The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-02-12
Losses by Fire.

Fort WORTH TEXAS, February 9.-The
eight-story Hurley Office building, the Drey-
fus Company's dry goods house, the Farmers
and Mechanics Bank, the general offices of
the Fort Worth and Denver Railway Com
pany and the Worth Cycle Company building
were burned to the ground. The total loss is
estimated in excess of insurance at $780,
The Hurley building was the largest in the
city, and was owned by William Bullock,
trustee ofthe Simpson heirs, of Boston. Over
a score of tenants in the Hurley building lost
everything.
At Pittsburg, Pa, on Wednesday, the six
story building of the Chautauqua Ice Com
pany was burned. The ice company has its
plant and storage warehouses on the lower
floors, and the Union Storage Company oc-
cupies the balance of the building. with mer-
chandise Of all descriptions, the property of
innumerable merchants and householders Of
the city. One of the compartments was used
as the government bonded warehouse, and
contained about 400 barrels of whiskey and
alcohol Eleven persons were killed by
the explosion of the whiskey barrels, causing
the walls to fall, a number are missing, and
Is are injured. The killed may reach %, as
some of the injured are i'll precarious con
dihOn. The loss i'll property is estimated at
about 81, 800, 900. Origin of fire unknown.
Saturday night the barn of Jacob A. Brown
of Franklin county, Pa, was burned by an
iucendiary, it is supposed, as there had been
no one about it after 5 p. IN. Its contents
were also destroyed, viz: Five head of
horses, ten head of cattle, ten hogs. two large
wagons, Self-binder, mower, new grain drill,
100 bushels of rye, so bushels of oats. 40
chickens, two buggies, a spring wagon and
all the harness, gears and implements. Moth
ing was saved The loss is about $500, with
an insurance of $500.
The barn burning epidemic still prevails in
Loudoun county, Virginia, and on Saturday
night another large barn was burned, with its
contents, consisting of % mich cows. pro.
vender, farming implements, etc. The barn
was situated on the line of the Southern Rail-
way, and belongd to Henry Smith, Il pros
porous dairyman. The fire occurred shortly
after midnight and was evidently of incendi-
airy origin. Mr.. Smith was aroused by hear
ing some one riding rapidly past his house
and looking out found his barn in flames.
He was able to save some of his stock, but
% head were burned. The next morning
one of his own horses which had been in the
barn, was found, saddled and bridled, in the
road, some distance away. 1t is believed the
party who did the burning used the horse to
get away on and then turned him loose. Mr..
Smith is particularly unfortunate, as this
is the fourth time within the past twelve OF
fifteen years that he has had his barn destroy.
ed by fire. His loss will amount to several
thousand dollars, upon which he has some
insurance.
A FIRE at Atlantic City, NJ j., on Monday
morning destroyed the Academy of Music
the Gold Mine Baths, Nswell's toy store
Refers confectionery, the Bryn Mawr Hotel
Bacharachs furniture store. Myers photo
graphic parlors and other smaller bushes.
places, entailing loss estimated at $50, 600