The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-05-07
Great Flre u Oskesh, wis, .,.-Less near
4ey0oO,000.

Great FlTo u Oskosh, wis, ,.-Loss neal
4e,0o0,00O.
Tho city Of Oshkosh, Wis, was visited
BY disastrous couAagration. on tho 3oth
Iult. from which it be long in recovering
A Chicago newspaper gives the following
account Of it:
Tho 6remen, for time, fought bravely in
the taoe Of terrible odds, to stay the proSress
Of the fire, but were driven back step by STEP
and one alter another the business buildings on
Main street were licked up by the i,s ,tiate fire
and crumbled into masses of shapeless ruins
From Algonia to Cape street were located
all tho principal dry goods stores, banks
went down before, the resistless hurricane.
Merchants had time to save but little. for
their facilities for transportation of goods to 4
|place Of safety were limited. A few succeeded
In carrying . few loads Of their most valuable
wares away from the track Of the fire, but by
tar the greater number lost their all. :.
The Beckwith House and tho Adssns House.
two hotels Of large capacity, finely furnished,
with oil the modern Improvements, were de.
st-oyed in almost = twinkling, and nothing
worth mentioning was saved. The loss ON the
former will be about $4,000; on the lattef
The newspaper and telegraph Offices shared
.te ."'c VI tue euEIou1"!uS OutOluSS. Ine
Northoestern office. owned by Allen h Hicks,
was probably the most valuable. The North.
.Destern is daily paper and fitted up with all
facilities for its publication and the execution
of job printing, of which nothing was saved.
TIE loss will be about $4,000. Tie Times, a
sp-ightly weekly, had also all the convenient
cies Of first class Office, and its loss is about
$4,000.
Three men were reported killed by falling
walls, brit their names could not be ascertain.
ed in the confusion. Eumors of a further loss
|ofl;se were also prevalent hut were MT authen-
ticated up to late hour let night.
Over Two hundred residences, large and
small, were burned, and over one hundred
stores. hotels, banks, etc., also the Opera
hundred thousand dollars, and the finest in
Wiscon. n, outside of Milwaukee. All the e
were entirely destroyed.
The loss is varioasly estimated. The most
moderate estimate is $76o, 900, and the highest
The city is in the utmost CONFUSION. Hun
dred of families are homeless. Women and
ing around in search Of places Of shelter: The
heavens were lit with the lurid glare of the
fire, which, up to a late hour last night, was
Gangs Of desperadoes were prowling about,
seeking p.under. They succeeded in inspir-
|ia8 the greasest terror and the citizens organ.
|3a for mutual protection. The
rssssce were powerless to suppress
th. n or to quiet the fears Of out.sge.
The flames began to yield to he persistent
e9"rts Of firemen and citizens at O'Clock.
Ills anticipated that the insurance compa-
nies will withdraw their patronage from the
cfty--they having threatened this step last
summer.
Arrangements will be made to reorganize the
newspaper Offices in the unburnt districts.
|Telegraphic communication was severed at an
early hour OF the fire, and though repeated at
tor who succeeded in keeping his circuit open
was tho Northwestern railroad man.