U.
%. Baltimore lost 81 .OOOOOO by the burning of q
sugar refinery.
e Tho main building of the Cornell Iron works
burned in New York city: loss, S;qUOU
Lightning set fire TO Shivcrichs furniture
store in Omaha, causing loss of over
S2OO.WU and deaths.
J. Fire swept away n dozen fine residences in
San Francisco: loss. S.000OO; 4 deaths
A S20O,GO fire on the main street of Oshkosh.
Wis.
The Bradstreet-'r hurber Co.'S store damaged
Sl4D0C0 by fire i'll Minneapolis.
One half the city of Fargo, y. D., DESTROYED
by fire; 3oW people homeless; loss over
S35O0,000.
8. The Vile Marie convent, near Montreal
burned; loss, Sl0O0,O00.
JULY
g. Tho opera house at New Haven damaged
100000 by fire.
10. The Glen House, Mount Washington, N. !
H., burned; loss over $4,000.
II. 80 buildings burned in the business portion
of London; loss, fl $4,000.
30 The business portion of tho town Of Even, |
Mimi, entirely destroyed by fire. loss, $780,
0O0
q. 81 buildings burned in Long Island City.
n. Y; loss, 100000.
r. Port Louis, the capital Of Mauritius dey-
astated by fire.
of the DrinciDal busnpss h0ueeS Of Pould-