Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-21
BIG NEW YORK FIRE.
A Seven-Story Factory Building
Burned to the Ground.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HOMELESS.
Windsor, N. s., Swept by an Awful Fire
Freight Trains wrecked-FOrest Fires
In PennAylvania--Miners Crushed
Earthquake In California.

New York, Oct. 1s.--A $500, 900 fire in
the seven-story factory building at 279
and 2s1 Spring street taxed the ener-
gies of the fire department yesterday
afternoon and 20 engines and large
force of men were called out The
basement, first and second floors Of the
building were occupied by Fitzpatrick
e. Co., manufacturers of mirrors, plate
glass, stained glass, coach and car
riage windows and doors The live
upper floors were occupied by the Brad
ley Currier company, manufacturers
of doors, sashes, frames and mantels OF
the most expensive sort. This firm
had among its stock the driest OF
woods and the most inAammable oils
and varnishes. The fire had been al
lowed too much of foothold and the
immense structure was doomed. After
an hour or so the floors, becoming
weakened, one after the other, gave
way, and at last the flames shot up
through the roof.
Cormus Chrstus, go years old, and
nephew, Michael Cbristus, IA years
old, occupying an apartment in
Roosevelt tenement house, were awak-
ened from II nap to find the house on
fire. In their fright they leaped
through window and down an air
shaft where they were found by the
6remen after the fire had been sub
aued. They were terribly burned and
the old man died at the hospital soon
afterwards.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HOMELESS
HALIFAX, N. S., Oct. 1S.-Historic
Windsor, one of the most beautiful
towns in the province, was devastated
by fire yesterday morning. For six
hours, beginning shortly before three
q. M, the fire, famed by a violent
northwest gale, ragged so tiercely that
the local fire department was abso-
lutely helpless to cope with it, and
within half an hour after its discovery
the mayor began to call for outside
assistance. Long before noon the
town had been eaten up almost COM
pletely, the area covered by the flames
being nearly mile square, and OF the
400 or more buildings occupying the
section, barely half dozen scorched
structures remain. No Nova Scotia
town has ever been visited by a CON
lagration of such dimensions. Of the
$500 people that inhabited the place
few have homes of their own to-day
Over 5000 have been taken in by the
residents of the surrounding country
and neighboring towns, while the re
mainder of the sufferers have gone t.
, Halifax or are sheltered in army tents
erected in the vacant plots by de
tachment of British troops from thu
garrison city. The disaster is appall
t ling in its extent. The loss is esti
s mated at $4,000, 900.
n A SERIOUS FREIGHT WRECK.
e MEXICO, Mo-, Oct. ia serious
i freight wreck occurred on the Chicag
}, g. Alton yesterday morning about on
a o'clock just east of this city. An eS
!, ira going west and No. 70, of secon'
n division, had headend collision.
t negro from Laddonia, Mo-, was killed
l. Fred Mead, engineer, and Charles Da
d Wis fireman, of the eastbound train
r and Lew Gray, engineer, and j. {
Wheeler, fireman, of the westboun
train, were scratched and bruise
/ slightly. They saved their lives b
: jumping, Fourteen cars were ditche
|, and two engines demolished. ConsiC
u cradle grain was spilled Estimate
y loss, about 100000.
MORE FOREST FIRES.
J. CoUDERsPoRT, Pa, Oct 1S.-Destru
q tive forest fires are raging in this SCI
- ton. Nelson Run, seven miles fro
3 Austin, Pa, in the Goodyear distric
r. was burned Saturday, with heav
, loss in logs and bark. About 20 CAM
-. were burned, the occupants havin
barely time to escape with their stool
leaving all household goods and worl
,e ing outfits behind. There are oth'
ii fires which, unless checked by raj
~ will soon cause additional loss.
lie MINERS CRUSHED TO DEATH.
s. DENVER, Col, Oct. 1S.-A speci
es from Crested Butte, Col, says: Tv
RS miners were crushed to death in IL
III Colorado Fuel & Iron company's mil
n Saturday night just at quitting tin
ir by the falling of the roof. One was
is Italian by the name of John PitoI
I'd who had been in this country but
e- few months. The other was Fral
ne Nardin, native of Tyrol.
IN EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA.
SAN JOSE, Cal, Oct. 1S.-A slig
shock of earthquake was felt at 81
a. o'clock this afternoon. There were
wv regular vibrations, lasting some Sc
gu onds, the motion being from northet
NC to southwest No damage was done
al GREAT BRITAIN SAYS NO.