The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-07
EEDEE
Noting the Greater Con1agrntiOns In
voIyiug Large Financial Losses.

voIying Large Financial LOSSES.
Jan. 2-Dawson City, Alaska, business part,
SEU0,0DJ.
25-East St. Louis, IL. Union elevator. ST.
OJJ,O00.
3O-At Maysvi.le, Ky, Mason County Ii
brary and several business buildings.
Feb. l-Naugatuck, Conn, L. 5. Rubber
Co.'S plant, $4,000.
I'm Winnipeg, Man, Mcintyre block,
SjO0,0G).
9-pittsburgh, cold storage plant; sl,775,-
n-New York, Levi P. Morton's office
building, $4,000.
Mar. l6-Ch;cago, Aver bldg; 5000 D
Apr. AT Sacramento, Cal, Southern Pa
cific Ry. s~torehouse, 100000.
l2-Penn. Plate slaaS pant a. North Irwin,
Pa, $4,000.
l7-Boston grain elevator, S500,OGO.
May l2-ChIcago, q acres in elevator and
lumber distrIc.; Sl,2Ol,O0J.
l7-At AttleEoro, 100000 loss.
2I-At Philadelphia, Potter Oilclotb works;
SJ00,U00
Jun. In Portsmouth, O., Burgess Steel
x Iron Co.'S y!ant, 100000.
i9-Park City, Utah, almost entirely de-
stroyed, Sl,G1J,OJJ.
| Aug. !Center Ridge, Ark, nearly de-
stroyed.
S-Bismarck, y. D.. business portion and
many residences. Over >l,Ue),C1J.
G0rNashvIlle, Tenn, hardware establish
mcnt OF Ph~..iIps-Buthotf 20. and other
property, SJ0J,tJ0.
Sep. 2U-Io.ylc, o., elevator; $4,000.
Oct. Hight blocks in best portion OF Col
orado springs, Col, loss 81 10000.
5-ln CiarksviIle, Tenn, over S5VJ,UCI dam
Il-At Tacoma, Wash, Tourists hotel, loss
Sih.vJl.
24EIn Brooklyn, y. Y, s51o,Gc0 damage
done among stcrehouses On p.s-.
Nov. 2&--f; san Francisco, baldwin hote.,
Loss about Sl.Jpt,ujJ.
Dec. New York Home Lie LIS. bldg;
81 .G)1,uJD.
Dec. 2D-At Terre Hau.e, Ind. 100000
loss in business section.
The business sections OF io..ow!uG towns
Were burned Out CT nearly -: Iothd, III.
lJ.u. -; Eutnton, MiaG. (JIn. I0t; Snaw-
nee, o. lJan.IU; last GIaLd FORKS, Al.un.
lJ4n. .JJ; 81. Line, Col. (J&I. ~; Ian
It.I, Il. (reb. ~; Aeu.a, L., and EAter,
Aeb. (teD. -; De haIo, lex. lfeO: ~;
COTteZ, Col. lfeD. .jJ; Na;Crsiaeet, Mich.
MAR. II; Go.dcRpOIu, Ky, and Monticello,
ny. LAlar. III; Perry, Ia. MAR. Ia; ' !ctCr,
y. \. (-Apr. 10; oxford Junction, Ia. tApr.
IL; Osborn, o. (Apr. l2J; uCphlaton, Ia
tApr. IL; Loogootee, Ind. MAY =; Co.ches-
| Ter, Conn, Ii PINT City. MINI. MAY 81;
kcwauaee, Wis. MAY ~; Clifton, Iii.
MAY 23y; Ittabena, Miss. tJun. 81; Spar
tansDurg, Pa. lJun. 49, Grove City, Pa.
tJun. l6J Tracy, Cal, and GGrwin, Ia. (Jun.
49,; Wittemore, Ia. Jun. 81; Alurfreesboro,
Tenn. tJuI. 49,; CCopersviIle, Mich. tJul-
2D; Escanaba, Mich. tJul. 81; bismarck,
y. d., S.,UeO,OO0 Aug. 81; Nheatland, Cal.
aug. ~; CartersvILie, III. aug. q;
Owosso, Mich. (Sep. 81; Livermore, Me.
(Sep. l0); White House, O.. tSep. 81; lps-
witch, S. ID. (Sep. 30); ColOdado Springs. Col,
s ,OO1,O 900 (Uct. u; Lowell, Ind. tOct. y;
Coloma, Mich. oct. 49,; Tuskegee, Ala.
La. (Nov. IL; SiL!ey, Ia, and B~!oomvllle,
o. NOV. l2l; C~anonsburg, Pa. NOV. IA;
Perry, la. Nov. 2l); Cuyahoga Falls, o.
Nov. %; Eufaula, |. T. dec: -; F~rankton,
Ind. dec. 81: IIfton, Ga. dec. Isl; and
Maiden, Mo. dec. 20).
Flames entirely or almost entirely wiped
out following towns and villages: Com
merce, Tex, and Farmville, Va. (Jan. 81;
Iconium, Mo. (Feb. 49,; Fairfield, S. c. FEB.
pa; Bern, Kan. Mar. y; Clancy. Mont.
Mar. 49,; Alton, Ky. (Apr. 23); Lexington,
81; Chipley, Fla. May ~: Bicknell, Ind.
dun. p; Crown Point, 0. (Jun. g.; Canyon
City, Alaska Jun H; Park City. L. Jun.
1871; Dunsmuir. Cal. Jul. 81: Kern City,
Cal. Jul. y; Antelope, Ore. Jul. 49,; New
Holland. O. Jul. 20l; Beckwith. Cal. Jul.
3O): Center Ridge. Ark. (Aug. y: Loans
port. La. (Aug. 23l: Rapid River. Mich.
ISep. q: Jerome, o. T. (Sep. III Ciaremont.
MINI. (Sep. 81: Cumberland, Poskin and
Clayton, Wis, CSep; 2o); Little RIVER, Kan;
Nov. y; Pitkin, Col. EmnoriS Kan, and
Wis. dec. g.; and Hlechanicsburs. o. dec.