Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1882-05-06
GENERAL NEWS.
FIRE! FIRE!
A Valuable Portion Of Racine,
Wisconsin in Ashes.
Loss estimated from $35o.ooo to
100000.
Damaging Wind and Rain
Storms In Illinois.
Gigantic Land Scrip Fraud vaear.h.d In
ST. Louis.
To-Day. Fire Record.

TO-Day's Fire Record
RACINE. WISCONSIN.
Chicago, May 6-Nothing can be OBJ
tanned from Racine yet as to the condi.
tion Of the burned city. A gentleman
we'll acquainted with the city says that
the fire has according to accounts re
ceived 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 in the city. He
says the loss would probably not exceed
two pillion dollars in this portion, and
that the estimates of thirteen millions
are absurd.
The Daily News reporters at Racine,
telegraph that last nights reports of the
loss by fire was grossly exaggerated.
That the total loss is only s35O,OOO, and
insurance Sl5O,0OO, although about
dozen blocks were burned. They were
in the Peninsula. which didn't contain
any very valuable property, and the en-
gines from Chicago and Milwaukee ar
rived IN time to confine themselves to
the flames in that section, as the Racine
fire department has only two fire COM
panies.
The Daily Commercial says: Our re-
porter was one of the first men on the
ground and saw nothing more alarming
than smoke issuing from Goodrichs
freight house. but q northeast gale soon
famed the fire and in few minutes the
whole structure was in flames, which rap
idly spread to lumber yard and thence
to the yards of Baily. Weeks & 20. Large
sparks broke through the windows of
the Milwaukee and st. Paul elevator,
which was soon mass
of flames. The salt sheds
Of the Racine warehouse, the Dock com
pany and the Silver Plate company were
the next victims; thence it took the en-.
gine house, marble hall, Ibing's furni.
ture store. Ryan's harness shop, and
then spread up Chatham street, burning
Jones & Knapp's Office, Phil. Brook 1
Co.'S shoe factory, the Lake house and
Jas. Walks dwelling; then crossing Main
street to Hersey & Roberts mill, next
across Second street to Driver & Sons
lumber piles and store; the Parmacks
Home. on Wisconsin street, the Farmers
Home; Union Hall block; Klofand's
store. Hyack's brick building, Keidltz
clothing store. Smeeding's residence and
Wright's livery, and here it leaped
across Third street to Boutwell's house
to Thomas Davis brick building ane
running along the lumber piles on tn,
lake shore destroyed Miller's boot ant
shoe factory and the wooden building
between that and the railroad. Crossing
Third street to Congress hall the elegan
railroad building was soon roaring
mass of flames. Congress hail. barr
and a considerable number of frame
structures in that vicinity were soon OF
fire. Thence it took the west side o
Main street, destroying Hayck's grocery
Kraup's hardware store, Brill's musi
store, Kooh's saloon. Penning & Hazep'
shoe store and damaging large mum
ber OF other buildings.
The Daily News gives the followin,
list of losers and insurance.: Kelly
Weeks & Co., lumber. loss $4,000; insur
ance. $4,000: Jones Knapp. plumbe,
$4,000; insurance $4,000: Ondaugo sal
works, $4,000; insurance small: Racine
Silver Plating Co.. stock $4,000; insur
ance $4,000: Hersey h Roberts, Racin
star mills, $4,000; insurance $4,000: 10
seph Miller & Co., boots and shoes, $50
900: insurance $4,000:
Ibing. furniture, stock and building
$500; insurance $4,000; eighteen small
frame buildings, $4,000; small insur
ance; Congress hall, owned by Senec
Raymond. $4,000; insurance $4,000
Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul build
ing, owned by J. Moore, Jameston, n
Y, 100000; insured partially; Q. N
& st. P. elevator, $4,000; insurance Nc
stated; Goodrich's warehouse, $1,000
!, Union hall block building, $1,000.
PAPER MILLS.
Portland, Maine, May 6.-The Cumbel
land paper mills. Westbrook, were dan
aged by fire $25,OOO.
BREWERY.
: Bellows Falls, Vt, May 8.-Strasburl
. brewery burned. Loss $4,000.
!. Extensive Preparations.
J. Muscatine, Iowa, May 6th.-Preparl
!. tions are being made for the Iowa stat
I. firemen's tournament to be held he,
l. June l3, IA. IL and l6. All railroad
= = give specially low rates. and the indie
Q tions are for the largest and most su
% cessiul tournament ever held in Low
e Over $4,000 in cash prizes will be {