The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-03-20
DEsi>TkUUs CONFEDERATION
Ihc Wo0den-Ware Factory of
the Two Rivers Manufac.
turing Company il
Ashes.
Loss yariously Estimated at from
&6o,0Q0to 100000!
The Work OF Rebuilding to Commence
Immediately.

The alarm Of fire, last night, proved to
6e the woolcnwaro factory 0f the Two
i,iv-rs Manufacturing Company. The
FIRST alarm was sounded at about halfpast
. o'clock, and 50 rapid was the progress Of
tie fire tiend, that almost Immediately af
ter it Was too s. dly apparent to ,lOsc nrri-
wing on the ground that there wus no sal
yation for this magnificent structure, and in
less then an hour the building with all its
contents, was entirely consumed. Owing
to the want OF shipping facilities, the bull
ding, was crowded with finished wares,
awaiting the arrival Of boat, which, to-
gcther with building, machinery, a good
share of the immense stock piled ON the
yard and the contents Of the dry houses
hay, been licked up by the deyouring ele-
mcnt The loss cannot fall short OF sG0,G
and will be severely felt by the whole
county. We published a statement, a short
time since, of the immense business during
the last year Of this ons factory, showing
but little short Of Il quarter of u million.
As we watched the deyouring element
lighting up the town and surrounding
country, SO that at the Taunery, at Ne
shoto, ard at Manitowoc city they knew
as well ms wc at Two Rivers what was
burning, while everyone svmpathized with
the Company WHO, little less than five
years ago, had their factory accupying the
the same site destroyed by fire, we could
not help Tut feet how terrible is the loss TO
the men who have received employment
in this establishment. Indeed, as we
looked at the counteDances of these men
many of whom, with their wives and little
ones, looked upon the destruction of tne
CompanY's property we thought the the
destruction of their hopes for procuring
employment, for time at least, was the
most melancholy feature of the picture.
1t is a terrible calamity TO the town,
and will require the utmost harmony and
united and considerate action on the part
Of all classes of our citizens to prevent the
the loss Of the vantage ground we had
gained for our manufacturing interests and
material advancement.
We are glad to record the fact that there
is no fine hing on the part of the Manutac
turing Company. While the building was
still burning, Henry Mann, who was acci
dentally spending few days in Two Ri
yrs, as previously announced in The
Chronicle, Leo. Mann, who has Just re-
turned from New York, together with our
old fricnu I've allude to Deacon II. II.
SMITH and, ike the others, the friend of
! Two Rivers, whom TO calamity can discou-
rage and whose indomitable pluck, at the
/ advanced age Of II, is as marked 4 charac-
/ teristie as at any previous period IN his
| long and eventful lfe, had hurried con-
1 ference together, and after making acknow-
Iedgments to tie Tannery IeoF!e and to
the fire department at Manitowoc city, as
well es the Two Rivers people who were on
the ground and rendering such sid as they
could for their ready sympathy aud cheer
/ full assistance, determined to commence
/ rebuilding at one. Now let all the citizens
of Two Rivers help them in every possible
way, and in less than three months this In
dustry may be in full blast again.
! How the fire originated Is not defnis ely
known One account is that the watcl,mar
was in the fire room, anl discovering {