Telegram-herald., 1886-08-07
THE FURIOUS FLAMES.
Mancelona Almost Wiped Out
by the Fire Fiend.
An AWFUL BLOW At 1 THRIVING TOWN
A Hundred Thousand Dollars Loss
With Small insurance 4 LIVELY
Mil FIRE al Muske-
gon.

MANceLoSA. Mich. Aug o. Bulleln
ll-59 d. m.l Nearly th- entire business Ior-
tion 0f Mancel0na burned last night Tie
origin Of The tire is unknown. ID caught ln
the Manceiona House, burning two blocks
west and one block east Loss estimated al
one hundred thousand dollars. insurance
about tsenA thousand
MANcEIoNA, Mich. Aug 6-Ihe most
disastrous hre that has visited any city m
Northern Michigan Tor years started here
TINS morning and al 90 clock Is siill burning.
although It's force Is spent IL began ln
TIE MancelOua House the lesd.ng nOiel 81
the place probably from carelessness in lhe
Kitchen, and spread 80 rapidly through the
ounding that the occupants barely escaped
and could save nothing.
Maucelona WAS founded but l6 years ago
and consisted largely OF frame DuIldiug.,
which lack Of rain had rendered ury as
Under la spite oi every effort lhe iia mes
spread first 10 the barns and livery OF tne
Manceiona House. then 10 ADJ linlng 0uiid-
lngs On either side. and a. the blazing
sparks were whlr!ed away Oy the wind the
nTe leaped the street aud attacked the busi-
ness buildings on The other side
The nre burned IA succession nineteen
Business houses, TWO notes.-the Mancelona
aud Cation houses, the pOstofice wiIn its
furniture ana portion of t1e mail the
offices Of both newspapers, with their heavy
machinery and most Of their material. aud
several residences, thirty buildings being de-
stroyed ~ ali. la tie present excited con
dlnon of the inhabitants, IL Is impossible 10
give an exact statement of losses ana lnsur-
ance. but To say thai the loss viii reach
$4,000 aud the Insurance S6OO00 Will not
be lar aniss.
Every man and. woman in the village
Was al work al sOnse point igating the ire,
and supplement ing the WORK of the engine.
which was pOweIless IN the face %. sucn a
terrible and sweeping conhagratiOn Such
Insane excitement was never seen here be
fore. The magnitude and suddenness OF
the blow unneryed the coolest. while wO-
men and children could be seen weeping
aud hurTylng nlther aud thilher and en
deavOrng 10 save such tuillug property as
they could carry. Some of the inmates of
The ManceiOna and Clifton houses barely
ESCAPED with their lives. Several OF The
girls jumped from the windows aud were
badly injured. Louis Van Hyning was in
Jured internally. DR.. } COsfori had an
ankle broken Seven horses were burned
Win the livery barn owned by Van Hyning
Bros. The new pOstofiice building aud con
tents were totally destroyed
Mancelona is staggered, and badly Grip
pied, but already its merchants are planning
10 rebuild and resume business. L. +
oiussar, proprietor OF the Mancelona Herald,
Will have his men at work within forty
eight hours. II will not lose an issue. Your
correspondent is now collecting ista for the
losses and insurance, but will be unable %
transmit them in time for publication. Al
this hour n a. m the people are still great
ly alarmed and excited. II IS feared that
two lives are lost, but nothing accurate Is
vet known.