The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-10
FIRES.
JANUARY.

S. The Merchants and Planters warehouse burn
ed at Richmond; loss. siOO.0 900.
.. The dwelling Of Joseph f. Pulitzer. editor
the New York World. burned in New York;
loss. $500. 900.
IL. 100000 fire at the F. NJ. Davis Iron works
in Denver.
-. 13 blocks Of dwellings and a famous church
burned at Honolulu: 4.5OO people made home
less. pr,rr.rv
l. Fire caused a loss Of nearly $500 600 by the
destruction OF two stores at Youngstown. o.
At Little Rock the Dickinson Arms Co. burned
out. with loss Of $l50.000.
An entire block of business buildings burned at
Dayton. O.; loss. S5OO.O0O
l. Three blocks in the retail district OF st. Louis
partially destroyed by fire: loss about 81 .OO0.-
00c
6. A $3.50. 900 blaze at Little Rock.
s. Loss of s25o.OOo by the burning OF a wooden
ware plant at Escanaha. Mich.
ID. Pittsburg Glass Co. works damaged to the
extent of Sl350oo by fire.
-. $500 900 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 s2.oOo.OOo.
25. A 5000. 900 fire at Minetto, a suburb of Os.
wego. N. Y.
7. department store and other properties burn
ed at Newark. n. j.; loss. $4,000
MARCH
/. 100000 fire in the business district OF
Youngstown. o.
I. Loss OF s3OO.OOO by the burning of Shonemans
dry goods store in Philadelphia.
s. 40 buildings burned at Lead. S. D.; loss,
s5O0,O00.
The famous Theatre Francais burned in Paris
%. Loss Of sl5O.OOO by fire at Omaha.
The county courthouse burned at Clarksville,
Tenn; loss. s125.O9o.
IA. Davenport, Ia. suffered q loss Of $3.50 900 by
fire.
clothing mandatory burned at Indianapolis;
loss, Sl50OOO.
Fire destroyed tobacco warehouse at Miams.
burg. O.; loss. $3.50. 900.
l6. The Mohawk Valley hotel and Opera House
block burned at Mohawk. N. Y loss. SIOO, 900.
Is. Cotton compress burned at Port Gibson Miss
loss. 100000.
60. Flames destroyed Moore's wire factory In
Philadelphia; loss. $500. 900.
IS. Clinton Liberal institute burned at Fort
Plain. N. Y: loss 800. 900.
30. The Columbia theater burned In Chicago;
loss nearly 500, 900.
APRIL.
:. A $500, 900 fire at Newport Ark.
4. 500. .0G0 fire at Orange. N. J.
Convention hall. the intended meeting place for
the national Democratic convention, and other
buildings burned in Kansas City; loss. $780,
600.
g. The physical laboratory Of Lehigh university,
at Bethlehem. burned; loss. $500, 900.
4 $780, 900 fire at Ballston Spa. N. Y.
s. Horne Co.'S dry goods store burned in
Pittsburg; loss. $5Oo,OOo
o. Fire swept over acres of ground in Brooklyn.
destroying stables, lumber yards and factories;
loss. $500. COO
2S Fire destroyed 1000 buildings and SIS 900 900
worth of property at Ottawa and Hull. Canada.
MAY.
A sl.oo0oo0 Gre on the Mallory line pier in
New York city.
. Loss of $500. 900 by the burning Of the piers
and sheds Of the Jersey Storage Co. at Con-
stable Hook. New York barbor.
Furniture factory and 40 houses burned at At.
lanta: loss. Sl3O, 900.
l3 Sl75.Ooo fire in the central portion Of Cam
Cen, n. J.
l6. Fire destroyed large portion Of the business
center Of Greenwich. Conn. loss. 100000
JUNE.
So The docks OF the North German Lloyds and
the ocean steamers Saale. Bremen and Main
burned: deaths. So2: property loss. slo.o 900.
JULY.
Is. Principal business portion Of Prescott, A. T.,
burned loss over 81 .OOO. OO0
100000 fire at Newcastle, Cal.
AUGUST.
T. Fire destroyed 81 .ooo, 900 worth Of property in
Inc iumDer OlStFlct OF Ashland. WIS.
10. The Kelly Ak Manufacturing Co.'S plant at
Alexandria, Ind, destroyed by fire; loss, $780,
00O
u. Naragansett Pier swept by flames: loss over
$4,000.
20. Disastrous fire at Spring Lake. n. j.: loss.
$3.50, ,0O0
2l. Nunda, Ills, wiped out by FIRE.
OCTOBER.
IS. Port Limon. Costa Rica nearly destroyed by
FIRE: loss about 81 900 900.
90. Hinman & Co.'S packing house burned at ST.
Paul: loss. s45o.Ooo: firemen killed and many
injured.
20. Fire and explosion destroyed Tarrant Co. .
drug warehouse in New York: 43 people killed
and missing and over 100 injured; property
loss about 81. SOC. 900.
0. The Press s-knickerbocker-E Express. 6 very old
newspaper. burned ou, at Albany; loss. slss.
Q. Biloxi. Miss. swept By ere: 1000 people made
homeless and s3oO.00O worth 0! property de-
stroyed. including 300 buildings
IL The car barns of the Norfolk (Va.) Street
Railway Co. burned: loss $50. 900.
L. burned TO death and many injured. fatal
ly. in fire At the Clifford House. Poplar
Bluffs, Mo.
IA. The Virginia College For Young Women st
Roanoke. Va, burned.
IL. The business section Of Phiiippi, ". Va,
swep, by Gre; loss nearly 81. 600 600.
IS I deaths in burning OF the McGonigal House
at Oswayo. Pa.
DECEMBER.
!. 90 concerns burned out In Frankfort, ";
loss. $3.50. 900.
& Tie Saxton oiock in Canton, O., DESTROYED b,
Ere; loss. $500. 900.
II. Prospect hall. devoted to the use OF secret %
cisties and the largest building OF the kind IL
the borough Of Brooklyn. destroyed by .are
loss on the building over $500 900.
u. deaths in the burning Of the State Normal
school at Fredonia, n. Y.