The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-10-28

doubtedly correct as FIJI as it goes:
The FIRE broke out about daylight il
: dwelling IN q street.near Taylor, =
point about the southwestern: limit Of
business, and 4 thickly settled :Por-
hoan5 Of the city. Il spread rapidly,
extending eastward towards the rayine
ii which are situated the works and
mills Of several prominent mines.
Reaching - far g F. street Woodward,
tie flames crossed Union and Fulton
streets, covering . space Of about ten
blocks, comprising, in the words of
one dispatch, ..~< "S.'@7. 81 :.
ALMOST EVERY DECENT IT., BUILDING N
. - :. - TOWN. = : ..,.
As the fire worked up G street, the
offices of The Territorial Enterprise
and The Chronicle were destroyed.
|. Piper's opera house va as6fnt1ext in flames,
and it became evident. that the rail-
way depot and the. heisting works Of
tho Consolidated % Virginia were in
danger. The'waters upplyswassinade-'
quate; and the engines of little use.
Recourse was had Is Blowing up
buildings It was too late; however.
Ina few moments the depot and hoist
ing:works were ON fire. The latter
were recently completed atanexpense
|of b, ~ H.. ..zEif<s;: - q. ..'-f<
/ SEVEN HUNDRED THO s4ND DOLLARS,
and were the finest in the Comstock
lode. Continuing; to, the north and
east, the partly completed mill Of the
California mine and the Consolidated
Virginia mill were soon in flames,
which spread still, further north to
the Ophir hosting works, destroying
them also, which is about the limit Of
the destruction in that direction, the
fre, dying out for wapt* of fuel. From
Taylor street, near which the fire Or
iginated, it spread southwark against
the wind, destroying The branch Bank
Of California and Wslls & Fargo's
express building and eYerything in it
1t the time. AT this point the Gould
e. Currys,works were Ii imminent
danger, but were fortunately: saved.
In short, ,>,i.>.- ": ~ ). = LIZ. ::
NEARLY THE ENTIR&a RUsINEss POR.
TON OF TIE TOWN = .sl ~
is in ashes: Hotelssohurches; county
buildings, newspaper, telegraph and
express Offices, are all swept away.
Over ten thousand people are home.
less. The wind is piercing, and much
suffering is anticipated before temper.
airy shelter can be prepared. 1t is
impossible at present. to conjecture the
amount of the loss. : :. The destruction
of the mills and hosting works above
referred to will probable entail the
loss OF ..., - l., < ...,si +: ...,1 + a..
< ..,; A MILLION DOLLARS ,4,t
within q radius Of q few hundred feet
Fortunately the shafts of both the
0phir and the Consolidated Virginia
were bplkheaded, and the fire wa.
kept out Of the Mines. ,. t.;s: - RI ,.
tn The loss of buildings and merchan.
disc in the city must be very great, al,
though covered to great extent by
insurance. ~ - ,,,.:' f.. /, ~
A FEW ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
= But few details have been, received
in additiont to what has been previous
~ reported. 1t was :rnmored th,.
evening that the, 0phirshaft was or
fire, but later advices report that The
fire only extended downsa short dig
tanee, being stopped ~ the'bulk head,
The amount Of insurance. written IN
TIKI. burnt district i Tot ascer,tained
butt supposed to aggregate il Tic
f'neighborhood of i millioanl Z dollars
mo report " the loses Is YET received " d
hom<the aoerlts ana s;sss r ;;rn,1n.orass;fi<
to state the. proportion e. ii s. loses an /;
risks: Rough estimates place tie 1oes
attwo millions. No loss Of life i.
yet reported. The gteat number 81
people burned out II + q doors s 7 BY til,
fire, stated 1t 10 81 .ccoppted 70,
by the fact that owing 70 tie peculia,
mode Of lie fed BY tie large. popula
ton engaged in the Mines, Who wlgorl
|aby shift, day and night. > S,
A recent scourge i TYPHOID Is fe ,,s,
caused tie presence Of many helples,
inyalids, who we're being. carried to !.
place Of safety by friends. Extor
,tionate demands weresmade BY own.
,ers Of vehicles; and in one 81, i case d
least caused ! murder: "A man ii 3
street in endeayoring; 10 engage 2 team
SER, and being unable to comply Will
his demands, in desperation drew 8
spistol and shot the driver dead.
The report Of the FIRE caused 4 grea
panic in San Francciisaco. and there
was tumble il, stocks. j "a. .s,ss.. ~
VI The insurance companies will meet
their losses promptly =. ::ai 1 ii; ii
! : Aid is being sent from San Fran
cisco and elsewhere. .4ss z,yz22 = :s*:s<t
cTo.day'sst. Paul papers give stht
estimated loss at three to- four mill.
ion dollars and the area burned owe.
at half amile wide and three quar-
ters Of a mile long. W.. Y sja5;.@s 1902
p postmaster General Jewell cele
brated his 5Oth birthday Thursday. :.
Tho statue Of sstonewall jackson
j WAS formally unveiled 1t Richmond
Iva, Tuesday: i. s .,,s.,i
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