Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-06-15
FURIOUS FLAMES.
a Number Of Destructive Fires the
Past Week.
Milwaukee suffers n Serious Ioss-Thc
Work OF Iightning-Firca mt Arkan-
sas city, kan.-A West virginia
Town Iestroyed.


OIL, ut : o'clock yesterday morning In
tue barns OF the Forster Lumber Co,
spread rapidly To adjoining coal and
lrm Ger yards and soon covered an urea
oi ;urce blocks along both sides of the
canal. Sparks communicated the
flames To inc large barns of the Schlitz
j. cwin.. Go. and the roof was de-
stroycd be- ore the tire was gotten un-
der control. The upper WORKS of the
steamer i,nlci n. lying ut Unri IS coal
docks. were uadly damaged and the
schooner Lucy Gr.ham's spars and
Rigging were destroyed. The princ,-
pal losers were H. Uhrig & Sons. coal
dealers, and the Forster Lumber Co.
The coal hosting apparatus and coal
sheds wcrs swept away and large
amount of coal ruined. Forster & Co.
lost the areater part of their lumber,
besides their barn unl sixteen horses.
Barns In the immediate vicinity of the
fire contained ut least 800 horses and as
the animals were released by police
men and iiremen they ran through the
streets 10 the terror of the crowd which
had been attracted 10 the scene.
The loss will reach more than ST.
0OJ.001
a freak OF LightAing.
EiowA, |. T., June la.-During the
prevalence of thunderstorm here
about II o'clock Monday night light
ming struck Mr.. Thompson's residence,
tearing out the end of the house and
setting fire TO the furniture and cloth.
ing of the occupants of the sitting
room, and but for the timely arrival OF
nei"hbors, all would have been
crcmateI alive. Mrs. Thompson
and Miss Leila Collins were
knocked sensc.css, the hairpins
and corset stays of both ladies
bcin: melted. while their heads, faces
and the left side of their bodies were
paralyzci and frightfully burned, the
bolt tearing one of their shoes into
Shire Is when II made its exit
w-s; Virginia Town Destroyed.
CAMERON. W. Va, June 1.-THE esti-
mates of the loss by the fire ut Gamer
on early yesterday morning are entire
~ inadequate. The standing property
of the town was proba oily worth $780,
600 and the latest itemizei list OF the
loss foots over s3JO.GOO. The insurance
is but n drop in the bucket, only $50. 900,
of which s3O, 0Oo is in three Wheeling
companies. Fiftv-two houses were
burned when the fire finally spent its
force. Of these twenty-eight were
dwellings and the balance business
houses.
Zig tire ut Arkansas City.
ARKANSAS CITY. Kan. June la.-At
! o'clock this morning the Santa Fc
aud repair shops in this
city caught fire and, with their con-
tents, burned to the ground. The |
great est excitement prevailed, as the |
volunteer fire department was totally |
to cope with the flames. !
No one knows how the fire caught. |
There were, 1t is said, from ten to If !
teen engines In the roundhouse, and |
the best estimate that can he made |
during the excitement is that the loss
will lie from 100000 to Sl50.000
Flames In Hoiton. Kan.
HUsrON, Nuu., june lu.-ali OF tne
back of the stores on the
west side of the square, the city build
ing, the w. c. T. U. library and Mauk's |
paint shop were destroyed by fire
BY hard work the fire COM
pany was enabled to save all the bust
ness blocks, though much damage was
done to goods. One man was over.
come by the fumes Of burning gasoline.
Damaged by Lightning.
HUTCHINSON, Kan, June l2-At q
late hour last night, in the the midst OF
a thunder and rain storm, Docherty,
Kramer & Thompson's dry goods store
was struck by lightning and in very
few minutes the whole of the front
part of the building was in flames. The
promptness of the fire department
saved the destruction of the whole
block. The loss is estimated ut $1,000,
fully insured.