New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-09
ACRES oFBURNING LUMBER,
DESTRUCTION BY THE CLEVELAND FIRE.
PROPERTY WORTH MILLIONS REDUCED TO ASHES
ONLY FEw INJURIES EErO 1IED.



ONLY A FEw INJURIES EErO 7gED.
iBr rELEGRAPH To rIE rRIBrN%i
CLEVELAND, Sept. s.-The disastrous fire
that RACED here last night is under control
II was the largest conhagratirn ever witnessed IN
Cleveland. Tho business and manufacturing por-
ton of the city narrowly escaped total destruction
Outside Of the DAMAGE amounting to several
millions Of dollars. the fire was remarkable TOT JUS
peculiarity The burning OF thirty million feet oil
lumber m the heart of great city Is sight rarely
witnessed. Tie flames burned up huge lumber
yards in q twinklp<. enclrclcd factory and furnace
and travelled over sixty-ive acres of land. Inc
united efforts of the fire department were brougM 10
bear upon the flames hut they caught up tho water
thrown and converted II into steam before "
Touched the lumber he fire rushed toward the
docks. tearing through immense lumber piles, roar
ing around corners aud leaving trail OF backeneo
| smoke A lumber pile sixty feet high stands III us
course: II ~ like n paper match box. The flames
rush through it, over, around nnd under IT, fo'
minute there is brighter glare IN the heavens
a white hsht shoots MP above the oveihanglhg
clouds Of smoke there is n crash aud the immense
pilo has crumblod like brittle glass.
An immense fire in large lumbor-yaid inp'rn'
the life of every fireman who attempts 10 ch''N
the flames. Among these huge lumbcr-pilos th'Ie
and innunerable alleys whose walls are almost
.
work unnoticcd. sudden change i'll the wind
and the flames rush IN upon the iiremen who dee TO
what looks like dark lane out of danger Tho
rear of the flames ia az their heels and they are
almost surrounded by walls Of Burning timber In
the fire last night il Is strange that no
firemen lost their lives.
NATURE AND EXrrST OF THE DAMAGE.
The ruins to-day show how great was the de-
sfrnction The fire was bounded by the river on
the north. east by Scrantou-aye., and west and
south by the Cleveland, Columbus Cincinnati ana
Indianapolis tracks. In this great e1panse much
damage was done The Variety Iron Works and
Fynon s. sons boiler shops We're ehaced' and their
hundreds OF workmgmcn are idle. House David
sons planning mills factories sheds aud materials
are sveIt away and millions and millions OF feet oil
luub.r are in ashes Woods Perry Co.. Potter
Eirdssll & Co. King & Co., Hubbel * Nestover
and Cahoon 4 Hutchinson are represented Only ny
balf-burned shingles that showered upon
the renotest part of the eastern portion
Of the city. Everything between GTard-
ST. on the south and the river on the north, ana
extending from Scranton-avc. on the east 10 me
Cleveland. Columbus. Cincinnati aud lndiauapols
tracks on the west either lrned or IL burning
AT Scrauton-avo and Carter-st. the smoking ruins
of the Variety Iron Works stand. Immediately
back. III scrantou-ave., stand, al that remains Of
Hou,e & Davidson's planning mill. Along the
railroad track in CarteT-st. everything was swept
clear even the steel rails on winch cars had stood
Close TO the track, south Of Centre-st, Woods
Sperry & Co.'S mill stood. 1t was completely
Quilted.
Between Carter-st. and the river, bounded on the
east bv scrautou-aye. and Oh the west by the
tracks. were the lumber yards Of c. &.
King * Co.. Woods, Perry Co.. and Potter ~
Brd>au. These were comp ctey wiped out
The railroad bridge over Carter-st was burned and
the rails warped beyond AL possibility OF use All
trains were stopped. The telegraph poles were
burned down aud the wires are strewn along the
track tangled and broken. Early tins morning the
fire broke out west OF the Bee Line tracks in the
lumber yard OF Hu5bcl Il Westoyer, and number
of the large piles shot nto flames. The hremen at
once concentrated their streams on the burning
lumber bat could do nothing more than prevent Its
spread without ext.nguish.ng the flames,
rr,vr WORK OF THE F1RMES.
Dnring the progress Of the fire last night aid
from the reighborlng cities applied for by tele-
rraph Toledo Erie. Akron. Youngstown, Column
bus Saudusky ElyIia. gainesville and Norwaik re-
spouded promptly. Many Of the brave bremen
were injured Chief Of the Cleveland department.
R.bbeck. stood in Scranton-ave early in the even
ing. huge lumber pile was lifted by the WIND ana
tossed NJ in the aira hundTedfeet the blazing boards
scattering in all directions A mass Of these boards
fell upon the head of Clevelands lire cmei lie
was crashed by the weight lie was uncon-
scious and the blood flowed from an ugly hole IN
bl, SCALP Friends took him one side, bound up his
head and bathed has face. Herecovered and rushed
70 the frontier again. some of the h1emen
worked until their hands and faces were
Mustered Some were so fatigued that
they laid down in the pathway
Of the flames and had to be dragged out by their
oou,pauious. Others almost blind fought IN ST.
lence throughout the long night and hardly felt
their Iabors Fireman Dewcy's hand was crushed
Chief Dickinson's face was blstered nnti 1t looked
ike bladder fireman Jacob Buehler had Lis leg
crushed Frank .Jennett broke his leg and George
Hendnck was badly injured. Numerous minor ac-
cideuts were reported about the RUNS to-day
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
The losses and insurance are az follows, nearly