The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-21

Sc IAArls, MANNst NN- w. fhi AN'
fourth tlmo Ca il, history the city
Anoku has lr.u irr-,lrirkcn, and the
entire msiuo,s pn."uu, Tor tho second
time. entirely N.pri uut al existence.
rAn ruin Is widespread unl extensive,
~ lNl- tlmU 20 h WIlvrly iwpu>slhlo a.
more llIUu guu-a., estimate the -IuJ,
.u-s, which h placed by the most cun-
~urNu,Nv AZ al,ud,WsL no least. From
lhn t, grrga,iumai church, at Oh" cor
uvr co. Main street and Third avenue,
west ,u Rum river, and from Monroe
street north Ia Van Huron street, i
uaught but heaps of smoking ashes aud
hldrkcncd ruins.
The alarm was given shortly after =
o'clock this morning, aud the cause was
found Ia be- a lire In the skating rink at
kinney ~ Naudover, situated in the rear
nf The
=, >roEFIcE ANn man school uUiLp-
lNU.
Although the department was quickly
ut work, II WAS soon evident that the
flames were beyond control, aud that
the adjoining building must 90, and In
lew moments the Campbell Footn brick
h ock, in which the pOStoilicc was situW.
ted, was in flames, followed almost sim
ultancously 10y the appearance of lire
in the high school building adj
taurant. The flames We're commit
uIcated To the now brick block
belonging To II. L.. Ticknor, and from
there across Second avenue 10 III. =.
Plummcr's dry goods store and across
Main street To u row of wooden Strur-
lures, occupied 10y various branches of
trade up Second avenue, taking in
SEVERAL RESIDENCES
and the Merchants Hotel, down Main
80 . Lac.
Plummcr dry goods store, Cutters dry
goods store, TiCknOr X Co., drugs; Ryan,
boots and shoes, and so on until the
river barred its course In this direction.
While the devastation was being
wrought in this direction, the flames
hld fled from the wooden buildings on
the north side of Main street aud en-
yclopcd II handsome, stately structure
lately erected by W. ID. Washburn, and
in. which was situated the AnHka First
National bank and the elegant Wash
burn Opera-house.
TIIs WHOLE CITY SEEMED ABLAZE
at once. Up and down both sides of
Main street from Third avenue to the
river and along both sides of Second
avenue from Van Buren, To Monroe
street the pitlesS flames swept irrcsiStn-
MY from the Washburn block to the
brick hardware store OF Putnam, Chcl-
sea a. Lindsey and the FIRST national
bank to Bridge square. The fire speedily
made its way thence along iiridg,
square in cast side sweeping away Dan
.ei's boot and shoe store: .\bear d Wick
IN dry goods; the Anok'
Mon brick, block, Peton
drug store, and thence across jackson
=, re Il diagonnllv, to the great Lincoln
Touring mill and elevator, and
con ,a...lug also, II smaller Touring
mill near the bridge, two plan
lng mills, one single dry kiln. lumbc"
shed and Office, all belonging to w. 7.
Washburn,
THE FI.AMES BsINO BROUGHT 10 \
STAND STILL
at the lane, ninety fee; from the mammoth
Washburn saw HnH shingle mills. From
the point where the fire communicated
IT, the Lincoln mills, it went eastward t.
me corner OF second avenue ami
fMcrs with the section, which
uuped Main street, and tackled
Jwkson's hotel and stables and black
smith hop, the cngine-house and jail,
G :lIausting Itself at The corner of Jack
son street and Third avenue. That
branch of the great conllagratiOn, which
took its way south on Second avenue
destroyed everything to Monroe, where
il was brought under control. No lives
were lost and no very serious acciden
occurred, though it was IA scene of in
tense and most
UNCoNI Reliable CONFEDERATION.
Men were exhausted by the heat and
smoke, while women tainted, appalled,
by the terrible visitation.
The losses and insurance cannot bo
ascertained for several days, as many
lost everything, papers and document
included. 1t is learned that Washburn
IL Co. have insurance as fol
lows lincoln mill, $4,000; planing
mix, 5000; single mil, $500:
small Touring mill, $4,000; bank, $1,000;
office, mill and lumber shed, $1,000; dry
kiln, $500; total Sl43,5OO. Their loss is
believed to be fully $4,000 and possibly
S2OO0OO. Assistance was summoned
from st. Paul and Minneapolis, but II
reached the doomed city too late to be o.
any service except in saving Gen. Wash
burns mammoth saw and shingle mill.
Take the Belt line to the Palace Shoe