Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-01
MANY FIRES; SIX DEAD
City Hall and Hotel Paste in
Mexico City Destroyed.
SIXTY AMERICANS ESCAPE
Four Incinerated When Home at
Brandford. Ont, Is Consumed.
TWO CHILDREN ARE BURNED
SIXTY AMERICANS ESCAPE
TWO CHILDREN ARE BURNED
Fatal Fire in Kentucky-Florida
Town Wiped Out-Many Other
Places Suffer From Flames.

MEXICO CITY, February 1.-Fire de-
| stroyed the city hall, the Hotel Paste.
| and two blocks of business houses and
| dwellings yesterday. The loss is est:
mated at 100000.
In the Hotel Paste sixty American
| tourists escaped with only the clothes
they wore. No lives were lost.
Four Are Burned to Death.
Special Dispatch to The Star
OTTAWA, February IA Sunday fire
destroyed Il home at Brandford Onta-
rio.
Philip Van Sickle, head of the house
was carried out fearfulIy burned and
| died without saying a word. Martin
Van Sickle. son: Lydia. a daughtar
and Harry Van Sickle, :. son-in-law W
were also burned to death.
Burglars Fire Opera House.
GUANOQUE. Ontario. February l.
Fire destroyed the Turner block here
yesterday, causing a total loss of S110.-
900. The grand opera house. erected a
year ago at a cost of $3OOOO also was
burned
1t is supposed that burglars who
robbed an adjacent jewelry store set
Big Arcade Is Consumed.
SCHENECTADY, n. Y, February l.
The Central Arcade. consisting of twenty
stores on the ground floor and Offices So
ciety rooms and printing plant above
was destroyed by fire early today
Two alarms were turned in shortly after
4 o'clock. calling out the entire depart
ment, and the best endeavors of the fire
men were futile TO check the flames
The entire structure at o'clock was
mass of ruins, though the walls had not
yet fallen.
The building is located between the
New York Central tracks and the Erie
canal. and extends from Union to Liberty
street. There We're no adjacent struc-
lures, and therefore the fire did not
spread beyond the. building in which 1t
started.
The building was worth oyer $1,000
was owned by Mrs. Anna E. Van Dusen
and was partly insured. The stock in the
various stores is a total loss. and as yet
no accurate estimate can be made
though it will reach over 5000
The Central Arcade was formerly the
Clute- Brothers machine shop where the
famous United States steamer Monitor,
which defeated the Merrimac in Hamp-
ton roads during the civil war. was built.
The firemen fought the flames valiantly
with the temperature degrees below
| zero. Scores of them were frostbtten.
Three Business Houses Burn.
| ROCKFORD. ILL.,. February Fire
| starting in the White Front dry goods
store at F'reeport at midnight last night
destroyed three business houses Loss
I 100000.
Fire Chief Overcome.
! SULLIVAN, Ind. February Fire
swept the south side of the public square
7
! Tt. fire department of Terre Haute came
/ to the assistance of Sullivan firemen.
| Fire Chief wilson of Sullivan was over
come by the cold and is in a. serious con-
| dition.
! Six Fires in One Day.
| NALDOSTA. Ca. February l.-Six fires
destroying eleven buildings and causing
d loss of $4,000 We're Tough. by firemen
| here yesterday in freezing weather. Three
/ fires were going at once.
The residence of Mrs. l.. NJ. Bitch was
! burned. with a loss of $1,000. Seven
! houses We're ignited in another section of
i the city as the firemen were at WORK on
this blaze and caused a loss of $11OGO.
Another building. owned by Ousley &,
/ Co. was sutted, with loss of 81 200.
Defective fues used for the first
/ tim" in many months. were respons .bl Q
/ for the fires. The homes of Mrs Mitchell
Mrs. Booring and of three Syrian mer-
chants. with the homes of Mrs. Bitch. &.
! Pearlman and r. G. Starke. were de-
stroyed.
Two Disastrous Fires.
DUBLIN. Ga. February There
were two disastrous fires in different
sections of the city Saturday entailinS
a total loss of $4,000.
The veneering plant of the Southland
Lumber Company was destroyed in the
first fire. In the second fire Jacks sons
stores were consumed and adjoining
property slightly damaged.
Two Children Incinerated.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.
! LEXINGTON. KY, February 1.-Two
/ children of Nathaniel Workman were
burned to death in fire which Destroy
ed the Workman home III Bath coun V
last night
! The children were asleep on the upper
/ floor and the parents on the lower floor
The latter barely escaped the flames
The charred bodies of the little chill
dren were found early this morning in
the ruins.
Public Square Devastated.
LEBANON. Tenn. February 1-Fire
on the south side of the public suuarc
| yes: crday morning destroyed number
of business houses and caused losses ag-
! gregatinS 100000, with insurance OF
| $4,000.
Town Nearly Wiped Out.
! PENSACOLA. Fla. February 1.-The
town of Milton. th'-ty miles east of Pen
sacola was praci-. 'lly wiped off the
map by fire yesterday.
The entire business section and sew
eral residences were deasroed The total
loss is estimated at b0,ween $4,000
and $500. 900.
Nine Ruildin1a Destroued