The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-05-11
THE NEW s.
TERRIBLE CONFEDERATION.
A Disastrous Fire at Racine Wisconsin,.
Nearly Two Million Dollars Worth
of Property Destroyed.
Nine Blocks of the Business Portion o
the City Burned, and the Fire
Yet Raging.

CHICAGO, May 6-The Morning News
Racine, Wisconsin, special says: Tn
J Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail
road general offices were burned will
all their contents. The company's los
is estimated at $3.50, 600. The street
are full of furniture and goods of ever,
description. Kelly, Weeks il Co.'S los
is 1926, 900.
RACINE, Wis, May 6-TAe wind hal
lulled somewhat, and there is hope tina
the fire may be stopped at Fourth street
1t has not crossed the river yet, and 81
far the large manufactures are un.
touched. Something like fifteen acres
are so far burned over. The loss is es.
timated at from one to three millions OF
dollars, and no figures can be got at as
to the insurance
CHICAGO, May 6.-The Inter Oceans
Racine special gives the following
| Among the losses are the elevator,
100000 Goodrich's dock, $4,000
Kelly 81 Co.'s lumber yard, $50, 000;
James Knapp & Co.'s lumber yard, $15,-
600; Silver Plate Co., $4,000; st. Paul
railway buildings, 100000. Other
losses are impossible to estimate.
RACINE, May 6. "A. m.--The fire con-
tinues to spread, has burned over fifteen
acres, and the loss is now over a million
| and half of dollars.
CHICAGO, May 6, o a. m.-NOthing
can be obtained from Racine yet rs to
| the condition of the burned city. A
gentleman well acquainted in the city,
| says the fire has, according to accounts
| received, burned that section bounded
| by the lake on the east, by the river On
the south and west, and by Fourth street
| on the north, which comprises about
nine blocks, but not the finest ones in
the city. He says the loss would prob
ably not exceed two million dollars on
this property.
The Daily News reporter at Racine
| telegraphs that last nights reports of
the loss by fire there were grossly exsg-
| gerated. That the total loss is only
| $350,000, and the insurance $150O00,
although about a dozen blocks were
burned. They were in the peninsula,
| which did not contain any very valuable
property, and the engines from Chicago
and Milwaukee arrived in time to con-
| fine the flames 10 that section. The Ra-
cine fire department has only two fire
companies.
RACINE, Wis, May 6.-The Daily
Journal says: Our reporter was one of
the first men on the ground and saw
nothing more alarming than smoke is
suing from Goodrich's freight house,
but terrific northeast gale famed the
fire and in A few minutes the whole
structure was i'll flames, which rapidly
spread to the lumber yard of Jones,
Knapp & Co., thence to the yards of
Kelley, Weeks & Co., and large sparks
broke through the windows of the Mil
Waukee & ST. Paul elevator which was
soon mass of flames. The salt sheds
of the Racine warehouse and Dock COM
Silpar Olofa
the next victims, thence it took the
engine house, Marble hall, Ibing's furni-
ture store Ryans harness shop and spread
up Chatham street burning Jones s.
Knapps's Office, Philbrooks & Co.'S shoe
factory, the Lake House, James Walks
dwelling, then crossed Main street TO
Hensly & Roberts Mill. Next it went
across Second street to Driver s. Lau's
lumber pile and store, Parmack's home,
on Wisconsin street, the Farmers Home,
Union Hall block ,KlOfant's store, Hicks
brick buildings, Keidith's clothing store,
Smelding's residence and Wright's liv-
cry stable. There it leaped across Third
street to the Boutwell, House and to
Thomas Davis brick building and run
ming along the lumber piles on
the lake shore, devoured J. Miller's boot
and shoe factory and the wooden build
ings between that and the railroad build
ing. Crossing Third street TO Congress
Hall, the elegant railroad building was
soon roaring
MASS OF FLAMES.
Congress Hall and a considerable num-
Der of frame buildings in that vicinity
and Rob's summer garden were burned.
Thence it took the west side of Main
street, destroying Heck's saloon,
Hoyck's grocery, Kraupa's hardware
store, Brill's music store, Cochs' saloon,
Penning 81 Ravens shoe store, and
damaging a largc. number of other
buildings.