The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-01-09
A PAGE OF HISTORY.
Havoc Caused by Fire, Flood and
StorIn-CoInmercial Failures-Per-
ssoBai, Political and Miscellaneous
iHapp,snings-A Classified Summary
FIRE LOSSES.

Ie. CTesetntti 1 kLce nils burned in New Or
leans: loss, 81, 09, 600.
10. : larg" apartment ouses burned in Chica-
go; loss, s3G3,0D.
s. West Virginia State Normal school at West
Liberty burned.
10. Fire at Grecnville, N. c.: loss, $50, 600.
II. Buckeye Glass works barned ut Martins
Ferry, o..
Is. ! $@tJ,0U blaze at Bingha;nton, n. Y.
"a ID bUsiness places burned at Florence. S..
c.: loss, $4,000.
MARCH.
/. The village of Colevilie, Mono county, Cal.
wiped oct Ivy fire.
3. - buildings burned at Danbrry. Conn. /;
less, Sl5J.Ola.
10. In Providence the Masonic building was
burned; loss, $500. 000.
q. Plant of tho Pennsylvania Salt works at
Natrona, Pa, burned; loss, S., OGa, 600.
%. 80 houses burned at Colon, Colombia.
u. Pleasure Ridge distillery, near Louisville,
burned; loss, s325,O00.
A 500, Geo fire in Waterbury, Conn.
%. Weston, ". Va, suffered by fire to the ex-
tent of nearly s500,0o0.
APRIL
2. Fire destroyed docks, warehouses and stores
valued at $500, 900 at Brunswick, Ga.
z. $l25,00 fire at Douglass, Ga.
&. SITS, 600 fire at Savannah, Ga.
IL. Daunsless Bicycle Co. burned out at Toledo;
loss, s185, coo.
q. Fire destroyed business blocks valued at
100000 at Cripple Greek, Colo.
30. Metz block and other properties burned at
Quincy, Ills. loss, S3oo. 001.
MAY.
2. Residence OF Senator Hale, at Ellsworth,
Me, burned; loss, $4,000.
Z. A $500, 600 fire ut Somerset, Ky.
Q. Fire destroyed lum Der and ore COCKS at
Laure, Mich, causing a loss Of 500. coo.
III. At Ashland, Wis, fire dest Dyed &c, 600 600
feet of lumber, valued at nearly 500, 600.
10. A $4,000 fire at Painted Post, n. Y.
IL. rs buildings burned at Blue Island. HIS;
loss, nearly s2a0, GOO.
iiS. 2 frelnen killed and 4 missing at a FIRE in
Washington; money loss, $685. 00.
rs. A 10000 fire at Dallas.
A slOO,GU ire at Fort Worth.
JUNE.
IL. Fire. in the New York Horse Exchange: 100
horses burned; loss, $300,co0.
JULY
s. San Luis Obispo, Cal, suffered to the ex-
tent Of s252, 900 by fire.
II. Business block burned in Nashville: loss.
$500, 600.
'1s. Car barns of the Chicago City railway burn
ed; loss, s35o.0o
30. Park theater, and Barrett House burned at
Henderson,, KY. loss. s2250,OO0.
Il. Naylor's Opera House and other buildings
burned at Terre Haute, Ind. loss, $50, goo.
q. Fire in a ~shipyard at Belfast caused a loss
Of 81, $50, 0D.
80. The Montreal exhibition building nearly
destroyed by fire: loss, 100000.
81. Grass Valley, CAL, partially DESTROYED by
an ineendiary fire; loss. sl5o,0o0.
AUGUST.
6. Explosion and fire at Swift & Co. IS packing
plant, Kansas City: loss, $lo0. 00; several
persons, injured.
IL. The Manhasset House, Shelter Island, n.
y, destroyed by fire; loss, $4,000.
10. Chemical laboratory building Of the Uni
versity of Illinois, at Champaign, burned;
loss, $lO0, 600.
Y. The Exposition building, Buffalo Driving
park. burned; loss, $500. 600.
~. The town of .Ontonagon, Mich, destroyed
by fire; loss, several millions of dollars;
the plant of the Diamond Match company,
valued at 81, 600, eco, among the properties
burned.
~. Iowa State institution For the Feeble Mind
ed strnck by lightning and burned; loss,
SEPTEMBER.
/. Masonic hall burned at Winston, N. O.:
loss, $50, COO.
o. Yore's Opera House burned at Benton
Harbor, Mich, II iremen killed.
ID. The Delaware Oil works burned at Chester.
Pa; loss, $50, 600.
a. Mount Holyoke college DESTROYED by fire AT
South Hadley, Mass.
The wooden elephant" ut Coney Island
burned.
OCTOBER.
z. 4 blocks burned at Jeanerette, La. loss.
$3.50, coo.
8. Fire in a knit goods factory at Camden, n.
J.. loss, $4,000.
s. A $4,000 fire IN Detroit.
8. "A grain elevator and 2 blocks Of business |
houses burned at Corning Ia. loss, $780,
600.
10. Furniture factory burned at Holland,
Mich. loss, $125. QUO.
20. Stoneware works burned in East Akron,
o.: loss, 500, 0O.
Is. A SAC, 900 fire in a cotton warehouse in Gal
weston.
20 business houses burned in Ladouia, Tex.
Lumber yard and farm dwellings burned at
Zilwaukie, Mich. loss, $4,000.
". 2 grain elevators burned in Chicago; loss,
81, 200,00 |
NOVEMBER.
s.. Globe theater burned in st. Louis. !
z. The Boston Bridge company at Cambridge
port. Mass, burned out; loss. $3.50, 900.
10. Several business houses burned at Elber-
ton. Ga; loss, 500, coo.
~. The courthouse at Eastiand, Tex, destroy
ed by fire; loss, $65, 600.
Do. The steamer City of Kalamazoo burned ut
South Haven, Mich. 3 deaths.
/. A S100, 900 fire in Mason City, la.
z. st. Monica's church burned at Atlantic
City; 2 iremen killed.
.. Fire at Bay City, Mich. loss, 500, 900.
Q. Fire at Winston, n. c.; loss, $50, coo.
u. Fire at Altoona, Pa. loss, 500. Oo.