The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-16
FIRES.
JANUARY.

1. A s135. 900 blaze at Burlington. Ia.
%. The Grand Opera House burned in Cincinnati;
loss. 81, 100000
%. block OF business buildings, including the
board OF trade. burned at Montreal: loss, $4,-
600, 600.
27. Several buildings. including opera house,
destroyed by ncendary fires At Matawau.
n. j.; loss Sl00GJ0.
90 Fire In the business district OF Des Moines,
Ia. caused a loss Of 500. 900.
81 Coates Opera House burned at Kansas City;
loss on building, Sl5o.ooa.
FRRRUAEY
l. Wholesale millinery establishment Of Foote,
Reed & Co.. burned in Cleveland; loss. $780,.
000
I. The National Wire works burned at Fair
Haven. Conn. loss. 1926. 900.
S. Fire caused loss of SITS 0O0 in the business
district of Evansville, Ind.
O. Armstrong Bros cork factory burned at
Pittsburg; loss, $50o,00o
IL. A glass plant burned at Rochester. Pa; loss
sJJ0. 900.
p. 4 Eock in the wholesale district OF Atlanta
burned; loss, S50o.U00.
0. The O.ds Motor works burned at Detroit,
Mich: loss. S20o. .OO0
II. The Office OF the New York division Of the
New York New Haven and Hartford railroad.
in upper New York city. burned: loss. Sl,OOO.-
O0l
II. Clue fatfory at Gowanda. N. Y, burned
loss Sl5u.OJo.
fire caused by the explosion Of natural gas
nearly wiped out the town OF Cloverport. Ky. i;
loss. s5oOu0O.
The Morning Advertiser burned in Boston; loss,
$l50.O00.
II. The main building Of the Pittsburg exposition
and other property burned loss. $2U0000
IS. 80 OF the Go houses n Memphis. Ind. destroy
ed by fire: loss. s20lr9
10. The jerks shipbuildinG plant At Port Huron
Mich. burned; loss. Sl.5.00o.
The Kerr- Murray Sa' hnc works at Fort Wayne,
Ind. nearly destroyed by fire: loss. $500, 600.
"a. The village O, Glen Garden. y. j., nearly de-
stroyed bv a fire caused 10y a food of burning
oil from a railway train loss sanut 500. wv.
20. The jefferson hotel burned Richmond; loss,
81 900. 600
s500OoO loss in a ere in the brs,aess district Of
Paterson. y. J.: 'fe rlsni ,.t fhe Guardian
Publishing Co DESTROYED
90 The Santiago Park ;ei. noted landmark
Of Passaic. y. J.. which orr- 'ai!y cost $500.
600. destroyed by fire
81. The 100000 hotel. II ndrk Hudson. at
Yonkers y. Y destroyed lv FIRE.
Plant Of the Dold But,crne Parking Co. burn
ed at kansas City: loss. s4o0.ooo.
9. Saw-nill o. the Ashland Manufacturing Co.
at Ashland. Me-. burned. loss Sl00. 900.
b Elevator O.
loss, $3.50. 600
IL The Sturdevant Flower works Jamaica
Plain. Mass. burned loss over s3n0.O00
10 Plant OF the Platz Leather Co burned at
Racine, Wis. loss. sI0}.O0o.
Fire at the Henze smelter. Butte. Mon. caused
q loss OF se00.O
g. A. loss Of $3.50 900 by FIRE in the plant Of the
American Steel and Wire Co. at I-s,rebe. Pa.
l. Disastrous fire in jacksonville. Fla: loss les
timated), SIS. .oOO. 900. las blocks laid waste.
4 Webb Co.'S warehouse burned in Philajei.
pha: loss over SOD 900.
Z. The Fifeld Tool o S plant burned at Lowell.
Mass: loss seoO. .0oo-
IL Fire swept Del Ray. . suburb OF Detroit, de-
stroying property valued at $500 900.
la American Steam laundry burned AZ Elizabeth,
N. J.: loss. 100000
lA Thomas 3. Wanamaker's country house at
Meadowbrook Farms near Philadelphia. de-
stroyed by FIRE; loss (estimated). SoOooOn
JUNE.
g The town OF Jasper. Jasper county. Tex,
wiped out by ere: loss 100000.
II. The West Baden Springs hetel at Vest Baden
Ind. destroyed by FIRE; loss. sSoo.Oo0.
The Empire theateT burned at Lynn. Mass; loss
10000.
q. Fire at the mill OF the Tower Lumber Co.
Bear Lake. MINI. caused $500 loss
The Sickles saddlery plant and other building'
burned in St. Louis: loss. S5Oe. coo
n Fire destroyed brush factory and ether prop
erty valued at $500. 600 in Newark. y j.
-. Fire in the business district Of Bradford, Pa
caused loss OF $500 .00o
JULY.
I. Allenhurst inn. near Asbury Park. n J.. De
stroyed by Ere; loss. SlT5.000.
Homestead hotel at Hot Springs Va. burned
loss, $500 900.
5000 900 blaze In Huntington. W. Va
q buildings. including mills and dwelhnga
burned at Saltwater, Ne. ; loss, $500. 600.
L The Hoen building. Baltimore, occupied by {
Gthographic establishment and company Of
fees. burned; loss, 200.
7. Fire destroyed Is business places in Cole
brook, \. Y; loss, sI5ooos.
Q. 1900 acres OF wheat burned At Great Bend
Ind. loss, $500. .ooo.
-. The plant OF the Kansas City Consolidate
Smelter works burned at FL Paso, Tex; loss