, 1876-10-11
FIRES.
THE CLEVELAND r1nEs
G7kr&{dnH &fader. fbrf


Al t:20 o'clock this morning an n1arn .,..,
cd from Box No. 13a, on the corner Of Main "u, .s.
Sycamore streets, tust across tho Main ,t,.s. wv
bridge. The Fire Department rcsnaa,ss, ss,
promptly, only TO lind the immepsc arr..,aaa.
graEn.elcYator Ut Oils l. York, Mt Nos. & -'vs!
River street, wrapped In sheet Of fatnc ss sas
already past all hopes of rccoycry. Ths NV ~
1ainmaole matcFsal Of which It WI, conno,sa
the open floors between stories, the oncnl,a.,
running through tho tower, and tic lry, tInass
like condition OF the interior, gave The t,a,na.
cltaucc scarcely equalcd, mud placed all III. a,
forts ot man at dcnance. Almost bcfura Il.
ilatncs had reached the upper stores ni ~ ~
building thcs hal eatan through md, by IT, IT,
mSan' nnn ot connecting sled, reael'ed liz IL
lis Michigan Ceniraf steamers. tutsa's vb,st q
were situated at No. % Ktycr ttrsssa ttu'sa
and soon wrapped the wll0le structure In fsm.sa
Al the same time The brands a.nl sparks 1y;pa
Hotel and couple Of boarding g-louses new
It, and doomcd them to a certain dcstruuio%n
J1llnsun's Mechantc Block. to tho Iii It IN. n.
elevator, was soon also n great aanscr, ani
d. M, tho whole block Of buld!rgs sltua,si
along tie river front. AZ we'll as tGosc on tSa
opposite side Of Kivcr street, were In thc ,jrers
line at tho ilatncs,, and IN imminent DANCE, al
lrstr,,ctson. The ilrenlcn were working wits n
h
tic presence of the a,sgh wind which waa syeta.
INF. tle sllects Of flame to aud fro, and earsnv
then, to reach almost clear ACROSS the street.
The elevator, syen then, waa hare skeleton,
,ncnt. Tie threat was fulllllel at ten ininute. mi M
OF 2, md the tower went to tito bottom with
crash tt'at sent shower OF epnrks and ciade.s
| In the DIR.
Tlie cause Of the fire could not bo learned II
tint moment, although Il was well established
fttnt hH nr1pfn fFhA In thA r1nvafnt Th,,u..
Hays who sleeps in the Michigan Central ofiIce.
| snys TINT fo was awakened by hearing tho uuIsa
Of the iiro in tse elevator, anil that as lar d, bs
able t. adgs 4 y or9e 81" t 9t ts ,h hnor.hssste
hit not Of u very definite nalurc, points 10 ths
second story rs bring the point ut which tLs
commencement was tnndc.
BY 3:45 tho firc Ind nadn such elfcctual work
framework Of tile lover stores being left stand.
tng. Tho Michigan Central warehouse and
ut1lce we're total wrecks while tho four Or
'l!o buildings, on tho opposite side Of Tho
why, running from Nos. to ~ -, were left either
m s's ssadnx ss ess sess ses Il IT, ss sse Il 5 ss
buildings were Of value, being Of frame and
very old. Kclsel's boarding.house, McGulre's
California Hotel, anil Il. Lutc's saloon wc5c tha
cnly ones Of whel. TIC 9%nerslp Soud BE- 10;
the who1u lot cannot reach over f500l TLs
loss iu tho elevator will be hard to determine,
with the data At hand at present, as neither
Of the proprtctoss could be found. The build
til; greater part Of thu loss beli,g IN Tic you.
tents. It Ia stated that there was considerable
plaatcr md salt stored there but not much grain.
The loss can be anywhere from ~, ,0C0 to w..
O00, all depending On the amount Of grain ID
store, Sotnv very valuable machinery ~as also
destroyed.
load Of valuable freight at the Michigan Centta!
warehouse, all Of which YVES destroyed. Thu
erceoss self S sogd not IN naye 'es nxs soL ,a
lepetsls on tho yallo Of tt!e contents. The
books OF the ofllcc were saved, but everything
else went with the building.
JohnBon'B Marine Block >gas also damaged,
but not nearly 80 much rs was at first feared
At $3.50 the fire ts nnder cout1ol. and nc
cllauge has taken place In tho situation.
A brand from tho River street fire. sHecpal
over town, struck tho roof Of the Second PFes
bytcrian Church, on Superior street, and burned
and M onc On tic south end. Tho iro worked t!
way into tho stcepic, and In q few m!nnte'
. thu whole stccplo wis. atlamc,. aud tho M no
; in the most imminent danger xx,1ss IN;
steamers we're immediately on the groana a
f Box No. !. in tho CitY Hall. Streams Of xats
! | wcAu rot on, but were unable to prevent th
l.cadway Of tho destroying element On asroap ~ Y
uf thu Immense height OF tbs sfceple and to
| lFupuS6lUH1kY u IEl&EAHlS $ts ~ k~h
ttrie after tho flame broke out Of tbs etetpe,
was a foregono conclusion THAI the chutc
would be destroyed, - the dry roof caugllt ~
= ifly, and Utmost before the eye could note 10
r | fact, tue whole roof was q mass Of ilatnc, u
J. angry tongues OF fire reaching up oret 10
caves and ticking the beams and ratters up Is
much stubble. Tie tail steeplc WIS wrappd
d circlug sheet, making sccnc Of dread Rfai
. deur, At which thousands looked and t.etf1o'ea
u Steamer after steamer Wns sent to ttlv seeu
Il but seemed TO be Of no use, rs the destFo}ln
= element had got too scct1re start. -.
!. At 3:A exactly, after bhrniuE foF about 1Sc %e
a ty minutes, tho steeple fell, sinktng to*n 10.
- {fy Into the church, making no disturbance q
y threatening no danger to surrounding proper
, Tie roof wis soon doomed to follow, and lE
short tfme fulfilled It's promise BY gong ana
+ This engncs stopped playing, and turned tas e
attention to tha suF1pundng properly II Il
/. church was goua, all except the blaekened III
n between which seething mass Of iancs a1tsl1 w
- and roased Without mercy A the Le1dr XIX Kp
- to press, no other property hna oeeh p1aee"
- Tfie church was Of stone. and yery large u u
u substantial, being elegantly furnished: l. ~ "
!. built ii 1861, At 4 cost OF $50Q00, lae u,
l. cost 8, 1000, which, with the furniture w! c
70 the loss nsar s7o, ,Oo0. TaeEe II IN msof'''
:. Oh it.
60 AT APPLETON, WIS.