Telegram-herald., 1889-07-06
THE BEER SUPPLY.
II Is Greatly Redaeed by the 40
ton OF the Fire F1end
TWO BIG BREHERlEs DESTROYED.
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ing Con- rssny burpeo ~ the ground Thurs
day &lgefuo0a 4As loss Is $50 "a, @na TIE
ll4s4T4L 4L40e less t4sA 49, ga Ii t4e ll2tkes
~ area AID financial iess tle has = lie tigs
gost ia tie history ~ Milwaukee 4 Ia
plant covered n area y Gb9-l tAres aeres
o. tie Nus y susgo ra2a Ia the AeA0sl4nee
y4liey. jasf outside ne eats hIlEs Ia Ne
TIE origin lslaat u the fak bIe wing Sola-
pa0y less ths4 ye&I ago tos JuaF
boGohert Colr4ay abandoned thei4 plant
ald consolidated Nfth gile q ak Company tie
capital stock ~ tle consolidated coal p4Hy
being S. lUQ.O53 siace the oous0h4a
ton extensive Improvements II tAs
cd Fax plaut ~ere Alsa4s. including
al addition 10 tie nla "a brewery ot
"a briCA building l&0x-3T fset, al elevator
SixlW feet - feet high With = Ca
pacity of l25 90 bushols oi malt ana a largo
engine-house. IL The istleE were SIX new
boilers sHd neN SO 90 Ice machine with
ap~eity for making lgv tons or Ice daily
Additions and Improvements cost sluQ 90
and Increased the capacity % oo1 0,1 bar-
res Of beer a year. Ihrce hundred men
were employed
The brewery had been shut down, and
When the FIRE y - discovered IN the interior
of the new nalt-hOuse al ! clock IN tie
afternoon The brewing company main
tanned . ire company OF It's own, and as soon
a. possible they we've AT work Being out
side the city limits. the brewery depended
on au artosian well FOR lis water supply
but when the Ire company attempted To
work they found that the water supply
was Tor some reason shut OF from tie
hydfarts, iand they were left help
less On receipt OF a telephone mes
sage Chief Foley dispatched four en-
gines from the city, but, as they We're
obliged 10 set on the river bank. il was half
III hour before the first stream Of water
was thrown on the flames IN the mean
time the fire had spread 10 all Of the I'D
joining buildings, all OF which were ia
flames before tho agemen from the city got
10 work
4 series of explosions followed each
other as ono after the other the six new
boilers burst. and then followed one after
another the explosion OF seven large tanks
OF ammonia, used in the manufacture OF
ice IL was most remarkable that
not single person was injured
through the explosions Heavy pieces
OF iron fell III the immediate vi
cinity, but the intense heat had kept the
thousands or spectators at safe distance.
When the iire had burned itself out every
one OF the buildings was in ruins excepting
the store house, where the fremen corcen-
trated their efforts. Hero was stored y 0JO
barrels OF beer, but as the building was
Hutted the beer stored there is probably
all spoiled by the heat IN the immense
bottling house. which was totally de
stroyed, were 600 barrels of beer ia
bottles ready for shipment to the South
The buildings destroyed were tho
malt house, elevator, brew-house. the
engine house with its new $4,000 ice
machine. storehouse and bOttling works
Falk residence and the stables with their
many horses and wagons alone were saved
Where the Office was the vault now stands
alone.
Mr. Falk. president of the company.
thinks the loss will reach 81 ,00O, 900, but
Mr.. Borchert, the secretary, says it viii
be between $4,000 and SSoo,oO. with
al insurance OF between $4,000 and
$1,000 lie was not able 10 give the
exact amount until the books In the vault
could be reached 1t is not known as
yet that tie company viii rebuild,
the fire seriously cripples them Before
the fire had burned itself out every other
brewing company in the city had offered
assistance, and arrangements were made
with two Of the bTeweTies 10 supply the
company's customers Us long as IL Will be
necessary The origin of the fire. which
was first discovered in the it-house, Is
unknown.
CLEVELAND BREWERY BURNED.
CLEVELAND, o.. July j.-Ihe Oppman
Brewing Company plant at the corner OF
Columbus and Wiley streets took fire
shortly after midnight Thursday and is now
practically total INS The buildings
were OF wood and the fire gained rapid
headway within "A short time after its dis
covery. The loss will reach So, 900. 1t Is
covered by insurance