, 1877-09-22
TURNED TO COAL.
A AForty.Thousand.Dolfar Fire in
the Lumber District.
Burning Of the Union Planing-Mill
and 100000 Feet Of Pine,

The lumber dstritt In tho southwestern por-
lion Of ts'c city was yesterday afternoon Inc
scc''e of largo hrc' tue DAMAGES ot which VII!
fcach nearly Or quits e4oWo' lhe nfst alarm
was sounded At l:lo from Box 3os, located At
the corner Of Morgan street and tana'post
avenue ana thfcc oti'cs alarns ~efo sonnaeo IN
close succession from t',e same oo1. Inc afo
vas htet a1scoscfeu IN the thas!hR-o'nS III tha
rear Of TUG Union flaninR'slet, toea'eo On tho
corner oi fsR anu lwehty-eerona streets.
lhe moment was most ihoppotl"ne' enn
nreeze e. from INC northeast Just having sptunR
up. !hose VINO sa~ the hfe start were ap
pahco a. tno rapauHy ol Hs spseao' anu so''u
ohty ""u u"o ~ e.se warning ~
tue workmen ABOUT tue place. Inc
h'c"s useu ~ snaS'nR-p'"s "c's ~
ashes ntlst smoke III lew ,hlnutee' at" t7o en-
tire mill wns IN f1a'ncf befofo q single engine
hail arrived, nlthouyh one Il located scarcely
mnrc ,t,on "A hin.k wrst.
Tho mil, wo. ,nn,nse1 ~ a 1ouc r.stanc;1
-. ~. a.'.' ""s .o.''nue .'.,' ",'"-,
two-ssory structure with q large open sled,
measuring 4O1l00 feet This space wns filled up
wilt, lumber in yar,ous staues Of planning.
THO mill 1,o,1 leo,, RIM rIcbt vn,1 dav IN tho
,..,,'. .ss't,r s,.t .,sn. 49,. t., ,o,,s,e,,orao
"t''oet enpaeltF' a"a .ne'e WIS III eo"sequo"eo
vast nmont,t Of rubbish anu sfsassnga about
tho place, atl Of which proved ycndy food to tho
dcyourinr element. 10 Tho nortl,war1 ot tl,e
mill dn,i Int l,thin1 tho shaving hin. are tbo
pafse' anu tue residence o. the "atchman' ana
mammoth chieken-coop. the property
Of T. ". Harvey. These wcro
onfy p,r,io,tv ,lestroyed. Mr.. Harvey
.ar,u @ r.. .,;,,,,,. s,1 - 1,no s,d,r,a,. ,ot,
sas'ns n's e'cAe''s ana aao A,ae.nI5 , .oM
from tile flames. East OF the yard Was lucateu
row If six large DRY. .kllns belonging to mud
al1oining tho mammoth mill Of r. W. Harvey.
Thu dry.kilns wen. up In volume Of fire,
making "aat tlfc.Matshnl bennes Calls tne
hottest l!re eyer he dealt with. Each Kiln con-
taiucl from $1,000 to $4,000 feet OF lum-
bsr making over , 10000 feet, It, not stick .,
"n'ea wa sa'ea '"e s',th S1o "as oan'aesa
only Slightly, oat the lnnper VIVA paa'y chaffe4
md smoked. rhc mill Itself Is tlFe-proof
s,sastarsas T. & as nearly 91y 'srSot s" , .ns as
wr.o a'sfsi Il, its cnnstr,ton apd H." mi ~ = snTio %
Mani 10 TX ms,t1e f"r lon,cr t;,c tim ncres.
p4,A y ,eit r. onr. an; winnws av with.,
ts te.t ys.ssaIy I l. wSastial ;j M aness s,;,,.
thnt II tbe Untun Mil VIA several iftnes I'm
itrc Int rat, tnr tia tirefncn battInl ,nci, thc
iia,n1es ~ .aT;n,r nt lcust siiSSI it1 Mr TaTvrv' NV
=, H., vas irIc'l or,nst @ tw, iar",. fo,r story
br;cx structure. On tue No, ti,wcst corner OF Fiak
nn'f srwc,,f v.sc.ond strcet,' nwt,cd mi ncrnn.i
b1 the GJss i Plniilps Conuany. Assistant
stsal 1 Leo y;s; IT.; ls yo was s t n.rs upon tho tho
ycntri lin rS fr,,lt, snrrs,,nr iniInllnit.,v' hv
~" ,,,n.t ",icn,, .,:Ynrts thnf Wntn.i h.nrtv
s,,ro,nlms M frnI' Ills pr.,thcr Iarsials. Tfc
h".i,,,nr a,,rht Hrn T., rtsrns tnnn,nora,,io iat
~ on,.i; ~, vn. oinws, !, ~ain ~, oa NV
on,l thn sirurturu wns jrcnchcI Win syntrr1
Tbrn thrv hattic,l fur twt, iJnurs heiorn II rnmi
he aid fi,at tic Inmts were ,i116cr central.
ria Union pjaninc.Nili was owned by n
ii. W,tbrrk: aunurfntcn,1a,t. ,tnI,n Ku,o,nrr:
S"rrctorv All rrrnsI,rrr. .{oi,n W. T.nrlin.