, 1880-07-19
FIRES.
THE GLUCOSE WORKS.

THE GLUCOSE WORKS.
Tho rufus Of tic E1ucose works, cnr,,c,H
Archer avenue alNi Wallace street, were xll
sIlinttIcrng yesterday 1t liuni,, uNd II STREAM
flanl, tlsc nrighl,uring iiytlrtt WIS kyr,
playing u,s't tllcn.. The machinery, s,uyk,
rtc., arc tOtal luss. Only bart Of tl,u walts
and the chiuille,s arc standing. Beneath liz
Il bris Uf tic uI0l alll cri,inhlcli wulIs i.
lleaps Of Maturfnl yGt 1l1icUnsll,nwt, through
which stick shafts, nuls, water-plpps, ctr,
alI bent atNl twisted ont Of Shape by tile le,t
to whlcl, they were subjected. Tic luR.
yats outside were not burned, but i!d hsu
crushed r. like egE-sElells; Tic bDrr a.4
fiaS S"ks ty ystsa,'scst !sf ii ill., k toi19 ILL., ao;
Showing. Ihu frnnt wuil was but 'aittlc in
jnrrtl, 'the wind having evidently been Ii
lis f,.vnr. Acrt'ss tl!e s.reGt, Vihcurl, Nil
son 4 CPS ileyrtor locked as fresf, a.lI ult
Jnnlcs Mcmillan, tic n1ght-watcllmanatth The
works, WAS sitting III tho enEiNc-rooL! with
tho cIRtneer. .1nsIes l,cll0'l, about fifty feel
oF Tie building, 1T tic Central E'evator rlsli
ctUst tu II larrel .uf kerosu,lu, wllici. was
standing oil the tltst tloar., On tlfscoyctlh,
It, tho Gtgi,lecr we',t tn ts!e flre-!!!nrin bux
Immediately, In front Of the ,bui.I!ng, anl
turned 70 the boilers al,u blew or the steaIn.
Mr.. Mcmillan tl,on went to tho Otllrc and
piekett Mp Ws!nt buoks antl l0ose la1ers Ie
c0ultl tnt I'll t'l0 counters ulld desks, a1M
took them to llnley''s saloon, near By. At
IN tho ruar part Of the building, over the e'
gine ruDll, lit the manufacture OF the gla
cust'. SnnlE Ut these Incl! lintl q llnrrOw q.
cnpc. Philip liaHer mud Louis Bauer cane
was, tic former l,a.l to jump from ti.v second
story to tito ground, md III doing so cut his
l!nnl l,ad1Y, on tho .glass III tho window
through WHICH l,e fnrcc.l Ills, way. The fat'
alul WIS earrielt nut by, his brotller, who eau's
back for him, nIlA another iiIRl!.
After Mr.. Mcmillan returned from 1lAluy'A
where ilc left thy books, le f9ufi' tile build;
ing, e,yeloped In ilan!es. Tho iire1ne1 hal
countless gallons Of, water into. the seetillnE
1nnss. lie staycd at tho fire nll night long,
with tl,e exception of brief time, Il, which
l!e went lyay 10 tcll hts wife nut to b,
tun!!,cd tlUWllt tearing out tho rear wall. :,
! The roEnrtcr,. III MI interview With slr.
Mcmillan, aske1 what was tho ca,se Of tie
| ':lluman ngency, undoubtedly" !,
"Tten yo1l Iellsye the lIro .was the work
AYES; t!lu circumstances all point that
wny; but ! haye nothing inoro tilall !i; sl!s;
Hlsl"ns, md Ky, ti,ese Will not dlv"'se Until
-" "WIat Is yonr reason for believing sop
mot ten minutes before thu engineer tl|s'
covered tho fire llntfe my usunl 'halt-loul
rou1nl.' carefully examined MI four iloo1s
Of tho building. There were ITO stglis Of sife'
Besides, wle,l started o., my round lctt a
rcntl after making my round. On my return
to tls s,lt, otlice te I,per p1.Iat was S9ne
t1t,fIihn Qtn1A4 IA4t I m5rtit i'm tftE
party MI Injustice. And, besEtles, / a!a ai!y
lays ;!,E t. pltan !t more tsstlGmy Il p,sslbs" 8,
I" 1t ls not unlikely" ..-..,
of THO Company, stated TO 2 reporter that lls
'Flc wAtchn,a1l ''ad passed: the elevator
where the tlnlnes were first discovered, fel
scnu barrel ut tic bottom ot tho shaft. ,s1
near this werH tho wheels and Inntor slla!
supplying power 10 the elevator. These !!a
brei ont Of order for day or 50, ntl "
sVicHaMl, foreman OF the works. t'loNEl
possibly undue friction might !ave genet
atctl l'eat enough to drop IL spark or two o
Il Tle ,.MlcIlinery, valued Mt s75ooo, Is tota
loss. IAn yalue Of THO stock Is, s,9pproxiM3as!!! !!
y Ss s 10 sSs svs Of s {s toa ss hlsaS lyraass t't
stock al.tl machinery y $40, ,009; ,,.n
.,lessrs. SaiM,Iel Alterton,, William voo
l,fca, an.l \: Ebert, partnGrs with Mr. pta!
day. Concerning tho future, Mr.. piny "
undecided, but g.lyo It III l,is opinion tliat IL
works would lit once bu rebuilt us =
established III 4 NOW plncc. 1t wns profit
BILE, turning nut !, 200 bushels Ut kliIc9so r.
dny, wnnty-eislit pounds to. the b,lsl!s
TlIu total insurance oil the works Was W
OGO, divided Hs tnIlnws: On building, s SlG aA
lNnchlnery, SW, ,000; stock, $40, wv.
At hI,LEAN, Ill.