St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-03
EXTENSIVE CONFEDERATION.
Toronto, Ontario, Burning. and Great
Damage Already Reported.
The Fire Department IIelpIess--Loss
So Far Over "a Million

TORONTO, Aug. 3.-One of the most
destructive fires that has:ever taken place in
Toronto commenced about 1890 this morn
ny in the large brick building erected by
the Toronto Sugar Refinery company
on the esplanade. A strong wind
was blowing from the east and
carried chunks of burning timber along
the eSpianade, igniting wooden buildings
as far west as five or six blocks. In short
time nothing was left of the sugar refinery
but the bare walls and smoke stack. The
buildings of SOulter. Evans, Heake, Gun
sell and IbbOtOn. all boat builders: Ried IL
Co. and Welsh q Co., lumber mer-
chants; Currie, Martin d Co., boiler
makers, and other buildings are
in flames, and unless the wind changes the
whole south side of the eSplanade will
have to Succmmb too. Sparks are landing
ON the roofs of the large warehouses on
Front and Wellington streets and
fears are entertained that several
of them may take fire. The fire
brigade are and have been working man
fully, but their efforts seem powerless.
The streets are lined with thousands of
people. The loss will be enormous. Three
schoOnerS are burned TO the waters edge.
The fire is now half a mile in length.
2:45 a. m.-The worl. of destruction on
the eSplanade still goes on, the flames hav-
ing reached the foot of Yonge street. and
all the intervening buildings and wllarves
having been burnt to the ground.
The Great Western freight sheds.
formerly the passenger station on the
north side of the esplanade, is in imminent
danger, and expected to be in flames every
moment. The steamer Chicora is getting
up steam to go out into the lake. The
steamer Ontario got up steam and began to
tow out the steamer Mazeppa. but
schooner blocked the way. and they could
not get out. The Mazeppa has caught fire,
and all three will have to succumb to
the flames, unless the wind changes.
The whole south side of the eSplanade. as far
as Union station, will undoubtedly perish.
and showers of sparks are being carried to
the opposite side of the street, and if the
buildings there catch fire there is no saving
what immense damage may be done. The
fire brigade is absolutely powsrleSS. Ii is
feared that Waterman Worth of the sugar
refinery factory has lost his life. as he has
not been seen since the fire
started. William McCollUm, a sea-
man of the schooner Annie Mulvev. is
dangerously burned about the head. Sev-
eral elevators, coal yards schOoners, ferry
boats, warehouses and many boat houses
are among the property burned. The loss
so far is estimated at over a mi lion dollars.
$50 a. m.-So far the fire has been I'M
able 10 cross the gap between Scott and
Yonge street wharyes, but is completing
the destruction on the path it has already
travelled \ hurricane has Just sprung
up from the northeast. which threatens To
drive the ire across the street 10 the main
part OF the city, but the buildings on the
south side are burned so nearly to the
ground that unless the main part
of the city catches fire from sparks
1t Is thought TO be safe