Champion Glass Company - Covington, Kentucky

Destructive Fire.

The large frame building at Greenup and Powell streets, known as the Champion Glass works building, was destroyed by fire last Tuesday morning. For some years past the building has been occupied by Dr. E. R. W. Thomas as a tobacco warehouse; and, at the time of the fire, there were in it 360 hogsheads of old tobacco, and 200 of new, nearly all of which were destroyed. The loss on building and contents is estimated $85,000.

The tobacco was insured as follows:

Royal, of Liverpool ...................... $5,000

Imperial, of London ..................... 10,000

Franklin, of Philadelphia ................. 5,000

Clay, of Newport .......................... 5,000

Enterprise, of Cincinnati ............... 10,000

Commercial, of Cincinnati ............. 5,000

Union ........................................... 5,000

National ....................................... 5,000

Queen .......................................... 5,000

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Total .......................................... $55,000

There is no doubt that the fire was the work of an incendiary. There was no fire about the building, and it was detached from all others.

The three most destructive fires that have occurred in Covington since the Holly water works went into operation, originated in tobacco houses.