Show BIG BLAZES the fire fiend destroys a florida town a massachusetts factory a boston hotel and a new york theater by western ass asad d prest press to the herald KANSAS cm CITY nov 28 au an explosion occurred in the basement of tile w wholesale liole sale drug house of moyer meyer bros Dela delaware waro st near sixth about five tins this afternoon and immediately the building was in flames the tile angine engine responded promptly prompt but ow aws me ing to the tile combustible character of th the estock stock could do no more than keep the fire within the limits odthe of the keef wal walls 8 the building mas was gutted and its enn contents tents are nearly a total loss the tile damage is ia estimated at over two hundred jun dred t thousand the watchman is reported missing RAT PORTAGE nov 28 the principal tow ton n in the disputed territory of was visited by a disastrous con flag ration yesterday yeste iday destroying tile whole business part iho the 0 ontario and manitoba rill rival fu forces rees forgot their differences and united to save sav 0 property A keg of gunpowder un powder was used to blow up tip building buildings to prevent tho tile spread of the fire tim tile explosion shattered all the tho glasa in in the town wounding many prisoners many are in in destitute circumstances relief committees were formed and contributions aro are flowing in in freely ST IA 1113 ohio noy nov 20 21 A fire destroyed 35 houses an engine came from alabama seven miles dis taftt and bo began in throwing water 27 I 1 minutes after the receipt of the tele gram later ti mates make the to tal loss Sl the insurance being mainly in the phoenix queen and home of new york jacksonville fia fla noy nor 29 A fire tins this ru morning orning burned tile best part of the town of ocol including new brick hotel cuke office ot the banner several sev cral stores and residences the loss is over two hundred undred li dollars SAL ONVILLE mas MOB nov 29 the Sal onville woolen mills 31 ills owned by BI simpson burned tins this morning F five ive buildings were w pro destroyed tho the company employed about five hundred persons the loson on the buildings and machinery v is is the loss on the stock and the insurance is not ascertained BOSTON nov 29 early this morning riling a fire was discovered in the cliftena Clif tona five story brick build ing in on oil the corner of berwick park aud and columbus avenue the in ins mites mates led fled in their night clothes without accident the fire originated in in the furnace room in the basement followed tho the elevator wall to the roof y and spread through each floor into the various rooms the lire fire was stubborn but confined to one building georgo george dillion owner of tho the building loses the occupants losses are lire slight it was insured jacksonville ha fla nov 28 the Uni unionville Union onville villo special gives further particulars of the fire at ocola it was more destructive than at fi sup posed iwo two thirds of the tile business places were burned and five becs the firo fire occurred at daylight from froal L tho the upsetting of a lamp in a store and driven by a northeast wind it swept round two sides of the public square co consuming everything in it its urse the tile loss if the insurance eighty thousand YORK nov 29 09 2 A fire broke out in in tho the windsor theater 45 bow cry shortly before twelve toa to nig night t the flames spread rapidly in a few minutes after the alarm was wag sounded the whole structure was one mass of flames the efforts of the F firo ire department being unavailing to to check chec k the conflagration and the building was totally destroyed the llanina communicated to several ad joining buildings the fire ori originated z ina i ted between the first floor and basement ase under the main stairway and was discovered by policemen at that post besides the tile theater the buildings cn contained lId two email small hotels kept by hartman and loehl and situated on cither e 11 er side of the main entrance to the theater there were forty gue guests js in hartmans hotel and a smaller number in loehle Loeh ls all of whom escaped without difficulty Noon in t the ie theater at tho the time the performance for mance being closed at 1045 nor were there any remain remaining in i at the thalia thaila theater situated directly opposite the windsor on bowery the tile whole I 1 fire ire department odthe of the district were summoned by bv the tile general alarm but the efforts of the firemen were at first impeded greatly by the peculiar structure of tho the building oad by the elevated Fleva ted railroad structure which passes in in front of ter the trains however were final ly stopped and the firemen enabled to work more effectively effective iv by taking ill the e liose hose to the top of the structure the firo fire had gained such headway by this time that it was titi useless cless to try to to gave eave the building and they turned tamed their attention to surrounding houses e A number of small tenement houses cs in the rear on christie street were threatened every effort will be made mado to save thern but tho the close proximity to the theater renders this doubtful the theater building was m as owned b by william A Bl martin artin 15 last east bt st and valued at the insurance is unknown the theater was leased two years ago by john A stevens and frank B martha and and at at tile present time the play my partner was running there 11 previous u to to this it was known k 0 wf for r 1 many nany ears as the stadt theater if 1 liall lad the largest seating capacity of any theatre in in the city V tho the theater bea ter was place of amusement among me tile poorer classes on tho the eastern eido side of tho the city it frequently waa was crowded to repletion iho the means of exit were not good and if the fire had occurred during the performance the loss of life must have been ap appalling pallin it had bad been erected about 18 years was lightly constructed ted and not considered safe by the fire or police departments at a lato late hour it is is reported the tile fire s detill raging ragin with unabated fury and in oil all probability the whole block will bo be destroys destro destroyed yU |