Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-08
BUFFALO IN FLAMES
liver Three Million Dollars Damage Done oy
theFire Fiend

theFire Fiend
BUFFALO, n. Y, Feb. 2.-This CITY is
looked upOu as one doomed to be des
stroyed by tice. Just year ago, big
fires g5pf large portion of the business
bloc ks of the city out of existence.
At 2:45 this mOruiug in the five story
building occupied by Root d. Kirg, sole
leather manufacturers, at the cornsr of
Wells at Carroll streets, fire started.
From here the fire swept north and
south east and west until tn. whole length
of Wells street was
MASS OF FLAMES,
near which the tireHen could not pst:
the fire advanced into Exchange stree
on the south and Seneca street on the
northeast at the extremity of Well
street. The Empire Coffee mills caught
IRE, and as the two burning buildings
were directly opposite the Arlington and
Brozel's hotels, the guests in these hos
telries betoOk themselves to safer quar-
tiers. Jewett's new store and Sydney
Holmes candy factory were next ignited.
A few minutes later the lower floor of
Swift d Slamback's stove store, three
doors above Sioiey's suddenly
BURST INTO FLAMES
-hN o'fO t4lU CulilS ION6T nal-
of the two blocks bounded by Wells, tx
change, Seneca and Elliott streets,
seemed doomed. 1ne fire was utterly be
yond the control of the department, and
the telegraph wires were giving them
great annoyance. The fire soon
swept across Wells street and
had burned through two blocks.
1t was but short time before the flames
had sa6 IN 1e
street and in moment the building oc-
onpled by Heral d. Co, candy mauufso
turers, was mass of flames. The flames
were soon spreading toward Elliot street.
endang ering the drug store of Stoddard
Bios, the Boston clothing store and sew
eral other stores. Wolf d Son's bonnet
hazar Is rnined, tog ether with O'Brien
Sons merchant tailoring store, and
RobInson's hat store has been DESTROYED.
Before six O'Clock the fire on Seneca
stree for the first time could be fairly
said to be uude- control. On the south
of the street every thing was in ruins.
After the flames bad spent themselves
for three hours and over, the fire was
practically under control. East of Wells
street the great west wall of the Shepard
Cos building proved a barrier to tn :
progress of the flames in that direction.
On Exchange street the Arlington house
fire was also well under control. The
whole interior was burned out, but TIE
fire was not permitted to encrosch on
the property TO the east.
The burned district is one of the most
valuable in the city. The buildings were
mostly four and six story structures of
modern style. The largest losses inyoIy-
ed in the destruction of the Jewett, Root
Il kestings, Brsezel house, SiIby Il Holm
woods sn6 the Huffeid building. Shortly
after 10 the wall in the rear of the Ar
i1ngton house fell, burying four men.
They are being dag out The first MAJ
reached IN the debris was John Most,
foreman of engine 8, who was badly
bruised. IL all seventeen person. we're
injured during the Gre. Several 6renen
are burned quite badly.
All the men buried in the ruins of the
falling wall at the Arlington house we're
taken out soon after IL O'Clock Douin-
lex Marion, of engine No. 10, sgs dead.
The others were not seriously injured.
The origin of the fire is mystery. The
engineer of Root Kestlng, where the
fire started, says there was no fire in the
building when De left st s D. n
The prineips, losses are figured about
SIS follows: Root i Eeafiny. k25oOco:
their tenants, $500, eco; S. S. Jeve,, 4
Co, 5000, 600; Broszsl house, sIsO o0o.
Sibley Il HOLLYWOOD. $780, 900; Fowler L
Sons. $50 900; S. E. Ezzn, $4,000; SID
ney, Shepard Il Co.. S50,ooo; The Airing
ton h.seI, $4,000; s. 7. Kerr Co, S30.-
600; Stroo' man building and tenants.
$500, ,Oc0; losses on north side Senica,
$500, 1000; other losses, $I5o, 1000.