Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-11-20
One Hundred Acres or Forty
and One-Half Blocks of
Galveston are Swept
by Fire.
Four Hundred Houses are
Burned and One Thousand
Families are Homeless.
Aid for the Sufferers P0urs in
From all Parts.
The Great Fire at Galveston.

SIXTY BLOCKS BURNED.
GALVESTON, Nov. 17.-About mid
night last night a fire broke out in
this city and is still raging. 1t has
already consumed over sixty blocks
in the neighborhood of 10th and 10Th
streets, and from the bay to the beach.
THE AREA BURNED.
GALVESTON, Nov. 1.-THE burned
district covers fifty-two blocks, seven
of which are not entirely swept clean.
1t is sixteen blocks in depth, and has
an average width of three blocks.
From house>top still smoking, the
burned district resembles a huge
black, half>opened fan lying across
the land from the bay to the gulf.
The island, at that point, is niseteen
blocks, or nile and a half wide. The
fire started IN the north side of Avenue
A-better known as the Strand, which
is one block from the bay, and it stop
ped within two blocks Of the gulf.
From avenue A to avenue E the fire
was confined to a strip bounded on
the east by Sixteenth street and on the
west by Seventeenth street. The
business part of the city begins at
goth street, and runs west ten blocks.
This outline
LOCATES THE FIRE,
which began to spread rapidly after
it had passed Avenue E, and by the
time it had reached Avenue j, or
Broadway it was sweeping nearly four
blocks in width from the west side of
18th street TO the east side of 14th
street. About 800 houses were burned
which were occupied by fully 500 fam
lies. From Avenue A to Avenue E
for four squres the burned dwellings
were occupied almost entirely by the
poorer classes, and several families
were crowded in single room on this
street.
From Avenue E, however, the burn
ed district includes some of the wealths
est portion of the people. One nun
bred elegantly furnished mansions ar
in ruins. All manner of e>timatee
are to be has. The city assessor says
the taxable value of the dwellings
burned is $3.50, 900. This makes the
actual value of the property 81, $780,
600, which perhaps represents the loss
in money. The insurance is estimated
at 5000, 0C0. although some place it at
$500, 900. So far as can be learned,
not single accident has occurred.
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE POURING IN
from all parts of the city. At the citi-
zsns' meeting at the cotton exchange,
SIG, 500 was subscribed by the business
men. Among the largest subscrip-
tions are, Ball, Hutchings Sc Co.,
bankers, 81, 600; 2. J. Willis & Co,
wholesale dry goods, 81 900; L. & Fl,
Blum, $500; Sampson Herdenheimer,
$500; w. L Moody, $500; J. D. Roger
& Co. $500; Island City Savings
bank, $500, and the George Ball char
ity fund, 81, 900. Capt. Jas. B. Eads,
the celebrated engineer, telegraphed
81, 600 from st. Louis
The following telegram was receiv~
ed at 8 o'clock to>night.
NEW York, Nov 10.
HON. R. L. FULTON, Mayor Galveston.-I am
just in receipt of dispatches with an account of
the coufiagration that has visited your beautiful
city. Please accept my deep sympathy in your
misfortune. 1 only hope the loss Is over estimat
be used under the direction Of a relief committee
or otherwise at your discretion, to the relief OF
the needy.
Signed JAY GOULD.
BOSTON SENDS AID.
GALVESTON, Nov. IA. A. Fowle,
general manager of the Boston Globe,
telegraphs Mayor Fulton, what can
the people of Boston do for the suffer
ing aud homeless in Galvest0n9
Please answer. We will collect for
publication and do our best. Fords
Mlkado Company, now playing here,
gave a benefit at Greenwich opera
house tonight which Melted $500 for
the sufferers. The city council met
in special session this evening
and voted a donation of SIS, 900 for the
sufferers and appointed a committee
of three aldermen to act with the cit
liens committee in distributing the
funds. This makes f31, 500 already
donated by the citizens of Galveston
which together with outside dona-
tons foots up total of $3S, 900 in one
day. Nearly every one has estimated
that the total loss of the great fire
foots up, the best posted citi
zens say fully 100000 while
many who claim to have figured on
The matter put the estimate as high as
81, 500, 900. The insurance men have
been hard at work all day and to-
night completing the list of their pol
icies. So much confusion and uncer>
Lainty has prevailed that the task of
locating policies was difficult one.
GALVESTON, Nov. Is The fire dis
trict begins in the middle of the
blocks bounded by 10th and 18th
streets, at Avenue B, it crossed dag
onally to the corner of Avenue D,
and 10Th street, thence south along
10th street to Avenue J, ION Broad~
way) where it jumped west one square
to 21st street, thence south to Ave-
nue. 81, thence back to goth street,
thence straight along Doth street to
Avenue o. Starting again at Avenue
B, the district runs due south seven
squares along 10Th street to Avenue [;
thence west to the corner of Avenue [
and 18th street; thence three squares
to Avenue M; thence west half of
block; thence south 10 Avenue n
thence west to the corner of Avenue
N and 10Th street; thence along 10Th
street to Avenue 0.
BUSINESS IS GENERALLY RESUMED.
GALVESTON, Nov. 1.-THE weather
here to day is spring-like and business
has been resumed generally. Stores
are opened but the city has gloomy
air about it. The people are walking |
quietly about with sad faces. Several
thousand are constantly visiting the
burnt district and small smouldering
fires are still burning here and there.
The fire department are tearing down
dangerous chinneys and clearing the
streets.
Relief commissioners are actively |
at work to-day, and every poor and
homeless family has been made COM |
Portable and temporarily sheltered.
kilograms of sympathy and aid con-
tinue to arrive. The governor of Ire
land sent $500, the city of Dennison |
$3.50, Fargo, OAK, $50. and Texas
cities are sending in contributions to |
their suffering neie hbors-
RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS.
GALVESTON, Nov. 1.-THE seven
sub committees, organized for the pur-
pose OF searching out the victims OF
yesterdays confagration. have had a
busy day. Two hundred heads OF |
families have been listed as worthy of |
every relief that it is possible to ex-