The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
FIRES.
Noting the Greater COnnagrntionsI In
vOlvinR Large Financial Losses.

volving Large Financial Losses.
Jan; 10 dawson ia City, Alaska, business part,
25-East st. Louis, H., Union elevator, ST..
100000.
30---At Maysville, KY, Mason County Ii.
brary and several business buildings.
Feb l-Naugatuck, Conn, U. S. Rubber
Pin Winnipeg, Man., Mcintyre block,
$4,000.
pittsburgh, cold storage plant; sl,775,-
ll--New York, Levi p. Morton's office
building, 100000.
Mar. l6-Chicago, Aver bldg; 100000.
Apr. 0-At Sacramento, CAL, Southern Pa
cific Ry. storehouse, s., OO0, 900.
l2-Penn. plate glass plant at North Irwin,
Pa, $4,000.
l7-Boston grain elevator, 100000.
May l2-Chicago, q acres in elevator and
lumber district; Sl,2O0,000.
l7-At Attleboro, $2,00O,0OO loss.
2fAt Philadelphia, Potter Oilcloth works;
Jun. I'm Portsmouth, o., Burgess Steel
& Iron Co.'S plant, 100000.
l0-Park City, Utah, almost entirely de-
stroyed $i000,000.
Aug, 2-Center Ridge, Ark, nearly de.
seB 'Hsa N. D., business portion and
30-Nashvile, Tenn, hardware establish
mcnt of Phillips uthoff Co. and other
property, 100000
Sep. 20-Toledo, o., elevator; 100000
Oct. Eight blocks in best portion of Col
orado Springs, Col, loss $l,000,0O0.
5-ln Clarksville, Tenn, over 1000 dam
H.. AT Tacoma dd Wash, Tourists hotel, loss
24-In Brooklyn, N. Y, 100000 damage
done among storehouses on pier
Nov. 23-At San Francisco, Baldwin hotel,
Loss about 81 100000.
Dec. New York Home Life ms. bldg;
$l,000O00.
Dec 2O-At Terre Haute, Ind. $4,000, 900
loss in business section.
The business sections of following towns
were burned out or nearly SO: Polka, ILL.,.
(Jan. 81; Ruthton, MINI. (Jan. l0); Shaw
nee, OF. (Jan. ~; East Grand Forks, MINI.
(Jan. 20); st. Elmo, Col. (Jan. pa; Plain
field, LII. (Feb. 81; Xenia, H., and Exter,
Cortez, Col. Deb. 2O); Watersmeet, Mich
Mar. u; Goldenpond, KY, and Monticello,
Ky. Mar. ~; Perry, Ill. MAR. ~; Victor,
N. Y. (Apr. lO); Oxford junction, La. (Apr.
III; Osborn, y. (Apr. ~; Hopkinton, la
(Apr. ~; Loogootee, Ind. inlay y; Colches-
ter, Conn, and Pine City, MINI. MAY o.;
hcWaunee, WIS. NNldy wi Ciiton, III.
MAY 23); Ittabena, Miss. (Jun. 81; Spar
tansburg, Pa. (Jun. 49, Grove City,. Pa.
(Jun. l6J; Tracy, CAL, and Garwin, La. Jun.
l9); Wittemore, la. (Jun. 23) !; Murfreesboro,
Tenn. (Jul. 49,; Coopersville, Mich. (Jul.
81; Escanaba, Mich. (Jul. 81; Bismarck,
N. d., Sl,000,0O0 Aug. 81; Wheatland, Cal.
Aug. l2l; Gainesville, Ill. Aug. 22);
0wosso, Mich. (Sep. 81; Livermore, Me.
(Sep. l0); White House, 0. (Sep. l5); Ips-
witch, 5. ID. (Sep. 30); Colodado Springs, Col,
sl,0O0,O00 (Oct. -; Lowell, Ind. (Oct. a.;
Coloma, Mich (Oct. 49,; Tuskegee, Ala.
lOct. 29); Divide, Col. Nov. p ;Covington,
La. Nov. -; Sibley,, la, and Bloomville,
9; lNoy i2, ca9 s,ps Pa; (H NSi. IA;
(Nov27) Eufaula, l. +. (Dec. a; Frankton,
Ind. dec. 81; Triton, Ga. dec. 49,; 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. G. (Feb.
24l; Bern, Kan. Mar. ~; Clancy, Mont.
Mar l0); Alton, Ky. (Apr. 23); Lexington,
Ky. MAY a.; Sacandaga Park, N. Y. MAY
o.; Chipley, Fla. May lD; Bicknell, Ind.
(Jun. ~; Crown Point, o. Dun. o.; Canyon
City, Alaska (Jun l4) Park City, U. (Jun.
lo); Dunsmuir, Cal. (Jul. 81; Kern City,
Cal. (Jul. ~; Antelope, Ore. (Jul. 49,; New
I Holland, Q. ,9Jgl. 2o) Beckwith, Cal. lJul.
port, La. (Aug. 23); Rapid River, Mich.
{Sep. q !; Jerome, o. T. (Sep. III; 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. (Dec. 6); and Mechanicsburs, o. dec.
22).