Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-09
NOTABLE FIRES.
E.loss Tn tEe United States Have Proved
 the Least Serious.

z.,os, Tn tLe CaiteI States Have Proved
 the Least serious
 The largest fire Cf the year 1897 was Shat has come 10 be known as the Al 5e-sgate street fire in London, the dam c-e f--u which, vSriously estimated at 5ys-. has bea8 pat officially at $IO, ,OO0, coo Ten million dollar fires are very rare nowadays in countries equipped, however s-.D1-f6cIly. with apparatus --- tlc eECccuIShr1sut of fires, and in thC S-5.4- States Coldagrations of such dimensions are practically unknown. "a former tiu6s. however, such fires 7ycra not 50 rare. and what is known as ''tLs great New N0rk fre'' of 1885 in- vCivl6 a pe-uniary loss of $50, GOO, 900, which represents. Cf course, a much l-r-e- amount relatively than would such a Are today, ;Ls purchasing power C1 money talls r-Cb2biy greater at that .ICe and. C-1recvl-, the system of in scrluoe being such that by the failure Cf a large ECubar Of companies the in- -U-ed were practically left without any comp rensEtioa for rue losses which they sustained. The number of buildings burned in the great New York fire, which started il what was then known as Merchant s-E-lt. ln the Wall street district. vas geo. and iE was not the G---lu who pat stop to II, but the United S-a-es sailors who came over tro1 Ihe navy yard and blew up nun ber cf buildings.
 The CLlcec0 ire Of 1871 entailed loss Ct &lgJ. eco. GOO and covered an ana CT E-o-e than 2, eco acres. consum- ing I1.CJ1 buildings The Boston fire, with wEich 5t is compared usually, which occurred E5Tle more than one year l1tc-, el-silei a loss of SS0. O0O.- coo and destroyed SEQ buildings, but t5cse were CE much more substantial character than those turned in Chicago. Only 1LCut % pe- cent e the Chicago fire losses were p@iG. but more than SC r-r C1lr e the L1stcu losses were met l.v -usCra-c5-
 The aggregate losses in New York city from lE5s Cf all kinds occurring Cur5us the year are now about s, 500,- Geo, and il ary recent rear they have never belc s7 large 2s S1 900, GOO. The nearest approach c. that was in 1891, when they were S5. 900, GOO. the largest item Cf which vas supplied by what v1s known ls cle Bisecker street fire a- the couer cf Greene and BleeckeT c2 Sr. Tl--l-S day, the loss from which Was sL46G. 900. h the same year g fire C1 SC-th street in September s-tail55 a less Cf S264,C 600 and another C1 Eu-fc- z-rlaS one week later, caused tv the v1r1r Cf beuzire igniting from the kcat ct a stove, S220, 900. Such fire losses. however, are so rare in New Eo-k as to become exceptional, but 5Ic-- 5n 1891 were unusually large and further included the burning of the E.trl Avenue thClter on Jan. at loss ce SI--.l.a, a fire iu Franklin street in 1Iay e1tai-lns a loss of S200, 900 and @ me i1 the faC-o-v Cf the New York Print works iu Jane street in July entailing a loss of 5-25.1.1.
 The largest and most serious fire of which tlc-a is authentic record in Ger many Was il Hamburg in lS42, the l7ss resulting from it being SS5, 900, 900. The ---- ire Of London took place il Itsf and consumed about twO-thirds Jf ia1 c.--- bat there has never been s-y y,sv accurate computation of the loss. and rzraaps 10 such computation was possible. There have been many sa-iCEs fires ID Trance, but no one Of th5m ll-ee enough to take rank in re- spect co loss among the notable fires of which there is d record. York --n