, 1881-10-15
A Terrific Galo Renders Its S1iD.
jugutlon N Very Difficult
Task.
Discovery in the Ruins OF Two
Bodies charred Beyond
Recognition.
Probability TINT tlo Loss VIII Amount
to q Quarter Of a Million
of Dollars.
A Loss Of Between Three and Four Hun
dred Thousand Dollars at Ko-
komo, Colo.
AT SAN FRANCISCO.

At SAN FRANCISCO.
NAN FRASr1stt,, Cni., Oct. i4.-Abont half
met 4 t1iIs afternoon tru hroko mt III Up
sioue's blacksmith sliop OIL Spear, between
Mission pn,l Howard streets, md almost IT.
stnntIy communicated with tho California
1]antug-Ntitl Company. corier OF Howard.
rhis building. covering large lot a1ld ttIle'!
with most coIt,hnstnbe ,naturIal. was III 4
few moments 0sf a're'
har,l gale was blowing frnln the north.
west arul the ila,nes soon lcapcl ncross Spear
street and attacked Wegmore's 1nmber-yarA.
sprcutng TO 4 soinan OIL tho ror!!el. anu
thence down Howard strect noarly to SteW-
nrt, -......-... ...... ....--
roSs,:MtSa A Sr,InEl. Or SMALL EsrA1,-
1lstlMESrs,
Including Grccn's rigging loft, Chase y
WrIaht's sl1tpcarpe,lter-sll0p, mil lschnrtps
cnal.yar,l, Unes Il Westerns iMn6er-ynrtts
~, the ,ppos,t side pf Howard street wcre
sryprnI tines Dl, fire, but tt was Dxttngulslied
with stjgbt ,la,nugc. Thu Union faX-lactory,
north Of where the lire started, alsif"resl soma
Inca ,,f nnher lying outside. Tile lUss IN
the California mill, owl,ud by w. ]. Adams.
Ia ohont $4,000. Wtglnore's Inss Is al,ustt
the same; insured fur ssu,o Other losses
win probably bring the agSregatu up to
sliO0Oo.
rlr fire Il still burning, but tho inMcs ura
confined to tho limit previously g1ycM 1t Is
now state,l that tho loss otl tic California
Mil Will reach nj 1enst 100000. After the
tirn wns purity sulttI,t'l
TWO 1topIEs, cIiATntEn NEyoSD nEcoHS1-
TtOS.
wrre fn1,ntl Mt tho rear If tho building In
which the fre started. 1t is n,nrc tinn prt't-
ablc that they wcre wnrknlen IN the cali
foruta Mil. About nlnnty mcn were e,n-
pjoyed there, md so rapid WIS the spread of
The flames tat t1Insly escaped with difficulty.
Tl,p canning establishment Ut t0tle Il Elttt.
tto,,ttng IN A1ntn, wns somewhat 1a.nased
In the renr, n,.li IL IL prnhabtn TINT fuller tn-
formation will bring tl!c l0ss up to liear
s9955o, ,0o0, With light INSURANCE.
CHICAGO.
'rhe narm from HDx ~ ut !: ~ o'clock yrH-
ter,lny morning WIS caused by the discovery
of a blazc III tic !lrst tlnnr NJ tho fnur-siory
and basement brick buihlIne Nus. Ill,
o9, md I'll llantlolpll street. Ihe
tice originated In M. gl, ex-
tended rapidly to tic upper floors, alnl
burst tro,n the top tl0ur Into the adjoining
buildings, Nos. 40 and III franklin street. 1t
also spread to slight cxte,.t to Nos. a.7 an,t
~tp lpk StItEl} Uib WIZ f5HttEh hl't0&
control buforo any scr1Ous damage Ind bccn
doue there.
Slebert Il Co.. occupying tic first mud n
pnyt OF the sccona1 ,lnor Ut No. I'll,
lpst heavily Oil their stock Of leaf
tobneeo.. '[lie amount il SET town at al'out
sa,ooo. Tlm lnsutaice Il si50D Il! tho fol-
lswing eoinpanieea: l.a C1niInncc, OF Paris;
New York; N!liancp. Now York; the NORTH
Ger1nnn, Mercllants', Newark, mil British
American. The seeona story, Of tho sanle
building WIS occupied b. the Eastman Aian-
i about $soo. ol stoeK fniy ii's,itsi in tllo
Ths tSI!d AID foafti' i!oors sefa oseupie;l Gy
+ i6dss keh r GG sqtaftarsrs s. L sd Gf ,y TiSw eo
eGed by policies IN tho Springfield Company.
john Block. drug4leaier, nceupyInE the
arst second, and third ioars of the Gtilldll.t,
No h. Wss ,hs4n ,hsaEe4 E tp to axtent OF s'o
;, The building, No. .a,7 WIS. rented by W.
hurk. c!,tlcr. llg occupied the first iloor as 4
,thop, the second floor IS 4 residence: ;lll4
s ss s SeysFa sMI y appss s Ss Wore Ss ssy
managed. h[r. nnrk escaped with a very
ftaMii loss, cuyered By insurance.
IAe trlpte building Is the prnpcrty Of Mr..
Koepp'e,5',, Of Milwaukee,, md was lieay!!y III:
sxcce4 sl.0U. I{U bnjLiinE Oh Frnnkii,
hreet IL owned by u. u. Jones. WIS damaged
II tAa extent of only foW hundred 4oltars,
anu IL fully Insured. Two Of the oc.
cnpahts-Ottnway j. Co., printers, md
Adams, BtackmAn & Lyon, t,oukblntlers,
were subj lectetl to sMlali loss by slloIle u,ll
watsr, They were fully Insured. Tho bntltl.
!ng No. &n Randolph street was considerably
alsig9rctl by s,,oke-Whlch IL fully offset
b. m Insurance Ut 1000.
Ile alarm from l}ox Is ut III yesterday
a!otnlng was caused BY baze OH tho tug
TIE COLORADO CONFEDERATION,
nESvE1k Colo, Oct. 14.--Lnta specials from
Aokomo p'nce the loss by Inst nights trs
between $500 900 and 100000; Insurance.