The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-12-31
FIRES.
Noting the Greater CONGREGATIONS In
volving Large Financial Losses.


voIving Large Financial Losses.
Jan. dawson City, Alaska, business part,
100000.
Is East st. Louis, H.. Union elevator. ST.
100000
30-At Maysville, Ky, Mason County IL
brary and several business buildings.
Feb. l-Naugatuck, Conn, u. s. Rubber
Co.'S plant, 100000.
Pin Winnipeg. Man, Mcintyre block,
$4,000.
o-Pttsburgh. cold storage plant; sl.775,.
ll--New York, Levi p. Morton's Office
building, S500,000
Mar. 10 Chicago, Aver bldg; 100000
Apr. 0At Sacramento, Cal, Southern Pa
cifc Ry storehouse, $l,00O,000.
2-Penn. plate & ass plant at North Irwin,
Pa, Sl50,OO0.
7-Boston grain elevator, $500, 900.
May R-Chioago, O acres in elevator and
lumber district; Sl,20O,O0O
l7-At Attleboro, $2,0OO,UO0 loss.
A-At Philadelphia, Potter Oilcloth works;
100000.
Jun. Tn Portsmouth, O., Burgess Steel
& Iron Co.'S plant, 100000.
l0-Park City, Utah, almost entirely de
stroyed, $l,0O00OO
Aug. Center Ridge, Ark, nearly de-
stroyed.
s-Bsmarclx, n. d., business portion and
many residences. Over Sl,00O,O00
30-Nashville, Tenn, hardware establish
ment of Phillips Buthoif CO. and other
property, $500,OO0.
Sep. 20--Toledo, o., elevator; 100000.
Oct. Eight blocks in best portion OF Col
orado Springs, Col, loss 100000
ON GAINESVILLE, Tenn, over 100000 dam
age.
ll-At Tacoma, Wash. Tourists hotel, loss
100000.
2i-In brooklyn, N. Y, 100000 damage
done among storehouses on pier.
Nov. 23-At San Francisco, Baldwin hotel,
Loss about $l,50Q,000
Dec. New York Home Life ms. bldg;
$l,OOo,0OO.
Dee. 2O-At Terre Haute, Ind. S2,0OO0O
loss in business section.
The business sections OF following towns
were burned out or nearly 30: Polka, III.
(Jan. 81; Ruthton, MINI. (Jan. lO); Shaw
nee, U. Il. (Jan. ~ East Grand Forks, Mimi.
(Jan. 20); St. Emo, Col. (Jan. "a; Plain.
field, Ill. (teb. 81; Aenia, ILL.,, and Exter,
Neb. (feb. ~; DE kalb, Tex. (Feb. 80;
Cortez, Col. (teb. 20( Watersmeet Mich.
lMar. -; Goidenpond, Ky, and Monticello,
Ky. MAR III; Perry, Ill. tMar. ~; Victor.
N. y. (Apr l0); Oxford Junction, La. (Apr.
ID; Osborn, q. (Apr. ~; Hopkinton, la
(Apr. ~ Loogootec, Ind. MAY y; Colches-
ter, Conn, and Pine City, MINI. inlay ~;
kewaunee, Wis MAY D); Clifton, III.
MAY 23); Ittabena, Miss. (Jun. 81; Spar.
tansDurg, Pa. (Jun. 49, ;Grove City, Pa.
(Jun. l0); Tracy, Cal, and Garwin, La. (Jun.
l9) Wittemore, La. tJun. 23); Murireesboro,
Tenn; (Jul. 49,; Coopersyiile. Mich. tJpl
2D; Escanaba, Mich. tJul. ~; Bismarck,
n. d., 81 100000 Aug -; Wheatland, Cal.
(Aug l2l; Cartersvilie, III. tAug. %;
Owosso, Mich. (Sep. -; Lvermore, Me.
(Scp. l0); White House, o. (Sep. 49,; lps-
wich, S. ID. (Scp. 30) /; Colodado Springs, Col,
$l,OOOO00 (Oct. ID; Lowell, Ind. tOct. ~;
Coloma, Mich. (Oct. 49,; Tuskegee, Ala.
(Oct. 2g); Divide, Col. NOV y ;Covington,
La. NOV. ID; Slbley Ia, and Bloomvilic,
o. (Nov. l2); Canonsburg Pa. (Noy. lf);
Perry la. (Nov. 2l); Cnyahoga Falls, q.
(Nov. 90 Eufaula, l. I. dee. Al; Franlston,
Ind. tDec. o.; 1ifton, Ga. (Dec. 49,; and
Maiden. Mo. (Dec. 2Ol.
Flames entirely or almost entirely wiped
out following towns and villages: Com
merce, Tex, and Farmvile, Va. tJan. -;
Iconium, Mo. Feb. 49,; Fairfield, :. Z. Feb.
2il; Bern, Kan. MAR. 81; Clancy, Mont.
MAR. 100 Alton, Ky: (Apr. 23) Lexington,
o.; Chipley, Fla. May l4); Bicknel, Ind,
(Jun. ~; Crown Point, o. (Jun. o.; Canyon
City, Alaska (Jun l4) Park City, u. lJun.
lo); Dunsmuir, Cal. (Jul. o.; Kern City,
Cal. (Jul. ~; Antelope, Orc. (Jul l3l; New
Holland, O. (Jul. 20) Bcckwith, Cal. (Jul.
3O); Center Ridge. Ark. Aug. ~: Lovans
port. Ia. (Aug. 23l; Rapid River, Mich.
fScp. q; Jerome. O. II. (Scp. I'D; Clarcmont,
Mimi tSep. ISL; Cumberland. Poskin and
Clayton, Wis. tSep. 20); Little River, Kan.
NOV. ~; Pitkin, Col, Emporia, Kan, and
Green Ridge, Mo. NOV. ~; Weyauweva,
Wis. dec. 81; and Mechsniosburg, o. dec.