, 1880-09-21
\ Disastrous Contlagrntion
Yesterday at Green
Dny, Wis.
About Sixty Residences s,nd Other
Valuable Property De-
stroyctl.
The Loss Variously Estimated
at from $4,000 to
$500, 600.
4 Million Feot Of Lumber Burncl at
Bay City, Mich.-0ther
Tires.

ffnEES DAY, Wis. Sept. G].-A disastrous
fire uccure.l hero this afternoon. 1t origin
ntcd In All unoccupirtl plnnlng,nfll OH tho river
hank, fIl tho southern part OF tho city, ut 3
o'clock. Tho flames worked rapidly Into tha
centro anil residence lmrtio1t OF tho city,
communicating tO numerous llutscs Ill fts
trnck. TIW wind WAS htowI,g gallo from
the southeast, rendering fut1tu much Ut tito
effort to stay tho t're. Iii s1anrt time ALL
otl,er irc broke IN the vicinity Of Ettst
River a,M spread rapidly. Tho 1'res-
bytrrlan Churcl, md parsonagu were
turned. mid n1noNg tho residences
thnse nf GeDrge Z. iIaskinsp,, DR.. Brett, j.
Mcdonnell, j. Inst, and inatty others. Il
steamer from tho Village Of Wst Depero
canle to tho assistance Of our people, a,sd ono
also from t.e iluighaoring city Of Port How
ard. About sixty buildings burned, nearly
MI brin. dwellings. About two.thIrtls Of tho
household elects, ut lclst. were savrtl. 1t Ii
too early to lnaku my estimate of tho loss,
hut it will excectt S15.ooo. No means Ut
nsecrtaln!.tg tho Insurance yct. The blow to
tho city Ii i. bad o,t, ail4 1t will be soinc time
before Il RECEIVERS.
SpeetJl Dtspateh 10 The Chicago Tribune.
M1LwAuKEE. Wts.,Sept. N.-At Hate lso'tr
Tonight the following particulars have been
|
t!o.l ut Grcen l,ay: The tlre broke mt nbout
, o'clock III iii unaccnpietl plani,g-n[l on
tho bank Of tho Fox nlyer, III tho southern
part Of the city. tTlle wind was blowing II
tase ut tho ti,ne {fsan the soatl,, but shifted
every few moments. nlid was Just right fur
spreading lire. l;y the time that the plal'-
t3.E.mitf and ono or two structures weg"
cilyeiuped III flames, the wind th"s
turn nln,ust IN tho oppnsit tlircc-
tiou nni threatened TO drive tho fire
into the business portion OF the city. Tho
/ Department wns 0ut IN full force, and rs
| soOil ,lS tho authorities saw the danger vol-
tntecr brlgatics wer0 organized. Then fol-
lowed desperate battle which laste.i tho rt.
nlainter uE tue day. .
The tlames sntncd ground IN nil directions
| for MI hour, when the wlnd aEnin shifted
| nntl tlruye the tire soutl,ward into tho resi-
tieMcn portion Uf the city. After the iirst half
| hour it appeared for 4 time that It WIS about
| to be brought ultlcr control, but the gale
| carried bNrIllng shingles scycral rolls
ara thus kept starting tho blaze I'll
Aew localities. Although the PRINCIPAL bnsl.
Hess houses escaped, some yury valuable
property was consumed. Including iltty Sill
porior residences and twenty ur thirty ordi-
1lary ones.
Among tho buildings destroyed were the
Presbyterian Chllreil and parsonage, the
residence Ut Postmaster kinlball, Jnlin Last,
Or. Hrets, GeoYEp +. IIpsksnson, John y.
Williams, DR.. Munroc, md Mr.. Monnhan.
| The tlrp was brtught under control abDut
o'elnri1, md at that hour tho p!cture Of tlc-
ynstatim presented was oue that will not
soon hc forgotten. 1t Is ilnpassblu.to obtai,,
anytlslng tangible regarding tla Insurance.
Tho lusses will aggregate at lenst S3t0,000.
Several families are utterly destitute, but,
str:ngr TO sny, there was i!0t lifa lost 10 far
rs lsnown. The Greem Day Fire Department
Il une oil tic best III tlle State, autl Its failure
tu master tho irt Mt tic outset WIS owing
| to The furctt md trcacliety Ut tho gale.
| IN The ifrsttra dssoc!afth f'fxs. -
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. ao.-The Scutt
7tgt'x t:rten BAY special snys Il dfsnslrnts itrg
there this nttNrI!U0a md svelllnE destroyed
sixty dwelling. thirty l,nrlis and thu
Presbyterian Church. The Residences bllrned
| were ,ltIlnng tho hest III lI!G clty. The fire Is
HOW under control. The Fire Departments
nf Ocnnt0 md Dtppr9 responded to tho ca!
| for Nld,
Tin. fro broke out IN tile Astore Mill
sprciul to Alanls. Jefferson. attl slaAtsn!
streets, and innlp1d 70 Chcrry, ilnn, alAln
| and Cedar streets. Tl.U !!HneS were uliL,
stopped wtetl they reacllgtl thu river. I'LL
hiss IL esttnMtea at from Si3o,0N to Sl70,00
INSURANCE light.