The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1859-08-19
From the Cincinnati Gazette, Aug. II,
tremendous COnhagratIOn---
Loss 100000.

We gave yesterday morning in our
country edition partial account of ter.
rife fire which broke out about one O'clock
yesterday morning in the rectifying estab
lishment of Boyle & Co., on East Second
street. This edition was put to press
while the fire was still raging. In our
city edition we gave very full and accur-
at account of the fire.
Below we publish the main facts given
yesterday, together with some additional
details.
The first fire broke out in the rectifying
establishment of Messrs. Boyle & Co, on
the south side of East Second street. be-
tween Sycamore and Broadway streets,
Nos. So, SIS, 81 and So
How the fire originated is not known.
Some OF the hands went through the build
ing at nine o'clock and at that time every
thing was all right, The only fire in the
building on Wednesday was in the portable
furnaces OF some coppersmiths. The fire
was first seen by Policemen Riggs and
Williams, while on their beat. They gave
the alarm to the No II and No. / Com
panies-the latter Company getting on
the first water. In few minutes the
whole city ives alarmed-no less by the
repeated ringing of the bell on the central
tower than the flames which lowered up
majestlcally against the black skv, and
made good the place of the absent moon.
There were canstant explosions of whis-
ky in the burning building and the heat
was intense, threatening all the neiehbor-
ing buildings. The fire companies made
strenuous efforts to save them and were
partially successful. The flames were cot
under, as was supposed, when they com
inundated to the rear of Messrs. Pike Il
Co.'S warehouse, on Yeatman street. The
tower bell was rung desperately for the
Mohawk and Brighton, and hand COM
panies.
Pixies building was saved but not with
out loss. The large warehouse of Messrs.
Boyle 4 Co. on the west side of the alley,
Subsequently caught fire, and later tho
stores of Messrs. Crane, Breed, d Co, and
e. Henshaw, on Sycamore street.
1t is impossible to describe the singular
spectacle as the whisky spilled from the
broken barrels ran into the CUTTERS and so
down into the river, while the cinders fell
from above in dazzling showers of golden
rain which no pyrotechnist ever riyaIled.
The supply of water in the cisterns fail
ed, and the engines were obliged to dam
up the cutters and suck up the water
which had been once thrown upon the fire.
Eventually engines were stationed further
off and water obtained. 1t was said to
have been forced, in one case, nearly half
mile.
The walls of the building in which the
fire originated, fell not all at once, but by
piece meal, doing damage to the roof of
the grocery store of Mr.. Swasey g. Co.,
tie clothing store of Drummer & Clering,
and other property fronting on Broadway
and running West.
Human life too was endangered by these
falls. -Four firemen, who were on the lad
ders, placed on adjoining buildings, were
struck by the bricks and very badly cut
and bruised though not fatally. They
were all doing we'll yesterday. Their
names are Jacob Phillips, John Vetter,
VIM. Echerle and Michael Cerer.
An unfortunate difficulty occurred be-
| tween some of the firemen and the police,
during the progress of the fire. Some time
since, officer "Omnibus" Bailey, had occa-
sion to disperse a crowd of loungers on n
street corner. One of the number was
fireman, who made some disturbance, and
was arrested by Bailey, but subsequently
released. Yesterday the fireman insulted
and bothered Bailey so much that he ar
rested him. Friends of both came up,
and rn9rlnr FIGHT eoo..a oI :" e-;t"LIo "l.."
the Chief Engineer and Chief Of Police
came up, and by their presence hostilities
were prevented. The matter will undergo
official investigation, but it would seem
that the fremen were in the wrong, de-
cidedly. Very few had their badges with
them, and of course it was impossible to
distinguish them from ordinary citizens.
We learn that the proprietor of one of
the buildings burnt, had just had it stored
with choice liquors, and when he came
down to the ruins he cried like child.
The entire loss is estimated at about
5000, 900, which is some $4,000 more than
the total amount during the last official
year of the Fire Department.