The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-02-12
SOME OF THE GREAT
FIRES OF MODERN&TlMES

In 1T2S Copenhagen was nearly de-
stroyed,
In 1852 $4,000 houses burned in Mos
COW. In 1872 that city had been set.
on fire to drive Napoleon out of Rus
STA. This fire continued four days, and
destroyed ninestenths of the city. with
a loss of $3.50, zoe, 700.
In 1929 Co%nstantinople vas visited by
a c~ontlagratfon that cost 1000 lives and
destroyed 1900 houses. About twenty.
fires Of great magnitude have occurred
in Constantinople up to 1870, and it
seems to have suffered more than any
one city. In 1922, Canton, China, was
practically destroyed, and in 1856 two
thirds of Yokohama, Japan, went up in
smoke.
IN the United States Boston has been
hard hit since 1879, when it experienced
a 100000 fire. Like other large cit
les, Boston has had its great fire."
which in 1872 burned over sixty-fve
acres Of buildings II caused 6 loss Of
h$45,0oe, 900.
New Yerk's greatest fire was in
1882, when buildings covering f1fty-two
acres were leveled at a loss Of $15,-
100000.
the extent Of 1,100 buildings, a loss of
$40, 600, oo0.s
In 1851 st. Louis was three-fourths
destroyed; loss, $4,000, 900.
The same year San Francisco expe-
rienced two big fires, the first causing
a loss Of $1o,ogoo,ooo and the other So
000,0a0.
In 1871 the greatest fire OF modern
times visited Chicago, covering an area
of 2,124 acres, causing a loss Of $50
lives and a property loss OF about $780,
900, 600.
In Canada Quebec suffered severely
in 1S45, and againsin 1865.
In 1877 three-ffths of the city Of st.
John, N. B., was destroyed, the prop
erty loss being $11,000,o0O
In 1852 Montreal suffered to the x :
tent of $4,000, 600, n 10000 people
were made destitute.
Following is a list Of the greatest
fires in modern times:
Great Britain and ireland.
burned: $40, go loss. : :
1862. Liverpool, 81, oeo,eW loss.
1854 Gateshead, $4,000, GOO loss; 50 lives
lost.
1871. Paris: property destroyed, s1ec. &c.,
Russia.
1862. ST. PETERSBURG, $4,000, 200 loss.
1872. Moscow, s15o, 0oo, COO loss.
Turkey.
1915. C~onstantinople, Si5e, 900, COO doss.
1903. Bombay, $, 10000 loss.
United States.
1872. Boston, richest quarter of the city
destroyed; s4s, 0 ,cD loss.
1sss. g,harlesten, y, eso: 600 loss.
7 7Ss5 N Nsw yerk, 4 *; ,sSs s go los, loss.
5s4s. hIpany, 81 sts s. .f loss loss
ISL 49,: s. E Louis, a Z sssj e &C. less iexs.
1871. Chicago. Sso, oae s SO loss sso loss.
1866. Portland. $4,000 600 loss.
British North America.
1887. st. John. New Brunswick, S., 00O,0OO
1886. St. Johns. Newfoundland, loss about
1852. Montreal, loss s5,eoe,oU.
over $1,oo0.De0 insurance.
William Koch Importing company.
Daniel Miller Co.., dry goods.
Dixon & Bartlett CO., shoes.
Joynor, Wise g. CO.. hats n caps.
Spragins, Buck & Co., shoes.
Cohen-Adler Shoe company.
T.. S. Fitman, ladies wraopers.
Nathin Rosen, ladies cloaks.
Norton, Sa1nuelS & Co., boots and
shoes.
Strauss Bros, storage.
Bates Lumber company.
Guggenheimer. Well e Co., lithogra-
pliers and printers.
NJ. Friedman & Sons. clothing.
f. Schleunes, clothes.
Schwarskopf Toy company.
National Exchange bank.
S. Lowman & Co., clothing.
John g. Hurst g. Co., storage.
Lawrence & Gould Shoe company.
S. Ginsberg & Co, clothing.
Winklemann & Brown Drug com
pany.
r. NJ. Sutton & Co, dry goods.
Chesapeake Shoe company.
S. r. e. A. f. Miller, clothing.
S. Halle Sons, boots and shoes.
Stauss Bros, dry goods.
A. G.. Meyer & Co., patent medicines.
Strauss, Eyeman & Co, spirit manu-
%facturers.
North Bros. & Strauss.
Mcdonald & Fisher, wholesale paper.
Wiley, Buster & Co, dry goods.
r. w. & E. Damman, clothing.
Henry Oppenhelnler s. Co, clothing.
Van SAINT, Jacobs & Co.., shirts.
Lewis Lauer g. CO., shirts.
Champion Shoe Manufacturing Co.,
DR.. Aggs Cureanes Co, shoes.
Mendls Bros, ladies' wrappers.
Blankenburg, Gehrmann g. Co., no.
tions.
Lee, Keene & Co, ladies' cloaks.
Henry Pretzfeldner s. Co, boots and
shoes.
Peter Hohez& Son, harness manufac-
turers.
James Roberts Manufacturing Co,
plumbers supplies.
RI. Anderf s. Co. boots and shoes.
James Robertson ManufacturingtCo,
storage.
r. Grieb & CO.. clothing.
Mas & Kemper, embroidery and
laces.a
MORE SOLDIERS SENT.
Washington, Feb. Sat the urgent
request of the governor Of Maryland,
Lieutenant General Chaffee sent tele-
graph orders this afternoon to General
Corbin, commanding the department. OF
the east at New York, TO proceed forth
with to Baltimore and take military
command of the situation there. Near
~ {, 1000 soldiers AVE been ordered to
serve under him.
ROOSEVELT HELPS.
, Washington, Feb. S.-Presileni
J Roosevelt a corne to the assistance
) OF Baltimore. Upon the appeal of the
i local authorities he has ordered s1OC
, United States engineers to that city tc