Connecticut western news., 1894-01-11
THE ANNALS OF 1893.
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS
 OF THE YEAR.
1t Is . Sad Record of Accidents on Sea and Land, of Cyclones and Storms. of Enormous Fire Losses and
 of Commercial Troubles
THE FIRE RECORD.

JANUARY. L Dry goods store burned at Emporia. Kan. loss, &S500. 3. Dry goods store burned at Denison. Tex. loss, $75,000.
 A s100,000 fire at Wheeling. g. Loss of s155,000 by fire at Memphis 5. Halleck building burned in Denver; loss, $2900O0
 The Omaha Printing company burned out at Omaha: loss, Si00000. !. The Troy building burned in Fall River. Mass: loss, $135.000. 10 Several warehouses burned in Boston; loss, Sl,65aOO0. Il. l5 stores burned in Chateaugay, N. r.: loss, tl5O,000. la Fire caused loss of Ss45,0O0 in Kansas City.
 The Calumet clubhouse bufned in Chicago: loss, $3O0,000.
 St. Louis hotel burned in Duluth; loss, ti00.oOO. F. Allen & Ginter's cigarette factory burned in Richmond; loss, $250,0m. sl. The Mckay building burned In Rochester, loss, $250,oOO 9 The Carondelet grain elevator burned in St. Louis; loss, Sl,5O0,0m $10,000 fire at Elmwood, Ind. 23 A 310O,000 fire at Clinton. Mo. Grain elevator burned at Indianapolis; loss, SI0O,m0 A The Beehive building burned at Sioux Falls loss, Ssmm0 s9. Wheelworks burned at Portsmouth, O.; loss sloo'o" yxpnu.Rr l. A $aoo.ooo fire at Little Falls. N. Y. { Chemical works burned at Fairport, N. F.; loss, $200,O00. 6. The warehouse of tho Grape Sugar com pany burned at Peoria, Ills; loss, sloo0Oo g. block of stores burned at Clarksville, Tex; loss- $150,00. 25. Flaming mill burned at Felton. Ga; loss, tl50.0O0.
 MARCH. L The state insane hospital at Ogdensburg, N. r., partially burnes,; loss. sl60.0oo ,. Lannon's foundry burned at Pueblo, Colo- loss, sl000o0. 6. Kirkham's tile and pottery works burned at Barberton, O.; loss, sa00.0oo 10. A q, ,s0o,ooO fire in the old burned district of Boston; killed, 30 injured. 13 The nenison compress burned at Denison, Tex; loss, sl5000O. IA one-half of Arkansas City, Ark, burned; loss, $100.000. IT, The Wheeler Opera House and 6 stores burned at Toledo; loss, $a00,0O0. IS. The Friend block burned in Milwaukee; loss, $50O. O.000. 10 Morse's thread factory burned at South Easton. Miss: loss about $300OO. Fremont temple, the famous Baptist house of worship, burned in Boston; loss, s225. GOO H. The kehlor houring mill burned at Litch- field, Ills; loss over S1. .000,0oO an employee killed and many injured. 3 The Morgan House burned in Cleveland; deaths. 2. The Elm Park Methodist church at scran- ton destroyed by fire a second time; losA $l25,00 Kirk Bros.' stock barns burned at Mason City, Ia; loss on horses over sl0oOm The Montreal Daily Herald burned out for the fourth time; loss, Sl30,000
 APRIL l. The summer residence of Joseph Jefferson. the actor, at Buzzard's Bay. Mass, burned: loss $a5O,0OO. 9 Duke & Sons cigarette factory burned in New York; loss, S400O00. l. paper warehouse, malt house, a plan ing mill and pickle works burned at Ale ghany, Pa; loss, S230,0o0. A SI500O fire in the business portion of An- son, Tex. & The College Hill sanisarium, near Cincin- natl, burned: loss, S200,00. T. Lumber yard and 34 dwellings burned at Ironton, O.; loss, S75O,000. distillery warehouses burned at Owensboro. Ky; loss, $350,000. Cleveland & Co.'S. wholesale grocery burned at Houston; loss, slb5.0O0 8. Breeding stables and 9 valuable horses burned at Warsaw. Ind; loss, $a0O0m, g. The Lily block burned at Waterbury Conn.,, loss, sl5o,000 Il. business places burned at St. Mary's. O.: loss, $aO0,0O0 1a. A barn was struck by lightning near Gal latin, Tenn, and 25 valuable brood mares instantly killed; loss over Sa00o0o lS. Cassville, Mo. swept by fire; loss S200OOn 10. The Clinton wire works at Clinton, Mass., destroyed; loss, $250.o0o. 70. The business portion of WArdner, Ida, burned: loss nearly S7000OO. x2. A &l00000 fire at Colfax. WASh.