Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-19
FURIOUS FLAMES.
Destruction of Life and Prop
erty by Fire, Sunday.
The Fire Fiend Visits st. Paul,
Neenah and Stoughton.
Full Details Of the Disastrous Visitation
st EGnis.

At 4 O'Clock Sunday morning the
night watchman OF the Planters House
in St. Louis, discovered smoke issuing
from the cook-house. He instantly
gave the alarm at the main entrance,
and another watchman rang for the
fremen. In five minutes Pine street
was blockaded and guests and en-
ployes came pouring out of the Motel
by every doorway. Two male servants
leaped from window to the roof of
the cook-house and thence into the
alley, while fifteen chambermaids
rushed shrieking down the stairway
into the rotunda. One guest and his
wife were actually forced from their
room into the corridor by an employe
of the hotel. The shivering crowd
were directed across the street to the
officd of the Globe-Democrat for tenn
porary shelter. The flames were con-
fined to the kitchen and the adjoining
rooms. Investigation shows that
three of the cooks force were sufioca-
ted. The damage by fire is placed at
$4,000. Al guests we're sent to other
hotels until the cook-house is replaced.
At Neenah. Wis
Sunday morning at $50 fire broke
out in P. Gatfey's store at Neenah, Wis,
which consumed it, and extended TO
Kimberly & Elwer's drug store on the
west, rapidly burning that, and to the
Pettinone block on the east, containing
the National bank OF Neenah, Miss
Lansing's fancy store, PAINS confec-
tionary store, Kimball's toy store and
news room, Mrs. Weber's dressmaking
establishment, and the postoffico,
quickly laying all in ruins. The Rus
sci house next took fire, and burned
out like tinder-box. The walls are
still standing. Seaver's boot and shoe
store, Clauten & Grau's general mer-
chandize store and Osler's meat mar
ket followed. 1t is impossible to give
an exact estimate of the loss and in
surance. Russel's loss is $35, 700, in
surance $4,000; Gaffey's $4,000, in
sured. The total loss must reach $780,
900.
The loss by the fire will reach far
over 100000, and the origin was un-
doubtedly incendiary. The insurance
cannot be ascertained.
At StOughtOn. Wis.
One of the heaviest fires which has
occurred in the state of Wisconsin,
took place Saturday evening in the city
OF Stoughton, less than Is miles from
Madison. Shortly after 4 p. N. the ex-
tepsive wagon works of L. 6. Mandt
caught fire, and before the flames
could be extinguished one-half of the
great manufactory was in ruins. The
fire originated in wing of the main
building, and was caused, it is thought,
by the overheating of the furnace,
which was there located, together with
q monster trip-hammer. The alarm
was given by an employe by the
name of Johnson, but before the fire
was discovered it had got under great
headway and utterly beyond the
control of the few that gathered i'm
mcdiately upon the souniing Of tn
alarm. In response to a telegram
praying aid, Mayor C9nklin, of Madi-
son ordered one of the city steamers
and the hook aud ladder company to
the scene of the confagration. Upon
the arrival of the companies at Slough
ton the water in the steamer was So
frozen that it could offer no assistance
for the time being. However, by 6
o'clock the flames were getting into
subiugation by reason of the fact that
all had burned which lay directly in
the path of the devouring element.
The destruction is as follows: Manu-
featuring department, containing a
vast amount of machinery, 44x1S0
feet in dimensions aud three stories
high, with a wing 46x90 feet, two
stories high the carriage department
and office, one 20x30 and the other
36x60, two stories;. the agricultural
manufactory, 40x69, two stories; the
machine shop, 24xS0, and the foundry,
40x60. As stated before the entire
wagon manufactory was about one,
half destroyed, the pecuniary damage
reaching lily 100000.