Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
FIRES.
JANUARY.


l. A s1s5, 900 blaze at Burlington Ia.
e. The Grand Opera House burned in Cincinnati;
loss, 81, 100000.
g. block of business buildings, including the
board of trade burned at Montreal; loss ST.
100000.
~. Several buildings, including an opera house,
destroyed by incendiary fires at Matawan,
N. j.; loss, 100000.
20. Fire in the business district of Des Moines,
Ia, caused a loss of 100000.
81 Coates Opera House burned at Kansas City;
loss on building, s15O,o00.
FEBRUARY.
1. Wholesale millinery establishment of Foote,
Reed & Co., burned in Cleveland; loss, $780,.
600.
4. The National Wire works burned at Fair
Haven, Conn; loss, 1925, 600
s. Fire caused loss of $4,000 in the business
district of Evansville, Ind.
9. Armstrong Bros. cork factory burned at
Pittsburg; loss, 100000.
II. glass plant burned at Rochester. Pa; loss.
$500, COO.
q. A block in the wholesale district of Atlanta
burned; loss, 100000.
MARCH.
O. The Odds Motor works burned at Detroit,
Mich; loss, 100000.
IL. The office Of the New York division of the
New York New Haven and Hartford railroad,
O00
"a. Glue factory at Gowanda, N. Y. burned;
loss, $l50.000
FIRE caused by the explosion Of natural gas
nearly wiped out the town Of cloyerport, KY;
loss, $4,000
The Morning Advertiser burned in Boston; loss,
$4,000.
~. The main building of the Pittsburg exposition
and other property burned; loss, 100000
n so Of the 60 houses in Memphis, Ind. destroy
ed by Are; loss, 100000.
H. The jerks shpbuilding plant at Port Huron,
Mich, burned; loss $4,000.
The Murray Machine works at Fort wayne,
Ind. nearly destroyed by fire; loss. $50o,O0O.
d. The village Of Glen Garden, N. j., nearly de-
stroyed by fire caused by food Of burning
oil from railway train; loss about $2oo,oOO.
a. The jefferson hotel burned at Richmond; loss,
100000.
Paterson. N. j.; the plant of The Guardian
Publishing Co. destroyed.
m The Santiago Park hotel, a noted landmark
az Passaic N j., which originally cost $780,
600, destroyed by fire.
n. The new 100000 hotel. Hendrix Hudson, at
Yonkers, NJ Y, destroyed by fire.
plant Of the Dod Butterine Packing Co. burn
Cd at Kansas City; loss 100000.
APRIL
a sawnill OF the Ashland Manufacturing Co.
a Elevator Of the St. Louis Storage Co. burned;
loss, $650,000.
4. The sturdevant Blower works at Jamaica
plain. Mass burned; loss over $S00O0O
"a plant Of the Platz Leather Co. burned at
Racine, Wis loss, 100000.
Fire at the Heinze smelter, Butte Mon.' caused
q loss of 100000
American Steel and Wire Co at Latrobe. "a.
M
Y,,sos+rous FIRE In Jacksonville, Fla; loss (es-
t;matedl. SIS, 900. 900; l4s blocks laid waste.
wsbb 4 Co, s warehouse burned in Philadei-
> The TIE Fiaeld Tool Co.'S plant burned at Lowell.
Mass; loss. 100000
~ fire swept Del Ray, suburb q Detroit ae-
- etrovinr property valued at ss00soo&
M American Steam Laundry pa1neu 81 hnzapetns
n. j; Loss, s1oo061.
i T,or,ss d n aBatnaker's country house at
sr4sSoz5hrook Farms, near Philadelphia, das
xtzoysd 81 nrs; loss (estimateD. sse9'eo
susH.
rz,s sa,xn Of Jasper, Jasper county, Tex,
wined out by FIRE; loss, 100000.
Ia The west Baden Springs hotel At West Baden
md. destroyed by fire; loss, S5Ou'oOo
The Empire theater burned at Lynn, Mass; ioss'
z r;ra s. fbe mill OF the Tower Lumber Co..
= Rear Lake, Mimi, caused $4,000 loss
M c;skIes saddlery plant and other buildings
burned in St Louis; loss, $4,000
:, Fire DESTROYED brush factory and other prop
E er is valued at 100000 IN Newark, n :;
"A Fire in the business district OF Bradford Fa'
caused loss of s20o,0oo
july.
!. A1lenhurst inn. near Asbury fark, n 81 &c
stroyed by FIRE; loss, sl7s,o
Homestead hotel at Hot Springs, Va, burned;
loss. $4,000