The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-12-29
FIRES.
JANUARY.

JANUARY
u The J. a Menken Co.'S drv goods house
burned in Memphis; loss $3.50, ooo
~ osterhout building burned at wilkesbarre,
Pa; loss, $25o,ooo.
1, Fire in the business portion Of Columbus O.,
caused loss of $3.50. 900.
:. The Manitoba hotel and other property burn.
ed in Winnipeg; loss, $4,000
Ia. Several clothing houses burned in Philadel.
phia; loss about 100000
Traders, warcbops. Co and other concerns
burned out in Chicago; loss. $3.50 900.
A hat factory and clothing house burned in
Cincinnati. loss. 100000.
L. IAN VI 'he .'oiAo ouioihs Aiiu A1oiloet
,.>n.,p Mu 40 III U.s. $1,000. ~. D.,.,,
puiiuihs No. 20, the lHBes' w Tue o'ooh!n
navy yard, burned and the original model and
patterns Of the battleship Maine destroyed;
!oss nearly S2'ooo'ooo,
u. The minneapolis Tribune building and , other
property pufneo IN MinneaPohsi loss, S'V,VV'
IS. Windsor hotel and several stores burned at
Holyoke, Mass loss, S50O,OO0
MARCH.
3. Freight depot and cotton compress burned at
kcClurgs BOOKSTORE burned IN ChlcaBOi ion,
S5SO.0O0
a r;rs d..trovcd The Mary Holmes coll.o. and
large amount OF cotton at vest point Miss :.
loss s4oo 900.
"a. Loss Of s45o,oOo by the burning Of stove and
machine screw works at Cleveland.
@. The j. L. Howard Car factory burned ct
Hartford. Ioss s1so OO0
ubers W X Vanderbilt Ir took his bride
for the HONEYMOON. burned: loss about $780,.
ooo
10 Half a block of business houses burned in
Cleveland; loss, s., 900 900.
e. The kinsmnn block burned In Omaha; loss,
5000 O00
ss. Fire wiped out the business center of Dawson
City: loss between s., 900, 900 and s., 600, OOO
nav
l. Gen, WADE han'ptons nome containing a
49,. i.I =. caI,,s,t;a G ~
~, i, ths h.ort of cr,enyills N r.. loss
- "a. .ne o ~ '"e "e@'' " -'
., SOC nm aro =. ,,,ro,os+o- NJ
~ 800 "a, a. - tho mr. Is,.na a,o,ro ,,,,
80 - d;s,r;o, - ch;on,ro
q. 90 nno CO. =, g. Iob, IN
coney Island.
JUNE.
g. The ST. Charles theater, a landmark Of New
Orleans Ea,troyed by FIRE
7. A $3.50, 800 Ere at Augusta, Ga.
H. slOoooJo FIRE in the works Of the Arm
strong Whitworti Ordnance Co. at Newcastle
on-Tyne.
ls The Benbow House at Greensboro, N. c.,
burned: loss SlonOoo
q. Gen. john b. Cordon's house. the historic
Sutherland, at Kirkwood, Ca, burned.
n. A $2OO, 900 fire at Laurel, Del.
JULY,
the heart OF Summit, y. J.
l. The Cavcso hotel and other property burned
at Memphis: loss. $3.50. Ooo
20 buildings burned at Paris Tenn; loss. sl75,-
OOO
9, Railroad elevator burned az Ludington, Mich;
legs, sl2o.Ooo.
Coulteryille CAL wiped out by fre; loss, $780,
Ooo
ia Fire DESTROYED 81 900 600 worth of uniforms
and a large quantity of food upplies at the
BrookIvn navy ward.
H. A slOO, 600 mill fire at Mount Vernon, Ind
The Addystone foundry burned at North Bend
Ind . loss. 500. 600.
g. 81, 900, 900 loss by the burning Of wheat ele
va:or at Toledo.
AUGUST.
10 The Guild building and other properties de-
,,rov.d At Dal;as. loss. sajO,Ooo
T. Yokohama sy.,i by the largest Ere in its
history: square mile of buildings DESTROYED
and Ia lives lost
10. 81 buildings burned at jamestown. N. Y;
Ioss Sb00 O00
o. The huSocss portion of Victor, Colo, de-
.,rov.d hy era, lose SO en1 oOo
on ,eo h,i,d;,n. dssrrovsd at Tmnnsr Like. N
v lo.s s1sO o0n
., W. dns,rovcd the stationery establishment
~ p,rsons Green A. Co. Mt Bolyoke. Mass:
-. eco, am
-
q %
ga s.oo,oo1 hre III Nansas city' ,
10. si6a,Ooo loss ny hre al seattle WASH
The Masonic temple, 81. Faai cnurch aho sew.
erai business docks ourheu 1t Liheoiii' Neo''
iUss, F'0''.Uo -. r;,,,,-,,, ~ h,,.,.5
~ n...;.ad Iand v loss ssoo nm
"a Ths business section Of Farnhan, N. T.,
v-iped out bv fire; loss over $3.50 Oo0
TO- Bsxselin.s mill and lumber yard burned at
Lowyile, y. Y; loss, $500
- SEQ 0OO loss by the burning OF a Touring mil!
', -, NJ
On r. cta,a No., Mute i,s,ituts burned ,t Little
Rock. I,,s sI8o n0o
,,.,o,r,
"
j. sieoooo hre al Nei, lex
buildings ourneo al Dioo"hns''h' hiS'' IVES
Si"T1i -, n All. La.
soso 600
$3.50 .o,,,,a do,,r,r,er+ stora o,d otber
ta',S,;" -; =. H. Wn;n.s. Ios. s5oo ooo
,;'o. go. h,,rnsd ~ rndooror pa loss
s5ooooo.
TO- 5000. 900 Are in the business section OF New
Iberia, La.
Cable works burned at Hastings, N. Y; loss,
s125,oOO.
Two acres Of buildings burned at Haverstraw,
rne , ,.0oe sIoe sl mn O"'"e' AZ
Simon S'C c,rnerx burned at Aberdeen. Wash;