The record-union., 1895-10-19
Occurs at an Early Hour in a
Town in Colorado.
FOUR BLOCKS OF THE BUSINESS
PORTION DESTROYED.
The Town of Blanchester. Ohio, AL
most Entirely Destroyed py flre-
A Fire at New Orleans Results In q
Large Monetary Loss.

DENVER, OCT. 1S. - speciai 1i
Creede. Col, says: About 2:3O this morn
ing fire broke out in the Cottage hoIne
Hotel. which swept over four blocks OF
the business portion of the city OF Creeue'
from Second to Fourth street, ana from
the Denver and Rio Grande tracks
To within $50 feet of Cliff street, de-
stroying about Sl50.O00 worth OF prop
sr!y. Among tho buildings oestroyeu
are the City Hall. the First National
Bank, the Creede Sentinel ana Cd1l6te
and Miner newspaper offices, the 1or-
toni Hotel and the mercantile establish
ments of the Famous Company, warren
d. Coulson, Jesse Gulley, L. c. Treivar'
the Tabor Produce Company, Spurgeon
d Cassidy. Knodel u Stone. L. NJ. NC
Cabe and S. d. Potter.
The Western Union Telegraph office
was destroyed, but the Postoifice, which
was on the edge Of the burnt district,
was saved.
This is the second disastrous ire IN the
history of Creede The first in June,
1892 destroyed the entire town.
COSTLY BLAZE IN OHIO.
BLANCHEsTER (O), Oct. 1S.-To-day
fire broke out, and this place Is now al
most entirely destroyed. The TIRE orlgl-
mated in Burke's livery stable from the
carelessness of some smoker. and mas
been raging up to 10 o'clock tonight. A
high wind prevailed almost the entire
time. sweeping the flames In almost
every direction. other buildings caught
from burning cinders. Livery business
house is either entirely consumed or
Qutted and stock completely ruined. In
addition to this wholesale destruction,
twenty residences are burned down and
families made homeless. Two churches,
two bank buildings and the ODD Fellows
and Masonic Halls were also destroyed.
Editor A. G. Bell and Fred Key. nre-
man, were badly burned. The total loss
will be over Sl50, 900. with insurance not
exceeding $4,000.
DISASTROUS FIRE AT NEW ORLEANS
New ORLEANS, Oct. 1S.-A disastrous
fire occurred here about O'Clock to-day
All the buildings fronting the river on
the square between Elysian Fields street
and Esplanade avenue were burned, IN
Guiding rice mill b, formerly known as
Perseverance Rice Mill. This was one of
the finest and best equipped rice mills
in the country. 1t is said that there was
at least 100000 worth of clean rice IN Inc
mill. The amount OF loss could not be
stated to- night but it is probably $780,
600, partially covered by insurance.
FIRES IN WISCONSIN.
GREEN BAY (Wis.). Oct. is. - Fires
which have been burning in the marshes
and forests near the city lor several days
in the high wind of to-day assumed dan
gerous proportions, and the Likelihood is
that much valuable farm property Will
be destroyed In spite OF all precautions
To-day the pulp com pany's buildings at
Long Tail Point caught from marsh
fire and were destroyed, with some stock
and other property. The city is shrouded
in dense smoke from the burning hres
tonight.
FATAL FIRE IL MINI EsOTA.
RoTHsAY (Minn.), Oct. 18.-This region
has been swept the past TWO days by the
greatest prairie fires ever known in this
region of the Red River Valley. This
afternoon, when the fire reached the
farm of Mr.. Tfmberlake, Mrs. Timber
lake LETT her baby OF years aud went to
unite some horses which were in danger.
While she was gone the child was sur
rounded by the flames and perished.
Tonight it is showing, and it is believed
the fire will be put out.
FIREMEN SEVERELY BURNED.
CHICAGO, Oct. l8.-Six firemen were
hurled down a steep stairway while
fighting a small fire in the W estern Brass
Works tonight Three were severely
burned aud one slightly injured. The
injured: John II. Ashbaugh, pipeman,
burned about the hands and face; Lieu
tenant Eugene Buckley, burned about
the face; John Campion, Third Assistant
Fire Marshal, bruised and slightly in
iured by falling timbers: Oscar Peters,
pipeman, burned about the hands and