Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-08
LOSSES BY FIRE,

A Great ConhagrattOn Raging at CIeveIand-The Fire Department
 Helpless Before the Fury of the Flames.
 CLEVELAND, O. Sept t.7-Fire broke out in the lumber yard of Woods, Perry & Go. at 7
 o'clock this evening. Up to this hours, 80, the fire has made rapid headway. fresh
 breeze has now sprung up. The fire is now
 beyond control, spreading rapidly to adjoin- ing yards and other manufactories. The entire flats, which are covered by railroad depots, freight houses, lumber yards and numerous other manufacturing concerns, will probably go. The wind shifted at 9:3O and increased in velocity. A solid sheet of flames carried the fire across the river. The large oil and candle works of George A. Stanley and Sherwin & Williams paint works took fire and the fire is rapidly spreading and beyond control. Two steam CTS located in the lumber yard when the fire first broke out have been abandoned, the flames driving the fremen away It is re- ported that five fremen have perished. This cannot be confirmed as yet. The Bankers and Merchants and Baltimore and Ohio wires will probably be inter rupted unless the fire is soon controlled. II D. m.-The fire department is helpless. The authorities have telegraphed to Akron, Sandusky, Canton and Elyria for assistance and special trains are on the way with steam CTS from these places. There is no possibility of getting control of the fire tonight. The flames have spread to the New York, Penn sylvania and Ohio and Great Western Dis patch depots and the fremen are now de voting their attention to saving them. Two of the steamers were surrounded by flames and burned before they could be removed
 ! MIDNIGHT-The fire is still raging and has spread to the yards of Bell, Cartwright & Co on the west side of the Cleveland, Colum- ! bus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis track. Three of the steamers telegraphed for have | arrived The one from Gainesville was the \ first to respond at 11:16, Akron next al 11:30 and the Elyria steamer was throwing I her stream at 11:50. Streams from Toledo, ! O., and Erie, Pa, are now the way by | special trains. All the southern wires of the | Western Union have been burned, including | their cable house on the south side of the I river The Bankers and Merchants'wires are | all right and there is probability of the \ fire reaching them The flats and business portion of the city is beautifully illuminated l The local fire department are awaiting the | arrival of the other steamers ordered with | teams to take them to the scene of the fire.
 | 1 a. m.-The fire, though still burning I fiereely, is now confined to the ten acres GOV cred by the lumber yards and ad- | 1aC64G uAuu1dcbOT1oS 1HC 4oAAOWAAAS
 Q list of the firms burned out
 Wood, Perry & Go. Gin whose yard the fire is supposed to have originated); Potter, Birdsall & Co, Sturteyant lumber company, c. J. King & Co.,, all extensive lumber | yards; House & Davidson's plan | ing mills, the Variety Iron company, l Shanley's oil and candle works, the tracks and cars of the O. O. O. and l. and New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad com ! panies All the southern wires of the West ern Union together with their cable house are destroyed for 8 quarter of mile.
 The origin of the ne ire eo.a is supposed .s 5e
 of S, 100000. The fire will probably con | tinue to burn for several days The terri | tory covered by the fire lies between the c.
 c. 0. & l., New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio company and the Cuyahoga river on