Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-12-29
FIRES.
Noting the Greater COnfIaH lions In
vOIving Large Financial Losses.

NOUN g the Greater COnnaR lions In
voIvinE Large Financial Losses.
Jan. 2-Dawson City, Alaska, business part.
5000 700.
25-East St. Louis, H., Union elevator, ST.
100000.
3O-At Maysville, KY, Mason County Ii
brary and several business buildings.
Feb. l-Naugatuck, Conn, u. S. Rubber
CO. s plant, 100000.
2-In Winnipeg, Man., Mcintyre block,
100000.
Co.,
m--New York, Levi p Morton's ofic
building, $5O0,000
Mar. I6.Chicago, Aver bldg; 100000:
Apr. AT Sacramento, Cal, Southern Pa
cifc Ry. storehouse, 81 ,O00, 900.
l2-Penn. plate glass plant at North Irwin,
Pa, $750,OOO.
l7-Boston grain elevator, 100000.
May l2-Chicago, 6 acres in elevator and
lumber district; Sl,200,000.
l7-At Attleboro, $4,000, 900 loss.
24-At Philadelphia, Potter Oilcloth works;
$500, 900.
Jun. In Portsmouth, O., Burgess Steel
l. Iron Co.'S plant, 100000.
l9-Park City, Utah, almost entirely de-
stroyed, $l,00O000.
Aug. 2-Center Ridge, Ark, nearly de-
stroyed.
S-Bismarek, n. D., business portion anA
many residences. Over 81 100000.
30-Nashville, Tenn, hardware establSA i
ment of Phillips Buthoff Co. and otkerI
property, $500,000. Il
Sep. 20-Toledo, o., elevator; $500, 00o
Oct. Eight blocks III best portion OF Cei7
orado Springs, Col, loss 81, 100000. II
Sin GAINESVILLE, Tenn, over $5oo, 700 DAM
age.
ll-At Tacoma, Wash, Tourists hotel, Fssd
$500, 600.
24-In Brooklyn, N. Y, 100000 damage
done among storehousss on pier.
Nov. 23-At San Francisco, Baldwin hotel
Loss about 81 $780, 600.
Dec. New York Home Life Ins. bldg
$l,000,OOO.
Dec. 20-At Terre Haute, Ind, $2,000, Ooh
loss in business section.
The business sections OF following town
were burned out or yearly so: Polka, II q
(Jan. o., Kuthlor, Alnn. (Jan. lO); Shaw
nee, .. L. tjan. ~ East Grand Forks Minr
(Jan. 2U); ST. Emo, GoI. (Jan. pa; PLAIN
field, ILL., (teb. 81; Aenia, ILL.,, and Extel 4
Neb. (feb. ~; lie kalb, Tex. tteb. 80 =
| Cortez, Col. (teb. 26); Matersmeet, Micl 8
| MAR. y; Goldenpond, Ky, and Montlcell
Ky. Mar. ~; Perry, LII. Mar. ~; Nicto& e
n. Y tApr lO); Oxford junction, la lApfS
~; Osborn, .. (Apr. l2] Hopkintony
tApr. Ia; Loogootee, Ind. May y; Colct
ter, Conn, and Pine City, Nhnn. May "a
hewaunee, Wis. tMay 10y; Clifton, d
May 23l; Ittabena, Miss. lJun. 81; Spa
tansDurg, Pa. (Jun. 49, Grove City, II
| (Jun. l6) Tracy, Cal, and Carwin, la. (.IuN
49,; Wlttemore, la. tJun. 23l; Murfreesbo1#
Tenn. (Jul. 49,; Coopersvlle, Mich. d
/ 2D; Escanaba, Mich. tJul 81 Bismarc#
\. D., Sl,000000 Aug. 81; " heatland, G.
Aug. l2l; Cartersvile, Ill. tAug. .
Owosso, Mich. (Sep. 81; Livermore, M
| (Sep. l0); White House, @. (Sep. l5); III
wich, S. ID. (Sep. 30l; Colodado Springs, Cd
| 81 900, 600 (Oct. u; Lowell, Ind. (Oct z
| Coloma, Mich. (Oct. 49,; Tuskegee, A
! oct %; Divide, Col NOV. y ;Covingta
| La. (Noy. ~; Sibley, la, and Boomvi8
! .. lNov l21; Canonsburg, Pa. Nov. II
! Perry, la. NOV. 2D; Cuyahoga Falls,
| NOV. ~ Eufaula, l. I. (Dec. AZ Frankt4
| Ind. dec. 81: Triton, Ca dec 49,; 8
Maiden, Mo. dec. 20).
| Flames entirely or almost entirely vii
1 out following towns and villages: C
merce, Tex, and Farmville, Va. Jan.
Iconium, Mo. (Feb. ls); Fairfield, S. G. fE
/ pa; Bern, Kan. Mar. p; Clancy, Nc
! MAR. 49,; Alton, Ky. (Apr. 23l: LexinCf
| Ky. MAY A.; Sacandaga Park, n. Y. N
] 81; Chipley, Fla May IA; Bieknell, j
/ (Jun. q; Crown Point, o. (Jun. 81; Can
City, Alaska (Jun IA; Park City, Z. a
| 1871; Dunsmuir, Cal (Jul 81: Kern d
| Cal. (Jul. ~; Antelope, Ore (Jul. 1877
/ Holland, O. (Jul. 20); Beckwith Cal, 4 j
30); Center Ridge, Ark Aug. q Log
port, La. (Aug. 23l; Rapid River. N
/ tSep. p Jerome, o. T. (Sep. IL; Clarerl
! MINI. tSep. 2Sl; Cumberland. Poski1
/ Clayton Wis. (SeT 29); Little River
j lNor. q PItkin, Col, Emnoria. Kan
tIreen Ridge, Mo Nov. -. t.-avag
! US. tDec. o.; and Mechsns CT