Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01
REVIEW OF 1899.
The Years Chief Events in a CIassi-
fed CIDER.
Dairy oil the Wars-hawc by Fires. Storms
and Accidents.
Following is a summary of the import
ant events Of l"9:
FIRES

caused loss az >11o'
, The Manitoba hotel Their property burn.
Cd IN Winnipeg; loss. 900.
:. Several clothing hous arned in nhiladel-
phia; loss about 5000
rt.ders' Warehouse Co. d other concerns
burned out in Chicago; J : S1S0,O00.
hat factory and cloth house burned in
Cincinnati: loss. 100000
/, ,s Plant Of the Thomas L i ing and Lumber
Co. burned at Akron, O.. I 100000.
Rpildnc No. .. the larg in the BROOKLYN
navy yard, burned and tn gina model and
patterrs NJ the hattleshi iaine destroyed:
loss nearly S2.GM,e00
o. The Minneapolis Tribune ding and other
nronartv burned in Minneal /; loss, $500. 900
DC Windsor hotel and seyera. ores burned at
Hoyoke, Mass. loss 5000
MARCH.
Freight depot and cotton &C ress burned at
Charlotte n c.; loss about 1000.
NcClurgs bookstore burned i Chicago; loss,
$4,000.
Fire destroyed the Mary IIol college and
:. large amount Of cotton at W Point, Miss;
loss, 100000.
q. Loss Of $4,000 by the hurnir # stove ana
machine screw works at Clev.'
% The J. L. Howard Car / burned at
Hartford; loss, $4,000
AraI1
Il Idle Hour. the residence ng Island
where v r. Vanderbilt, J his bride
tr The Honeymoon, burned; out $780,
0ll
Is Half a block Of business h Iurral in
Cleveland: loss, 81 100000.
o The kngnan block burned i lha; loss,
100000.
o. Fire wiped out the business &c Dawson
City; loss between 81, 100000 an 10000.
NAY.
!. Cen Wade Hampton's home, ming
fine library. valuable jewels ana Il red rel
ics burned at Columbia. :. {.
& Fire in the heart Of Grcenville, y. :; loss,
$4,000.
H. $4,000 fire at Manchester. y. H.
L. A 800 01l fire in the Blue Island ave : lum-
Der distrio: Of Chicago.
% Asjn.DyJ fire in st. John. y. b.
a6 A 100000 fire in the "Bowery let"
Coney Island
s. Tie St. Charles theater. landmark New
Orleans, destroyed by FIRE.
= s.jl00j fire at Augusta, Ga.
H. A sl,GO,O01 fire in the works Of til lrm-
strong .Whtworth Ordnance %. at Ne, stle-
onTyne.
IS The Benbow House at Greensboro, G.,
burned; loss SlJ1.0)o.
o. Gen John H. Gordons house. the h. oic
Sutherland, at Kirhwood, Ga. burned
q 100000 fire at Laurel. Del.
JULY
Fire destroyed property valued at $4,000 u
the heart q summit. y. J.
l. The Cayoso hotel AMI other property burned
at Memphis: loss, $4,000.
20 buildings burned at Paris, Tenn; loss. Sl75.
N
g. Railroad elevator burned at Ludington. Mich;
loss. 100000
Couterille, Cal, wiped out by fire; loss. $40.
900.
IS Fire destroyed 100000 worth Of uniforms
and a large quantity OF food supplies at tie
Brooklyn navy yard.
Il. 100000 mill fire at Mount Vernon, Ind.
The Addystone foundry burned at North Bend
Ind loss. 100000
% sl,Ol9GyO loss Icy the burning OF wheat ele-
ya;or at Toledo
AUGUST
TO- The Guild building and other pronorties de.
stFoyed at Dallas. loss, S250.c
II Yokohama svort ~, ,La 1ar,,ost fra IN ;-s
history square mile OF buildings destroyed
ID 2 buildings burned at jamestown, \. T.;
loss, $4,000.
a. The business portion Of Victor. Colo. de-
stroycd ~ A.. VAL - an NM
80 100 buildings destroyed at Upper Lake, y.
Y; loss s1jlao
81 Fire dos,.,,ot ,ho ,...i,ro.,. .-.o,,ish,.,,+
Of Parsons Green 4 20 at HoivoLe kias,
loss %N'G0.
srprry,prp
q A s95o.eDO FRI II Kansas ~,
Il sIs 1890 M III III I, Kansas orS
The Na.o,in ,. L :. ,,-'i. I'LL.
eral bushes, hinclls hprroJ o. rj,,cnrr Nh
loss ssorcso D''eNS Duiiie" @' Lincoln -'eD''
Il. Plant Of the American Fisheries Co. burned
at Promised Land \ " o.. s5ooo1o
10 Inc busin, section Of Flrnhan, y. Y,
n n'peu ou' oy tire' loss oyer S2JJ,Oh.
rsa mil 2hd number YARD burned az
% o,.oaH se y y. loss, %2o9'oo0
'. $500 iu-S ~ The burning OF fouTlnS NH
On d. q. A&.em' Or
." Inc State Deaf Matte institute burned at Little
'eA' 4OS'' SIoO'o10.
ocroprn
!. A sl51.Ogo fra II can Tax
buildings burned at Bloomington. Ms: los5.
$4,000
q 81 BUILDINGS b,rrod :. n,,o,,,, III Ioss
$4,000
Masonic temple, department store and other
Lumber yards burned at Endcayor. Pa; loss.
10 $50 I ~ a.
c, .s: ea K burned At Hastings. n H. III,
Two acres Of buiIdirrs b,rroa - ,r.rors,rar,
IL The l. Ios so5i, $4,000 sso,osi,,..