Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-31
MANY FIRES.
Valuable Property Destroyed and
Several Lives Lost.
Waterbury, Conn., ST. Paul, Mimi;
Louisville, KY; Geneva, N. ", and
Other Points Visited.


part of Waterbury known as the lumber
section, and bounded by Cedar and
South Willow streets and the freight
yards of the New England Railroad
company, was burned Saturday morn.
ing. The loss will be fully 100000.
The fire started In some unknown man.
ner in the boiler room of the City Lum-
Der and Coal company and spread rap
idly to the adjoining property.
The principal losers are the City
Lumber and Coal company, Valentine
BOIL, wholesale meats and produce;
Lilley, Swift & Co., meat and produce;
Seeley & Upham, builders; DE. Carroll
& Co., provisions; I. A. Spencer, provi-
sions, and the New England Railroad
company, which loses several freight
cars upon its tracks.
The lumber and coal continued to
burn through the day in spite of the
efforts of the fire department. Fifteen
horses, the property of the lumber COM
pany, were burned to death.
Narrow Escapes from a fire in st. Paul
ST. Paul, Mimi, March 2S.-At $3.50
o'clock Saturday morning YerXa Bros
grocery, corner of Seventh and Cedar
streets, was completely Quilted by fire
in less than 90 minutes. The fire start
cd on the fifth floor. where several oc-
cupants, including United States SOL
diers, were asleep. They We're brought
down on ladders, one woman uncon-
scious ard others suffering from smoke
inhalation.
w. E. Ryder, of hose company No. 20,
was severely injured about the neck
and shoulders, but not fatally.
YerNa's loss was about $25 900; fully
covered by insurance. Origin of fire
unknown.
At II o'clock the police department
stated that no lives were lost, every one
in the building being accounted for.
Brakeman Corseline, who was badly
burned i'll the Ridley hotel fire early
Saturday morning, died shortly after
noon Saturday.
Whisky Warehouses Destroyed by Fire.
Louisville, Ky, March IS. = Ware
houses Nos. 2 and of the Pleasure
Ridge distillery, ~ miles below this
city, burned shortly before noon Satur-
day, entailing a loss of nearly 81 900, 600.
The blaze started in warehouse No. 2
and communicated to the others. En-
gines were sent from this city, but did
not get there in time to be of any serv-
ice. The property is owned by Bern
helm Brothers, Block. Frank & Com
pany and N. Block G. Son, of this city.
One million two hundred thousand gall
Ions of whisky were stored on the prem
Uses. This was in bond. The amount
of insurance on the property destroyed
could not be learned.
Burned to Death.
Geneva, N. Y, March 2s.-The Ridley
hotel, a frame structure situated on
Sheriff. street, very near the Lehigh
Valley station, was burned about one
o'clock Saturday morning. One board
er, Thomas Danton, a fireman on the
Lehigh Valley work train, was burned
to death. Engineer Sprangler and
Brakeman Corseline Were badly burned
about the hands and face, but will re-
cover. &c. Young, a sales agent, bare
ly escaped with his life, only saving the
scanty wearing apparel he had on.
Corseline lost $400 in currency, which
was consumed with his trunk. The
building was insured for 81 900, and the
contents for $500.
Woman Meets Death in Flames.
Pittsburgh, Pa, March 2s.-Mrs. +. f
Doring, wife of a city employee, was
burned to death at her residence on
Fort street early Saturday morning
She got up to pacify a crying child
This accomplished, she went to the
kitchen where her clothing ignited
from the stove. Her screams awoke
her husband, who smothered the fire
but not in time to save the life of his
wife, who was horribly burned, and died
a few minutes after removal to the
Homeopathic hospital. She leaves two
small children.
| Warehouses Burned.
Lockport, N. b., March 2s.-A fir,
which started early Saturday morning
in Churchill & Co.'s dry goods store
swept away oil the warehouses on the
east side of Water street from Church.
ills store to the post Office. Thu
schooners Three Bells and Jersey Lily
lying at the wharves caught fire ant
were somewhat damaged. The losses
are pretty well covered by insurance.
One Dead, Two Injured.
Spring Valley, Mimi, March 2s.-The
house of Jacob Ruhl was burned a,
midnight. John, a 14-year-old son, anc
Charles Osborne, farm hand, were
burned to death. Mrs. Ruhl was sc
badly burned she may die, and anothe,
son was badly hurt in jumping through
o window which there was no time t.
raise. Lightning caused the fire.
Other Fires.
Dubuque, Ia, March 2s.-Fire a
volga City Saturday morning destroyed
the Stone block. Loss, $4,000; insur
ance, partial.
Somersworth, N. H., March 2s.-Th'
Watson, Dixon & Pray blocks, in Higl
street, were burned Saturday morning
Loss, $4,000; insurance, partial.
London, March 2S.-The large ware
houses of Hallings, at Bradford, wer,
burned Saturday morning. The loss Il
100000.
Taken Back Into Interstate League.
Pittsburgh, Pa, March 2s.-Owing Il
the collapse of the Michigan Stat.
league, the Toledo (O.) and For
Wayne (Ind.) clubs have been taker
back into the Interstate Baseball
league. Saginaw and Jackson, Mich.
have made application for membership