St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-12-31

H. The webster DOCK IN gloucester MaSS
burned; loss, 100000.
co. Grain elevator burned at Toledo; loss, s275,.
900.
81 The Syndicate block at Grand Forks N
D.. burned; loss, $225000
q. Cement works burned at Middle Branch,
O.. loss, 100000.
l. A $4,000 fire in the business portion Of
Casey, Ills.
Plate glass factory burned at Alexandria,
Ind. loss, 100000.
T. Fire at Syracuse: loss $4,000.
A 5000 fire at Newburg, N. Y.
Wagon factory burned at Oshkosh Wis.,.
loss, 100000.
8. Fire in the business portion Of Worcester,
Mass, caused loss of nearly $4,000.
Grain elevator burned at Peoria, Ills. loss,
$500, 900.
The Bingham block and other buildings burn.
ed at Rome, N. Y; loss, 100000
2. The Park theater, formerly the Metropoli-
tan, an old landmark, burned in Indanapo.
lis; loss, 100000
Is. The Ely Walker Dry Goods Co. burned out
in st. Louis; loss, $l0OO,0O0
A 500, 600 fire at Elkins W. Va.
20. A $4,000 fire at Clinton, Mo.
81. Fire in the business district Of Ottumwa,
La. loss about 100000.
20. A $50, 900 fire in Des Moines.
APRIL
8. Portland Paper Co.'S mill at Gilbertville,
Me-, burned; loss, 100000.
4. George f. Otte Co. s carpet store destroyed
by fire in Cincinnati; loss, 100000.
Is. Moresque block and other properties de-
stroyed by fire in New Orleans; loss, $780,,
Co.,
"a. Two piers at Newport News, Va, burned,
together with steamship sailing vessel
and tug; loss s2,OOO,OOO.
5. Itasca Warehouse Co burned out at Mime.
apolis; loss, $250000.
The residence of President Green of the Co
lumbia Navigation Co burned at New Ro-
chelle, N. Y. loss, $250,00O
JUNE.
0. The st. Louis Milling Co. plant in Carlins-
ville Ills, was burned; loss, $20O,0O0
IA. The business portion of Georgetown,
mining town in Ell Dorado county, Cal.
was burned to the ground; loss, $4,000.
The buildings on Ellis island, New York har-
bor burned down; loss, $4,000.
10. Iowa's State university at Iowa City burn
ed; loss, 100000.
8. Entire village nearly destroyed by fire and
one life lost at Lake Ann, Mich; loss,
100000.
IL. Inc berlln IN. d. Mills TO- 8 saw ana
grist mills destroyed by fire; loss, $780, 900.
q. Two large factory buildings occupied by
William Reed s. Co., Rowland Bros, Pass
Bros. and the Yonkers Silk Co. destroyed
by fire at Yonkers, N. Y; loss, 100000
AUGUST
/. The Pioneer Fireproof Construction Co. g
plant at Ottawa, Ills, destroyed by fire.
loss 100000
s. The Northwestern grain elevator, Chicago
destroyed by fire; 8 persons killed. loss
s3OOOO0.
o. Planning mill, dry kiln, lumber yard, store
and number of tenement houses, also
small bridges, burned at Barnum, Tex. {;
loss, $250,000
To- The saw and planning mill Of the Tunis
Lumber Co. at Baltimore destroyed by
lightning; loss s6OO,0OO
II. The lumber yard of the Gerry Lumber Co.
in Eagle River, Wis, destroyed by fire;
loss, $4,000.
20. Henry C. White & Sons large wooden mill
at Chapachet, r. l., destroyed by fire, to
gether with several houses loss $4,000.
e2. The phosphate works of l. p, Thomas Sons
& Co. at Paulsboro destroyed by fire; loss,
$225. 900
SEPTEMBER.
9. warehouses burned at Philadelphia loss,
$25O,000
10. John A. Logan, Jr. 8, stock barn, s fine
horses and a number of vehicles burned at
Youngstown, o.. loss, $4,000.
q. The works Of the Youngstown (O.) Bridge
Co destroyed by fire; loss, 100000.
%. Most of the business buildings in Balm
bridge, o., destroyed by fire; loss, $50, 900
The John Gund Brewing Co s plant at La
crosse Wis., destroyed by fire; loss, $500,
0OO.
The Star Coal Co.'s No. mine at Braid
wood, Ills, destroyed by fire loss S75,OOO
DO Destructive fire at lronton, o.. loss $780,
0O0
3D. Power house of the Capital Traction R
r. Co. burned in Washington; loss ovel
sl,000.0O0.
OCTOBER.
Q. 100 buildings burned at Austin, Pa loss
$2UU,0O0
4 Hotel Fayette, fine summer resort a
Minnetonka Beach. Mimi. destroyed b,
fire
0. IL business buildings burned at Medora
Ills. loss, 100000
2. buildings, including an opera house. burn
ed IN Detroit loss, s6OO,0OO
8. The Second Presbyterian church burned n
Lafayette, Ind.
IA. tobacco warehouses and Sdwellings burn
ed AT Durham, N. G., loss, $25O,OOO
n. The town of Windsor, n S., wiped out b,
fire; 1900 people homeless loss, $1,000 100
10. A sl0O,OOO fire at Osceola, Ark
"a. The offices of the Wabash X. r. in ST. Loui
burned loss $6OO,OOO
d. Sturges grain elevator burned at Buffalo
loss over $2OO,0OO
NOVEMBER.
8. Central hotel and Cory block burned a
Marlboro Mass. loss, $l50,000
O. A 100000 fire at Texarcana, Ark.
2. Hotel San Marco at ST. Augustine, Fla.
burned; loss, $250,00O
TO- Large machine works burned at Middle
boro, Ky. loss, $20O,O0O
II. The Riverview hotel burned at Kanliakee
Ills. loss, $4,000
IL. The Lion department store burned in Mi
waukee; loss, $2OO,000.
Is. Steamer Bluff City Of st. Louis burned o
Chester Ills. loss 100000
10. Great fire in the business portion Of Lo
don; loss, s25,0OO,0Oo.
81. A million dollar blaze in Melbourne.
~. Keenan's department store burned
Streator, nls. loss, $250,0O0
Is. A $4,000 fire at Pensacola, Fla
DECEMBER.
Q. The "Briclr' Pomeroy block and McMill
Opera House burned at Lacrosse. Wis. 10
S2O0OOO.
u. firms burned out on Chestnut street. Pf
adelp ia; loss, $750,0O0.
&C. Litts Fletcher g. Co. 3 wholesale groce
store at Marshalltown, Ia, burned: 10
$4,000.
II. Hotel Dakota and other properties burr
at Grand Forks, N. d. loss, sS50,000.