The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-01-04
REVIEW OF 1899
The Years Chief Events In
a Classified Record.
DIARY OF THE WARS.
Miscellaneous Happenings - Havoc
Wrought by Fires, Storms and Ac-
cidents - Personal and Political
Items-Brief History of a Noted
Year,
FIRES.

Items-Brief History of a Noted
Year.
FIRES.
r. The ]. s, McnEcn Co.'S dry goods house
burned in Memphis; loss, $4,000
26. Ostcrhout building burned at Wilkesbarre,
Pa; loss. $3.50. .OO0.
!. Fire in the business portion Of Columbus O.,
caused loss OF $I5J,DJJ
7. The Manitoba hotel and other property burn
cd in Winnipeg; loss, 100000.
II. Several clothing houses burned in Philadel-
phia; loss about $iO0,HOO.
Traders Warehouse Go. and other concerns
burned out in Chicago; loss, $1s0,O00.
hat factory and clothing house burned in
tincinnati, loss, 500, 900
Is. Plant Of the Thomas Building and Lumber
Co. burned at Akron, o.; loss, 100000.
Building No. 2S, the largest in the Brook yn
navy yard, burned and the original model and
patterns Of the battleship Maine destroyed;
loss nearly 81, 100000.
"a. The Minneapolis Tribune building and other
property burned in Minneapolis; loss, $500 900.
90. Windsor hotel and several burned at
Holyoke, Mass; loss, $50OOo0.
MARCH
2. Freight depot and cotton compress burned at
Charlotte, n. c.; loss about 500. O00
McCIurgs bookstore burned in Chicago; loss,
$55D.10u
6. Fire destroyed the Mary Holmes college and
large amount of cotton at West Point, Miss;
loss, 500, 900,
"a. Loss OF $4,000 by the burning of stove and
machine works at Cleveland.
20. The J. l.. Howard Car factory burned at
Hartford; loss, $l50,O00.
APRIL.
IL. Idle Hour, the residence on Long Island
where W. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., took his bride
for the honeymoon. burned; loss about $780,
900
Is. Half a block of business houses burned in
Cleveland loss, 81, 100000.
22 The Ringman block burned in Omaha; loss
5000
s6. Fire wiped out the business center of Dawson
City; loss between $l.00O,o0O and 81, 100000
l. Gen. Wade Hampton's home containing a
fine library, valuable jewels and treasured rel.
les. burned at Columbia S. c.
4. Fire in the heart Of Greenville, N. c.; loss
100000.
"a, \ 100000 fire at Manchester, N. II.
IL 100000 fire in the Blue Island avenue lum-
BE-" district Of Chicago
Is. \ $Jl1,GJ0 fire in st. John, n. b.
a6. 100000 fire in the "Bowery district"
Coney Island
5. The St. Charles theater, a landmark of New
Orleans, destroyed by fire.
]. A $50, 600 fire at Augusta, Ca.
II. 1000, 900 fire in the works of the Arm
strongly Whitworth Ordnance Co. at Newcastle
on-Tyne.
Is. The Benbow House at Greensboro, N. c.,
burned; loss, 100000.
a. Gen. John b. Gordon's house, the historic
Sutherland, at Kirkwood, Ga burned
"a. $200000 fire at Laurel, Del.
JULY.
2. Fire destroyed property valued at $3.50, 900 In
the heart of Summit, n. j.
4. The Gayoso hotel and other property burned
at Memphis; loss, $l50,O00
20 buildings burned at Paris, Tenn; loss STE.
6. Railroad elevator burned at Ludington, Mich;
loss, Sl20,OOO
Coulterville. Cal, wiped out by fire; loss, $780,
le. Fire destroyed sl,ooo,oO0 worth of uniforms
and large quantity of food supplies at the
Brooklyn navy yard.
II. a 100000 mill fire at Mount Vernon, Ind.
The Addystonc foundry burned at North Bend,
Ind. loss, 100000. i
%. $l,0o0,000 loss by the burning of wheat ele-
va:or at Toledo.
10. The Guild building and other properties de-
stroyed at Dallas loss, $3.50 900.
IL. Yokohama swept by the largest fire in its
history; square mile of buildings destroyed
and Is lives lost.
l6. q buildings burned at jamestown, N. Y;
loss. $500, 0O0
81. The business portion of Victor, Colo, de-
stroyed by fire; loss, $2,0O0,0O0
80. lG9 buildings destroyed at Tupper Lake, y.
Y: loss, $l50,OOO.
81. Fire destroyed the stationery establishment
Of Parsons, Green Co. at Hoiyoke, Mass;
loss. 100000.
SEPTEMBER
2. s250,OOO fire in Kansas City.
l6. Sl65, 900 loss by fire at Seattle, Wash.
The Masonic temple St. Paul's church and sew
eral business blocks burned at Lincoln, Neb;
loss, $500, 00Q.
II. Plant of the American Fisheries Co. burned
at Promised Land. N. Y; loss, S500, 900.
IS. The business section of Farnham, N, Y,
wiped opt by fire; loss over $3.50, 900.
10. Basselin's mill and lumber yard burned at
Lowville, n. Y. loss. S250,0OO.
O. sl5o.0o0 loss by the burning of Touring mill |
at Salem, Or.
3D. The State Deaf Mute institute burned at Little
Rock; loss, 100000. |
OCTOBER. |
l. $50, 900 fire at Call, Tex.
buildings burned at bloomington Ills. loss,
$3.50, 900. |
e o. pulluillSS DuQuen, hTh loss,
$3.50, 900.
s. Masonic temple, department store and other |
buildings burned at Des Moines; loss, 500. .OOO |
Lumber yards burned at Endeayor, Pa; loss, |
$500 900.
TO- A 500 900 fire in the business section Of New
Iberia, La |
Gable works burned at Hastings. n. Y: loss.
S125.OO0. |
Two OF buildings burned at HaverstraY
n Y: loss 5000 900
H. The Loomis sanitarium burned at Liberty n |
Y; loss, Sl00.000.
l5 $780, 900 fire at Waterloo, Ia.
II. Salmon cannery burned at Aberdeen. Wash; |
loss. $50, 900
The Hackettstown seminary burned at Hacketts-
town. N. j.: loss. SSoo.0oo.
NOVEMBER.
T. Jones' department store and the St James
hotel in Kansas City burned; loss $500, ,oOO
Loss of 100000 by fire in the plant of the Amer |
ican Steel and Wire Co. at Waukegan, Ills
O. A $3.50, 900 fire at Memphis.
l2. A 500. 900 fire at Montreal.
.. The Hustled elevator burned at Buffalo; loss |
about Sl50.0o0. .
"a. A $3.50 600 FIRE at Detroit.
y. Lippincott's publishing house. department |
store and other establishments burned out In |
Philadelphia; loss. 81 .250, 900.
The Franklin college at New Athens, O., burned. |
s. Clinton theater burned at Clinton. Mass |
loss, $3.50 900.
& S250. 900 loss by the burning OF q buxine0 |
block at Meridian. Miss.
=. Hosiery factcry burned 1t Reading, Pa; losa |
s250,00a
o. Woolen mill burned at Enfield, n. H.: losa |
100000
Masonic temple. Arlington hotel and other prop- |
erty burned at Augusta, Ga; loss, 81, ,0O0, 900.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.