The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-11

D. Inc 0WeillnS OF Joseph HI runner, eultol
the New York World, burned in New York;
II. 100000 fire at the F. M. Davis Iron works
in Denver.
"a 10 blocks Of dwellings and famous church
burned at Honolulu; 45oo people made home
less.
FEBRUARY.
/. Fire caused a loss of nearly 100000 by thu
destruction Of two stores at Youngstown, o.
At Little Rock the Dickinson Arms Co. burned
out, with loss of $4,000.
An entire block Of business buildings burned al
Dayton, o.; loss 5000
4 Three blocks in the retail district OF st. Louis
partially destroyed by FIRE; loss about $1,000,
o00
8. A $3.50, 900 blaze at Little Rock
s. Loss of $250000 by the burning of wooden
ware plant at Escanaba, Mich.
10. Pittsburg Glass Co.'S works damaged to the
extent Of $685. 600 by fire.
%. 1000 loss by the burning of the Novelty
Straw works, Philadelphia
The Metropolitan hotel and a business block
burned at Birmingham, Ala. loss, 100000.
The Masonic temple and other properties burned
at London, Ont; loss nearly $20O0,000.
%. 100000 fire at Minetto, suburb of os
wego N Y.
81. A department store and other properties burn
ed at Newark, N. j.; loss, 100000
MARCH
/. A 100000 fire in the business district Of
Youngstown o.
T. Loss of 100000 by the burning Of Shoneman's
dry goods store in Philadelphia.
8. 40 buildings burned at Lead, S. D.; loss
100000.
The famous Theatre Francois burned in Paris.
H. Loss of $4,000 by fire at Omaha.
The county courthouse burned at GAINESVILLE
Tenn. loss, $125,000.
H. Davenport. Ia, suffered loss of $3.50, 900 by
fire.
A clothing mandatory burned at Indianapolis;
loss, $3.50, 900.
Fire destroyed a tobacco warehouse at Mianis
burg. o.; loss, $l50,000
10. The Mohawk Valley hotel and Opera House
block burned at Mohawk, N. "; loss, $780, O00
Is. Cotton compress burned at Port Gibson, Miss.
loss, 100000
%. Flames destroyed Moore's wire factory in
Philadelphia: loss, 100000.
rs. Clinton Liberal institute burned at Fort
Plain, N Y; loss, 100000.
80. The Columbia theater burned in Chicago;
loss nearly 100000.
APRIL
Q. A $500,G00 fire at Newport, Ark.
4. 100000 FIRE at Orange, N. ].
Convention hall, the intended meeting place for
the national Democratic convention, and other
buildings burned in Kansas City; loss. $780,
900.
9. The physical laboratory of Lehigh university.
at Bethlehem. burned; loss 100000.
100000 fire at Ballston Spa. N Y.
8. Horne & Co.'s dry goods store burned In
Pittsburg; loss 100000.
9. Fire swept over 0 acres of ground in Brooklyn.
destroying stables, lumber yards and factories;
loss, 100000.
20. Fire destroyed 1000 buildings and SIS. 600
worth Of property at Ottawa and Hull, Canada.
MAY.
fro ON tha Mall Mi ",
New York city.
Z. Loss of 100000 by the burning Of the piers
and sheds OF the Jersey Storage Co. at Con
stable Hook New York harbor.
Furniture factory and 40 houses burned at At
lanta; loss $130.000.
10. A $4,000 fire in the central portion Of Cam.
cen, N. J.
i6. Fire destroyed large portion Of the business
center Of Greenwich Conn; loss 100000.
JUNE
80. The docks of the North German Lloyds and
the ocean steamers Saale, Bremen and Main
burned; DEATHS 3O2; property loss $40. 100000
JULY
Is. Principal business portion Of Prescott, A. T..
burned; loss over $1,OOO,0o0.
100000 FIRE at Newcastle, Cal.
AUGUST
L. Fire destroyed 81, 100000 worth Of property in
the lumber district Of Ashland, Wis.
10. The Kelly AK Manufacturing Co.'S plant at
Alexandria, Ind, destroyed by FIRE; loss. $780,
900.
SEPTEMBER.
IL Naragansett Pier swept by flames; loss over
100000
20 Disastrous FIRE ut Spring Lake. N. j.; loss.
$350,000
81 Nunda. Ills, wiped out by FIRE
OCTOBER.
Is Port Linon. Costa Rica, nearly destroyed by
fire; loss about 50 100000.
90 Human & Co.'S packing house burned at St.
Paul; lsss. $45o0o0 firemen killed and many
injured
49, Fire and explosion destroyed Tarrant d Co.'s
drug warehouse in New York; as people killed
aud missing and over 100 injured; property
loss about $l.50o000.
NOVEMBER.
8. The Press Knickerbocker- Express. very old
newspaper, burned out at Albany; loss SiSS,
000t
0. Biloxi Mss. swept by ire 1000 people made
homeless and 100000 worth Of property de
htroysd. including 800 buildings.
IL. The car barns Of the Norfolk (ya) Street
Railway 60. burned; loss, S150,00o
Y. burned to death and many injured, fatal
~. in a Dire at the Clifford House, Poplar
Bluffs, No.
il. The Virginia College For Young Women Al
Roanoke. Va. burned.
IA. The business section Of phiippi, W. Va,
swept BY Are: loss nearly sI.0J1.J00
IS. deaths ia burning Of the McGonigai Hous,
at Oswayo. Pa
DEcEMBER.
/. 20 concerns burned out in Frankfort, Ky.
loss. S250.000
g. The saxton block in Canton. o.. destroyed b.
FIRE; loss, $500, 600
II. Prospect hall devoted to the use Of secret s.
cieties and the largest building Of the kind il
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