, 1874-07-18

to arrest tho progress Of Tic nro towards tho |
Deckwtth Houso. 10 DO sure tho tiro waa WorE"'
tng b9t slow!y aa II xas dead againss tH "'n III
saved liz, for 1t gave time for tho arrival Of tho
Foni }u Lao department..
Whilo waiting fur II to arrivo attempts woro
ohook tho backward creeping Of tho flames. but
all to no purpose. South Of Mooros marble was
quito gap. aud 1t waa hoped that by tearing |
down ths building tho 1amos could DO checked.
its SLOW but certain way. Another low wooden
building, noxt to Oottrilfs Block, was also torn
down. hut thla proved unnecessary, aH by this
timo tito
pnND M, LAO rrnrmrN ARRIVED
Will, a steamer and Il ouantity OF hoso It Is to
tha nronnt arriyal Of tlo Fond lu Ilao boys that
We owe liz saving Of tho Dcckwith Ho,,so, and |
besides that nobody knows what. Tho hose WAS
qulolIy Ibid up Main street from tho High street
lesorvoir, and utream got On in front, whilo
hoao waB ruu Iron, the steamer W. II, Doc to tho
rear Of lid row Ut buisdings and SianloBo COUP
ling allowed anotllnr Loso 10 be run to tho houae
Of John Williams. on A[:oma street, which was
ono,har irnnortnut i pont in tic bastleaeiI. Iua
low moments tho
vrvv.u r,nv nnp.urvnur .ru,vrr
and rrna ,yoinomn.i hy thc ioyos shouts Of tho
,nu1titmdn nI IT," Amotlor i,oso wan RIM m hfaln
a. rooI o,,I tvo strnamu mt m the front of Tho
hurniuu row. The fjroInon now Lad tholr onomy
at bRy. Two stroa,nB to tho front of tho burning
building on Main street and ono In tho rom,
1hilo q stroatn wRs engaged exclusively In e1-
tinguishug tho fro In john williams which
thron,oped tho laTge now franc structure next
to it. aud thereby i. Y. Wrlgh,'s residence noxt
to it aud ". 3. Stickney's beyond. AL these
three nLroayna succeeded, aud tho fire. waa pre-.
vontod from reaching Algoma street in tho rear,
stroyad. and also prevented from roaclling tho
Bookwith House to tho front. On tho east aldo
Of Nlsn street, the fro vl,red back through
Little's Iiyery-atablo and Wostbrook's grocery
etore, taking Tyrrells, glove factory and Pitsles
grocery. The vacant lots between pittle's Htoro
and Harding Opera-Houso saved tho lat!or, hnd
tho yiolory was won the further spread OF tho
fire to southwark had been stopped.
HunnAI ron n1roN. .....
About6 O'clock, all unexpected, telegram
was received TINT Rpon had hoard the news aud
had sont their Champion f1te-oxtingriAhor over
horo BY special train. a team wns A. the depot
to moot it aud tho crew that came With IT, aud 1t
was driven up Main asreos amid tho welcoming
6houta Of the iremen and cltizena. At the cor,
ner OF Algoma atreot it stopped. and three loud
aud hearty cheers wont up from the aassmn'ea
multitude for Aipon: H..
Aud we'll they might choer, and we'll did tho
noble Ripon boys dsservo cheering. They were
not needed at this end Of tho ire. as the D threo
streams above alluded to we're holding that IN
check most euootl9ely' ineg wore aHa1ghou
position, therefore, On tho Weat sldo OF hain
stroot near Irving.
THE cukoK At IRVING STREET.
Tho dro by this timo had reached within threo
houses of Irving street, tho west aido of Main,
although about block cast OF Afaiu 1t was
etrqtchiug far to no1thward. The Ripon exttn-
gushing brigade drove up beside this house, and,
notwithstandlug that it WAS wholly enveloped in
flames, In ten minutes put out every spark. They
worked like magic, and fought the fro with 8
yclous; wheroyor tho stream struck tho hre, the
ire was pnt out effectively. This littlo machine
thus In ton minutes saved ton timca it's cost. and
cheokod tho flames vest side Of Main stroos, Which
okborwise would have gone oear to Irving 8treot,
and @ crossed oyor aud gouo boyond. Having refill
ed their uaobiuc they performed like service on
wood-pilo beside house on Audubon street,
east Of Main, thus aaying house, which, had It
| caught would hayo spread the ]RmoB into That
| Main and Irving streets, which tia tlatnes had
| boon mndo to 70 around by the saving Of tho
| lrst houee bJ The Ripou brigade. This p,1t out
Of danger, the only further spread OF the tiro to
westward, and kept the tlames oon1ned within
tue boundaries which 1t then occupied. Not too
much can bo said for this gallant Ripon baud
| who fought like tigers. Eqnnllyto be honored
were the other companios. who got here ,uHt III
| the nick Of time to save tho fire. from spreading
| acroea Altoona street to tho south, and Oshkosh
viii ever remembor tho noble tloeds of their Fire
departments and their protlered sucoor in tha
| tni,r of her neotts
DEATHS Do1Nas
Bat moro sad mud eorrowfu1 eti]l of all the
ssd and sorrowful things that happoned upon
Ellis DIV Of blight and ruin aud Of wailiug, WAS
tue tnking from uB Of one Of n0turo'B trueBs no.
blomeu, William P. Taylor, who died 81 he had
lima whsn ths Ara ~ az swespinu aoToss MAN etroet
t.on, HT,Csha. hr;id1ry t,o nnlarfon1, In ranf7ar
assistanrn to A ar,nnIod woman named Mrs.
Trann"n' a ta;inreeds To worked too hard. hnd
1;ftaa ~, atronr1v and buret a blood-yessot. or
- sa.st tat ja tha moat nrohahie nanae al his
ds.th ,5a'' Ha law walks.3 Ia lie A5ans House. where
o rxas mt ~ hc7 In few ,nu1nontB be fall to
rasuino' a1,d, almost before holp could be called,
Greathod his last,
Mr.. TAYLOR was = native Of New Brunswick,
vhola his relatives at prosont reside. He was d
single man. about 80 years of age. and has been
tie most efficient md popular City Treasurer
Oshkosh las eyer had.
THE LOSS.
It Is impossible at this juncsure to get at any
authentic estimate OF tue loBs, but It is yarously
cstlmatod ut betweon Bix hundred thousand aud
million. About eight hundred Thousand IL
| t1,oucht by many to DO nearer correct. About
600 bnitdnrd hive boon destroyed, and It can bt
safely said that an average of ono family to eact
house has been rendered homeless. EHtimatiul
an average Of fyo to each family, and it will foo
~, n f,fN1 1,araona WIN haye thnB beBn turned