Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-27


a. ls blocks Of dwellings and famous church
burned at Honolulu; 4,5oo people made home
less.
FEBRUARY
I. Fire caused loss Of nearly S500,O00 by the
destruction of two stores at Youngstown, o.
At Little Rock the Dickinson Arms Co. burned
out, with a loss of S15O,000
An entire block of business buildings burned at
Dayton, o.; loss, s50o,0o0
L. Three blocks in the retail district Of ST. Louis
partially destroyed by fire; loss about sl,o00,-
000
g. a s25e000 blaze at Little Rock
8. Loss OF $250000 by the burning of a wooden
ware plant at Escanaba, Mich.
l5 Pittsburg Glass Co.'S works damaged TO the
extent Of sls5,0O0 by FIRE.
%. 100000 loss by the burning of the Novelty
Straw works, Philadelphia.
The Metropolitan hotel and business block
burned at Birmingham, Ala; loss, sl60000.
The Masonic temple and other properties burned
at London, Ont; loss nearly s2,0OO,oo0.
%. 100000 fire at Minetto, a suburb of os-
wego, N. Y
zz A department store and ether properties burn
ed at Newark, \. J. loss, $5000O0.
MARCH.
I. ! 100000 FIRE in the business distslas.-.-<-
fs5uEssasr,n O.
2. Loss Of Ss0o,u ,ueo y. the burning Of shoneman's
dry goods store ii Philadelphia.
g. 20 buildings burned 1t Lead. s D.; loss.
100000.
The famous Theatre FEaneais burned in Paris.
u. Loss Of $l5o,ooo Vt Gre 4 Omaha.
The county eoSsthouse burned ct clarksviiie,
Tenn; lsssss si25.eso-
y - sssnport a., suffered hss Of $4,000 BY
1ss sls.siag sasn0f ~ burned At lna,sasasll'i
Fise DESTROYED tobacco warehouse 81 hialnis
burg. O. loss, s15oo8o.
l6. The Mohawk Valley hotel and Opera Hous
block burned at Mohawk. II. Y; loss, 500, COO
Is. Cotton compress burned at Port Gibson, Miss.
loss, 100000
%. Flames destroyed Moore's wire factory il
Philadelphia; loss, $500, 00O
s5. Clinton Liberal institute burned at For
Plain, N. Y; loss, 100000.
80. The Columbia theater burned in Chicago
loss nearly 100000.
APRIL.
2. A $4,000 fire at Newport, Ark
4. $780, 900 fire at Orange, N. ].
Convention hall, the intended meeting place fc
the national Democratic convention, and othe
buildings burned in Kansas City; less, $500,
900.
G. The physical laboratory of Lehigh university
at Bethlehem, burned; loss, sS0000o.
100000 fire at BalIston Spa, N. Y.
5. Horne & Co.'S dry goods store burned ii
Pittsburg; loss, s5oo,ooo.
9. Fire swept over acres of ground in Brooklyn
destroying stables, lumber yards and factories
loss, $4,000.
zs Fire destroyed 1000 buildings and sl5,o9O,o
worth Of property at Ottawa and HUI, Canada
NAY
6. A $1,0OO,000 FIRE on the Mallory line pier il
New York city.
Z. Loss of s5oo,0O0 by the burning of the pier
and sheds Of the Jersey Storage Co. at Con
stable Hook New York harbor
Furniture factory and 40 houses burned at At
lanta; loss $4,000
49, a $4,000 arein the central portion Of Cam
den, N. J.
49, Fire destroyed a large portion Of the business
center of Greenwich, Conn; loss, 100000.
JUNE.
80 The docks of the North German Lloyds ane
the ocean steamers saale, Bremen and MAR
burned; deaths, so2; property loss, $4,000, 600
JULY.
Is. Principal business portion Of Prescott, A. T.,
burned; loss over 81, 100000.
100000 fire at Newcastle, Cal.
AUGUST
l. Fire destroyed 81 ,OOO 900 worth of property il
the lumber district Of Ashland. Wis
10. The Kelly Az Manufacturing Co.'S plant al
Alexandria, Ind, destroyed by FIRE; loss, $780,
600.
sErrEMBER.
12. Narragansett Pier swept by flames; loss oycl
100000.
20. Disastrous fire at Spring Lake N. j.; loss
1856, 900.
21. Nunda. nis, wiped out by fire.
OCTOBER.
10. Port Limon, Costa Rica, nearly destroyed BY
fire; loss about s2,o00,000
20. Hinman & Co.'S packing house burned at st.
Paul; loss, $i5o00o; fremen killed and many
injured.
20. Fire and explosion destroyed Tarrant & Co.'S
drug warehouse in New York; 43 people killed
and missing and over 100 injured; property
loss about $l,50o,ooO.
NOVEMBER.
| G. The Press -Kniekerboeker-Ex a very old
newspaper, burned out at Albany; loss sIS5,.
900.
0. Biloxi, Miss, swept by fire; 1000 people made
homeless and 100000 worth of property de-
stroyed, including 800 buildings.
II. The car barns of the Norfolk (Ya.) Street
Railway Go. burned; loss $l50,G00
/ II. burned TO death and many injured, fatal
ly, in a fire at the Clifford House, Poplar
Bluffs No.
IA. The Virginia College For Young Women at
Roanoke Va, burned.
IL. The business section Of Philippi, W. Va,
| swept by FIRE; loss nearly S1.0J0,090.
| Is. deaths in burning Of the MeGonigsl uouse
at Oswayo, Pa.
DECEMBER
/. 20 concerns burned out in Frankfort, KY;
loss. $3.50. 600.
fire; loss, ss0o,0o0.
IL Prospect hall devoted to the use Of secret 60
cieties ard the largest building Of the kind in
The borough Of Brooklyn, destroyed by fire.;
loss on the building over $300,00o
| IA. deaths in the burning Of the State Normal
school at Fredonia, N. Y.