The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-05-24
FURIOUS FLAMES.
Clevelana Visited by q Disaftrou
Fire This Morning.
A valuable Block in Ashes-Gooo worn
of the Firemen--A Prisoner Merry
Lynched--General Tele-
graphic News.

CLEVELAND. O., May II Especial. +
Tha most disastrous fire that has Ylslteu
CiavaIond fnr some time started nr'
10 10 before A o'clock this morning III ~,
,S,c6arIsu,, pla,ll,ng mill and caDlles
works 65 and 81 Champlain street gnu
"a q6 and 30 Long street. The ent,Te
So'opt was DESTROYED and will practlcally
Drove total loss. me ,.ias N,."' phigh
street building was tout stoll'' Snnt If t"S" az
+andad t1m% cd MEX to the bluff, and between
ii and the Long street oullulng wa? i,er
dry room and the engine ,I; aiu ' ,,,os
rooms. The Long street pullulns T"o t%o
two stories high ard RAJ, u"on st, w. the
ton of the hill. From all accounts tbe tbe
flee must have orlglhaIeu ~ ~ w ~
boiler room or in close prQX4liniCy or, W. ~
The boiler was lower than IHe uly looni
and the fire was supposed TO nave .,n On,
tered the main building hrst @ ana tLleL
worked toward Long street me olant t
was seen by half a dozen persons VuO tSo
the first notification thSC Une
fire alarm Office received was was
from Sergeant Denser, OF raItol
Station No. /. which L. oPPoSiE W., .i,,n.
ardson's, on Champlain street Enetnes
123 4 and Il responded 10 Glle uLS. ;.
alarm at 4:O6. The fire had ny VIE
time entered both the front ana rear
bnildings and was burning hercely
Chief Rebhpck at All called three more
engines and 6. 7 and s were senC' rive
minutes later third alarm orougnt
engines ) and 8. The Champlaln sIre9C
hniIding was used as a plamng mn,
hard wood finishing department, anu as
a store house for rough and hlilsheu
lumber The interior uelng lllleu VIII
tha dryest of lumber gave the il'nlrS
an excellent chance. and even DeloTe
fba frpmen could go to WORK,
the nlace was a seething mass
0f of fire that burst from the roof ana
windows. and sent showers Oh spatrTiho ptriA
and hack smoke heavenWara' Inc
SIGHT was grand one, ana Glle heav ~
intense that buildings on the oPPVsTriV' ~
side of the street were scOrclleu' Ai'
fremen were seemingly nndan'''eu U,
the start the fire had OF thehl, anu
cOurapeously went u work OH an az
most hopeless task to eXtllgnlSh II.
Rv sheer hard work and n dogged per
sistence the firemen WITHIN an noul
and half had the fire under cQhtV"l,
and at 7 o'clock it was practlcai.y eA'
tinpuished. The west wal Oh G,iT
Tb9mninin street building telI
with loud crash at 44o,
and a half a dozen members OF the en-
zine company No. 2, had a very harrVM,
escane from being crushed and mAngleG
hanpath the weight of the bricks ana
mortar Afterward the upper portion
Of fine rearand the east walls fell carry
ing the floors and the roof down TO
+bs +tbs hasement. The front and
~ortiors of the side walls are still stand
ing, but will be pulled down, as they are
dangerously cracked ana ou'gtu UuC
The rear of the Long street pullulng
was almost totally burned, ouU , .tV
front was left intact so far as the wal
was concerned. F. Il II. Born occupy
the adjoining building on Long Street'
30 and 30, and the contents Oh thC
upper floors were damaged 10 the
extent of about $1,000. Ihey use tiie
building for the mandatory Tor thell
stoves and ranges. Webers cigar poA
Factory, 40 Long street, sustained loss
of $500. Richardson's loss IS eSu,
mated at about $4,000. He handled
extensive hard woods and there
were $4,000 worth OF tlnlsned
inferior work for the Hoilenden
Hotel burned. The machinery was
ali of a valuable and costly Kind, and
were all DESTROYED. Richardson, IS insur-
ance will not exceed $4,000. +. y IT,.
Born have an insurance Of $o,O o,OOO. The
buildings were all owned by the Hitch
cock q Perkins estate, and the loss on on
them will hardly be less Uhan 79oUOo'
The insurance, as near as could De as.
certained is about one-half Una.
amount DIR, Fairs livery barn, on Long
street was seriously threatened, and
ali of the horses and buggles were re-
moved to place of safety. The, ten
engines called, poured. a regular 1o0d
Ofwater into the buildings, and Utterly
drowned the fire out. The firemen de-
serve credit for their good Work,
as the least sbit OF snlIKlng
would have resulted very disastrously
to the adjoining property. Over the top
of the four story building on Champ
lain street were hundreds OF telegraph
and telephone wires, some in cables and
others single. The heat burned them
off and when the water fell large NUN
hers of the adjoining wires were DIo'
ken. 1t looked at one time as II the
fire would burn through to Superior
street. and the business men occupying
blocks opposite the fire were summoheu
to the scene. The flames, however, Vert
kept from breaking through the iron
walls of the burning buildings on Long
street.