Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-01-04
FIRES.
More Particularly Those Which Cause
Large LoSs or Suffering.

More Particularly Those "h1cn SauSe
Large LoSs or Suffering.
Jan. I2-Atlanta, Ga, in heart OF business
district; $4,000.
lS-New York, building of A. j. Cammeyer,
retail shoes; 100000.
Feb columbus, o., half a business block;
S75O.O0O.
7-Winnibeg, Manitoba house; 100000.
9-New York, IL buildings; S700,OOO
1G-Frankfort, Ky, governors mansion.
l2-Chicago. A. c. McCIurg & Co.'S book
store; $3.50, 900.
Chicago. F. b. Buffers storage bldg;
500. OOO . Cincinnati, Kahn, Fellheimer
& Co. 5 hat establishment; S5OO,O0O.
l5-Brooklyn navy yard machine shops;
Sl,000,000.
2S-Holyoke, Mass, Windsor hotel, opera
house and other buildings; $500, 0O0.
Apr. l3-In Rock and Keith counties, Neb.,
prairie fires; several lives lost.
16-Cieveiand, o., half block of business
buildings; 81 ,0OO,J 900.
May l-Near.y one-third of Brule county, S.
D., burned over by prairie tires.
l7-Chicago, 5 lumber pants; $4,000
2O-Dawson City, Alaska, business portion;
2e~Con,ey island, n. Y. 200 buildings; $500,
Jun. 4-Republic. Wash, IS, bldgs., $50, 600.
Jul. memphis, Tenn, Gayoso hotel;
s45O,O0O.
Aug. 2l-Viotor, Col, in business section;
$2.000,OOO
Sep l6-Promised Land, L. l., Amer. Fish
cries Co.'S plant; 5000
19-In Adirondack forest, n. Y, forest fires.
20-Norfo!k, Va, St. Vincent de Pauls hos
pital; lives and $500, 200.
Oct. 3-Endeavor, Pa, Wheeler & Dusen-
berry Co. S lumber yards; $500, 900.
13-Brooklyn, n. Y, Bush Co.'S cotton ware
house; $500,000.
Nov. 3-New York. Manhattan Bedding
Co.'S factory; 100000.
5-Waukegan. ILL.,. Amer. Steel & Wire
CO. s plant; $500, 900. . Kansas City, Mo-,
fire starting in Jones Bros. department
store: $500,000.
12-Montreal, Wan Bros biscuit factory;
$500. 900.
29~Philade!phia, J. b. Lippincott & Co. s
Dec. l0-Augusta, Ga, business block; ST.
O00, 000
l9-Florence, S. c.. business section.
2l-Detroit, Tex, business section.
25-Rock Greek, O., business portion.
Hastings, Mimi, business blocks
27-Fessenden, S. D., half of business sec
ton.
The business sections of following towns
were entirely or almost entirely wiped out :
Beaman, Ia, and Carthage, n. y. (Jan. p !;
Frederick, la. Jan. 81; Belmont, Ia, and
Prairie du Chen, Wis. (Feb. 81; Peasant
Mills, Ind, and Harrington. Kan. (Feb. 1O);
Hunnewell, Kan. Feb. l9); Amesbury,
Mass. Mar. 49,; Harrison Valley, Pa
MAR. 26); Fair Haven, VT. Mar. 30); Rut-
land, Ill. (Apr. l6): st, Francis, Kan. (Apr.
2Sl; Moody, Tex. MAY l4) Staples, MINI.
May 25); Curtis, Neb. MAY 30) Livermore
Falls. Me. (Jun. 2D; Montellc, Wis (Jul
l0); cambridge, Ga. (Jul. l6) Fayette, Wis
t1ul. 2D: Phoenix City. A. t. (Jul. 23l ::
Forest City, Pa. (Jul. 24); Mimic. n D..
Aug. p; Carlis,e e, Ky. Aug. 81: Farragut,
Il. Aug. ID: Trio, o. tAug. 30); Horton
We. Wis. and Marble Rock, Ia (Sep. 81 /;
Ec-thwood. n ID. (Sep l2): Farnham. y.
y fSep. 49,; Coushatta, La. (Sep. 2S); Bay
] H., and Shepherd, Mich (Oct o.; New
J ria, La, and MakarGo, III. (Oct. l0);
son. Ill. (Oct. ISL; Wakarusa, Ind (Oct
:: Horatio. Ark (0ct 30) Fairview. Kan.
{ II. 81; Townsville, Ala. Nov 81; Co.
i, .ioia. La, and New Castle. Q. (Nov. 81 !;
"ames practically destroyed he following
ire towns ard villages: Shiloh, o. FEB.
; Nuscogee, 1. I. (Feh. 231; Eomeroy, la.
ipr 13); Clay City. Ky. (Apr. 2I); New
! Sion, Ind (Apr. 2s); Croton, Mich. tApr.
"a; Cheek, |. I. (Apr. -2s1; Jerome, A. T.
MAY 49,; Dingers, W. Va. (Jun. 49,; I,au-
rel, Del. tJun. 25); CoultervilIe, Cal. (JuI.
g.; Wagner, l. L. (Jul. 49,; Lewisburr
Tenn. lJul: %; Kale, o. T. (Jul. 2s); Tup,
per Lake, n. Y. (Jul. 30); Reading, Mich
lAug. 20; Pinconning, Mich. (Sep. 81:
Madrid, Mo. Sept. ~; Nebo, I'll. f0ct. Il:
Stanford, Mo, and De Queen, Ark. fOct
p: Boxviile, Ky. Nov. 81; Troy, Kan. NOV.
isD: Garland, Tex. Nov 30):