The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.) 1894-1895, 1895-06-10
One Hundred BaItiln0reans Forced
Out Into the Streets.
LOSS A HUNDRED THOUSAND
Big Fire In Michigan Supposed to Have
Been Started by Tramps-Forest
In the Bradford OIL Region Ablaze
Again-steamers Are Asked For.

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Monument street, and nine dwellings on
North Front street, in TIE rear and 70 the
westward were gutted, and nine adjacent
dwellings were more or less damaged
by fire which broke out skoEtIy before
noon o-day.
The property loss is placed at SIZE, ,eo0
One hundred poor people were rendered
homeless. The Insurance aggregates $780,
0oo
STARTED BY TRAHPS.
Kalamazoo, Mich, June 9.-Fire this
afternoon which is thought 10 have been
started by tramps destroyed DewIng 6
Sons. extensive planning mill, sash, door
and blind works and lumber yard and sew
erai brick and frame stores Sewing's
loss viii reach 81 so ,oGo; insurance. $780,
900. Total loss, $500 900; Insurance,
$l15, 600
Bradford, Pa, June 9.-Tbe forest fires
OF last week began burning fiercely yes
terday, and are still burning. 1t was
thought the recent rains had started veg
etation sufficiently to prevent further
! trouble.
Fires are reported in the vicinity of the
| Kane oil field and force OF men are fjgbt-
| ing the flames. No damage has been done
SO far.
OrInsby ie again the scene of destructive
| fires, and a large amount of yaiua bic timber
has been destroyed. Fires are reported
in the vicinity OF Mount Alton and Mount
| Jewett.
| CHEMICAL WORKS IN DANGER
AT the latter place Z. a Kane had some
| timber land burned over. and the Bradford
/ Chemical Works is in great danger OF
| being destroyed. unless tie wind shifts.
A destructive fire was raging at Sugar
4 Inn
miles west OF here to-day, and destroyed a
\ tnestle on the Allegheny & KinZua Rail
/ road. i large amount OF timber be prop
/ erty of IL. a. OEtTanger and others, has
/ been burned.
| Word was Received from there asking
/ for Steamer from this city, but later
/ Information was recejYed that the fire was
under control. and that the steamer was
not needed.
A TOWN BURNED OUT.
| Grafton, " Va, June "a terrible fire
is now raging in Cameron, town OF fifteen
hundred inhabitants, bet Ween Grafton and
| Wheeling. and from present Indications
| the whole town viii be wiped out bydaLghs.
/ The fire started early this evening and at
midnight half of the town, including ali
1 the stores, are in ashes.
The water supply is exhausted and the
| water now being used is taken from the
| railroad con,pany's tank, but without ef-
feet. Help has been sent from here and
| from Wheeling. The loss VIII be in the
thousands and by daylight there will be
| hundreds homeless. II cannot be positive
! ly stated whether anyone has been burned
| at this writing.
! Elizabeth, n. J., June 9-Two persons
/ Were fatally injured in a tenement house
fire to-day The flames rose rapidly and
Mrs. John Fitch jumped from window 10
the ground. She was SO badly hurt that she
will die. John Grogg went into the build
4 ing TO save some OF his property. He was
rescued in an unconscious condition and
cannot recover.
| Raleigh, n C., June e.-Renfro Inn at
| Mount Airy has been burned There were
many guests, but all escaped, thOug nearly
everyone lost his baggage. The hotel cost
| $42, 900 and there was S12, 900 insurance.
! Northampton. Mass June 9.-The Warren
| silk mills We're burned this evening. Loss,
| $780, 900.