The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-06
FIRES.
Noting the Greater COMBINATIONS In
VOlving Large Financial Losses.

Noting the Greater ConilngrntiOns In
voIving Large Financial LOSSES.
Jan. 2-Dawson City, Alaska, business part,
100000
25 East st. Louis, H., Union elevator, ST.
0OO,0O0,
3O-At Maysyille, Ky, Mason County Ii
brary and several business buildings.
Feb. l-Naugatuck Conn, L. ). Rubber
Co.'S plant, 100000.
2-ln Winnipeg, Man, Mcintyre block,
S50O,000.
9-Pittsburgh, cold storage plant; $l,775,.
ll--New York, Levi p. Morton's office
building, $5O0,0O0.
Mar. l6-Chicago, Aver bldg; 100000.
Apr. 9-At Sacramento, Cal, Southern Pa
cihc Ry storehouse, Sl,OOO,00O.
l2-Penn. plate glass plant at North Irwin,
I7-Boston grain elevator, 100000.
May l2-Chicago, u acres in elevator and
lumber district; 81 100000.
l7-At Attleboro, S2,0O0000 loss
pat Philadelphia, Potter Oilcloth works;
$5OO,OO0
Jun. In Portsmouth, O., Burgess Steel
& Iron Co.'S plant, 100000.
l9-Park City, Utah, almost entirely de-
stroyed, 100000
Aug. 2-Center Ridge, Ark, nearly de-
s-Bismarck. n. d., business portion and
80 Nashville, Tenn, hardware establish
ment OF Phillips Buthof Co. and other
property, $J00O0O.
Sep. 2O-'l'oledo, o., elevator; $600,0O0.
Oct. Eight blocks in best portion OF Col
orado Springs, COLI loss SlOOO,OOO,
5-ln Clarlsville, Tenn, over 100000 dam
ll-At Tacoma, Wash, Tourists hotel, loss
$600,00O.
2i-In Brooklyn, y. Y, 100000 damage
done among storehouses ON pier
Nov. 23-M san Francisco, baldwin hotel,
Loss about 81 100000.
Dec. Anew York Home Life ms bldg;
Sl,0000O0.
Dec. 20-At Terre Ilaute, Ind, $2,0OO,0O0
loss in business section.
The business sections OF following towns
were burned out or nearly 50; rO.na, III.
(Jan, %; ltuthton, Mlnn. (Jdn. lO); Snaw-
nee, y. L. (Jan, ~; East Grand Forks, Mlnn.
(Jan. 2O); st. k.mo, Col. (Jan. "a; Plain
field, ILL., (teb. o.; Aenia, ILL.,, and EXter,
Neb. (Feb. u; DE halb, Tex. (reb. 23);
Cortez, Col. (reb. 20; W atersmeet, Mich.
Mar. y; Godenpond, Ky, and Monticello,
Ky, MAR. ~ Perry, III. Mar, ~; lctor,
n. Y. (Apr. lO); Oxford junction, la. (Apr-
ID OSBORN, U. (Apr. ~; Hopkinton, la
| (Apr. ~ Loogootee, Ind. May y; Colches-
Ter, Conn, and Pine City, MINI. MAY %;
Kewaunee, Wis. MAY 2O); Clifton, Ill.
! MAY 23); lttabena, Miss. (Jun. 81; Spar
tansburg, Pa. (Jun. 49, Grove City, Pa
| (Jun. l6); Tracy, Cal, and Garwin, la. dun.
49,; Wittemore, la. (Jun. 23)j Murlreesboro,
Tenn. (Jul. 49,; Coopersvile, Mich. (Jul.
2D; Escanaba, Mich, (Jul. 81; Bismarck,
N d., Sl,0O0,0OO Aug 81; Wheatland, Cal.
Aug. ~; Garteersyille, H. Aug ~;
(Sep. l0); White House, o. (Sep. l5); lps-
witch, S. d. (Sep. 30); Coodado Springs, COL,
Sl,0OO,000 Oct y; Lowell, Ind. Oct ~ /;
Coloma, Mich. (Oct. 49,; Tuskegee, Ala.
(Oct. 20); Divide, Col. Nov. p ;Covington,
La. NOV. ~; Sibley, Ia, and Bloomville,
o. NOV. l2); Canonsburg, Pa. Nov. l4);
Perry, la. Nov 2D; Cuyahoga Falls, o..
Nov % Eufaula, /. 4. (Dec. A.; Frankton,
Ind. dec. o.; Tifton, Ga. dec. 49,; and
Maiden, Mo. dec. 2O).
Flames entirely or almost entirely wiped
out following towns and villages Com
merce, Tex, and Farmville, Va. (Jan. 81;
Iconium, Mo. Deb 49,; Fairfield, S. G.. QSeb.
24l; Bern, Kan. Mar, p; Clancy, Mont.
MAR. 49,; Alton, Ky. (Apr. 23) Lexington,
Ky. MAY ~; Sacandaga Park, y. y; (May
City, Alaska (Jun l4) Park City, u. dun.
1877 Dunsmuir, Cal (Jul. 81; Kern City,
Cal. (Jul. ~; Antelope Ore. (Jul 49,; New
Holland, o. (Jul. 2O) Beolswith, Cal. (Jul.
30) Center Ridge, Ark. Aug. p; Logans-
port. La. Aug. 23); Rapid River. Mich.
iSep. q; jerome, O. T. (Sep. IL; Claremont,
MINI (Sep. 2sl; Cumberland, Poskin and
Clayton, Wis. (Sep. 20); Little River, Kan.
Nov. ~; Pitkin, Col, Emporia, Kan, and
Green Ridge, Mo. Nov. "; Weyauwega.
Wis. (Dee, o.; and MechaniOsburg, o. (Dss.