The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-09
CONFEDERATION.
THE ASHES OF DESOLATION
Cleveland, Ohio, Under CaIamity-List OF
the Losses-Insurance--N Noble Fire
men-Lumber and Merchan-
disc Other Fires.

| Plaihlllg mlllS beng destroyed; Hub
pei ~ estoYer's lumber yard is going,
loss SlO,OOO; King ~ Co.'S lumber ward is
destroyed, loss, 100000; Variety Iron
! Works, loss not ascertainei
ON Stanley's candle factory, about Sl0,-
UOUi fotter, BlrdSall X Co.'S lumber
yafd gone, loss Sl1O,MO; Howell Coal
| t3'S sheds burned, loss not given.
! Nbout nltN freight cars belonging 10 diff
! igreht roads which were standing in
! WOODS, Perry Co.'s yards
/ were burned; Egmon II Sons
machine shops destroyed, loss $4,000;
| NeW ork, pennsylvania ~ Ohio freight
| mousse saved. The fire extended along
the river from Scranton over to the Bee
! Line tracks and back to the bonded
| warehouses. Everything in that dis
trict was consumed. AT | o'clock the
! ire has crossed the Bee Line track and
Is eaung up the lumber yards of Hub
beu " Nestover and Caywood Il
! hutchinson.
The scene OF last nights conllagration
presents desolate appearance to-day.
| me fire covers an area extending from
scranton avenue and the Bee Line track,
/ ON the east and west, and from the river
to Girard street north and south. 1t
embraced triangle, the base of which
was rom east To west, 100 feet, the two
sides extending southerlY and nearly
meeting at distance Of $40 feet.
Alter starting, the flames extended
west to the lumber yard of Potter, Bird
soil ~ Co., extending from Scranton ave-
nue. to the Bee Line track and from the
| river 10 Carter street, eating up j,000,00
ieet OF lumber, twenty-seVen cars of the
Bee Line loaded with merchandise and
other lncldentals, such as office build
| ings, shantles and stables.
Having swept away the square, the
names leaped across the river on the
horIh, anu across tne see Line embauk-
II, mem ,h On the west, ana eat Their way in
10 the rear OF Sherwin, Williams X Co.'S.
works, and u. n. Stanlcy's lard oil and
candle factory on the north side, at
lacking nuODell ~ NestOVer's lumber
YARD ON the west.
! IonSlderable damage was done here,
Dut the ilameS were Isolated after des
peraTe hght, and tho progress was
! checked in tins direction. Having des-
troyed everything north ofCarter street,
| me ilrG made It's way across the street,
going south and attacking the Variety
| IRON works, Gynon Cos. machine
SHOP, House ~ nayidson's box factory
ana planning mill, Woods, Perry IL COS.
| planning mill, aud the Howell Coal COM
panN's coal yard, wholly wipng out
everything embraced between Carter,
| Bedford and Naillard streets and Scran-
ton avenue.
! Step by step the flames were fought,
but nnsuccessfully.. The fire burned
| itSell ont IN n sOuthcrly direction and
stopped on Scranton avenue. From
| north 20 south the flames leaped across
| The street, attacking the New York,
! Pennsylvania ~ Ohio office, two freight
| offices and the Merchants dispatch
| building. Quick and energetic work
! saved the Day Office, and the freight
houses were slightly damaged, but part
~ the Merchants dispatch building was
| burned down.
THIS comprises the area of the fire.
The ruins are smoking and smouldering
| vet, and eight engines are throwing
water II them.
Houses and insurance are as rs follows
rs nearly as can yet be learned;
Woods, Perry ~ Co., 100000; insur-
| dlCe' FhW'oVO'
- u. hlllS TO-, loss, Sbo,OOO; insur-
"hCc, N-'vu'
| ot'eT' hIrust'il " 'o' loss, Slo1,WO; III
| ''lrahce, SI"oO'
arletE iron TO- loss, SiO,VO; insur-
uiGe S-D,oW: -
., E n5d " son. loss 9''oooi insurance,
T'iwv' =, =, ,,. ,.
llupnelI ~ SstoNer, losS' Slo,WOi IN
surance Coy ereu; ...,o..
ilous ~ M ~ paNlusoh, loss, $oo,ooO; lhsur-
III Sbo,yr ,-,vVV v;vui,.c,. -. e,,o,o
SherWlh' Nlillains Co', IOssi S2O,OOO;
insurance s,liil,l covered. o,
oIiic,elalH, CoiulnDuS, CINCINNATI ~
'i ,,i.' runway, loss' S%',oOoi III
SUI "uvS uuNuuH IT,
lo SeW N,o o "rN naltinaore one railway
IIn,yyroiI' rnoi o. & ~ AVA. ,.....
rncnysred va wa 'o''' '''V'V' inSur'
All The firms burned ont o,cor, IIorso
& Davidson arn nrnnarinc, 20 ra,,,,,,',
business nj the earliest nnssibIe mnmeni
and most of them have opened of,ices
A spile driver was towed this afternoon
to begin immediat. work of resiorino
1000 feet OF lineal docks over the burned
district. Tonight desolation nrcva,Is
and darkness, save the tlickerinr flames
larting from the scattered hennS of
debris, Commission was % ibnrnugh
i'm the hercn nnmes famnnd h,, nv ,,,i,,sI
that the contlagrntion lnnls =. ~ IT. II ' haIi
been swent hV "a simnnn Nn,h,ra ~
left to mark where so much vaInshin
lumber and othcr nrn,,ort,. 800
save Tho 'I brin,, Pi'Pu,H "oic,
ono of ,ho ,lo,;, ""''' nm,
A solitary fro cngino IL an d,,,v vii
inc tho snonlderIn" rnhbisb s,a 49,"
and fireman from n6r"ad rninrnoJ III
eveniny and Tho home tira,nen ', ora r .,,tS
inc after their nroIonyad anJ niv ioS',
lnhors. f''a'' WI" P0''''''
The Boorj of Trode his opornoo,
ndnnted roeolntio,s Lo .iiS ".v,i'Uot'
ing no hosoic and ani''ioS vU,in ,,
my no a." an, V .,,i... ,,",np' Ut
MnyH w. na,i,, rha ,S"nsuu sne
great conli"srn.,on' e mans "S.o Ok
tenleu 70 VIZ hreIhen ol tho
nelghporihs vit,os Soe promptly re-
sponuins 70 Tue Gull LOT ald IN tho hour