Iron County register., 1899-01-05
FIRES.

Noting the Greater Conma&ratiOns In
vOIving Large Financial Losses.
Jan. 2-Dawson City, Alaska, business part
500, 900.
25.East ST. Louis. IL, Union elevator, 81,
sO-At MayBville, Ky, Mason County Ii
brary and several business buildings.
Feb. l-Naugatuck, Conn, Z. S. Rubbe.
Co.'S plant, s700, 900.
2-In Winnipeg, Man, Mcintyre block
e-Pittsburgh, cold storage plant; sl,775.
OO0
Il-New York, Levi P. Morton's Office
building, $4,000.
Mar. 16-C Chicago, Aver bids; $500, 900.
Apr. 9-At Sacramento, Cal, Southern Pa.
cifc Ry. storehouse, 81, 200, ,000
l2-Penn. plate glass plant at North Irwin
Pa, S75O,000.
I7-Boston grain elevator, $500, 600.
May l2-Chicago, 6 acres in elevator and
lumber district; 81 ,200,0
I7-At Attleboro, $1,000, 900 loss.
24-At Philadelphia, Potter Olcloth works;
$500, 900.
Jun. I'm Portsmouth, O., Burgess Steel
L Iron Co.'S plant, 100000.
l9-Park City, Utah, almost entirely de
stroyed, 1000, 900.
Aug. 2-Center Ridge, Ark, nearly de
s-Bismarck, n. D., business portion and
S0-Nashville, Tenn, hardware establish
ment OF PhiIlips-Buthoff Co. and other
property, $500, 900.
Sep. 20-Toledo, o., elevator; $500, 900.
Oct. Eight blocks in best portion of Col
orado Springs, Col, loss 81, ,000, 900.
SIN ClarksvIle, Tenn, over S5OO, 900 dam
age.
ll-At Tacoma, Wash, Tourists hotel, loss
2+fn Brooklyn, n. Y, $4,000 damage
done among storehouses on pier.
Nov. 23-At San Francisco, Baldwin hotel,
Loss about 81 500, 600
Dec. New York Home Life Ins bldg;
1000, 600.
Dec 2O-At Terre Haute, Ind, $1,000, 600
loss IN business section.
The business sections of following towns
(Jan. 81; Ruthton, MINI. (Jan 1Ol; Shaw
nee, y. 4. (Jan. III; East Grand Forks, MINI.
tJan. 20); St Elmo, Col. (Jan. pa; Plain
field, III. (Feb. 81; Xenia, L., and Exter,
Neb- (Feb; y; De kalb, Tex. FEB. 23l |;
Cortez, Col. (Feb- 26l; Watersmeet, Mich.
Ky. Mar. III; Perry, lii. MAR. III; Victor,
\. Y. tApr. l0); Oxford Junction, Ia (Apr
III; Osborn, o. (Apr. l2l; Hopkinton, Ia
lApr: I'D; Loogootee, Ind MAY p; Colches-
ter, Conn, and Pine City, Minn. Cday 81;
(Afay 23); Ittabena, Miss. (Jun. 81; Spar
tansburg, Pa. Jun. l3) Grove City, Pa.
(Jun. 16); Tracy, Cal, and Garwin, Ia Jun
19); Wittemore, La. (Jun. 81 Murfreesboro,
Tenn; (Jul-, l3); Coopersyille, Mich Jul.
\, D., s., ,Oo0,0o Aug 81; Wheatland, Cal
Aug. l2l; CartersviIle, III. (Aug. %;
Owosso, Mich. (Sep. 81; Livermore, Ne.
(Sep. l0); White House, o. (Sep. Isl; Ips-
wicn, S. d. (Sep. 30); Colodado Springs, Col,
81 900 (Oct- u; Lowell, Ind. (Oct II !;
Colona, Mich (Oct- 49,; Tuskegee, Ala.
(Oct 90; Divide, Col. (Nov. p ;Covington,
La. Nov. IL; Sibley, Ia, and Bloomville,
o. Nov l2l; Canonsburg, Pa. Nov. l4) !;
Perry, la. (Nov. 2D; Cuyahoga Falls, o.
tNov "a; Eufaula, l. T. dee. ~; Frankton,
Ind dec. 81; Triton, Ga. (Dec. ls); and
Maiden, Mo. dec. 20).
Flames entirely or almost entirely wiped
out following towns and villages: Com
merce. Tex, and Farmville, Va, Jan 81;
Icoaiun, No. fFeb. 49,; Fairfield, S c. (Feb.
24); Bern, Kan Mar. p; Clancy, Mont
Mar. l9); Alton, Ky. (Apr- 23); Lexington,
Ky. May A.; Sacandaga Park, n. Y. MAY
g); Chipley, Fla May Ia; Bieknell, Ind.
Jun. y; Crown Point, 0. (Jun. g.; Canyon
City, Alaska Jun l4); Park City, z. Jun.
l9): Dunsmuir, Cal. (Jul. 81; Kern City,
Cal (Jul. -; Antelope, Ore. Jul. l31; New
Holland, o. SJpl- 2O(;, Beckwith, Cal. Jul.
port, La; (Aug. 81; Rapid River. Mich
Minn. fSep. 2sl; Cumberland, Poskin and
Clayton, Wis. lSep. 20; Little River, Kan
Nov. a; Pitkin, Col, Emporia, Kan, and
Green Ridge, No. (Nov. ~; Weyauwega,
Wis- (Dec. o.; and Mechanicsburg, o. dec.
2).