Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-01-03
FIRES.
NOfiDg the Greater ConfiaErations In
voIvinS Large Financial Losses.

NotiDg the Greater Confiag rat lions In
voIvinS Large Financial Losses.
Jan. Dawson City, Alaska, business part,
$209,000.
rs East st. Louis. H., Union elevator, 81,
0U0,O00
30--At Maysville, Ky, Mason County Il.
brsry and several business buildings
Feb. l--Naugatuck, Conn, L. $. i,ubber
Co.'S plant, $100,000.
PIN Winnipeg, Man, Mcintyre block.
100000
9.Pittsburgh, cold storage plant; 1910,
ll-New York, Levi p. Mortons office
building, $50S,O00.
Mar. l6-Chicago, Aver bldg; 100000
Apr Sat Sacramento, Cal, Southern Pa
cliic Ry. storehouse, $l,OOJ,000
l2-Penn plate glass plant at North Irwin,
Pa 100000
IL Boston grain elevator, 100000
May l2-Chicago, acres in elevator and
lumber district; 81 100000.
lI--At Attleboro, S2,000,000 loss.
AT Philadelphia, Potter Oileloth works
100000
Jun. lin Portsmouth O., Burgess Steei
* Iron Co.'S plant, 100000
l9--l'ark City Utah, almost entirely de
stroyed, $l,0O10G0.
Aug 2--Center Ridge, Ark, nearly De.
stroyed
S-Bismarck, n. d., business portion and
mdny residences. over 81 ,0O0,00J
60 NASHVILLE Tenn, hardware establish
ment of Phillips Buthoh Co and other
property; Sj0O,OO0.
Sep. 20 Toledo, o., elevator; 100000
Oct Eight blocks in best portion of Col
orado Springs, Col, loss ) l,g9o,OO0
liz Clarksville, Tenn, over 100000 daml
age.
lat Tacoma, Wash, Tourists hotel, loss
$500,00O
"a In Brooklyn, n. y. $4,000 damage
done among storehouses on pier.
Nov. % san francisco, baldwin hotel,
Loss about 81 ,500O00.
Dec. 4 New York Home Lie ms. bldg;
81 100000
Dec. 2O--At Terre Haute, Ind, S2,OOOO0O
loss in business section.
The business sections of following towns
were burned OUT or neariy 80: Eotka, al.
lJan. %; kuthton, Mimi, tJan. l0j; SHAW
nee, o. L. (Jan. III; East Grand orls, Mlnn.
can. 2O); ST. Emo, col. (Jan, "a; llSin-
ueIu, Ill. (Feb. 81; Aenia, ILL.,, ana EXter,
Neb. (F'eb. ~; DE haiD, lex, (teb. 23j;
COrtez, Col (teb 2Gl; Matersmeet, Mich.
t-'Iar, ~; Goidenpond, Ky, and Monticello,
hy, Mar. ~; Perry, III. (Mar. ~; Victor,
N. N..(Apr. lJ); oxford junction, Ia. (Apr
III; OSBORN, .. (Apr, ~ hopNinton, La
ftApr. ~; LoOgcoiee, Ind. l-iay y Coches
ger, Lonn., ana time Uity, " mn. May ";
kewsunee, hls. tAlAy ~; Cniton, Iii.
May 81; lttabena, Miss. (,juu. 81 Spar
tanSourg, Pa. (Juu. 80 ;Irrove City, pa.
lJun, i0l; Tracy, Cal, and L,arwin, la. (Jum.
49,; NIttsmore, Ia. (Jun. 30 Muureesboro,
Tenn. (JuI, III; CoOpelsvlile, Mich. (,iul.
2ll; Escanaba, Mich. lJui 3lj Bismarck,
y. d., Sl,0O0,UO0 (Aug. 81 /; VI heatland, Cal.
(Aug ~; Cartersvlle, III. Aug. 22l;
Owosso, Mich. (Sep. 81; Livermore, Me.
tSsp. 10Y; White House, o. tSep. l5(; lps
wieh, s. D. (Sep. 30); Colodado Springs, Col,
! 81 100000 (0ct. u; Lowell, Ind Oct q;
Coloma, Mich. Oct. 49,; 1uskegee Ala
| Oct 29); Divide, Col (Nov. p ;toviugton,
La. (Aov ID; slbley,, la, and Boonivllle,
| % (Noy. ~; Canonsburg. Pa. (Noy l4y;
| (NoY 20; Eufaula, ]. I. tDec. ~ Flankton,
Ind. (Dec. 81; Tifton, Ca Dec lSl and
Maiden, Mo. (Dee, 20).
Flames entirely or almost entirely wipesi
out following towns and villages: Com
merce, Tex, and Farmville, Va. lJan. 81;
! lconnini, Mo (Eeb 49, /; Fairfield, s. G. (Feb.
2fl; Bern Kan (Mar. p; Clancy, Mout.
Mar l9); Alton, Ky, tApr. 2S} Lexington,
Ky. May Al Sacandaga Park, N. Y. (3ay
9li chipley, Fla; May Iil Biekpell. Ind
dun p; Crown Point, Q dun. 81; Canyon
49,; Dunsmuir, Cal (Jnl 81 KerutCity,
Gal (Jul ~; Antelope Ore. (Jul l3l; New
! Holland, O. fJul 20) ISeckwith. Cal (Jul
30(; Center Ridge. Ark Aug ~; Logans-
port, La. (Aug. 23l Rapid Riyes, Mich
(Sep p; Jerome, O. T. (Sep. ~ Claremont.
Mimi (Sep. 2el; Cumberland, poskin and.
Clayton. Wis iSep 29) Little River Kan.
Wis. Dec. o and Meehsniosburs Q (Dec,