The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-07
WAKEFIELD VISITED.
A Confiagration sweeps Away Property {,
the Value of $40 600.


WAKEFIELD, Mich, Dec 26.--It was
after midnight when the fire which
started in the Coliseum Theater on
Front Street, had burned itself out, and
eighteen buildings were then in ruins.
The fire was undoubtedly started by the
pet monkey in the variety theater up
isetting a lamp on the second floor,
The occupants in the adjoining
building heard Il sudden crash and
a scream from the monkey and in a mo-
ment the whole upper portion was
ablaze. The fire spread rapidly IN each
direction, soon enVeloping all the build
Iings on Front Street, except the
Perry House, which was saved by the
| nse of wet blankets. The burned dis
tfict extends from the Perry House on
| Front Street to point nearly opposite
the Hotel De Miner ON Sunday Lake
/ Street. The alarm was so quickly made
/ that good deal of time was allowed for
| the removal of goods from the doomed
buildings. The principal losses will be
from the destruction of buildings and
the theft Of goods.
The fire burned slowly in comparison
to the Hurley and lronwood blaZes and
after most Of the stock had been re-
| moved to places of safety an effort was
made to confine and suppress the
| flames. The town has no FIRE protection
whatever and no supply of water, but
| the citizens, with the aid of the miners,
/ went calamity TO work, and by pulling
/ down Mittenthal Bros clothing store
and by throwing snow and water they
managed 10 check the flames.
/ The losses as nearly as can be esti-
| mated at tins writing will aggregate $50,
600 with less than $4,000 insurance, as
| follows:
| Hayward Wescott & Murray, stock
and building, S25, 900; insurance, $1,000.
| j. w. Bedett, building, 1900, stock,
| $500; insurance, 81 300
| Mike O'Brien, Coliseum Theater, 81,
/ 500; no insurance.
| A. 5. q j. II. Mcdonald, building and
+; stock, S4 ,O0G; no insurance.
! e. Bowler, Sparta house, building and
! stock, no insurance; loss, q 900.
! VIM. Grooms, stock, $3.50, no insur-
/ ance; G. b. James, building and stock,
no insurance, s., 600.
! A. Spindler, building and stock, s., 600;
no insurance.
| Mrs. j, e. Madden, stock, $500; no in
| surance.
Ed. Murphy, stock, no Insurance, $500
/ II. Smier, stock, no insurance, $500.
4. Levy, building and stock, 800, nc
+ lHSuTdLte.
/ NJ. NJ. Byrnes, stock, no insurance
/ $500.
! p Madden, building and stock. $500
/ Wakefield Lumber Company, loss o.
! buildings owned by them, 900.
+! 5. Oliver, damage to stock, $500; Ohm
| stead & Coops, building and stock, $500
Chas Crockett, building, 81 COO; Ed
| Maher building and stock, $1,000
james Tobin, building and stock, $1,000
John Tobin, building and stock, s. 900
John HON, household goods, $500.
James Razon, stock 5000.
John Turcotte, binding and stock
| $4,000.
Mittenthal Bros, stock, 81 200.
4td. EsntIn, stock, 800.
y. Marceau, stock. $500.
II. Chartrand, building and stock
$500.
VIM. Frank, building and stock, 81,
600.
A. Theby, damage to stock, 500.
| II. Thomas, CT Hurley, building, 81 i,
r. A. Harris, damages of fixtures
$500.
/. Mittenthal, loss, 81, 900.
| j. II. Wescott, loss. $500.