The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-05-04
LAKE CITY, MINNESOTA, DISASTER.
At Least Fifty Business Houeea OF tho Cttv
Burned, EntailiDg q lso1s OF o4OO. 900

AT Least F1ny Basiaeas Houees Of tho CITY
Burned, EstaAlise . lnss OF 900 900
moes disastrous oonhagration occurred n
Lake Caty, WabAsha county, Ainpesots. On 81.
11asy !asS me are originated IN tho unused
AZ l2:4o 4 m. The building was vaoated a. 4
Aotsl some time ago and Wa In charee OF an
o!d Afisb woman ssmed PuRh. The Ore il pre-.
sumed 70 have besn started BY au incendisfy.
soon ateef 1t broke out IN alarm Wa given and
bat eteone east Wind VA blowing and noth..
ing could be lone to prevent the fames from
progressing speedily to the business part OF the
city; 49, -;
The heavy. cast wind blowing from OF the
Lake had fuil sweep at the city, and the lire
lesped With the gale from one wooden buildinz
70 another, straight Cor the heart OF the towi..
NO human power could have stopped iss pro.
gress while 1t had anythiog to feed upon with
IN IN reach Q, or it's Tying cinders and tongues OF
On builidngs In the vicinity OF the sexton house
we're quickly iSnited. aud the IRE le2ped aoross
tho streets to tho wagon shops OF A. N. Curtis
aud Richardson Bros. l. Co, from which it sd-
snu ced scross smother street to Dobnsrs
blaokemith shop aud 20 all the buildings, moet.
y or brick. on the east side OF Wellington
strtes between Center and Marion strests.
every ono OF Whic WAS consn ned Orossia0
washington street the namss ignited Sam Lind.
A1ona eotOon, ana the other brick buildings on
that Eide belonging to H. D. Brown. F. B1eoA.
err and the tirst N tunal bank were eoon 10,
eo!vetb together with tbs new brick building
OF PATTON 4 Son, occupied ~ & restaurant bv
4rs. Kyle, which WAS az far AZ the iire ex.
tended down Washington street on tho Res.
aide
Cinders from the east side Of Washington
street were blown diagonAlly across to the wood
'en buildings on the corner Of the block atove
xnoWn 40 Siglera block, which took fire and
burned rapidly, the conf as ration moving along
both sides Of Center street, reaching across
Maln to the fine brick stores OF c. F. Young 4
brother, and extending a. far west on the north
sloe 0f Center stree: the store OF the Lake
City Fcrniture Co. which WAS destroyed The
buildings on tho lover side Of Center, between
washington and Main streets, including tbs
ttrst National bank were all consumed. From
Sig!er's wooden buildings On Washington and
Cedar streets the oro quickly extended over the
Whole 90 uare bounding Washington, Center xnd
Main streets and Lyon avenue, destroying every
building thereon, including the lne three at orv
postomoe block, though the lower corner room
or me latter building, occupied by the bank, il
~ standinding, owing to the
strong et1orts Of the hremea IT that point.
From the postoff1ce block this IRE jumped
TO the Commercial hotel. which it consumed.
but went 40 further in that direction, there b.
ing no buildings contiguous to the hotel for the
flames to feed upon The stores on the lower
SIDE OF Washington street, between LYON sy
enue aud Center street, were more or less
damaged by heat but luckily escaped the con-
asgratioa. The list of sufferers is very long
and IL consequently omitted, and in its place
we give diagram, which win be Of use to
the
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