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

strOyed by Fire.
MILWAUKEE Special Telegram, April 1O.-The
hardest fight he 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 there was i.
prospect of large fire he turned in general
alarm and the entire department was called
to the scene For one hour they worked
with fifteen streams of water ,',whkout:
seeming to have any effect. tFhe
large warehouse was stocked full of doors and
sash. and as fast as the fire in one place was ex-
Enguished it broke out in another. Several of
the fremen in the basement were overcome by
the smoke and for three hours one by one tho
men succumbcd and were dragged out, until at
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. Chief
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 such a scene wit
messed at fire here. On the broad sidewalk In
front of the building and every bench and
table in the offices of the factory were 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 and other relations of
the firemen crowded the adjacent streets. MAX
ing fearful inquiries after the fate of their
friend+. Thousands of people gathered in the
large vacant block opposite the factory, and az
every procession of policemen moved from the
smoky fire center with their burden of disabled
fircmen the crowd would surge toward them like
great wave only to be driven back by The
squad OF policemen that was kept patroling
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 tiramen. AL
of the police patrol wagons were called into
requtstion, and al rapidly 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-
ously injured one it 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 $50, 900 onW arehouse No 2,to which
the lire was confined There was but $4,000
insurance ON building and stock Had not the
hremah worked so nublv 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 n
la ge territory in the lumber district Up to
midnight the disabled men, with the exception
Of William Curran, were all doing we'll.