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ringing of the fire bell. When the citi-
zens rushed from their houses they found
the bay and town lit up with a bright red
light and away off close to the Northern
Pacific docks they saw that the propeller
CITY OF WINNIPEG
was one sheet of flame. The vessel had
not been in the harbor half an hour.
She had just dropped her anchor and set
tied alongside the docks with her passen-
gers. and its crew had all retired, when
the shrill cry of T. Crawford, the purser,
woke them from their sleep. They
jumped from their berths, and, without
taking time to dress, rushed on deck.
Here all was
CONFUSION AND PANIC,
lut fortunately all were safely conducted
TO the dock One young lad, a cabin boy,
jumped through window into the water
from which he was picked up A woman
whose name was unknown, plunged into
tie tay, and was with difficulty rescued.
FOUR ARE MISSING,
as follows:
i, The fireman, Joseph Smith, of Colling-
wood; 35 years of age. He leaves. wife
and family.
John J. Branscomb, of Owen Sound
young man of 20 years of age. He was
head waiter.
VIM. Harvey, second porter, a lad of
16years of age.
A pantry man whose name is unknown.
The latter was working his way up to
Duluth All the other passengers es-
capped, but scarcely any of their baggage
was saved. They are now scattered
among the hotels, and private
families of the town who
have lent them clothing. The
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE
is unknown. 1t is supposed to have
started from the overheating of the ma
chinery, which set fire to the dry wood
near it. 1t is said that the Winnipeg and
Manitoba, both of which arrived within
about fifteen minutes of each other, were
racing at the top of their speed from the
Sault up, and it is thought the greats
strain to which the machinery was put
generated heat sufficient to start the
fire AS soon as The alarm was sounded,
all Duluth rushed down to the docks
The bay was bright as day from the
RED TONGUES OF FLAMES
that shot out from the hull and up
around the pilot house. After a short
time some of those about cut the hawser
that bound the burning vessel to the
dock, and allowed her to drift out in the
bay. The wind drove her in toward the
new coal docks, and fears were enter
tained that they would catch
fire, but her bow swinging around and
drifted towards Culver'S formerly Stones
dock. The anxiety of the onlsokers now
began to
SHOW PAINFUL.
The fire engines could be of no use and
il was feared that if the bows were driv-
en- up to Culver's dock it would spread
along the warehouses and stores ON Min
nesOta Point, and that the confagration
would become general. But fortunately
the tug Danforth succeeded in getting
up steam and she puffed out to
the windward side of the floating mass
of fire. Here she dropped a line to some
men in a small boat, and they, after sew
eral efforts, succeeded in fastening it to
the stern of the Winnipeg. The Danforth
was now reinforced by the tug Eliza
Williams, and the two of them pulled
the burning boat out into the middle cf
the bay Here she
BURNED TO THE WATERS EDGE
Besides the loss of the four lives, and
of all the baggage belonging to the pas
sengers, thirteen horses perished in the
flames. The Winnipeg was formerly an
American boat, belonging to Wards line,
plying between here and Buffalo She
was then known as the Annie L. Craig
She was bought by the Collingwood line
and rechristened. She has not been
lucky boat for some time past This
year she began the season with an acci-
dent, having lost her wheel, and being
obliged to return to port for repairs
Improvements to the value of SIS 900
were put upon her last winter, and her
total value was $210,000 The agent of
the Collingwood line here can say moth
ing of the amount of insurance She was
commanded by Capt. Kennedy
REPORT TO GEN. HAUPT.
DULUTH, July 10, 1881.
To Gen H. Haupt, General Manager North
ern Pacific, st. Paul.
The steamer City of Winnipeg arrived this
morning at 3 O'Clock, and thirty minutes af-
ter she was discovered to be on fire; the
flames spread so rapidly that it was barely
possible to waken the passengers and crew
in Time for them to leave the steamer with
Their lives, and it is yet supposed that three or
four of the crew were burned. The Winnipeg
had a cargo of $50 tons of merchandise, all of
which was burned, and eighteen horses, thir-
teen of which are also burned The steamer
was laying at the dock when the fire was dis
covered, but soon as all had been done that
coull be to rescue passengers and crew, the
lines were thrown off and she 1oated out into
the biy and was shortly after picked up bv
tugs and towed away from the dock until she
touched bottom; the hull of the steamer only
remains, and this is entirely out of the way of
shipping. A. S. CHASE
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
New YORK, July 19.-Nearly whole
square, including the Weiting Opera
house, of Syracuse, has been destroyed
by fire, which is still burning. Some es-
Inmates make the loss 81, 100000
The Weiting Opera house building is in
the center of the city, and is one of the
handsomest opera houses IN the state 1t
was wholly destroyed in two hcars The
fire is the most disastrous one that has
occurred in Syracuse in thirty years. The
faI 1acc I'll of