The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-04-18
FIGHTING FLAMES.
Brave Work of Firemen at a Milwau-
kee Blaze Killed in a Railroad
Wreck A Michigan Town De

Brave Work of Firemen at a Milwau-
kee Blaze Killed in a Railroad
Wreck A Michigan Town De-
stroyed by Fire.
MILWAUKEE. Special Telegram. April 1O.--The
hardest fight the Milwaukee fire department ever
engaged in was that which lasted for four hours
Tonight at Sanger, Rockwell & Cos large sash,
door and blind factory. The fire broke OUT in
the warehouse, on the ground floor, and as soon
as the chief reached the place and saw there was
q prospect of large fire he turned in q general
alarm and the entire department was called
to the scene. For one hour they worked
with fifteen streams of water t.SN1R kodt
seeming to have any effect. SFlie
large warehouse was stocked full of doors and
SASH and as fast as the fire in one place was ex-
Hnguished it broke out in another. Several of
the firemen In the basement were overcome by
the smoke. and for three hours one by one the
men succumbed and were dragged out, until a6
10 o'clock not over fifteen men of the entire
force were able to work, and all of these had
been carried out from one to three times. Chiet
Foley and his assistant chief were carried out
four times each, and when the fire was finally
overcome, shortly after 10 o'clock, the chief was
at the head of his men, badly used up but still
able to give orders. Never was such scene wit
messed at a fire here. On the broad sidewalk In
front Of the bnilding and ON every bench and
table in the offices OF the factory We're men laid
out, with doctors, policemen and factory en-
ployes at work over them. 1t became rumored
about the city that
MANY FIREMEN HAD BEEN KILLED
and the wives, mothers aud other relations OF
the fremen crowded the adjacent streets, maxi
ing fearful inquiries after the fate of their
friends. Thousands of people gathered in the
large vacant block opposite the factory, and as
every procession of policemen moved from the
smoky fire center with their burden of disabled
firemen the crowd would surge toward them like
great wave, only to be driven back by the
squad OF policemen that was kept patrolling
the street. Soon after tue general
alarm was given Mayor Brown and Chief
OF Police Gannesen appeared on the scene and
worked steadily until the fire was out, resusci-
tating and relieving the disabled firemen. AL
OF the police patrol wagons were called into
requisition, and as rapidly as six or eight of the
disabled men could be treated they were taken
to the hospital or to their homes. When fire.
men were carrying line of hose up ladder
the ladder fell, and two OF the men were seri-
ousy injured: one. 1T Is believed, fatally Strange
to say that though upward OF sixty men were
disabled. no one was killed. The loss on
stock and building was comparatively light, not
exceeding $3O, 900 onW arehouse No 2,to which
the fire was confined. There was but S12,00O
insurance on building and stock. Hud not the
fremen worked so uoblv in the smoke the fire
would have been one of the most destructive of
the year. The factory employs upward of 700
men, and with its adjoining buildings covers q
la ge territory in the lumber district. Up to
midnight the disabled men, with the exception
OF William Curran, were all doing WE'LL