The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

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destroyed on ibis occasion. but tht
value Of tho property lost was roughly
estimated TO exceed 320, 600, 600.
In 1916 Quebce.undor. tho.Hil sut
ierod from a connagration in which
l,G5O dwellings we're destroyed, thob
value being estimated Of So.
100000. IL the same year most Of
the city which remained was destroyed
by a second IRE, which blottod out
1900 buildings that had escaped the
previous fire.
ST. Louis has suffered from three very
serious fires The first came In 1sl9,
when the loss exceeded So, 900, 900,
the second was Ia 1851, when 1900
buildings we're destroyed, the loss ex.
ceeding sll,0OO, 0OOi the third 90.
CURED in the same year, when over
500 buildings were destroyed, the
value being estimated 10 exceed 3d.
900, 600.
The "great fire" Of London in 1906
destroyed property estimated to ex-
coed $50, 900. 600 in value. At that
time large portion OF London con-
sisted OF frame buildings, or build
ings whose wall beams we're filed in
with brick, and the structures went
down before the FIRE like houses Of
cards. The course Of the fire was
only stayed by tearing down buildings
in the direction taken by the flames.
In 1916 a large part of CONSTANT
nople was destroyed by fire; $4,000
dwellings, besides warehouses and
other structures, went down before
the flames. The value oi property
destroyed on this occasion could not
be estimated, but was not so great as
would have been occasioned by a fire
Of like proportions in other cities, the
greater part of the dwellings and
shops IN Constantinople being Aimsy,
wooden structures.
In 1922 Canton, China, was almost
obliterated by "a fire which swept over
three-fourths of the city. The houses
usually built by the Chinese are of
very himsy construction, being light
structures having walls Of thin plank,
often only Of mating, and roofs Of
straw. The value of such houses is
very trihing, and though on this occa-
sion Thousands OF people were rem
dered homeless, in less than a month
from the time Of the fire the city was
rebuilt with the same sort of houses,
and quite ready for another conaagra-
ton.
In 184l Smyrna was visited by a
conhogration which destroyed IL, 900
houses. The buildings destroyed
were light wooden structures, and a
fire once kindled in a town of frame
buildings closely crowded together is
almost impossible to subdue.
In 1916 the lower portion of Pitts
burg was blotted out by fire, which
speedily passed beyond the control OF
the defective apparatus then en-
ployed. On this occasion there we're
LOO buildings burned, whose value
was $40, 100000.
In 1862 the prosperous city of Troy,
N. Y, was almost blotted out by fire.
In 1865 there was a fire in Constan-
tinople which destroyed $500 build
ings, shops and bazars.
The great fire of New York tool
place in 1886. The value of property
destroyed on this occasion was $15,'
900, 900.
Albany, N. Y, was visited by a fire
in 1S48; 600 houses were destroyed
their value being estimated at So, OOO,'
900.
In 1888 Charleston, S. c., wa
swept by fire. It is. estimated tina
on this occasion 1,l58 building
were destroyed, whose value was So,
900, 900.
In 1889 occurred the "great fire" a
Seattle, in Washington, in which prop
erty to the value Of 800, 900, 600 wa
destroyed. - St. Louis Giobe-Demo
crat.
FrightfulIy SWelled.
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