The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-24
'THEsFURY RY0FEFIlR|},l]l!lI.I "
MlLwAuKEE's GREATEST! Loss t,sss.
Tbs Largest Dry Goods EAtabllsl ,aent M,
tho Northwest H'ottod out crema tioi, X
In Miehignn-rhe Sorry State OF the X
81 village Of Carthage, New York. I! !! "a

MILWAUKEE, ~ W H., Oct. 23.-At9lQl
o'clock this evening fro was discovered til
the cloak department Of 4, A. Chapn,an's
mammoth dry goods establishment, lt re.S
sulting in itscomplcte destruction together
with It's contents. There was n prompt
response OF the ilre department. ,t3Iuti
soon II was evident that the structure Was
doomed. * general alarh, was sounded, D
bringing out tho entire fire department Of;
the city, but even this seemed 10 have no;
effect on tho flames, which swept through
tho magnificent established, us thoueh{itE
was tinder-box. Within two hours from
tho hour Of discovery Of tho fire tho build
ing and contents were il, n mass Of ruins.
The building was u four-story brick? eiO I
by 100 feet ground space, on. the corner aof Z
Wisconsin and Milwaukee streets. LOSS
OH building $4,000. On 4 Chapman's
stock $260,0o0. ,,52 a. n lts
Stark Lrotlers, occupying a portion OF \
the building, lose Sl00, 600 on stock eyery-
thing fully yCovercd by insurance,
At II 100 the Milwaukee, street wall fell Il.
but warning had been given to tho fire 81
men anu citizens, and none were Injured. II
Aitcr tho 1Allins Df the wall the iiantesg
were soon under controland was prcyented 4
IRON spreading TO the next block. ,wh;cl,S
previously seemed inevitable. Chapman's d
was tho largest retail dry goods establisl.9
ment in the northwest, The Sbn;Ilint,s 4
was erected in 1871, and n year ago was
enlarged and improved Mt i cost 81 ono \
hundred thousand dollars. Chapman las
been III business in Milwaukee for 'fIirty4{
years and is widely known throughout
the northwest. The establishment; ;e1,,. r
ploy four hundred people. SSSlSSa:
Stark Brothers ,wus one Of tho Oldest +
wholesale business houses in the city and y
carried ,aa extensive stock of carpet
goous lney nave already secured nj y
oilice I'M which to DO business temp6rarily,g
and VIII ilnd q storeroon SO that little iffS
any delay will be had in filling ordcrs.,5&;
Chapman's arc unable 10 give plans for the8
immediate future s5ES - g.
Later estimates place Chapman loss on IA
the building at 500 900, stock S35O, 600. NJ
The insurance Is estimated at $3.50 700. g,s q,
Stark Brothers loss Oh stock is SlOO, coo. &
Il, "a Z; ~. C"rthase's Woe. ~ IS
WATEnTowH, Ny, Oct. 23.--Tl.e ,%irai rain Z
last night gucnthed the Carthage fire. 7.
Assistance is being rendered The afflicted
people as fast as possible. Teams ,3y;e we're I:
gathering provisions, clothing and bed b
ding here to-day. Over three thousand u
dollars in cash was sent from here. The
Relief Committee in Carthage is isaactiycly55i
ut work. The people not burned out have &
ices and stores have been tuned into 4
shelter Tor the people ut night. ffIt r. be. &;
iieved enough clothing and food will be, 4;
furnished tile people from, near by nlaces, L
Money will be used in building ten,nora-
ry residences. Lumbelmen Of inorthernS /,
New York make generous offers Of assist. 4
ance. Contributions should he sent 10 u
Charles T. .RSther, Treasurer Of the Relief
Committee, Carthage. Z. II si,7t