Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-05-21

their friends for acccn,mod ations.
Pine street business houses for ten
blocks We're entirely wiped out. Anon;
the more valuable structures were the
Pine Street house, the philabohsa
block, Eclse,lnan's drug store, Matthew
Wilson's residence, sedgwiclz's whole
sale store, Mcafichael's shoe store,
the Lankawell hotel. : The resi-
dences Of s. f. JuthWaite, /. "A. Miller.
Peter p. Stelsetee, Alex. Van Iartfn,
Mr. Fleming; JaR,es Hutchinson, DR..
Van Derlaan, II, Mueller, j. r. Brown,
Justice Williams, Reynolds, Danforth
s Behren's planning mill and the Ger
man Evangelical church were de
stroFcd. Judge Diclserman lost near
II his entire law Library in the court
house. Britton Bros. lost their ma
chine shop and half dozen houses.
There was no insurance on them. Ere.
auent reports from exploding boilers
were heard. Dynamite was used il
some instances to remove uildings.
Other streets which suffered severely
were Terrace, East Concord, East Hart
ford, East Diana, East Delaware, East
Ionia, West Ionia, Apple and Spring
streets, and East Muslkegon and East
Webster avenues.
The $50, 700 courthouse burned. Pris-
oners in The county Jail, which occn-
pied the basement of the courthouse.
were liberated. Several cows and
horses were burned. a large portion,
of the dwellings, burned were owned by
mechanics, upon whom the loss will
fall with special weight. They were
generally al insured for about one-hals
the value OF their houses.
It was not All hour after the fire was
first discovered in the blacksmith shop
on Pine street before two whole
squares had been swept clean by the
fiery hurricane. The first house q.
any pretensicns to burn ws.s
the residence OF Matthew Wilson, !.
wealthy laln herman. His residence
cost about $40. coo and was elegantly
furnished. Carvers had just completed
IS, 900 worth of work on the In
terror. The splendid furnishings, car
pets, tapestries, statuary, etc, were
thrown psH nell into the drays.
and the costly br.c-a-brac was
buried beneath the plebian trappings
of the humber people.
The courthouse will be Immediately
rebuilt. All the books Of record ar.
N the vaults and the probabilities
are that they are safe building
will commence this morning, and
it is believed that within .siS
months almost all the houses will
be replaced. The Morning News has
opened !. subscription fund, which has
already grown to gooaly proportions
The fire was under control at {
o'clock. A nun her of business mer
who were uninsured are PENN
| less, but will start again with
assistance already offered. The fire.
| IS the most destructive known IN north
ern Michigan since 1871, when the same
| territory in this city was burned owe,
and the city CT Peslltigo was destroyed
shortly aftersthe burning CT Ii cago.
/ Among the sad Il q 1: ;;salss ceraectes
with the fire was the a satl q; AIRY
Stevens, assistant postmaster. I lie ! SOC
OF Postmaster Stevens. He vas ver:,
i'll with pneumonia, and t:ls fame:
made il necessary to remove I'm to /,
place OF safetj and he died w;.ile be
ing carried through the streets.
1 Iafussegon is situated on tho Ei.is;sego.
1 river abo;ls a miles from lake Mici:...:l an.
about 40 niles by waite. nertlleasa OF CHI
caso. II csnta:Es cessn c!s,i.ci.:.s,s tn
national banks ssver:li factoiies ms
/ chine SHOPS. numerous steam saW
plasing aaa ct,.cr nil Ia:,s1i,as j
/ its chief article OF 4 OK ,esss an abon
s4oo oo3 ieat s,e 81. yea I'll II s1iil al s5ey
isnercaan.s in this eli y are interest
I'd ia the iniu and many steamers an,
sailing vessels Pr between there sslG S,..icago
/ The City has L: pala.ie,l of 800 a.S