Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-17
A cry I,I'ItNip.

il1hihent oi JunKlns & 90. The loss ~
estimated at 500 900; partially insured.
4 CITY BURNID.
MINSEAroLIs, MINI, Aug. lG.-Tne
city Of Auoka. twenis miles from here,
burned this morning. Hardly n
house Is left standing. The loss is
heavy.
A DOOMED CITY.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Aug. l6.-For the
fourth time In it's history the
city of Anoka has been fire.
stricken and the entire busine rs
portion, for second time, has been en-
tirely wiped out of existence. The
ruin IL widespread aud extensive. AT
this time 1t - utterly impossible to
more than r'ulhly approximate the
great l"s-, wli1h is placed 10y the most
conservativ" Aat Isl O1l0Jl, a' least.
from Tie Co, gtgatiUnal 81 urch at
the corner of Main street and Third
avenue west 10 Rum river, and
from Monroe street north to
Van Buren, stree there IL naught but
heaps smoking ashes ana blackened
ruins. me alarm was given shortly
af'er 2 o'clock this morning and the
cause was founh to be fire in the
skating rink of Kenney 4 vandever,
situated In the rear Of the post.ofiice
and high school building. AL
though the department. was quickly
ut work II was soon evident
that TIE names were beyond control
and that tue adjoining building IN ust
go, aud In a few moments Campbell a.
Foote'S brick block. In which the post
AL an. al nh L.. Al r
lowed ala o,t simultaneously by
the appearance OF fire In
the high school adjoining
and Ro~deli Bros. restaurant. The
flames were communicated TO the new
brick block belonging TO Ii. |, Tick
nor, and from there across to Second
avenue Ia II. : Punimer's dry goods
store and acr,ss Main street TO "A row
Of wooden structures occupi.d nv
various branches az trade, up Secoud
avenue, taking several r, sideioes aud
the Mefchanle - nVtel. down Main street
an the south site, destroying Cutters
dry goods shne; Tynots n Co., druge
Ryan, boois and shoes, and 20 on. un.
al the riv' L barred Its course While
devastation WAS being wrought
la this direction the flames
i'apnd FINN the wood. n nnild-
tngs on the north side of Main
street aud .nveloped "A handsome and
stately structure lately erected by W.
ID. Wnshhurn and in which block was
situated the First National bank and
the elegant Washburn opera house.
The whole city seemed In blaze at
once up ami uowh both sides of Main
street from Thiid avenue to the river
and along both sidea oi Second ave-
nu. from Van Bnen io Monroe street.
/ The pitiltss flames swept iIresittibly
from thu Washburl block u the brick
hardware store of Putnam, Chelsea a
Lindsey and the First National bank
to Bridge square, The lire speedily
made It's way thence along the Bridpe
sweeping away Dauisi.' boo,,
and shoe store, Abear Il Wicklundi.
dry goods, the Anoka Union brick
block, Peton's drug store and thence
across Jackson street diagonally to tho
great Lincoln Touring mill aud ele-
vator, consuming also a smaller flour
mill near the bridge, two plauinr
mills, one shingle mill dry kiln
lumber shed and the offices, All he,
longing 10 w ID Wirhburu n Co
the Ames being brought 10 "A stand
still by Mue iii ct, ieet iron,
the mammoth Wsshhurn Jaw nii
shinyle mill From the !, mt wbera
the lire Was communicu, to the La,
coin mills AZ went eastward q ,h.. rnr.
ner OF second avenue and jackson
street. there joiuing hn,.- ~uh In.
section which had Jumped Main street
aud tackled the jackson hotel and
stable, "A blacksmith shop, engine
house ana exhaus,ing itself Al the co,
ner OF jackson street and Third Av.
enue
That lranca of the great cotn IRA.
ton which took It's way south ON
Second avenue destroyed everythinp
10 Monroe street where IL was brought
under control.
No lives were lost aud no very seri.
Gus accidents occurred, though il was
scene oi intense excitement aud a
most uncomfortable CONFEDERATION
Men We're exhausted by the heat and
smoke. white the women ainte,i an
palled by the terrible visitation. The
iossand INSURANCE. cannot be ascer.
tained for several days, ms many loser.
lost everything, papers aud do,l,nen,s
included. IL Is learned that Wash,
burn 4 Co. have insurance AZ foliow.,
Lincoln Mill, So, 900; planning mill
- 600; shingle mill, $500: small annr'
log mill, tlS,500; bank, SeO. 600. ot,ino
OF The mill and lun.ber shed "a nho.
kiln, $40. Total, S1l3. $40. '''SN'
Their loss Is believed TO be n,l,v
N7o,Wo and possibly 500 600 A..
distance WAS suinmon,d from 81 Pal
ana Minneap, lis, bur Il reached IN.
doomed ciiy'too late 10 be OF anv sar
VICE. eNcept In anvlnn a.. w.