The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-31

70. 0sterhout building burned at Wilkesbarre,
Pa; loss, S250,000
FEBRUARY.
l. Fire in the business portion Of Columbus, o.,
caused loss of S75O.0O0
T. The Manitoba hotel and other property burn
ed in Winnipeg; loss, 100000.
IA. Several clothing houses burned in Philadel'
phia; loss about 100000.
Traders Warehouse Co. and other concerns
burned out in Chicago; loss, S7So,000
hat factory and clothing house burned in
Cincinnati; loss, 100000
15 Plant of the Thomas Building and Lumber
Co. burned at Akron, o.; loss, 100000
Building No. rs, the largest in the Brooklyn
navy yard, burned and the original model and
patterns of the battleship Maine destroyed;
loss nearly $2,000000.
a. The Minneapolis Tribune building and other
property burned in Minneapolis; loss, $500, 900.
g. Windsor hotel and several stores burned at
Holyoke Mass; loss, $500000.
MARCH
g. Freight depot and cotton compress burned at
Charlotte, N. c.. loss about 100000.
McClurg's bookstore burned in Chicago; loss
$3.50 900.
6. Fire destroyed the Mary Holmes college and
large amount of cotton at West Point, Miss;
loss s400. 600
a. Loss of $4,000 by the burning Of stove and
machine screw works at Cleveland.
~. 10e y. ~. IONaIu LAX AdN%SlJ boiASN ~
Hartford; loss. S1s0.0OO
APRIL.
IA. Idle Hour the residence on Long Island
where w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., took his bride
for the honeymoon, burned; loss about $780,
600.
Is. Half block OF business houses burned iii
Cleveland; loss, 81 100000.
%. The Kingman block burned in Omaha; loss
S200, 900.
-
City; loss between $1,o00,OOO and s2,oOo,0oO
MAY
l. Gen. Wade Hampton's home, containing
fine library, valuable jewels aud treasured rel
les. burned at Columbia. S. c.
4. Fire in the heart OF Greenyile, n c.; loss
100000
a. 100000 fire at Manchester, n. H.
H. A $500, 600 fire in the Blue Island avenue lum
Der district of Chicago.
Is. A 100000 fire in st. John, n. B.
g. A 100000 FIRE in the "Bowery district"
Coney Island.
s. The St. Charles theater, q landmark of New
Orleans, destroyed by fire.
Z. A S250,000 fire at Augusta, Ca.
IL. A 81 100000 fire in the works Of the Arm
strong -Whitworth Oljnanee Co. at Newcastle
on-Tyne.
Is The Benbow House at Greer boro, n. c.,
burned loss. 100000.
q. Gen. John 3. Gordon's house, the historic
Sutherland, at Kirkwood, Ga, burned.
%. A 100000 FIRE at Laurel, Del.
JULY.
3 Fire destroyed property valued at $4,000 in
the heart Of Summit, n. ].
e. The Gayoso hotel and other property burned
at Memphis; loss $4,000.
% buildings burned at Paris, Tenn; loss, Sl75,-
600
T,,5s snt,
loss, $4,000.
Coulteryille. Cal, wiped out by FIRE; loss, $780,,
900.
10. 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
%. s1,000.oOO loss by the burning of wheat ele-
va.or at Toledo.
10. The Guild building and other properties de-
stroyed at Dallas; loss, $4,000
IL. Yokohama swept by the largest fire in its
history; square mile of buildings destroyed
and l6 lives lost.
16 q buildings burned at jamestown, N. Y;
loss, 100000.
q. The business portion of Victor, Colo, de-
stroyed by fre loss 81, 100000.
80 1859 buildings destroyed at Topper Lake. n.
Y; loss, $4,000.
81. Fire destroyed the stationery establishment
of Parsons. Green Co. at Holyoke, Mass;
loss, 100000.
SEPTEMBER.
O. A s2500O0 FIRE in Kansas City
16. sl65,0O0 loss by fire at Seattle. Wash.
The Masonic temple, st. Paus church and sew.
eral business blocks burned at Lincoln Neb
loss, $500, 900.
IL. Plant OF the American Fisheries Co. burned
at Promised Land. n. Y; loss, 100000
IS. The business section of Fanham, n. T.,
wiped out by fire; loss over $2500OO.
10. Basselin's mill and lumber yard burned at
Lowvlle, \. Y; loss, $250000.
70. $4,000 loss by the burning Of Touring mill
at Salem, Or.
90. The State Deaf Mute institute burned at Little
Rock; loss, 100000.
OCTOBER.
l. A $4,000 Ere at Cell, Tex.
buildings burned at Bloomington. MS; loss,
$3.50, 900.
.. "a buildings burned at Duquen. Ark; loss.
S250,000
8. Masonic temple, department store and other
buildings burned at Dies Moines; loss, $500, 900.
Lumber yards burned at Endeavor, Pa; loss,
$500 900
10. A 5000. 900 FIRE in the business section Of New
Iberia, La.
Cable works burned at Hastings. n. Y; loss,
S125, 900.
Two acres of buildings burned at Hsverstraw,
n. Y. loss, 100000.
H. The Loomis sanitarium burned at Liberty, n
y. loss, 100000
IT, A Sl000 00 fire at Waterloo, Ia.
81 Salmon csnnery burned at Aberdeen, Wash;
loss, $l50,O00.
The Hackettstown seminary burned at Hacketts.
town. n. j.. loss, 100000.
NOVEMBER
T. Jones' department store and the St. james
hotel in Kansas City burned; loss, 100000.
Loss Of S4O0 900 by fir in the plant of the Amer
lean Steel and Wire Co. at Waukegan, Ills.
3. $4,000 fire at Memphis.
IL. 100000 fire at Montreal
%. The Hustled elevator burned at Buffalo, loss
about $4,000
"a. A S350,000 fire al Detroit
%. Lppipcotts publishing house, a department
store and other establishments burned out In
Philadelphia; loss, 81 ,250, 900.
franklin college az New Athens, o., burned.
DECEMBER
inton theater burned at Clinton Mass;
s, $4,000
$3.50, 100 loss by the burning cf q business
al Meridian. Miss.