St Louis, Missouri, USA
1870 - Fires

St. Louis, Mo., July 8. - The freight warehouses of the St. Louis and Vandalia, and Illinois Control Railroad Companies, on Second-street, between Spruce and Myrtle, containing a large quantity of hemp, whisky, flour, hides, &c., were burned at 2 o'clock this morning. The insurance has not been ascertained. The fire was the work of an incendiary...

The lumberyard of HARTMAN & GRAHAM, on the corner of Monroe and Main streets, was damaged by fire to the amount of $8,000 last night. Insured for $7,500, in the Germania, of New-York; Cleveland Fire, and City Fire, of Hartford, Insurance Companies.

The New York Times
New York, New York
July 8, 1870

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