Morris tribune., 1883-12-01
TOW Ms ON FIRE.
Details of the Terrible Confagration
at Albany, Wisconsin.
Five Persons Killed and -Four
ounded-- Property Loss, $I5O-
OO0--St. Paris, Ohio, swept
Away by the Flames.

ALBANY, Wis, Nov. % A fire almost
entirely destroyed this town, besides killing
five persons and injurmg four others The
names of the killed and injured are: Edward
Dodge, crushed to death by falling walls;
Thomas Governor, instantly killed by falling
walls; William Roberts, burned to death;
Charles Roberts, fatally burned; Frederick
Roberts, died from burns.
Injured-Thomas Dorman, John Gemell,
Charles Matthews, Thomas Galloway.
The wind was blowing almost gale at the
time of the discovery of the fire at l o'clock
in the morning, and, owing to the INSULT
cheney Of fire apparatus, the flames were soon
beyond control, and with wonderful rapidity
spread over the entire town, wiping il almost
out, and causing loss that appears to be
irreparable. Not store or residence OF any
prominence remains uncharred, and every
hotel, the postoffice and newspaper offices are
in ashes
While the firemen and citizens were en-
ploying every effort to stay the fire the wall
of one of the Hottest buildings tottered and
fell before those beneath were able to effect
an escape, burying a large number of citi.
zens under the ruins. Others are missing
whose fate can almost be predicted.
The weather is bitter cold, the thermometer
being below zero, and all exposed to the
blasts of the fierce wind now prevailing are
in danger of freezing to death. The suffering
is intense, and unless aid is promptly fur
nished how the night will be passed can be
readily imagined.
Albany has about one thousand inhabitants
and is a country mercantile centre, but has
no important manufacturing interests. The
total loss is approximated at about Sl50,O0O
to $500, 00O with very little insurance.
a Village swept With Destruction.
ST. PARIS, Ohio, Nov 29-S a. m.-The
town is burning up; out of water; engines
idle. We can only rescue the goods as far as
possible and let the town go. Main street is
being licked clean by the flames. The only
business house on ther street which is not
burned or burning is the bank. A strong
wind, partly created by the sea of
fame, is carrying the fire irresistably
across the town. Urbana, Troy and Piqua
have nobly sent their engines to our aid, in
answer to Geographic appeals, but there is no
water supply except small private cistern.
The owners of buildings are hanging carpets
on the outside Of their houses, and are wetting
them with water from their cisterns and
wells in q hopeless fight for their homes.
street for safety an hour ago from the
houses and stores then threatened
are now being consumed between the flaming
dwellings and stores from which they were
taken. Horses and wagons are removing
goods to a safe distance. That is, they are
working for those fortunate enough to own
them. They cannot be hired for love or
money. Tho streets are filed with crying
women and children, the hands filed with the
pitiful relics of their burning homes. Among
them rush in and out men almost crazed to
see the accommodations Of the patient self
denying of years go in moment. care
you insured9' is the question passed from
quivering and ashen lip to lip Little in
surance is carried in the town, especially on
residences. The fire started at 3:45 a. m. in
A. L. Goiden's tinware store. Threats OF
summary vengeance against the fire-bug who
fired it are freely made. At this hour the
whole town seems doomed
CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 29-The Evening
Posts St. Paris special at noon reports the
fire under control. Twenty-eight buildings
were burned, including The Dispatch print
ing Office Everything in confusion. Los
exceeds $40, 600.
A Foreign BiaZF.
PARIS, Nov. 90 At Roubaix, Dillies
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