Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-30
MILAN'S MISFORTUNE.
The Well Known Camden Mills
Consumed.
Destructive Fire Yesterday Morning
1.-TWO Mills and Warehouses De-
strOyed---Heavy Loss and no Insur-
ance 20 Owner---Mr. FiIxDatricIt's
Condition. Details and History.

The hand Of misfortune which has been
town of Milan IN times past, has fallen
again upon that unfortunate place, and
this time with more disastrous results
than ever. Cam den Mills are IN ashes
One of Milan's first industries, an instiN
tuition which has generally managed to
maintain life when others have yielded to
business depTessions of the times. is no
more. Milan mourns as if for an old
friends passing away, One grizzly old
citizen stood over the smOuldering ashes
for some time yesterday, and as he turned
away from the scene was heard to remark:
I'VE might as well blow up the town,
now; that mill did not do such an awful
sight of business, but it was most always
agoing, and IT was always there" So the
citizens of Milan feel about the the loss
of Camden Mills; they regret TO see the
old land mark disappear.
The johnson flour mills as they were
also called, and situated IN the main part
of Milan, were completely destroyed by
fire hetween midnioht Saturday and /
o'cIocl, Yesterday mornino The fire WAS
well under Roadway when discovered by
the Waterman few moments after mid
niobt in n room in the sou,bess, corner of
the Io,ver mill Tho fire. wos tIeast tiftv
foe, from, ony stor. and o,os roo,i,o f,r,e-
Ilv then Whe watchm,n qave the alarm
hut before the hucket brigade-thc only
fro rrotoo,i,,, Milan bos---orriv.d ,ba
aan,sshad s,r..d with ,,r,.., ro,idi,r 70
oil u.r,o Of tho hu;ld;,o and in loso ,ho,
auo,,or Of an honr hou, ,oius and tho
,roroto,,sos oa;oi,i,,, u,ora ,,ra,,rod +,
sbee,s of fame There hoing M annara.
90, - ,,,o ,i,,o,,o ., ~. ,,saa :, o,,,,d,,i,,
ero t,o roonl. oor,d do ro,hi,, Int
,.,, or, and ,;,,oss ,ho s,oo,oo,o 90
ooneoara,ionand ,ho on,;ra ronu,ooo
;mnroved tho onportunitv of doing tbis
oon,ro,, ,horo ,rao rothinn luf, I'm, oohoo
o,a .,,a of brrDinn ,irhor 20 arI,
,,.a 80, &c., u,o,, t,.,
nile
M. I'LL, ~, ,u
IN o,o,oob h,, boforo ,aou;o,, oorof,L
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a.fo Tho uotohm.r hod mazda b;o
I'D, .ho., ,;,,, hoforo Tho so,noo
h,ro, for,n and all woo wou The da-
.,rno.ion ha. onaru on,oaroroo ~ hoirr
,,,o ,,,, ;,oa,jia, ,,ouo,,, ,,,bat
corh bave been the motive none can
,ou ,nvio,u,o do oor o,hinn d.vol
ish ,,,na, aIono hovo nromn,ed tho sond
,,h, oonr,;t,oa tho doed Thoro 0..,,, tn
ha mania for ersop in Milan ss,t i. Il
warn ,,raua o,,ost;o, ~ MANI o,b.r of tho
= ros Nth yh;o,, ,h.t town bso hoen viO,to,
+, reoar, va.rs bove mot bsap the
outorow,b IF tho ircsndisrv,s torcb
Tha Loco 70 Mr. Iores I,hroon tho
ownsr Of the nronertv is at least $40 .
ooo an which tbero ia M, . cont Of in
.,ra,a NJ Io.orb Ei,,rs,rioL ,b..
| tba nj
,o,sa oon.oinin,, ono h,sho,s of corr
. 5oo huoboIa Of rva 600 bushaIs of
wbe., and "a hsrrels of eour and other
,,,o,,r,,, bo,on,iro n him Mr. Ritz
notr;cx csr,iaa insnrsnco to the axtart If
a. roo- G, con in IN. unner mill and
e. 900 !, tho lower mill contants all i,
ia Too0,oy.s aoorov Of ,bio o;,v and
r,sced with the foIIowing comnsnies.
peon,e.s Of Manchester N Fl s75o.
{, paul saoo. Girord Of pbi,sde1nh;.
S,oo. Howard of Nev york 1910 and
tho p,,anix 81 R,oo,,,ur Of ono
Tho villa vora ,a,o ~ rr,hor tnor
40 ha ,noor o,a ,ouer r,;ns Thou
NOVA forr s,or;.s in ha,oh, Mil, has.mont
huilt ~ fr.mo tho lower beiro Ao nv al
Gao, and tho, nnor "a hu 40 fao+ Tbov
,yoro ohort An foo, oror, ,ybi,o oro
| bouee q structura with diuansions of Oh
| '"u' ''- 800 ~