The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-02-06
The Two Biggest Buildings of
the Tannery Burned.
Also the Water Cure, the Ger
man Methodist Church
and Parsonage.
Many Other Buildings Threatened
and Some Small Fires Result
ing from Sparks.
Property Worth $4,000 Goes up
in Smoke in About Three
Hours, Sunday Morn
ing. Feb I'd.

A large part of N. R. Allen & Sons tan
merry, the largest in the State of Wisconsin
and one of the largest in the United States,
is in ruins, as we'll as the Water Cure and
the German Methodist church and parson-
age. The entire loss will aggregate $115,-
900, with insurance to the amount Of
100000.
The fire started in some mysterious man
ner a little before o'clock Sunday m orn-
ing, in the top story of Building B, which
was six story frame structure about COX
100 This building was soon enveloped in
flames and Building G, structure of equal
size, was doomed Owing to the direction
of the wind, which was from the southwest,
and the heroic work of the tannery en-
ployes, the extensive bark and grinding
buildings, engine and boiler house, the sole
leather building and leach house were not
burned. The flames from Building G, ris
ing hundreds of feet into the air, bent
down and enveloped in their embrace the
little German Methodist church just acros S
the street and it crumbled in ruins The
parsonage adjoined the church on the north
and it too was burned to the ground. The
Water Cure was the last to catch fire and
it was thought by many that it could have
been saved if assistance had been received
in time. Chief Brady was advised to send
to Racine for assistance early in the morn
ing. but he felt confident of the ability of
the department to control the fire and so
did not send. But later dispatch was
sent to Racine for assist ance and it was an
swered promptly. A steamer was loaded
on fla car aud brought to Kenosha in
q remarkably short time. They made the
run from Racine to Kenos ha in eight min
utes and half. But the dispatch had been
sent too late and when the Racine fremen
arrived the fire was fully under control, so
the steamer was not taken from the fiat car
The tannery buildings that were burned
were the office building and finishing shops.
The entire plant was valued at 100000.
Their loss is estimated at 100000, which
is nearly covered by insurance. The pro-
portion of the total insurance which applies
to the burned buildings and their contents
is $4,000. The insurance on the tannery
property is in the form of blanket policy
of $125,000, a specific, concurrent policy on
the whole plant and stock and other special
policies to the amount of $4,000 upon the
buildings and stock. The following is a
correct and complete list of the insurance
which was in force on the tannery, with the
exception of $4,000, steam boiler insur-
ance, and $4,000 special on stock in Build
ing D:
Continental, New York. 1000
Queen, Liverpool 1000
Phoenix. London, 1000
Manufacturers Mutual, Milwaukee, 1000
Providence w ashington, 1000
Hamburg Bremen, $50
Tanners Mutual 10000
Mutual Fire, New York, $4,000
American Fire, Philadelphia, 1900
Westchester, New York, 1000
Manufacturers and Merchants Mutual,
Rockford, Ill., 1000
Western M'n'frs Mutual Chicago. 5000
{" Sc 1000
Northwestern Mutual, Rock Island, 5000
Phenix. BROOKLYN, 1900
$500
Traders, Chicago, 1900
po1 zoo
1000
Imnerial London. 2. ZOO