Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-20

caught fire, . steam engine from Cam
dem arrived, and in this direction the
FIRE was checked. The flames then at-
tackled the two story cottages of Alex.
Mcconnell and that Of Rudolph,
but they were not seriously dam
aged. Back of Cahill's cottage
on Decatur street were Judge Hamber-
GERS cottage and three OF w. f. Kings
cottages, which were destroyed At
this time, 2 o'clock, an alarm came that
the Columbus House, on Ocean street,
between Washington street and Beach
was on fire. The flames spread so rap
idly over this property that it was soon
in ruins, with a number of outbuildings,
and Beauer cottage on Ocean street,
Thos. f. Tasker's cottage, adjoining Col.
L. S. Mats cottage, on Washington
street, the bath houses in front Of the
Columbia House, and about 1000 bath
houses belonging to the Stockton Hotel.
Some cinders lodged on the Stockton
House roof, but were eXtinguished.
Two of Warmers cottages on
Stockton row caught fire but were
saved. The last building attacked was
VOLTS cottage, about 200 yards from
the Stockton house, where again the
tiremen obtained the mastery and this
after continuous work of eleven hours.
At 4.30 anorher steam engine arrived
from Camden and rendered very eff
cient aid in checking the flames.
McRay's cottage on Jackson street, be-
hind the Centre House and Merchants,
one of the Oldest buildings on the
Island, went early in the day. On the
lawn of the Columbia house, between
it and the beech, two cottages belong
ing to the hotel were destroyed. The
property property in Columbia avenue
escaped. The entire burned district
covers an area of about 40 acres and is
bounded by Congress street on the west,
Washington street on the north, Ocean
street on the east and the beach on the
south. The total loss is estimated at
$500, 900, of which more than one half
is covered by insurance. The losses in
detail are as follows. Congress, $780,
600; Ocean house, $40, 5000, insured for
SS3, 900; Central house, owned by j. +.
McCray, loss $4,000; Columbia
house, owned by John G. Bullet, $780,
600, insured for $4,000; Atlantic
house, owned by E. G. Knight, loss
500, 900; Merchants hotel, owned by
VIM. Mason, loss $4,000; Wyoming
cottage, owned by Geo. Hildreth, loss
$4,000; Cahill's cottage, loss 5000;
George Freyer's cottage, loss $4,000,
insured $500; Avenue hotel, owned
by Michael Burns estate, loss $500;
William +. Kings four cottages, two
houses, etc, $4,000; Judge Hamburg
ers cottage, So, 500; S. A. Rudolph's cot
tage $4,000, insured $1,000; Barret's sa-
loon 1880; Dennisott's cottage and
bath house $1,000; Centennial cottage
$1,000; Peterson's cottage $4,000; Wolf
cottage 81 500; Beaver cottage, owned
by j. c. Bullet, $4,000; Thomas Tas-
ker's cottage, $500; Shoots cottage,
$4,000. The fire burned stubbornly
from 7 in the morning until between 5
and 6 in the afternoon. The water sup
ply was good, and furnished by artesian
wells. No lives were lost, and no one
seriously Injured. Tonight the steam
engines are playing on the ruins. In
1869 almost the same section was swept,
scarcely less destructive than that of
to-day, The fire is believed to be Of in
cendiary origin.