The Helena independent., 1894-01-01
THE ANNALS OF 1898.
4 BRIEF SUMMARY or THE EVENTS
or THE YEAR.
% II : Sad Record of Accidents On esa
and Land, Of Cyclones and storna
of 1normous Fire Losses and
sf Commercial TFsmblss.
THE FIRE RECORD.


= Dry goods store burned at Dsnison. Tex:
loss, $4,000
A 1l0O.0O0 hrc at Wheeling.
3 Loss Of Sl7b,000 BY fre at Memphis.
4 Hsllsck building burned In Denver; loss,
Ths Omahs Printing company burned out at
Omsha; loss, $4,000.
!. The Troy building burned In Fall River,
Mass; loss, ein,O00.
70 ss.s,s1 S warehouses; burned in Boston loss,
II. 10 stores burned In Chatcaueay. N. r., loss,
$4,000.
IA Tire caused loss of ss4S,ooo in Kansas
City.
loss, $4,000.
81. Louis hotsl burned In Duluth, losa.
100000.
". Allen + Ginter's cigarette factory burned
in Richmond: loss. SetO.M.
n. Tho Mckay building burned in Rochester;
loss, 9e6O,M0.
= Tho Carondelet grain elevator burned In
st. Louis loss, 3l,60000.
A elOQM hre 1t Elmwood, Ind.
"a so, 900 IRE at Clinton. Mo.
Grain elevator burned at Indianapolis; loas,
olM,M0.
"a Ths Beehive ss sss building burned At Sioux Falls;
-. Whselworks burned at Portsmouth, O.,
loss, S100,M
FEIRUARv.
!. A 1000 fire At Httle Falls, NY.
1 Chemical works burned At Fairport, N. r:
loss. 100000.
q Tho warehouse Of the Grape Sugar COM
pany burned at Peoria, Ills; loss, 10000.
Q. A block Of stores burned at Clarksville,
q Planning mill burned at FELTON,. Ga; los,
$4,000.
4. The state insane hospital at Ogdensburs,
n. r., partially burned; loss, $4,000.
& Lannon's foundry burned at Pueblo, Colo;
loss. 10000.
q Kirkham's tile and pottery works burned
at Barberton, O.; loss So00,000
10. A eS,5Om fire in the old burned district
Of Boston; killed. 30 injured.
IA The Denison compress burned at Denison.
Tex: loss, $15O.000
II. One-half Of Arkansas City, Ark, burned;
loss, 100000.
burned at Toledo; loss, 3200,000.
Is. The Friend block burned in Milwaukee;
loss, S50O,0N. G5ites
10. Morss's thread factory burned at South
Easton. Miss: loss about $4,000.
fremont temple. the famous Baptist house Of
2l. The kehlor Touring mill burned at Litch-
field, Ills; loss over 81 ,O00.0 600; an employee
killed and many injured.
a The Morgan HoUgs burned In Cleveland; :
deaths.
u. The Elm Park Methodist church at scran-
tor tor. destroyed leg by fire second time; loss.
Kirk Bros.' stock barns burned at Mason
City, Ia: loss on horses over 100000.
The Montreal Daily Herald burned out for
the fourth time; loss, $4,000.
April.
!. The summer residence of Joseph Jefferson.
the actor. at Buzzard's Bay. Mass, burned;
loss, $25O.OOO.
2. Duke & Sons cigarette factory burned In
New York: loss, $40O,0O0
4. A paper warehouse, q malt house, q PLAN
ing mill and pickle works burned at Alle-
ghany, Pa; loss. $s3o0OO.
A 600 fire In the business portion Of An
son. Tex.
q The College Hill sanitarium. near Cincin-
natl, burned: loss, 920O.OO.
Z. Lumber yard and 81 dwellings burned at
Ironton, O.; loss, $75000O.
4distillery warehouses burned at Owensboro,
KY; loss, $35O,GW.
Cleveland e. Cos. wholesale grocery burned
at Houston; loss, Sl6500
8. Breeding stables and 70 valuable horses
burned at Warsaw. Ind; loss. $2OO,O0O.
Q. The Lily block burned at Waterbury, Conn.,;
loss, $4,000.
II. business places burned at St. Mary's, o.;
loss, 100000.
u. barn was struck by lightning near Gal
latin, Tenn, and 25 valuable brood mares
instantly killed; loss over 100000.
18. Cassville, Mo-, swept by fire; loss, $780,
10. The Clinton wire works at Clinton, Mass,
destroyed; loss, $25O,000. :.
20. The business portion Of Wardner, Ida,
burned; loss nearly S700,O0O
a. A 100000 fire at Colfax, Wash.
~. Currying factory burned at Woburn, Mass;
loss, l75000.
8. Bromley & Burns yarn dyeing mill burned
0t Fro n b fnS Do 1ooa
Q. J. B. Wells dry goods store burned at Uti-
ca, N Y; loss over $25O,OOO.
II. Half of the village of Spring Lake, Mich,
burned; loss, $4,000.
A $ls0eO fire ut Pittsburg.
2A. 2UD houses burned at Saginaw, Mich; loss
over Sl,50O,0OO.
%. A $l5O.U0 fire at Beding, Mich; 2 deaths.
Tannery burned at South Salem. Mass; loss,
$l;4NN.
~ Baltimore lost s.. OK. 900 by the burning Of
sugar refinery.
8. The main building of the Cornell Iron works
burned in New York city; loss, $3OO,0OO.
q Lightning set fire to Shverichs furniture
store in Omaha, causing q loss Of over
S2OO,COO and s deaths.
:. Fire swept away dozen fine residences in
San Francisco; loss. $oOO.OOO; deaths.
A $aU,0O fire on the main street Of Oshkosh,
Wis
The Observation-Disclosures Co.'s store damaged
$4,000 By fire In Minneapolis.
One-half the city OF Fargo, N. d., destroyed
by fire: 1900 people homeless; loss over
$3,5OO,OOO.
:. Tho Vile Marie convent, near Montreal,
burned; loss, Sl0O0.0O0
JULY.
T. The opera house at New Haven damaged
$lOO.0OO by fire.
l6. The Glen House, Mount Washington, N.
H., burned; loss over 100000.
II. 20 buildings burned In tho business portion
of London; loss, 81 $4,000.
%. The business portion of the town Of Even,
Mimi. entirely destroyed by fire; loss, $780,
900. i
81. 81 buildings burned in Long Island City.
N. Y; loss, $4OO,OOO.
q. Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius, dev-
astated by fire.
30 Of the principal business houses Of Pauld.
ing. O., burned; loss, S20O,0OO.
%. Carter's lumber and shingle mill burned at
Ludington, Mich. loss, Sl25,OO0.
AUGUST. gl.
9. The barn and other outbuildings on ex-
Vice President Morton's farm at Rhine
beck, N. Y, burned: loss, 100000.
& The Kansas City branch house of the Whit
man g. Barnes manufacturing company Of
Akron, o., burned; loss, Sl25,0O.
q Pacific nail works burned at Oakland, Cal;
loss, S250,0OO.
!. The business section of Snow Hill, Md.
nearly destroyed by fire; loss, SJU,OM.
n Fire destroyed several mills, lumber yards
and over 700 houses in Milwaukee,; loss,
S2,OMm.
H. A S2tO,0 600 fire IN Steubenville, o.
Flour mill and elevator burned at Denver;
loss over S2iD,0OO.
u. The Coolesworth elevator burned ut Buf-