Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-10-13

uDg ~ IN position Tor several min
utes. To add still more 10 the de.
lay the fire could not be started
promptly and by the time the engine
was fairly under way the large frame
towering mill Of Van SAun. Wilson
4 Co., was all in flames and the Are
had reached the wooden mills adjoin-
ing, the wind from the south driv-
ing the flames directly into them.
The streams from the engine wers
put to work but it was found impos-
sible to save anything bat the ma
chinery on the first and second floors
Of the WOODEN mills and that will be
greatly damaged. The Touring mill
together with its coptents, was oom-
plstely destroyed.
The loss will aggregate $s5, 900, be-
sides the large number Of workmen
thrown ont Of employment. :.
The saw mills belonged to the Wa
ter Power Company, and were worth
Hess, except for the machinery In
them.
The Cahinet makers Union Occur
pied one part, and their loss In ma
chinery, stock. &C.. wtil not be LEES
than $500; no insuzssce. agE !.
The Touring mill was valued at
$4,000, on which Sheppard Wilson'S
three-fourths interest had no insur-
ance. Van SAun had IN insurance Of
5000 on his one fourth interest. W.
also learn that there was IN insur-
ance Of 5000 on the grain In the
mill. which was estimated at 5000
bushels.
The Woolen MiIls Company were
=. Brown, J. II. Wilson and VIM.
Mofntt. Their loss will be between
thirty and forty thousand dollars ; no
insurance.
The loss 10 heavy on Q number Of
our leading business men.
The FIRE was first discovered In the
second story Of The saw mills, and It
was evidently the work Of an incen,
diary.
Fortunately the fire occurred near
the river, where water was handy,
and which enabled the engine to do
good work, after once under full
Roadway.
The wagon bridge across the Cedar
came nearcatching IRE, and the stove
foundry and pump factory, on north
side were threatened, but were saved
oy being well guarded.
The Young Amsrican fire Conn
pany. with the village engine, were
on hand and also rendered asslstanos.
These are the fAets. : nearly = We
can gather them In the midst Of the
excitsment.
Thehbove told the sad taIs. The
results ars In some cssss lore dam.
aging than ut hrst reported. In others
less.
The c. M. Union lese In stock,
tools and machinery $4,000; and the
hands In employ Of the Company
$500 In tools.
Z. M. Stead had Q few mouths
since abandoned the old mills and
built . new shop . few rods south,
which was only saved by the favor
able direction Of the wind. His loss
however. IL net lea than 500, the
power which drove his machinery
being burned with stock DC. The
Touring mill 10 Q total loss, except
what the machinery viii bring q
old iror.
! Van 6a0n,u Wilson q Co, hadi An,
nour and grain what We squivaisat
to 400 bashsls. 500 worth AZ bran
and 800 bushsls Of corn. making ~
total los 10 the Company In steok Of
$4,000. An insurance Of $1,000 w.
on the stock but had run cut IN June
Last.
The les In the woolsn mills WIN
not b - crest - Ct dnt ssportsd.-
The engine did smcisnt work and
saysd ths msst Of The mschineey On
thres neen bsaidm The walIssf the
building, which are thouwkt not 10
DO materially injured. The mills
can b put In good ceaditisa agian
fsr Sle.ooo. psshaps Len. The Cems
pany 90 ct work cleaning up the
machinsry. and the building = % -
resocesd Immediately.
The wagon bridgs. lumber yard of
Merrill = CO. sasvs weeis q Dsnjsr
min = Ven Gonn, Rabsaekss pano
1Actosy. - 7. =. Bsswlsk,s wsre-
hosss were u imniosae danger fss
time, from sparks. but with violence
on The part Of ous citiasss, they were
ssssd fF7m borning. though not I'll
- them from taking nrs. The NJ
erandB were sssn two miles nosth u
town. and sst IRE in sssssal places.
but The Tain . few houss later nat It
out and saved, doubtlsss. asssiesa.
damages to the GAsnroeuL
II y asoufcs II much regret that
she acetdsnt occurred with the nre
eagine = the start. though ~ en-.
nsen1 that any ons was q fsult.-
II W one u thess .eocusssncss sssily
Italksd = altsswasd, md might sasi-
y - av1tdsd ~ sseseda line, II H.
. Quaslion which has calIsd ont
much di1qnenion - - whether the
ea1EtaG ISplil and woolea mills
6o1A1Hhevab ssn a6psa - ehs en-
etAe esen j. working osdss prompt
". OR jsdgmsnt = thaI thsy could
not - the hat, from the saw mills.
rs 70 intense = - pssvsnt ~ ~
ths hos on the EFT ssd Of the
nonsing mills, which Wa soon In.
fsli blass. c~ensidssise the circum-