Sweep Of The Fire King

Dubois, Pa., June 19.- A fire broke out at 1 o'clock in the afternoon in the Baker hpuse, on Railroad avenue, in the center oL the town, and, oiving to the high wind blowing at the time, it could uot be controlled until it had destroyed the whole business portion of the town aud several hundred residences. The loss is put by insurancj agents at L1,000,0U0, but this is probably a large estímate, and as most of the insurance is written outside of the town the agents who have placed the most of it can not be seen to ob.ain any figures. . An área a mile long by an average of most half a mile wide, extendiug f rom the Rochester collieries store to the Serpe house, and to the extreme end of Long street, on the east side of town, is a complete ruin. Blackened walls and piles of coals ar? all that are lef t of one of the most prosperous ■ towns within 100 miles. Three thousand people are ehelterles3 and destitute and in need of immediate aid, or they must suffer. The flames spread so rapidly that many of them escaped with barely the clothiug which they wore. The origin of the flre could not be determinedL Various causes are given, but the most plausible is that a kitchen flue was detective. At midnigbt the fire had exhausted itse'.f , hav ing no more available ground to work on. The insurance is very light. Among the losses are the following: E. F. Vosburg...$ 8,000;Oity Mills S10.000 J P Tavlor 7,0iï0 Gorten House .... 6.000 TV W Èair.ev . 10,000 Hotel Brunswick. 5.000 Xieholsou house. . 8,0ii0 Belle Bros 4,000 D. T. Birer 6,000 John Goodyear.. 6,000 Heightou 's store.. 8,000 iMoulthtop & McGeorge Wiugert. . 15,000 Clellaml 4,000 Sprankle & Boyle's drug store 6,000 ev 4,000 J. Tonks 7.000 Hibuer, Hollister Goorge A. Ban-ett 3,000 & Co 25,000 O. H. Brady 3,000 First National b"nk 3.500 Lef ber. clothing. I.OOO Express Pub. Co.. 5,000 F. A.DuDuiiig. . . . 6,000 C.Scalen 10.000 Davis & Skirscal. 6.000 D L Oorbett 1O.(XK) P. S. Weber 8.000 Gaulin. statlonery. 2,000 Grier Bros 30.000 S J. Meau 30.000 Daily Courier 5.000 Central hotel 5,000 H. S. Knarr 25.000 Thomas Hartoman 4.000 H.Loeb 30,000 JIrs.Geo. Schwern 12.000J. H. Bierley 15.000 Tbe Methodist and Erangelical churches lose their buildings, worth about 84,000 each. It was ruraored that oue or two peopl9 perished, but this could not be verified. The losses of the Dubois Deposit bank mil depend upon the condition of the safe.