Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-01-01
THE ANNALS OF 1898.
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS
OF THE YEAR.
It II = Sad Record Of Accidents on Sea
and Land, Of Cyclones and storms,
Of Enormous Fire Losses and
Of Commercial Troubles.
THE ElRE RECORD.

2 Dry goods store burned at Denison, Tex;
loss, $4,000.
A $4,000 fire at Wheeling.
O. Loss Of s175.OOO by fire at Memphis.
s. Haleck building burned in Denver; loss,
S2gO0OO.
The Omaha Printing company burned out at
Omaha: loss, $4,000.
!. The Troy building burned in Fall River,
Mass; loss, S135,OOO
TO- Several warehouses burned In Boston loss,
Sl,G5O,0O0.
Ii. is stores burned in Chateaugay. N. Y; loss,
$4,000.
l2 Fire caused loss of s945,OOO in Kansas
City.
The Calumet clubhouse burned in Chicago;
loss, S3O0OO0.
81. Louis hotel burned in Duluth: loss,
100000.
II. Allen g. Ginter's cigarette factory burned
In Richmond; loss $4,000
21. The Mckay building burned In Rochester;
loss, S250.OOO.
70. The Carondelet grain elevator burned In
st. Louis loss. ST. 10000.
A 10000 fire at Elmwood Ind
%. A S1OO,O00 fire at Clinton, Mo.
Grain elevator burned at Indianapolis; loss,
$4,000.
"A. The Beehive building burned at Sioux Falls;
loss, $4,000.
%. Wheelworks burned at Portsmouth. o.;
SAeSfoSSs
FEBRUARY.
l. A $4,000 fire at Little Falls, N. Y.
1 Chemical works burned at Fairport, N. Y;
loss, S20O,0O0
Q. The warehouse of the Grape Sugar COM
pany burned at Peoria, Ills; loss, $4,000.
.. A block of stores burned at Clarksville,
Tex; loss, Sl50,0OO
%. Planning mill burned at FELTON,, Ca; loss,
sl5O,OOO.
1 The state insane hospital at 0gdensburg
n. Y, partially burned; loss, $4,000.
= Lannon's foundry burned at Pueblo, Colo;
loss, 100000.
o. Kirkham's tile and pottery works burned
at Barberton, o.. loss, $4,000.
10. A 100000 fire in the old burned district
OF Boston; 3 killed, 30 injured.
IA The Denison compress burned at Denison,
Tex; loss, Sl50,000
IL one-half of Arkansas City, Ark, burned;
loss, 100000.
II. The Wheeler Opera House and stores
burned at Toledo; loss, $4,000.
la. The Friend block burned in Milwaukee;
loss, $4,000.
10. Morse's thread factory burned at South
EastOn. Miss. loss about 100000.
fremont temple, the famous Baptist house Of
worship, burned in Boston, loss, S225,O 600.
81. The Kehlor Touring mill burned at Ltch-
field, Ills; loss over 81, ,0000O0; an employee
killed and many injured.
a The Morgan House burned In Cleveland;
deaths.
q. The Elm Park Methodist church at scran-
ton destroyed by fire second time; loss,
Sl25,0OO.
Kirk Bros. stock barns burned at Mason
City, Ia; loss on horses over SlOOGO.
The Montreal Daily Herald burned out fer
the fourth time; loss, Sl30,0O0.
APRIL
l. The summer residence of Joseph jefferson,
the actor, at Buzzard's Bay, Mass, burned;
loss, $250,000. p
& Duke g. sons cigarette factory burned in
New York; loss, $4,000.
4 A paper warehouse II malt house, a plan
ing mill and pickle works burned at Allie
ghRny, Pa; loss S23O00O.
A $4,000 fire in the business portion of An
son, Tex.
4 The College Hill sanitarium, near Cincin-
natl, burned; loss, $4,000.
T. Lumber yard and "a dwellings burned at
lronton, o.; loss, S750OO0.
tdistillery warehouses burned at Owensboro,
KY; loss, S3J00OO.
Cleveland & Cos. wholesale grocery burned
at Houston; loss, sld5,OOO.
4 Breeding stables and % valuable horses
burned at Warsaw, Ind; loss, SaO,O0O,
The Lily block burned at Waterbury, Conn;
loss, Sl50,OOO.
u. business places burned at st. Mary's, O.;
loss, $4,000.
T. A barn was struck by lightning near Gal
latin, Tenn, and 25 valuable brood mares
instantly killed; loss over S3OO,OO0
u CAssVille, Mo-, swept BY fire; loss, S9OOOOl
10 The Clinton wire works at Clinton, Mass,
destroyed; loss, S2j0,0OO.
The business portion of Wardner Ida,
burned; loss nearly S1000O0.
y SlOOUO IRE at Colfax, Wash.
" Currytng factory burned at Woburn, Mass; |
loss, l15,OOO
Bromley Il Burns yarn dyeing mill burned |
at Frankford, Pa; los, $4,000
J. Il, Wells dry goods store burned at Uu- /
ca, \. Y; loss over S250OOO.
l. Hair OF the village OF Spring Lake, Mich, |
burned; loss, SsO,OO0
SleO,OO fire at pittsburg.
w houses burned at Saginaw, Mich; loss
over Sl,6OOOO0
=. A Sl6O,IOO lire at Belding, Mich, g deaths.
Tannery burned at South Salem, Mass; loss,
$l&,OOO.
4 Baltimore lost 81, ,OoOOOO by the burning Of a
sugar refinery.
JUNE.
The main building OF the Cornell Iron works
burned In New York city; loss, SSOOOOl
Lightning set fire To Shiyerichs' furniture
store In Omaha, causing loss OF over
S~NsNVu hhu 0 deaths.
l. Ftre swept away dozen fine residences In
San Francisco; loss, SaOUO; deaths.
A SsuoVo ire on the main street OF Oshkosh,
Wis.
The Brads,reet-rhuIher Co.'s store damaged
Sie,NO by fire IN Minneapolis
One-half the city OF Fargo, n. D., destroyed
ey nre, 30O people homeless; loss over
SaA0UO
4 The vills Marie convent near Montreal.
beFned' loss, Sl00Oo0
JuLV.
\ The opera house al New Haven damaged
SlVO,uUO by hro.
4 The Glen House, Mount Washington, n.
H., burned; loss over SlOOuOl
. ~ buildings burned in the business portion
OF London lO,s, fl,5hlO0
u The business portion OF the town OF Evan
00 N'''
l. ~ buildings burned In Long Island CITY
n. Y; loss. StOOU0
L Port Louis. tho capital OF Mauritlus. dey-
astated by nrc.
0of The principal bRsiness houses OF Pauld.
INK. o., oarncd, loss. SAslOo
Sarters l0mber aud shingle mill burned Al
LadlnSten, Mich; loss, Sl.S.0C0
AV0Usn
The barn and other 0utbuildings on ex.
we trcsldeos Morgons farm al Rhine.
eeck, \. y, burned, loss. Sslglo0
tue hansAs Nity branch house Of the Whit.
uaAa 4 hArnes manaiacturiug company of
AAroa, q. burned; loss. SlslOtu
-e'ns esll Nosfs burned al oakland. Cal;
! The business ssction 0f Snow Hu Ma
eeafil Destroyed b uro: loss. StIaO0