Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-12-28
REVIEW OF 1899
The Years Chief Events In
a Classified Record.
DIARY OF THE WARS.

DIARY OF THE WARS.
Miscellaneous Happenings Havoc
Wrought by Fires, Storms and Ac-
cidents Personal and Political
Items-Brief History of a Noted
Year.
FIRES.
JANUARY.
II. The J. S. Menken Co.'s dry goods house
burned in Memphis; loss, $45o,OOO
25. osterhout building burned at Wilkesbarre
Pa; loss, $250,O00.
FEBRUARY.
1. Fire in the business portion of Columbus o.,
caused a loss of s750,OO0.
z. The Manitoba hotel and other property burn
ed in Winnipeg; loss, 100000.
Ii. Several clothing houses burned in Philadel-
phia; loss about 100000
Traders Warehouse Co. and other concerns
burned out in Chicago loss, $3.50, 900.
hat factory and clothing house burned in
Cincinnati; loss, 100000.
15. Plant OF the Thomas Building and Lumber
Co. burned at Akron, O.. loss, SI0O, 900.
Building No. 2s the largest in the Brooklyn
navy yard, burned and the original model andS
patterns of the battleship Maine destroyed;
loss nearly 100000.
"a. The Minneapolis Tribune building and other
property burned in Minneapolis loss $500, 900.
2s. Windsor hotel and several stores burned at
Holyoke, Mass; loss, S5O0,00O.
MARCH.
2. Freight depot and cotton compress burned at
Charlotte, N. c.; loss about 100000.
McClurg's bookstore burned in Chicago loss,
S55O.0O
6. Fire destroyed the Mary Holmes college and
large amount of cotton at West Point, Miss;
loss, S40O,0OO
"a. Loss of S45O.OOO by the burning of stove and
machine screw works at Cleveland.
20. The J. L. Howard Car factory burned at
Hartford; loss. s1sO,OOO.
APRIL.
IA Idle Hour the residence on Long Island
where W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., took his bride
for the honeymoon, burned; loss about $780,,
0OO
15. Half block Of business houses burned in
Cleveland; loss s1,oOOOOO.
%. The Kingman block burned in Omaha; loss,
100000
26. Fire wiped out the business center of Dawson
City; loss between sl,OOo.oOO and 100000
1. Gen. Wade Hampton's home, containing
fine library, valuable jewels and treasured rel
les, burned at Columbia, S. C.
4. Fire in the heart of Greenville, n c.; loss
100000.
IA. A 100000 fire at Manchester, n. H.
II. A 100000 fire in the Blue Island avenue lum
Der district of Chicago.
Is. A s5OO,OO0 fire in St. John, N B.
20. 100000 fire in the "Bowery district"
Coney Island
S. The St. Charles theater, landmark of New
Orleans, destroyed by fire.
7. A S25o,0O0 fire at Augusta Ga.
IL. 81, 100000 fire in the works Of the Arm
strong Whtworth Ordnance Co. at Newcastle
on-Tyne.
Is. The Benbow House at Greensboro, N. G..
burned; loss 100000
n. Gen. John B. Gordon's house, the historic
Sutherland, at Kirkwood, Ca, burned
"a. A 100000 FIRE at Laurel, Del
JULY.
2. Fire destroyed property valued at sl5O,00O in
the heart Of Summit, n. ].
4. The Gayoso hotel and other property burned
at Memphis; loss, s450OOO.
20 buildings burned at Paris. Tenn; loss, $780,
0oO
6. Railroad elevator burned at Ludington, Mich;
loss, $4,000.
Coulteryille, Cal. wiped out by fire; loss, $780,
O00
49, Fire destroyed 100000 worth of uniforms
and large quantity of food supplies at the
Brooklyn navy yard.
II. A 100000 mill fire at Mount Vernon, Ind
The Addystone foundry burned at North Bend
Ind; loss 100000.
%. $l.OOo,OOO loss by the burning of wheat ele-
vator at Toledo.
10. The Guild building and other properties de-
stroyed at Dallas; loss, $25O,O0O
II. Yokohama swept by the largest fire in its
history; a square mile of buildings destroyed
and Is lives lost.
16. q buildings burned at jamestown. N. "
loss S50O,000
81. The business portion of Victor, Colo de-
stroyed by FIRE; loss. 100000.
80. 100 buildings destroyed at Tupper Lake, N
Y; loss, $l5O,OOO.
81. Fire destroyed the stationery establishment
Of Parsons, Green Co. at Holyoke, Mass;
loss, 100000.
SEPTEMBER
O. A $950OOo fire in Kansas City.
16 $l65, 600 loss by fire at Seattle, Wash
The Masonic temple st. Pau's church and sew
eral business blocks burned at Lincoln, Neb.;
loss, $50O,00O
q.
at Promised Land, n Y; loss, $500,OO0
49, The business section of Farnham, N. Y,
wiped out by FIRE; loss over $2500OO.
49, Basselin's mill and lumber yard burned at
Lowyile, N. Y; loss, s25o,OoO.
%. $500 loss by the burning of a Touring mill
at Salem, Or.
30 The State Deaf Mute institute burned at Little
Rock; loss. 100000.
OCTOBER.
l. sl5OOO0 FIRE at Call, Tex.
buildings burned at Bloomington, Ills. loss,
sl50000.
O. 81 buildings burned at Duquen, Ark; loss.
s25OO0O.
g. Masonic temple, department store and other
buildings burned at Des Moines; loss, $500 600.
Lumber yards burned at Endeavor. Pa; loss.
S5OO00G.
TO- A 100000 Ere in the business section OF New
| iberia. La.
Cable works burned at Hastings. N. Y; loss.
| $125, 900.
Two acres of buildings burned at Haverstraw.
N. Y. loss, 100000
a. The Loomis sanitarium burned at Liberty, N.
Y; loss 100000
| 15 100000 fire at Waterloo, Ia
81. Salmon cannery burned at Aberdeen, Wash;
loss, sl50,0O0
The Hackettstown seminary burned at Hacketts-
town, N. j.; loss, S30O,OO0
/ NOVEMBER.
| 4. Jones' department store and the St. James
hotel in Kansas City burned; loss, S500O0o.
Loss of 100000 by FIRE in the plant Of the Amer
ican Steel and Wire Co. at Waukegan, His
| 0. s25o,O0O fire at Memphis.
II. A s5OO.0OO fire at Montreal.
| %. The Hustled elevator burned at Buffalo; loss
about $l50000.
| "a. A $35O,0OO fire al Detroit.
| 90. Lippincott's publishing house, a department
store and other establishments burned out in
Philadelphia; loss. 81, ,250.OO
The Franklin college at New Athens, o., burned.
DECEMBER.
| g. Clinton theater burned at Clinton. Mass.
| loss, Sl50,0O0
s. A s25O0OO loss by the burning Of business
block at Meridian. Miss
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